Devotion:
Read Luke 17:11-19.
What keeps us from expressing gratitude?
- Sometimes we don’t recognize the gifts we have received. We don’t perceive grace when it happens. We think that the daily blessings of our lives are normal. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to give particular thanks for.
- Sometimes we think we deserve what we have. We worked hard for it. We put in the hours and sweat equity. We studied and practiced and developed our talents. The only one to thank would be ourselves.
- Sometimes we forget. Life keeps happening. We do what is required or pragmatic. We keep following the instructions on the to-do list. We are grateful, but we rarely stop to express it.
Personal Worship Option:
Let us give thanks. Thanks for the world, for each other, for grace in Jesus Christ, for daily gifts, large and small. Let’s respond to God’s love with a gratitude so deep that it makes us whole. Amen
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