Giving thanks unto the Lord is good because it does us good. It heightens our sense of His goodness and His loving care for us, and thus takes the fret and worry out of life, lifts us into a happier mood, brightens our whole outlook.

Did you ever participate in a thanksgiving service on Thanksgiving Day? Didn’t you come away feeling better? Didn’t there come over you a feeling of relief from your anxieties and cares? Did you not experience a renewal of hope, confidence and courage? After your thanksgiving, didn’t life look brighter to you? Did not the world, in spite of all its dark shadows, take on a brighter aspect? Why not practice giving thanks every day? The spirit of thanksgiving in your heart will put a quietus on the disposition to complain and worry.

If you ask me for a prescription for worry, I can think of nothing better than the 100th Psalm:

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting: and His truth endureth to all generations.”

This psalm lifts our thoughts to God, makes us aware of His greatness and goodness, reminds us that He is the source of all our good—our life, our food, our health—and calls upon us to be thankful unto Him.

Of all that we may give Him, He most desires our humble, thankful hearts.

By expressing our thanksgiving, we not only glorify God who is the giver of every good gift, we make life more glorious; yet, and we attain a calmer attitude towards life, and thus we are better able to stand up under the pressure life puts upon us.

If you are a worrier, give thanks unto the Lord in the terms and spirit of the 100th Psalm, and see if it does not prove to be a good prescription for worry.