Please and thank you

Barney taught us a long time ago that please and thank you are the magic words, so why have they been deleted from so many people's vocabulary?! I try to be as respectful as possible to everyone else, because that's how I want to be treated. It is so easy to say. And it means so much to the person you are saying it to. I give a "thank you wave" to anyone who lets me in front of them in traffic. I say thank you at least twice anytime someone helps me in any way. And while I'm at it, I will throw in "excuse me" too! If I squeeze my basket by you in the grocery store, I will throw in an "excuse me" with a smile. Why am I the only one doing this? I don't understand when everyone got so rude.

With that being said, I have to remind myself to always thank God for what he has blessed me with. It is so easy to just want to ask him to better our lives or perform a miracle, that we forget to thank Him just for letting us awaken today, or let us see His wonderful creations. Our pastor touched on this subject this Sunday, so that's where this started. But the fact that I work with the public, and I actually venture out into public every so often, just gives me more ammunition.

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.    Colossians 3:15-17

Remember to always thank God that you woke up today. We might all want to ask Him to heal someone sick, or lead us to a better job, or some other request, but we must tell Him "thank you" just for being Him!