TOO BLESSED TO COMPLAIN

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"Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children for men!" Psalm 107:8.
On my daily commute to an fro of work, i have much time for reading bumper stickers on cars, that is. Some are surely, others clever, and still others downright distasteful. One bumper stickers i saw recently, however, gently challenged my heart about the way we often engage life. The sticker simply said, "Too Blessed To Complain:|.

I must confess that i felt convicted as i pondered those words. Too often you may find yourself lamenting moments in life that things don't go  your way, rather than focusing on the wonderful gifts which our heavenly father has given us. The reading of that simply message on that day brought to me a renewed commitment more actively and intentionally grateful because my God has been good to me in more ways than i could ever count. 

Psalm 107 is a song that seeks  to rectify thankless thinking. The psalmist (whose many think was King David) makes a plea to hearts grown cold with ingratitude, repeating four times, "Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children for men!". Even in the worst of times, we have much to be thankful for. May we learn to thank God for His goodness to us!

We don't need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.



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