Taken for Granted...Continued

Are you ready?

Do you believe the bible...if you do say that you believe the bible then you must also believe that: 

God is the one true God and you will have no other Gods before Him,

lying is wrong and you do not do this, 

cheating is wrong and you do not do this,

here is a tough one,

cursing is wrong and you do not do this,

lusting after another is wrong, and you do not do this, stealing is wrong and you do not do this,

your body is God's temple and you treat it as such,

you treat others as you yourself wish to be treated.

These are just a few things that appear to me right off the top, I am sure that there are many more.  Whenever we are in the process of doing something, and our conscious is prickling us, then we need to re-examine what it is we are doing. Your conscious, is that part of your existence where I believe God resides on a permanent basis...Now of course God would like nothing better than to reside in all of you, but I don't believe this is possible until we invite Him to take up residence in every square inch of us.

We are instructed in the Bible to behave fully and completely like Jesus...do you do this? 

I have recently become aware of what a "Thankless" society we have become and this really bothers me. 

This, I believe has come to light for me, as a result of going away with two of my friends, on an overnight road trip to a Christian Women's Conference.  Which I have been telling you all about over this past week or more.

When we are at home with our spouses and children life is one way, but when we are out with our friends, life is different.  I myself noticed that there was a level of concern for my friends that perhaps I should also have for my spouse.  We did things for each other, I did my one friends hair...now I am not saying that we physically did things for each other except for that one instance, but there was a level of concern for each others feelings, we had a lot to share. And share we did!  I know that I was blessed by this time away.  I was blessed by my friends...I found out that I had much more in common with them then I had previously known; now why am I telling you all this?  Because I realized that there was a level of concern in me for my friends that I should also be expressing to and for my husband and family.  Don't take the precious people in your life for granted...Jesus wouldn't want us to do this...and I know how much I love my husband and I certainly don't want to ever take him for granted.

I do not consider myself to be a "Thankless," person. I try to appreciate the people that are around me, and not take them for granted, however I do realize that there are times, that perhaps I put to much on my plate and can't complete things in as timely a manner as I would like.  But that is a whole other issue! 

One of the reason that I would like to address this issue, is because lately I have been on the receiving end of "Thanklessness..." is this even a word?  If it's not it should be...just a moment...Well according to Merriam Webster it is a word, good!  And it is a noun, thankless is an adjective, meaning ungrateful and showing a lack of gratitude!

I have done some little things for a young friend of mine, and not heard one word of appreciation...maybe this bothers me because I was reared with very good manners, and perhaps this is a reflection of a poor self worth on my part, I am not sure, I will have to discuss this with some wise people I know and get some various opinions.  This doesn't seem to occur with older, young adults, does that make sense?  It does to me, young adults are say 18-25, older would be say 25-35, so older young adults would be in the second range, they are older, but to me they are still young adults.
The problem seems to be with the youngsters and early teenagers (12-16).  And don't say to me that it is the age, I do not buy this,  I believe it just has to do with an attitude of Thanklessness.  And unfortunately it has been allowed to increase by parents and by society.  If this type of behavior exists in your children, do something about it!  Don't allow it to continue.  If you do something nice for a child of yours at home and there is no response, no thank you, no notice of appreciation...you might want to take the time to let your children know that it is a polite thing to do to show appreciation, to say thank you.  We do, last time I checked, still live in a polite society, or is that just around Christmas that we are polite....?  And when I refer to polite society I am not referring to the Upper Crust, I am referring to a people who care about each other...now I know that I am a bit off schedule, but it just seems to be how it is for the moment...so I pray you will be a blessing to someone in the next 24 - 48 hours. God Bless....