To be thankful in all circumstances, we need a proper perspective of our circumstances and of our God. Only then we will be able to give thanks to the Lord always. Now, I believe there are at least three attitudes that steal away our gratitude. Three things that keep us from being thankful. 1) One is our pride. This is the attitude that says, Nobody ever gave me anything, I worked hard for everything I have. For years you studied hard and now it is finally paying off. With this kind of attitude, we feel that we have no one to thank but ourselves. 2) Another attitude that keeps us from being thankful is a critical spirit or constant complaining. Instead of being grateful, this person will always find something to complain about. A lady known as an incurable grumbler constantly complained about everything. At last her preacher thought he had found something about which she would be happy, for her farm crop was the finest for miles around. When he met her, he said with a beaming smile, `You must be very happy Mary. Everyone is saying how healthy your potatoes look this year.’ `True they’re pretty good, but what am I going to do when I need bad ones to feed the pigs.’ 3) A third attitude that keeps us from being grateful is carelessness. Someone once said that if the stars only came out once a year, we would stay out all night to watch them. But they are there every night and we have grown a costumed to them. The Israelites grumbled because they had no food so God miraculously sent manna (a crust-like bread) to cover the ground each day except the sabbath day. Then they started to grumble because it was the same thing every day. They had a miracle - straight from God every day but were no longer satisfied. Because of pride, carelessness or a critical spirit we will never be truly thankful for all that God has given us. God bless you!
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 03:37:18 +0000
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