An amusing as well as a suggestive incident occurred in New York City. A gentleman was standing in the lobby of the Equitable Building, when he happened to notice a scrap of paper on the floor. He picked it up, and gasped for breath. It was a certificate of deposit for over $18,000. "Some one must be out of his head with anxiety," thought the gentleman, and he took a great deal of pains to tell all his friends, so that the news might get to the owner as quickly as possible. Sure enough, by and by there came to his office a little man, in a hurry. The gentleman who had found the certificate handed over the paper with a smile, expecting some expression of thanksgiving. Instead, to his astonishment, he was met with the rebuke, "Why didn't you take this to the bank? You have caused me a great deal of trouble." After all, that is the way a great many people treat the Lord. They receive all the bounties of life in that spirit. It is only as we come to understand God's personal love for us that gratitude springs from our hearts and speaks from our lips in return.
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.'' James 1:17
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