Look again, please, at
verse seven in our Scripture reading for today and notice the word “thinketh.” Did you know that the words think and thank come from the same root?
I tell you this simply to remind you that how you think will determine
your thanks.
Helen Keller once
said, “I have often thought that it would be a blessing if each human being
were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some point during their teen
years. It would help them to be more
thankful during their adult years.”
Former Senator Richard
Neuberger once said, “The experience of contracting cancer changed me. A change came over me which, I believe, is
irreversible. Questions of prestige, of
political success, of financial status, became all at once unimportant. In their stead has come a new appreciation of
things I once took for granted, such as eating lunch with a friend, scratching
my cat’s ear and hearing her purr, the company of my wife, reading a book or
magazine in the comfort of my bed, raiding the refrigerator for a glass of
orange juice or a slice of cake. For the
first time I think I am savoring life. I
shudder when I remember all the occasions that I spoiled myself, even when I
had the best of health, by my false pride, synthetic values, and my worldly
goals. As I think about it, it really is
the little day-to-day things that make one thankful!!”
What to do:
✞ Spiritually evaluate your priorities and goals in life.
