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.
Psalm 100:4–5 · , KJV
Every day has an entrance, and most of us come in through the service door of worry — reviewing what is unresolved before our eyes are properly open. This psalm proposes a different gate. Enter with thanksgiving. Come in through what is good.
Thanksgiving is not the denial of the difficult; it is the decision about which door goes first. The psalm even supplies the reasons when you cannot think of any: the LORD is good, His mercy is everlasting, His truth endures to all generations. On a thin morning, those three will do.
Try it literally today: before the phone, before the news, three thanks — plain ones. A roof. A breath. A mercy you noticed yesterday. The day looks different from inside that gate.
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