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November 28, 2013 by kevinstilley

Insufficiently Thankful

Sitting at the dinner table my five-year-old volunteered to voice our family prayer.  And, he had plenty of things for which he was thankful, including “gravity” and “ants”.  In five decades of life I don’t believe I have ever thanked God for gravity.  But as my five-year-old pointed out, “Just think what would happen to you without gravity.”  I’m not sure what his thinking was regarding ants.

The Scripture tells us “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18) My child’s thankfulness for gravity and ants makes me ask how many blessings are there in my life for which I have failed to be properly thankful.

And you?

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