If you
don’t think gratitude is important—think again.
June’s Awakening, Day 26
I believe the best definition of man
is the ungrateful biped.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky
The earth produces nothing viler than an
ungrateful man.
—Horace
Nor
should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of
place, but rather thanksgiving. Ephesians 5:4 NIV
For
everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received
with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:4–5 NIV
Not all is lost, but we have much work
to do if you are belligerent, cantankerous, abrasive, offensive, and
ungrateful. Who would want to spend eternity with you? And remember, eternity
starts here on earth and keeps on going. It would be good to start now and make
some serious life changes. Yes, cliché as it is, attitude is everything, for
everything flows out of the deep recesses of the heart and mind. Change starts
with you, and it starts from deep within. I don’t think that I would want,
“Here Lies the Ungrateful Biped,” etched into my headstone. Yet, we all know
those who are teetering dangerously close to being that. The fact is that no
one in this world, nor the world itself, nor God, owe you anything. Everything
is a gift from God, so we should be grateful for all we are and have, without a
prideful expectation of deserving everything else. Maybe we need to go back and
look at the Book of Job. You
may have it all, lose it all, and God may doubly bless you in the end; or you
may have nothing, but glean gold nuggets in character as you walk the path to
Him. It is your attitude all along the journey that matters. Remember, gold in
heaven is just another brick in the street.
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