A Gratitude Visit
Renungan Harian / 5 May 2015
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Yenny Kartika Official Writer
1846Romans
16:1-2
I commend to you
Phoebe, . . . for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.
Bible
Reading for a Year
[bible]psalm125[/bible]; [bible]icori14[/bible]; [bible]isamu16-17[/bible]
According to a
study by some US doctors, counting your blessings promotes good physical
health. Volunteers who kept weekly gratitude journals reported fewer aches and
pains than those who recorded daily hassles or neutral events.
A “gratitude visit”
was developed by Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman to promote strong emotional health.
He tells people to think of someone who has made an important difference in
their lives. He asks them to write the story of how that person has helped
them, and then to visit that person and read the story aloud. Tests show that a
year later the people who had done so were happier and reported fewer episodes
of depression. Even more important, think of what it must have done for those
who were thanked!
The apostle Paul
had a long list of people who had helped him and for whom he was grateful (Rom.
16:1-16). He wrote that Phoebe had “been a helper,” Priscilla and Aquila had
“risked their own necks” for his life, and Mary had “labored much” for him. And
he took time to write his thanks in a letter to the church at Rome.
Who has helped to
shape your life? Could you make a gratitude visit—for their sake, and for
yours?
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Apakah Anda rindu menerima Yesus sebagai Tuhan dan Juruslamat pribadi dalam hidup Anda?
Ikuti doa ini sekarang:
“Tuhan, saya mengakui bahwa saya orang berdosa. Saya membutuhkan Engkau. Saya percaya bahwa darahMu sanggup menghapuskan segala dosa dan kesalahanku. Saat ini, saya mengundang Engkau, Yesus Kristus, masuk dalam hati dan hidupku menjadi Tuhan dan Juruslamatku. Saya menyerahkan hidupku bagiMu dan melayaniMu.
Dalam nama Yesus aku berdoa. Amin”
