I have a pet peeve that
irritates me. One of the things that I
was taught as a child is to say “thank you.” Though there have been times I have not
expressed well those two words, I try to do that with great regularity. One of the things that I have noticed in
recent years is that when I say “thank you” the person I am thanking says back
to me “no problem”. That irritates me. I never said that there was a problem or I
had a complaint. I never stated that I
was upset about something. Why do people
choose to say “no problem” when I say “thank you”? Yes, I know that some would say that I am
as old as dirt but I was taught to say “you are welcome” when someone says
“thank you.”
While I try to say “thank you”
for those little and big things that people do all the time, I am the first to
say that there have been times in my life when I am certain that I have been
slow or even blind to the fact that I should say “thank you” to God. Every day of my life and every moment of my
existence, God gives gifts, blessings, and bounty in ways seen and unseen, in
things small and ways beyond measure.
In this new time in my life called retirement or semi-retirement, I am
trying to spend more time thanking God in my daily prayers and in those short
prayers I make as I gaze at an afternoon sunset and walk through the joys of
each day.
While it irritates me when
someone reciprocates my “thank you” with a response of “no problem”, it is “no problem” for God to keep on giving
and giving day after day to persons who say thanks and those who do not. God gives again and again to those who say
thanks and those who do not. Thank you,
God for all your goodness. Have a good
week and a blessed Thanksgiving. I thank
you for reading. - Pastor Randy Wall
Prayer: Living
Lord, all praise, honor, glory, and
thanksgiving be to you, the giver of all good things. Forgive me for the times that I have been
blind to your goodness and had an ungrateful heart. Thank you, God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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