Giving Thanks and Praise
Luke 17:11-19
Ten Healed of Leprosy
11Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"
14When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.
15One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
17Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."
It's annual evaluation time at work. Brian and I both received our evals and our bosses were very kind and generous to us. I am very thankful to them, but I know I need to remember ultimately where these blessings come from.
As I was walking to the other part of the building today, I overheard someone say "the stars were aligned just right to enable me to have this opportunity". She had a spirit of thankfulness, but failed to recognize who made those stars. That things really don't happen just by chance, and that if they do, thanking the "lucky stars" really isn't giving credit where credit is due.
Have a great day my friends. Rest, and be thankful.
Ten Healed of Leprosy
11Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"
14When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.
15One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
17Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" 19Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."
It's annual evaluation time at work. Brian and I both received our evals and our bosses were very kind and generous to us. I am very thankful to them, but I know I need to remember ultimately where these blessings come from.
As I was walking to the other part of the building today, I overheard someone say "the stars were aligned just right to enable me to have this opportunity". She had a spirit of thankfulness, but failed to recognize who made those stars. That things really don't happen just by chance, and that if they do, thanking the "lucky stars" really isn't giving credit where credit is due.
Have a great day my friends. Rest, and be thankful.
posted by Amstaff Mom | 9:01 AM
2 Comments:
Glad to hear the evals went well.
I just had a whole argument with my boss over the midyear evalution, so we'll see what I get for that later.
uh oh. arguments and evals don't normally go hand in hand, but maybe he will take your comments into consideration and it will all work out for you.
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