Being Thankful

Several weeks ago during Sunday service we recieved an admonition from our Pastors on the importance of being thankful. It struck me personaly as a new years proclaimation - and now that we are into March its time to get cracking!

Here is a completly hypothetical situation about being thanful. Pretend you have a fourteen year old boy named Wade who wont feed his chickens without congressional oversight. These are the chickens he couldn't live without.

Only after a barage of constant huranging during which you've threatened his very life (to be stripped of texting privileges) does he finaly feed them, wearing YOUR shoes. Your new Christmas shoes. He doesnt put the shoes on all the way. He shoves into them and crushes the heel of your shoe with his big foot. He thinks its hilarious. Then, after chores are finished and he has shuffled back into the house he plops your mucky shoes in the doorway where you trip over them, injuring yourself, which causes you to sin. THIS is the time to be thankful! Really thankful! Why not scream, weep and tear your garments and shout, Whats wrong with that boy? AARRGGGGHHHHHH! Great question!

Answer: Because all teenagers do this very thing. Just like you did. He's a somewhat normal, happy teenage boy. And thats something to be thankful for because there are parents who have lost their children who struggle just to be thankful for the short time they had together. Thats how they stay sane. Thats why you should be so thankful to God that you have a boy, a happy somewhat normal boy, who wont feed his chickens.