Ingrates Are Never Anonymous!

Vertical And Ventilating
Was Conversing With
Horizontal And Belly-Aching
Who Always, Always, Always
Has A Reason To Explain Away
His Perpetual Vegetating!

Vertical And Ventilating
Loves, Loves, Loves
To Give Thanks And Praise
To His Maker, His God
And
Absolutely Refuses To Act The Ingrate
Like The Adversary Of Souls ... Satan
The Known God-Fraud!

Verti Has Much For Which To Be Thankful!

Apparently, Fluffy-Belly Does Not!

Imagine This ...

The Family Of Man ... Created By Almighty God
Lives On Earth ... Created And Maintained By Almighty God
Enjoys The Lord's Bounty ... Created And Provided By Almighty God
And Yet
Most Of Its Members Are Card-Carrying

Practicing, Unapologetic, Ingrates!

Lord,

Please Spare Us The Ingrate's Fate!

Let's Hear Truth ... For Today!

Thanksgiving 

Is 

Very Thin On The Ground 

Where We, Humans, Are Concerned! 

We Ask For

And

We Receive Our Petitions Of The Lord

And 

In A Revolting Display Of Ingratitude

We Dine And Dash

We Grab 'N Go

And

We "Forget" That 

We Are Surely Going To Need His Help Again! 

We Behave Like We Are Doing The Lord A Favor 

By Accepting His Gifts Of Love 

When, In Fact, He Owes Us Nothing! 

We Owe Him Everything!

And Then ...

There's That Phrase:

"... And Call Upon Me In The Day Of Trouble...!"

How Do You Feel Calling Upon The Holy God

Whom You Have Roundly Disrespected

Ignored 

Taken For Granted

Gainsaid

Doubted

Denigrated

When You Are In Sure-To-Come Trouble!?!

Do You Experience Any Pangs Of Remorse 

For Your Oversight

For Your Past Lack Of Thankfulness

For All The Good And Perfect Gifts

That The Loving God Holy Has Lovingly Given Unto Us!?!

Brethren, Beloved,

Gratitude, Thankfulness, And Appreciation 

Are Graces To Be Cultivated Carefully 

And 

Offered Up Joyfully 

No Matter Where We Are 

Or Who Is Watching! 

We Have A Debt

Which We Can Never Repay

But

We Surely Can Show True Appreciation

Express Heartfelt Gratitude

And

Give Joyful Thanks Now 

And 

Always

In All Ways!

Give Almighty God His Praise!

LOVE GIFT: Gas-Lighting: Adoration: Appreciation?!

When Someone Gives You

A Gift

Let Some Appreciation Show!

Do Not Be An Ingrate!

They Do Not Owe You Anything!

Your Gratitude Is Their Reward!

Let Them Know! 

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She Was So Kind To Me!

I Am Getting Her A Gift To Say "Thanks!" 

Whoo Hoo! 

How Special!

... Give God A Gift, Too!

What Did You Say?! 

I Didn't Stutter! 

I Said You Should Give God A Gift, Too!

He Is Kind To You Every Moment Of 
Every Single Day!

We Give Gifts To Those Who Give Us Gifts

And They Give Us Gifts In Return

And Gifts Given Are Given

Time And Again

With Us Always Expecting 
A Package Bearing Our Names! 

What A Shame! 

There Is Problem With That! 

Actually ... 

It Is Quite Mercenary

For It Is Done With Intent! 

You Give To Get! 

You Live In The Land I-Expect!

Let's Raise Up Our Eyes A Bit!

Let's Think About God For A Minute! 

A Gift From Almighty God Is Not Owed For!

It Is Truly Free! 
That Gift Is Love ... Given

With No Hope Of Repayment

For

It Is A Blessing Received From The Eternal God

Given Graciously For Our Good

For

It Is He Who Created Us

AND

It Is He Who Gives Us Our Necessary Food!

I Agree With You!
We Have Really Bad Attitudes!

If I May Be So Bold
It Is Just Like That Lady

Asking For Advice

That I Read About

Who Is Grossly Offended 

Because Her Husband

INTERRUPTS HER

Twenty Times A Day

To Say To Her:

"I Love You!"

AND

Though Their Relationship Is Considered
Good Cooperative Loving 

Giving Faithful Kindly Helpful
AND

Committed 

She is Concerned That

He May Be Gaslighting Her!

