What is it appropriate to thank God for?
За что подобает благодарить Бога?
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1) that from non-existence he brought us to existence;
2) that he honored us with a human, and not an animal soul;
3) that He redeemed us with His Honest Blood;
4) that he granted us the right to be heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven;
5) that many times those who are angry and irritated by us are not completely angry with us;
6) that, despite our grave sins, He did not destroy us in our very sin, but kept us alive;
7) what acts in our sins, keeping us whole and not allowing the devil to immediately devour us;
8) that our repentance still awaits, and we are still alive and not dead;
9) that the worms have not yet eaten our bodies in the tomb;
10) that our souls are not yet in hell and
11) that there is still time for our repentance.
Oh, how we must thank God for this!