Tuesday, September 23 || THANK THE LORD WITH A GRATEFUL HEART!

Honey Drops for Every Soul
Sep 23
2 min read

“... He came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked Him.’’ - Luke 17: 15,16

We have so many things to be grateful for every day. Each new day is a gift given to us by our Lord. But how mean we are in complaining and murmuring about things that we lack? Robert Schuller recollects how his entire family withstood a great famine because of the grateful attitude and the positive mindset of his father. “When I was a child, a severe drought struck our place. We prayed for the rains but there was none. Then harvest came. My father would normally harvest a hundred wagons full of corn. But I remember that year the harvest was a meager one-half wagon load. It was a total crop disaster that had never been equaled before or since. You know what happened? Seated at the dinner table with his calloused hands holding ours, my father looked up and thanked God saying, “I thank you God that I have lost nothing. I have regained the seed I planted in springtime!” I marveled at his attitude of gratitude, while the other farmers were lamenting. And I’ll never forget my father saying, “You can never count up the might-have-beens or you will be defeated.” These words of wisdom from my father, who never went past the sixth grade, were immeasurable in making me the positive thinker that I am today. When my father retired he was no longer a poor farmer. With his attitude he left a nice estate for his children.

Dear friends, let us never look at what we lack. Let us not lament over what we have lost, but let us focus our attention on all the blessings which we have received from our Father, and thank Him for everything from the bottom of our hearts.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You make me lie down in green pastures and lead me beside still waters. I lack no good thing for You are my good shepherd. Give me a grateful and contented heart. Let me not grieve Your heart by murmuring about what I do not have. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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