Someone once said, “Salt is what spoils potatoes when it is left out.” Using the same kind of negative definition, we can say, “Gratitude is what spoils life when it is left out.”
Some of the most appreciative people I know are people who have very little material wealth, and some even live below the poverty level. In one of his stories, Charles Dickens has a character say, “My not knowing at one meal where I shall get the next is a great help to thankfulness.” In contrast, a wealthy woman told her doctor that she was frustrated by a restless desire to accumulate more and more things. He replied, “These are the usual symptoms of too much ease in the home and too little gratitude in the heart.”
Christ teaches that…
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Singing News (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022