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Show some gratitude!
'LET US CONTINUALLY...PRAISE...GOD...GIVING THANKS.' HEBREWS 13:15
At a Christian conference they were short of space for 150 people so they brought in some narrower chairs. Everyone had a seat but conditions in the auditorium were cramped and nobody was happy. The organisers asked the guest speaker, Joni Eareckson Tada, to help calm the crowd. A childhood diving accident had left Joni paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair. She addressed the audience and said: 'I understand some of you don't like the chair you're sitting in. Well, neither do I! But I've a thousand handicapped friends who'd gladly trade places with you.' Immediately the hall went quiet and the complaining stopped. It's so easy to moan but giving thanks, well that can take a bit of effort.
The Bible says, 'Let us continually [not just when you feel like it!] offer the sacrifice of praise to God...giving thanks to His name.' After Bible boffin Matthew Henry was mugged he wrote in his diary, 'Let me be thankful, first, that I was never robbed before, second, that although they took my purse they didn't take my life, third, that although they took everything I had, it wasn't much, fourth, that it was I who was robbed, and not I who did the robbing.' When you feel like moaning have a look at Psalm 118:29 'Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever'
written by Bob Gass
'LET US CONTINUALLY...PRAISE...GOD...GIVING THANKS.' HEBREWS 13:15
At a Christian conference they were short of space for 150 people so they brought in some narrower chairs. Everyone had a seat but conditions in the auditorium were cramped and nobody was happy. The organisers asked the guest speaker, Joni Eareckson Tada, to help calm the crowd. A childhood diving accident had left Joni paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair. She addressed the audience and said: 'I understand some of you don't like the chair you're sitting in. Well, neither do I! But I've a thousand handicapped friends who'd gladly trade places with you.' Immediately the hall went quiet and the complaining stopped. It's so easy to moan but giving thanks, well that can take a bit of effort.
The Bible says, 'Let us continually [not just when you feel like it!] offer the sacrifice of praise to God...giving thanks to His name.' After Bible boffin Matthew Henry was mugged he wrote in his diary, 'Let me be thankful, first, that I was never robbed before, second, that although they took my purse they didn't take my life, third, that although they took everything I had, it wasn't much, fourth, that it was I who was robbed, and not I who did the robbing.' When you feel like moaning have a look at Psalm 118:29 'Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever'
written by Bob Gass
