I want so many things, but I cannot have them. How can anyone be thankful for the things they don’t have, but they want badly? Some say that these days you cannot live without a cell phone, an iPod, a nice laptop, a digital camera, cool shoes and very nice clothes… not to mention a nice ride. How can I be thankful for not having all these things?
I cannot be thankful when I get sick. No one likes to be sick and unable to function normally. There is no was I could be thankful for my sickness.
I cannot be thankful when I hurt emotionally. I cannot be thankful when friends mistreat me and when people say mean things to me.
I always wanted a best friend just like everyone else, but it seems that no one wants to be best friends with me. Yeah, I cannot be thankful for not having a best friend.
I cannot be thankful when my family is falling apart. It is so hard to live with a mom and a dad that fight all the time.
My parents work all the time and they never seem to have time for me. I cannot be thankful for that.
I cannot be thankful for parents who never tell me they love me.
I cannot be thankful for not having a father. In fact, I am angry with him for leaving me.
Sometimes I compare myself to others and I feel like I always come short. I don’t have the good looks, the talent and the abilities others have. How can I be thankful for who am? Certainly, I could be thankful if I had the fame of Beyonce, the money of Bill Gates and the talent of Peyton Manning.
I don’t always feel accepted at school. Sometimes I don’t feel accepted at church or even in my own family. So tell me, how could I be thankful?
When I have problems, I sometimes pray… but only sometimes, because God never seems to care about my problems and me. I cannot thank God for not answering my prayers. In fact, most of the time feels like God forgets me. Again, I cannot thank God for forgetting me.
(Some of you would like to be in a relationship with a certain person, but for whatever reason it isn’t happening. There is no way you can be thankful for not being in that relationship. If anything, you are very discontent with the situation you are in.)
It’s Thanksgiving Day and I guess I should be thankful for something…
I guess I could be thankful for little things like water, food, sight, hearing, being able to walk and talk. However, these are ordinary things and they may not even count.
On the other hand, there are people who do not have these “little things”.
QUESTIONS:
Do you remember a time when you were grateful for something?
Is it God’s will that we be thankful? 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Colossians 3:15
Can you be thankful if you are not content?
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