Let's Forget About Her! 

That's Exactly How We Think Of The Living God!

Wait A Minute!

What Is Gaslighting?!

The Five Dollar Interpretation Is:

Manipulating You Into Doubting Your Self

Your Sanity

Your Reality

Aka

Mind Control!

That Is Sick!

God's Love Cannot Ever Do That!

If You Really Want To Get Ridiculous

It Is Actually Man

Gaslighting God

Compliments The Benighted Manipulations Of

Satan The Fraud!

We Try To Remake God Into Our Fallen Image

AND

We Take Almighty God's Gifts For Granted!

We Take The All-knowing God For Granted, Too!

We Take The Ever-Present God's Gifts As Our Due

AND

Often Look At Him Askance

Wondering

Why Is There Only One Gift?!

Only A Small One?!

Where Is The Big(ger)(gest) One?!

Why Is One Not Two And Three?! 

Gratitude Is Always Appreciated

BUT
Not Rumblings Of Discontent

About Gifts Not Good Enough 

Big Enough 

Costly Enough

Powerful Enough 

Fast Enough

Important Enough

Showy Enough!

We Need To Tell Our Jesus:

Lord, 

You Are Blessing Enough And More!

You Are Giving Enough!

I Have Some In Store

For Your Gifts Are Sure!

Please Keep Me Forever Safe

Inside Your House!

You Are The Key To Me!

I Am At Your Door!

Enter My Heart's Door! 

Because ...

If The Lord Had Not Of His Blessings Given Unto Us

Our Lives ... By Now

Will Have Been Truly Spent!

Let's Take A Moment To Say:

Thank You, Lord!

The Gift Is Appreciated!

The Multitudinous Gifts Are Appreciated!

You, Lord

Are Greatly Loved

And

Truly Appreciated!

I Appreciate Your Love!

I Love You!

Help Me To Love You More And More

Even If

No More Of Your Magnificent Gifts

Were For Me

In Store! 

I Am Grateful To You

For Thinking On Me

For Blessing Me With Your Bounty

For The Life To Me Given

That I've Often Carelessly Misspent!

I Love You!

I Give You, Me!

For My Ingratitude

I Sincerely Repent!

I Listening, Lord!

Please Help Me To Really Appreciate

As I Daily Labor

All That You Have Set Before Me

In The Here And Now

And

All That I Read About

In The Living Oracle Of Truth

That I Hope For

And

In The Fullness Of Time

Expect To Gloriously Experience

- The Ultimate In Gift-Receiving -

Home With You

In The Beautiful Land!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Pray And Humbly Plead!

AMEN.

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Give Almighty God 

Some Love Now ... TODAY! 

AN APPRECIATION: The Lord IS My Light!

The Lord Is The Voice For Me

Look Smell

Taste

See Hear!

Know Him!

The Lord Is The Sight For Me

Hope Help

Blessing

The Heart That For Me Cares!

Follow Him!

The Lord Is The Way For Me

Coming Going

Working

Praying

The One Who With Me Forebears!

Obey Him!

The Lord IS My Music

My Song

My Word

The Rhyme

The One God Of Heaven

Holy True

Faithful Eternal

Divine

AND I

A Mere Child

A Servant

Have Willingly Answered

His

Knock! Knock! Knock!

On My Heart's Broken Door

AND I

Blessed Forever

Shall Ascend The Heights

AND

Walk

- By Purchased Right -

Through His Heavenly Home's

Everlasting Door!

The Lord IS My Light! 

My Life!

My Rock!

My Shepherd

AND

Praise The Heavenly Father

The Beloved Son

And

The Comforting Holy Ghost

My Known And Only Salvation!

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When I Am Distressed, Dear Father

Remind Me Of How I Am Blessed

And

When I Consider My Blessing

Help Me To Consider Also

And

With Unfailing Gratitude

That I Lost Nothing

But

Gained Everything

When My Known Sin

In Jesus Christ's Name

To You

I Did Confess!

Thank You For My Daily Blessing

Be It The One Seen Or Unseen

The One Known Or Unknown

Even The One Unappreciated

Unrequested

Unanticipated!

Thank You, Lord

For

In You

I Do Not Walk This World Alone!