You may have noticed this; maybe not, but adherents to Islam, as well as Jews, both commonly exclaim thanks to God whenever something good happens. You’ll hear them say: “praise allah!” or “God is good!” Conversely, you don’t hear Christians make that kind of declaration with the same regularity. Yes, it happens, but usually only in specific circumstances and settings.
We need to normalize saying “thank God” whenever ANYTHING good happens, no matter where we are; no matter who we’re talking to.
To be clear, you can regularly hear people in our culture shout “thank God” when something good happens, but in many cases that expression is uttered in vanity, without any actual thoughts given to “God,” or any sincerity put in the “thanks.” I wonder if that’s why so many brethren don’t say “thank God” as often as non-believers. Have you noticed that? Am I crazy? I don’t think so. I think it’s the case that non-believers say “thank God” more than believers, because believers are worried about sounding like they’re taking the Lord’s name in vain.
As a result, many say nothing. We might say “that’s great” or “lucky me!” but the result is we’ve euphemism’d our way out of actually, ya know, thanking God.
Let’s bring that back.
That’s my 2025 resolution. I want to say “thank God” more often and mean it when I do.
Join me
~Matthew