UNTHANKFULNESS

UNTHANKFULNESS

 Ingratitude is actually a picture of immaturity.  For example, infants do not always appreciate what parents do for them.  They have short memories.  Their concern is not what you did yesterday, but what are you doing today?  For them, the past is meaningless and so is the future.  They live for the moment.

 On the other hand, those who are mature are deeply appreciative of the attention and labor of others.  I read a legal article that critiqued the clients of Samuel Leibowitz, a criminal lawyer and judge who saved 78 men from the electric chair.  Not one of them ever bothered to thank him.  Wow!

 Our Savior, Jesus Christ, had a similar experience, as recorded in Luke 17:12-18…

 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.’  And when he saw them, he said unto them, ‘Go shew yourselves unto the priests.’  And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.  And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.  And Jesus answering said, ‘Were there not ten cleansed?  But where are the nine?  There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.’

 Throughout life, remember this: The giving of thanks invariably makes room for more.

 Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!