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Why to always be thankful

Someone has written some rather interesting things for which he is thankful. I thought I would share them with you.

*  I am thankful for the taxes I pay because it means I am employed.

*  I am thankful for the clothes that fit a little snug because it means I have enough to eat.

*  I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing and gutters that need cleaning because it means

*  I have a house to live in.

*  I am thankful for my utility bill because it means I am staying warm.

*  I am thankful for the complaining I hear about our government because it means we  have freedom of speech.

*  I am thankful about the person who sings off key in church because it means I can hear.

*  I am thankful for the piles of laundry in my home because it means that me and my family

*  I have clothes to wear.

*  I am thankful for the weary, aching muscles at the end of the day because it means I have been productive.

When we view life like this man does, it’s really difficult NOT to be thankful regardless of who and where we are, or our life’s situation.  The question becomes: “To whom shall we be thankful?” and “How do we demonstrate our gratitude?”  Psalm 100 tells us that God is to be the recipient of all our thanksgiving.

“Thanksgiving” is a priority commandment of God (Ephesians 3:20;  1Thessalonians 5:18). We demonstrate our thanksgiving toward God only by means of worship, loving and living His Word. I sincerely hope that you have the proper attitude of Thanksgiving to God, not only during this holiday week, but everyday of the year.

–Toby Miller

Ruffled feathers

A FELLOW GOSPEL preacher relates the following story…

“The first year of our marriage was spent on a farm.  My wife, though reared on a farm, always allowed her parents to take care of killing as well as preparing frying chickens for the dinner table.  Her father would put a chicken over a block and chop its head off.  While I, on the other hand, was accustomed to catching a chicken and wringing it neck.  After we had been married a while, we had some chickens ready for eating.  I picked up a nice plump fryer, handed it to my wife, and told her to wring its neck.  (After all, to be a good farm wife, she would need to learn these things.)  She took the chicken by the neck and began spinning him around and around.  She then dropped him on the ground, where he lay stunned and confused for a moment.  Suddenly, the chicken hopped up on his legs and ran out of sight.  After 45 years of marriage, the two of us still laugh when we remember that incident!”

THOUGHT: If we’re not careful, we can treat sin like this preacher’s wife treated that chicken many years ago.  She didn’t kill it; she only disturbed it and ruffled its feathers a bit.  The Bible tells us that we must mortify (e.g., put to death) the sin that is in our lives.

If you want fried chicken, somebody must kill the chicken.  Likewise, if you want to go to heaven, you must put to death the sin in your life.  (Mike Benson)

“Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.  Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.”  Colossians 3:5-6