Thank You

“But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.  Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the MOst High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked” Luke 6:35

It is so easy to give anything and everything to those who receive here with big smiles and thankfulness on their lips.  However, lately I’ve been struggling with those who i feel like i do the most for and struggle with feeling like i’m being taken advantage of and they are no longer thankful, they have grown accustomed to me, they expect me to give to them.

This verse really spoke to me because of what i had been struggling with here.  It’s not that i want them to repay me, I know they are not capable of doing so, but it would at least be nice if they said thank you.  The other day, i helped a woman out and she bought me a coke and i was so overwhelmed by her thankfulness.  Now the coke did not equal what i gave her but that was a lot compared to the little money she possessed and it blessed my socks off. 

And right there, i see the Lord…there is no way i can repay him from saving me from eternal death or for everything i have on earth because EVERYTHING i have is from him but I should not grow accustomed to his generosity but should be continually thanking him.  Lord, do not let me be part of the group you call “ungrateful” but let me give back to you the little i have (compared to you) out of a thankful heart even though everything i have is yours anyway.