An Attitude of Gratitude

 

 Luke 17: 11-19 

 Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy

¹¹ Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹² As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance ¹³ and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!”

¹⁴ When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶ He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

¹⁷ Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸ Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?” ¹⁹ Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

Only  ONE of the TEN who were cured returned to say thank you.  Am I that ONE or am I one of the NINE who went their merry way celebrating their cure?  Naturally they were happy, as we are when a favor is granted, but the least we can do is to say THANK YOU. Perhaps we could make GRATITUDE the focus of our prayer today. It will keep us busy, for God has so blessed us, we can't thank him enough.

Bro. Rene

Dear God I offer my humble thanks for all the blessings you have given to me. I can't thank you enough. Amen.