Be  Thankful   !

Grateful men are very rare. But ingrates are a dozen a dime.

It is appalling the level of selfishness and ingratitude some people exhibit.

A housewife said to her friend at a social gathering ‘‘my husband does not appreciate all that I do. He says ‘what’s the big deal in your keeping house, cooking and laundering for the family? I could do better if I did not have to go to work. He says it like ‘woman, it’s your duty and I don’t have to thank you.’’

A new worker had not worked for more than two weeks at a factory when he began to speak ill of the overall boss. ‘If not that I had a string of bad luck, I would not be doing this kind of job’. Yet before he got the job he was pleading tearfully ‘please ma, I desperately need the job. I promise to work hard and be faithful.’

People can spend all day complaining and agitating about their unsavoury lot, yet when there is a little improvement in their situation they find it hard to say, ‘thank you’. They are just like uncouth kids who want the whole world now but rarely find anything they have received appreciable.

An ingrate is like an armed robber, he ‘steals’ all you have and leaves you empty and unhappy.

Do you remember Jesus’ parable about the ten lepers who were healed. Only one came back to thank the master for his healing. This is why the blessings of so many people are not full, do not last or get lost. Ingratitude puts an obstacle before their miracle.

We find it easy to fight, agitate, grumble and manipulate things our way than appreciate what we have.

If you want to get ahead in life, you must learn to be grateful to God and man. Appreciating all the good that is done for you will help you get along with others and get ahead in life.     

    “…in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18)