Grateful For Imperfect Gifts
Let's continue with Derek Wilson's sermon on Gratitude from back in 2004, what wise words he shares here. Today let's listen as he begins to share different ways in which we can be grateful.
Building a Spirit of Gratitude
I want to just give you five quick ideas about building a spirit of gratitude. Firstly, I want to say to you, we've got to learn to be grateful for imperfect gifts. In this world, there's only one kind of gift you're ever going to receive. And that's imperfect.
Even the gift of your own life is imperfect, if you think about it. There's no such thing as the perfect gift. If you're married here in church tonight and you're sitting with your spouse, you're sitting next to an imperfect gift. So turn to her or him and say, "You're an imperfect gift" - but don't get cocky about it, because they're going to say exactly the same thing to you!
The Gifts We Actually Receive
Your body is a gift. Let's have a show of hands here. How many people here have an imperfect body? Okay, a few of you. Those of you who didn't raise your hands - you can meet after the service tonight and get together and have perfect children!
The only gifts that we are ever going to get are imperfect things. Perfect gifts never arrive. There's no such thing as a perfect gift. We have to learn to be grateful for the gifts we receive, imperfect as they may be, because that's the only kind of gift you're ever going to get. We need to learn to be grateful for that.
What a great lesson! Even imperfect gifts are blessings from God. Will you give thanks for the imperfect gifts God has blessed you with today?
Every gift we receive in this life is imperfect - and learning to be grateful for them anyway is the mark of a truly thankful heart.