Agradecimento pela vida: o dom de respirar e existir

O dom do fôlego que sustenta o dia

Agradecer pela vida começa no instante em que você para e percebe a própria respiração. Estar vivo hoje não é obra do acaso nem do próprio esforço, mas de um sopro contínuo que Deus renova a cada instante.

Antes de qualquer palavra ou afazer, o corpo já recebe o sustento divino. No silêncio de quem se recolhe, o simples ato de respirar se torna a primeira oração.

6 All that breathes praise YAH! Praise YAH!(Psalms 150:6)

13 For You have possessed my reins, || You cover me in my mother’s belly. 14 I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, || And my soul is knowing [it] well. 15 My substance was not hid from You, || When I was made in secret, || Curiously worked in the lower part of earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, || And all of them are written on Your scroll, || The days they were formed—And not one among them.(Psalms 139:13-16)

33 I sing to YHWH during my life, || I sing praise to my God while I exist. 34 My meditation on Him is sweet, || I rejoice in YHWH.(Psalms 104:33,34)

Quando a vida renasce da angústia

A gratidão mais profunda costuma brotar dos dias em que as forças pareceram se esgotar por completo. Quando o peso da caminhada silencia os planos, reconhecer que Deus sustentou os seus passos transforma o medo em alívio sereno.

1 A PSALM. A SONG OF THE DEDICATION OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID. I exalt You, O YHWH, || For You have drawn me up, || And have not let my enemies rejoice over me. 2 My God YHWH, I have cried to You, || And You heal me. 3 YHWH, You have brought up my soul from Sheol, || You have kept me alive, || From going down [to] the pit.(Psalms 30:1-3)

58 You have pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, || You have redeemed my life.(Lamentations 3:58)

6 To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, || The earth, her bars [are] behind me for all time. And You bring my life up from the pit, O YHWH my God. 7 In the feebleness of my soul within me, || I have remembered YHWH, || And my prayer comes to You, || Into Your holy temple.(Jonah 2:6,7)

O reconhecimento do que sustenta o cotidiano

No ritmo veloz das tarefas, a mente se inclina a notar apenas o que ainda falta construir ou resolver. A Escritura convida a pousar os pés no chão, contemplar o alimento à mesa e lembrar quem é a fonte de cada dia vivido.

10 And you have eaten and been satisfied, and have blessed your God YHWH on the good land which he has given to you.(Deuteronomy 8:10)

3 Know that YHWH [is] God, || He made us, and we are His, || His people—and the flock of His pasture. 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving, || His courts with praise, || Give thanks to Him, bless His Name.(Psalms 100:3,4)

7 How precious [is] Your kindness, O God, || And the sons of men trust || In the shadow of Your wings. 8 They are filled from the fatness of Your house, || And You cause them to drink the stream of Your delights. 9 For a fountain of life [is] with You, || In Your light we see light.(Psalms 36:7-9)

Uma existência guardada em Cristo

Agradecer pela existência é acolher não apenas os dias de sol, mas a graça invisível que envolve cada respiração. A vida encontra repouso quando descansamos na certeza de que estamos guardados nas mãos do Criador.

3 Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,(Ephesians 1:3)

12 Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us for the participation of the inheritance of the holy ones in the light, 13 who rescued us out of the authority of the darkness, and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have the redemption [[through His blood]], the forgiveness of sins, 15 who is the image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation, 16 because all things were created in Him, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him, 17 and He is before all, and all things have consisted in Him.(Colossians 1:12-17)

15 thanks also to God for His unspeakable gift!(2 Corinthians 9:15)

1 TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON "DEATH OF THE SON." A PSALM OF DAVID. I confess, O YHWH, with all my heart, || I recount all Your wonders, 2 I rejoice and exult in You, || I praise Your Name, O Most High.(Psalms 9:1,2)

1 Praise YAH! Praise, O my soul, YHWH. 2 I praise YHWH during my life, || I sing praise to my God while I exist.(Psalms 146:1,2)

20 always giving thanks for all things, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father,(Ephesians 5:20)

Oração de agradecimento pela vida

Respire fundo e solte a pressa por um instante antes de falar com Deus:

Senhor, eu paro agora e respiro na tua presença. Obrigado pelo fôlego deste dia, pelo corpo que me sustenta e pelo teu cuidado silencioso que nunca me deixou faltar o essencial. Onde houve cansaço, tu foste abrigo; onde houve incerteza, tua mão me sustentou. Recebe a minha existência como ela é hoje, com suas alegrias e suas fragilidades. Eu descanso em ti e te agradeço pelo simples dom de viver. Amém.