Bible
Every good and perfect
(maturing) gift comes from the Father. We should be thankful for this – that
God is perfecting and maturing us.
The one thing I have
discovered in my years in the ministry is that genuine thankfulness is a
rarity.
A soldier serving
during World War II in the American Third Army was sent to a rest camp after a
period of active service. When he
returned to his outfit, he wrote a letter to General George Patton and thanked
him for the splendid care he had received.
General Patton wrote back and thanked him for his letter. In that letter he said in part, “For
thirty-five years I have sought to give comfort and convenience to all the men
in the Armed Forces, but this is the first letter of thanks that I’ve ever
received for those thirty-five years of service.” There are fewer points in which human nature
is lacking than that of gratitude.
Matthew Henry, the
famous scholar, was once accosted by thieves who robbed him of all the
possessions he had on him. He later
wrote in his diary, “Let me be thankful first because I was never robbed
before; second because, although they took my purse, they did not take my life;
third because, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because
it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.”
✞ Everyday thank God for His goodness.
Are you Saved? | Get These Devotions By Email
