It’s tempting to complain about the
many things that are not quite right in our lives. Our boring jobs, the spouse
who is not as helpful as we would like, the children that seem determined to make
us go insane, the annoying boss, the annoying friend… just about everything has
a way of robbing our joy, if we let it.
But in the midst of these, we can
still be thankful for the things that are going very well in our lives: our
health, the health and lives of our loved ones, the opportunity to even have a
family or a job, etc. There are indeed many reasons to be thankful.
I think of a Nigerian artiste who
recently appealed for public donations to enable him afford a kidney
transplant. The money needed was too much for him and his family to afford
alone, so they appealed for help. And here we are, with both kidneys
functioning very well, same thing with our hearts, spleen, lungs, ..., we do
not have death staring us in the face like this young man. And he is not the
only one, everyday people are diagnosed with incurable illnesses, people are
made redundant, people get divorced, people experience the death of a loved
one, yet in the midst of all that, we are spared from all that anguish.
May this thankful spirit give you a
new lease of life this week and fill you with hope for greater things to come.
Remember God is not moved by our complaints and grumbling, but by our faith.
And faith is anchored on a thankful heart.
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