I will give thanks to the Lord forever, says St. David.
What we fail to realize is that we may be occupied with thanking God for eternal gifts that can never be taken away every day and every moment, in all circumstances as it is written, for this is the will of God, is it not? Our ceaseless occupation can be thanking Christ and the Father not only for what we receive from him in this life but for all we receive as beings made in his image: everything.