Gratitude

Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but the parent of all of the others - Cicero (106-43bc)
A noble person is mindful and thankful of the favours he receives from others - The Buddha
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy - Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

GRATITUDE! GRATITUDE!! GRATITUDE!!! GRATITUDE!!!! GRATITUDE!!!!!

With regard to Gratitude, I wish to share a story from The Holy Bible below, by way of excerpts from the page https://bible.org/seriespage/5-jesus-heals-ten-lepers-luke-1711-19

Lord Jesus Christ was on his way to Jerusalem. He travelled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men met him. They had a skin disease. They were standing close by.
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These ten lepers knew that they could not go near anyone because they had a contagious illness. But they also believed they were bad people who were unacceptable to God.

The men had probably been waiting for Jesus at the edge of the village. When they saw Jesus crossing the border between Galilee and Samaria, they yelled, “Jesus, Master, have mercy upon us.” ... .. .

Jesus then told them to show themselves to the priest. At some point, as they were going to do that, the ten lepers noticed that their leprosy was gone. They had been healed!
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When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back. He praised God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked Him. The man was a Samaritan.

When Jesus saw the Samaritan, He immediately wondered about the other nine men who had also been healed.

Jesus asked, “Weren’t all ten healed? Where are the other nine? Didn’t anyone else return and give praise to God except this outsider?”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up and go. Your faith has healed you.”

It is hard to believe that only one of the ten men Jesus healed came back to thank Him. Certainly, the other nine men noticed that they were healed, but they did not take the time to return to say, “Thank you.”

It’s very likely that once the other nine saw they were healed, they ran home to their families and friends. After all, they had been living far away from them for some time. Can you imagine how excited they were? Can you imagine how happy their families must have been to see them again?

Though these nine other men were so, so happy to be healed, they didn’t return to Jesus to publicly GIVE THANKS. They didn’t “praise God with a loud voice and throw themselves at His feet” like the leper who did return to thank Jesus.
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Like the one leper who returned, we should worship, praise, and thank God at all times. We can do this when we’re alone, but God also wants us to give thanks to Him PUBLICLY and with other believers.

The ten lepers were given a great gift. The problem was, nine of them didn’t receive it with true thankfulness. Sure they were happy that they had received the gift of healing, but they didn’t CHOOSE to thank the gift giver. When Jesus asked, “Where are the other nine?” He clearly was asking, “Why aren’t they giving thanks to God?”
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The message from God is clear: we should have a heart filled to overflowing with thanksgiving to God, AND we should also tell God and others how thankful we are! God has done so much for us! He deserves our thanks!

What a Great Great Great God Lord Jesus Christ is. I really just cannot express in words at all as to how I feel when I think of Lord Jesus Christ. Whenever I think of Him, I am left completely in awe of His Supreme Divinity. I wish to share the following story from The Holy Bible too (as found in the web page below), as it may help you understand why I am awestruck whenever I think of Lord Jesus Christ.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%208&version=NLT

And, if you are a sincere seeker and not yet seen 'The Passion of the Christ', I would humbly request you with all my Love to see it (with English subtitles, preferably). You will never ever forget that moment in your life! How my Beloved Swami made me see this SupremestEST Divine film (which I had not known at all in any way until the 22nd of April 2011 — Good Friday, on which day I saw it; and saw it again the next day with my wife and son) is in itself a great Divine story, which I might share at some point of time in the future. Sairam.....

Humbly Yours
viswanathan

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