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Antidote for Ingratitude What happens to the desire of a person to continue giving when there is no response from the recipients? The grandmother who sends a check every birthday and every Christmas and never receives a phone call or a thank you note starts rethinking her habit of giving. The donor who never receives a letter of appreciation from the charity he faithfully supports starts researching other charities that might be more worthy of his financial gifts. God isn’t like this. He continues to give to us even though we are ungrateful and even unheeding of His goodness to us. The sun shines, ripening the fruit on the vine; the rains fall, watering the earth; your God-given abilities enable you to perform the job you’ve chosen so that you can provide for your daily needs. Yes, God is faithful, even when we are not. Certainly, as God’s stewards, we know we bring grief to the heart of God by our ingratitude. The best antidote for ingratitude is to give. Giving gets our minds off ourselves and focuses our thoughts on our Creator and Provider. Giving brings home the realization of just how bountifully God has blessed us that we are able to give generously. Giving sacrificially reminds us of all that Jesus sacrificed in order to make us His own. Giving brings joy like the joy Jesus had when He endured the Cross for the joy of what that work would accomplish for those He loves. The cure for ingratitude is to give. This Thanksgiving time can be the incentive for you to begin to return to God a portion of what He has given you. Let that act of giving, then, become a habit of giving. You will find your ingratitude turning to joy in giving and deep appreciation for your Savior. Taken from Stewardship Advisors, Birmingham, MI
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