Thankfullness!

We heard an excellent message this morning on Thankfulness! All I can say is Ouch! It is easy to think we are being thankful, for Christ’s sacrifice for our sins, and the redemptive power of the Cross, ….but then how many times do we complain about the little things in life that don’t even matter in the light of eternity?

I have a friend that told me we should consider every event, thing, hurt, pain etc. that we face in this life and consider its importance in the light of eternity, and I have always tried to live by that, but…. This morning’s message pointed out to me how miserably I fail!

The little things that happen at work, that seem unfair, hurtful, and just plain not right, they really don’t matter at all in the light of eternity, but ……still I complain, what matters so much more in the light of eternity is my reaction’s to these events, unfair happenings, and plain ole just wrong things that happen. I want to leave a witness that people will not question that I am a Christian and through the power Christ gives me, live my life as a witness to what the Grace of Christ and the power of the Gospel can do in a person’s life.

A legacy I want to have: Is how many people have I allowed Christ to use my life to bring them to himself, and will I because of my obedience to Christ get to see them in heaven one day? That is something that really matters in the light of eternity!

My prayer is that I will allow Christ to change me and make me soooo much more thankful…..for the tremendous Grace that I have been given, that I am not looking forward to an eternity in Hell! Without Christ and his sacrifice on the Cross that is all I would have to look forward to, but Thanks! To Christ, the Cross and His sacrifice on the Cross I can look forward to an eternity in Heaven with my Lord and Savior!