I love you Lord.  How does one show You gratefulness?  Duty, obedience, loving, supporting and caring for others or is it a commitment?  How does one act when given something for which repayment in like kind may never be proffered?  What kind of humility and allegiance does such gift create?  How does one accept overwhelming grace?  Does the sacrifice of this lifetime even begin to recognize the benevolence of eternity?

We cannot repay, nor are we expected to, but we are meant to understand the enormity of this blessing.  The contemplation and realization of our inability to balance such generosity prepares and transforms each recipient’s heart.  Rendering us likely of doing God’s bidding.  Paving the way toward sacrificial existence.  Leaving us full of life and thanks and hope for all mankind.  Having been plucked from the fires on the steps of inferno we are seared by the memory of that rescue.  Forever knowing that our savior did not just risk everything but gave everything, suffered everything, making himself a ransom for our release.

My life is easy, not just comparatively but realistically.  There is no grand price I have paid for the abundance I now observe.  This country’s freedom has been a shield for which I offered little and any return on investment has far outweighed any small sacrifice.  My emotional pains small, my life relatively consistent, my belly full and my pocket never totally empty for long.  I have taken my blessings for granted too many times to measure.  Believing myself entitled or worse yet not thinking at all about my gifting.  How does this happen, that some may live in relative ease, not comprehending their wealth while others seemingly by chance struggle each day for clean water, air or shelter?  This is God’s choosing and will some day be put in right balance according to His righteousness.  Those who have suffered will wear many crowns in the hereafter, eternally displaying the benefits of their shortage in this life.  While many like me will be content to simply sit at the feet of Jesus a position for which I have done nothing but believe.

Father, give me a willing heart.  Never let me forget my position of blessing even for a nano second.  Give me the opportunity to do the right thing for Your Kingdom.  This gift has been freely given and all I ask is the opportunity to tell “You thank” you in a way that brings Glory to the magnitude of what You did and continue to do for me.  Praise You God, Father in Heaven, Spirit indwelling, Christ the King.  Amen.