When Justin and Kaitlin announced they were expecting a baby, their excitement seemed a bit over the top to most of their friends and family.

The young couple couldn’t stop talking about how grateful they were to God. Kaitlin’s social media accounts were a non-stop flow of posts and tweets about the joys of motherhood, the joys of being pregnant, the joys of this and the joys of that.

Some people started avoiding them so they didn’t have to listen to another round of “joys.”

But the way things look isn’t necessarily the way things are.

You see, Justin and Kaitlin’s joy wasn’t “just” because they were having a child. It also stemmed from the fact that Kaitlin had suffered five miscarriages that they dealt with privately, and from the fact that the doctors told them their chances of having a child were less than ten percent.

So, letting their joy be heard even far away — expressing their thanks to the Lord — was something Justin and Kaitlin did without reservation or embarrassment. They wanted everyone to know how grateful they were to God for what He was doing for them.

What are you grateful for today? How are you expressing your joy to God for his blessings?