And whenever the living creatures express glory and honor and thankfulness to the One sitting on the throne, who lives for ever and ever...Rev. 4:9.
Bob and DeAnna Gulke, my wife's brother and sister, both kindly passed on a cute story a while ago that was food for some thought. In the story someone was getting the proverbial tour of heaven from St. Peter. During the tour they walked side by side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
St. Peter stopped in the first part of the room and said, "This is the receiving section. Here we receive and handle all prayer requests."
The heavenly tourists looked around and saw countless angels sorting out petitions from people all over the world. The tour then moved on to the second section of the workroom.
"This is the packaging and delivery section," St. Peter explained. "Here the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to those who asked for them."
Again it was an extremely busy place. Many angels were working hard, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to earth.
Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the two of them stopped at a very small area. To the surprise of the heavenly tourists, it had only one angel, seated and idly doing nothing.
"This is the acknowledgments section," St. Peter announced.
"How is it hat there's no work here?" the tourist asked.
"So sad," St. Peter sighed. "After people receive the blessings they ask for, very few send acknowledgments."
"How does one acknowledge God's blessing?"
"Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, 'Thank You, Lord.' "
But what if you can't think of any blessings from God? What if life for you has seemed an unending series of disasters and trials? Should heaven's acknowledgment section be unemployed on your account?
I'd suggest consulting a dictionary. Blessings we may never have acknowledged to God fill every page. Apes, apples, apricots--the Lord has given so many things to each of us. When was the last time you thanked Him for one of them? God is the author of life and every good thing. Let the acknowledgments begin!
Lord, I am ashamed of the many times You have reached out to me in blessing and I have taken You for granted. I thank You for this day and all that You have done for me.
Bob and DeAnna Gulke, my wife's brother and sister, both kindly passed on a cute story a while ago that was food for some thought. In the story someone was getting the proverbial tour of heaven from St. Peter. During the tour they walked side by side inside a large workroom filled with angels.
St. Peter stopped in the first part of the room and said, "This is the receiving section. Here we receive and handle all prayer requests."
The heavenly tourists looked around and saw countless angels sorting out petitions from people all over the world. The tour then moved on to the second section of the workroom.
"This is the packaging and delivery section," St. Peter explained. "Here the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to those who asked for them."
Again it was an extremely busy place. Many angels were working hard, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to earth.
Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the two of them stopped at a very small area. To the surprise of the heavenly tourists, it had only one angel, seated and idly doing nothing.
"This is the acknowledgments section," St. Peter announced.
"How is it hat there's no work here?" the tourist asked.
"So sad," St. Peter sighed. "After people receive the blessings they ask for, very few send acknowledgments."
"How does one acknowledge God's blessing?"
"Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, 'Thank You, Lord.' "
But what if you can't think of any blessings from God? What if life for you has seemed an unending series of disasters and trials? Should heaven's acknowledgment section be unemployed on your account?
I'd suggest consulting a dictionary. Blessings we may never have acknowledged to God fill every page. Apes, apples, apricots--the Lord has given so many things to each of us. When was the last time you thanked Him for one of them? God is the author of life and every good thing. Let the acknowledgments begin!
Lord, I am ashamed of the many times You have reached out to me in blessing and I have taken You for granted. I thank You for this day and all that You have done for me.
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