Thankfulness

Thankfulness

 

What a word that is.  Have you ever had the occasion to give something from your heart to someone?  My kids have a special Christmas tradition, every year they give me a box of See’s Candy Molasses Chips.  And every year it is mixed with dark and light chocolate.  I wanted something special for work, so I parted with my dark molasses chips.  As I placed them on my desk, and imagining the joy they would bring, someone came and took one.  But they did not seem to understand the importance of my gift.  I was hurt and thought to myself, if they did not get very excited over my wonderful gift, I would just take them back.  Wrong attitude!  God then showed me all the many wonderful presents he has given me and I just blew them off.  I did not see each item as the truly wonderful presents He wanted to present to me.  Sunny warm days, a loving family and friends, a house to live in, food to eat, an opportunity to go to school, the list can go on forever.  However, each day do I take the time to say thank you or do I just eat the candy as nothing special? 

The Bible says in Ephesians to always give thanks.  I think sometimes we Christians tend to say, I will give thanks in bad things, but God also wants us to look at good things, you know, the everyday little things and be thankful. 

So go ahead and just say Thanks God!