Attitude of gratitude

Of all the attitudes that the Lord regrets to see in us the most, is the attitude of ingratitude. We often don’t even think about all the things that go on in our lives during the course of a day, week, month and even a year. We’re so busy with the life that God has allowed us to have, that we forget big and small things that he does for us or allows to come our way.
We take for granted, that we wake up each day. The simple act of opening our eyes in the morning, and being able to see. Over the past few years, I’ve learned to be more appreciative of what God gives me on a daily basis. You see, in four years I’ve had two heart attacks. Not the fall down, call 911 type, but heart attacks just the same. I’ve got six stints in my arteries to keep them open. Believe me when I say, I’m very appreciative of every new day. I don’t take life for granted. I’ve been around and seen too many people have heart attacks and not make it. Not knowing where they went to spend eternity. They went just that fast.
Our lives after accepting Christ is the training time before we go to heaven. There’s not going to be any bad attitudes in heaven. And there’s not going to be any ungratefulness either. Some Christians think that God owes them something. That He’s lucky to have them in His kingdom. Oh the vanity and pride. When we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior, we gave up our rights to everything. We’re the one’s who messed our lives up. He bailed us out. He paid the price that we couldn’t pay. Some days we don’t even give Him a second thought. Not until our lives are falling apart again. And we cry out, “Jesus Help Me!” And He does, because He loves us and knows we’re but dust.
That’s a sobering thought. For anyone who thinks that they are somebody, your just dust, that God blew on, when he made you.
If we could develop an attitude of gratitude to God, the other attitudes I think would fall into line. You and I owe Him so much. How can we have a heart that follows after anyone else but Him.