Returning a Gift?

Christmas is over and in many households the ritual of returning gifts has begun. Grandma’s shaggy sweater is just too awful for you to wear. It doesn’t have a designer label. You don’t look good in that color – why would she ever buy that hideous thing?! Now, you find yourself pawing around the once festively wrapped boxes of presents in hopes that there’s a gift receipt so you can return the thoughtful gift for something you really, really need. In ministry, I’ve met people who are like this with God. The coo over the exciting gift so freely given – then after a short time are looking anxiously for the return line. Why? An unthankful heart. We express our ungratefulness with our murmurings, complaining, and grumblings. Yet, we don’t realize that all these comments defame and depreciate the goodness of God.“…People knew God, but they did not honor him as God, and they did not thank him…” Be thankful. Peace…Pastor Keith