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)
