Perhaps true thanksgiving doesn’t come from better circumstances. Maybe thanksgiving is a spiritual muscle that has to be worked out. Perhaps it’s possible to be truly thankful all the more in those dark days. Perhaps it’s possible to be joyful and thankful even in a prison cell, unsure whether you will be released or executed.

In Philippians chapter 4, while imprisoned in Rome, the apostle Paul encouraged the believers in Philippi to put their faith into practice and the God of peace would be with them. We can put our faith into practice and the God of peace will be with us.