Blinding flash of the obvious: The difference between knowing God as Santa Claus and God as present to me for me without space in between is the difference between praying to God for a perceived lack to be filled or fixed and praying thank you to God for what is, just exactly as it is.
God as the giftor is of the reasoning mind; God as gratitude is of the Spirit.
It is very difficult when a problem comes into our lives (as problems do), to immediately accept it as a gift. We shouldn't even try at first for that's when it becomes Velcro to our reasoning mind. Our resistance precludes the grace of gratitude.
Our goal is to remember to say "thank you." Note that the goal is not to say "thank you," but to remember to say it. No goal is reached instantaneously or it wouldn't be a goal, it'd be a done deal. Knowing this gives us permission for when we forget, then to say it as soon as we remember.
It is never too late to say "thank you" to God.
Thank you.
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