Saying thanks should not be an after thought, but a forethought.
ILL. The young man was feeling very proud of himself. As a brand-new college graduate he had taken the C.P.A. Exams & passed with flying colors. Now he was a full-fledged Certified Public Accountant.
His father had been an immigrant to the U.S., & now owned his own little business. Filled with self-importance, the young man began to criticize his father’s way of keeping books. He said, “Dad, you don’t even know how much profit you’ve made. Over here in this drawer are your accounts receivable. Over there are your receipts, & you keep all your money in the cash register. You don’t have any idea how much you’ve made.”
The father answered, “Son, when I came to this country the only thing I owned was a pair of pants. Now, your brother is a doctor, your sister is an art teacher, & you are a C.P.A. Your mother & I own our home. We have a car, & we own this little business. Now add that up, subtract the pants, & all the rest is profit.”
The apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 brings giving “thanks” to the fore front of our lives.
1 Corinthians 15:57 57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
When you begin to really look at your life … “But thanks be to God … life is not futile, foolish or finished.”
At times we humans tend to think our lives are foolish. But consider this …though your life may not be all you want it to be … most of the time it is more life than others have.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week
If you can attend church meetings without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than three billion in the world.
List 3 things each day you are thankful for, it will turn you life around
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