I often discover, in a simple story, a big spiritual truth.
An elderly woman, we are told, phoned a local shop and asked if they please could deliver a loaf of bread to her home. A young delivery boy took the bread to the old lady. She took the bread and said, “Thank you.”
Surprised the boy replied that she must not thank him but the shop owner that sent him. The next day the lady went to the shop and thanked the owner for the bread.
Surprised he said, “You must not thank me, but rather the baker that baked the bread.”
Off she went to the baker to give her thanks for the bread. Shocked the baker told her not to thank him but to thank the farmer that produced the wheat. Once again the woman set off to find the farmer. Surprised he said to the woman that she should not thank him but to rather thank God that sent the rain.
An attitude of gratitude, saying thank you is so important. We must say thank you to all the people that have blessed us without forgetting to thank God for all he does for us every day.
Take a moment and think about the many people that have blessed you. Maybe pick up a phone, call or send a message of appreciation and thanks.
Rom 13:8, “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another …”
PS. Remember all God’s blessings in your life.
