THE
SOURCE OF INGRATITUDE!
2
Tim 3:1-2
3
This
know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2
For
men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy …
Luke
6:35
…
He is kind unto the unthankful …
Lying
in bed,
wide awake when I should be asleep, I listened to the soft whisper of my wife
sleeping beside me. What a gift she is from the Almighty! How blessed I am. I
begin to do what the old song says to do. I began to count my blessings naming
them one by one. Finally I began to think of the sources of ingratitude.
At the root of all ingratitude is the love of one's own greatness. For genuine gratitude admits that we
are beneficiaries of an unearned bequest. We are cripples leaning on the
cross-shaped crutch of Jesus Christ. We are paralytics living minute by minute
in the iron lung of God's mercy. We are children asleep in heaven’s stroller. John
Piper
Rom
1:21
21
Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were
thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish
heart was darkened.
Dear
Lord, let me always remember that I am the beneficiary of your many gifts. Let
me never drift into ingratitude. AMEN
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