4 Things to be Unthankful For

2. Lord, thank you for making me so humble.

Hey, with a prayer like this, don’t give God the credit for your humility. It’s all you, baby! In fact, you should give yourself an award for being so humble. You could get a bumper sticker which says “The most Humble Person in the World” so that everybody can know how humble you are! You could write a book, “The Three Most Humble Men in the World, and How I Led the Other Two to Christ.” Since you are so humble, I am sure it would be a best seller.

By the way, I know Moses supposedly said this about himself, that he was the most humble man who ever lived (Num 12:3), but I don’t believe this is what Moses meant. The word he used can also be translated “troubled” or “afflicted” which makes more sense in context….

3. Lord, thank you for destroying my enemies.

A lot of us were praying this when Osama bin Laden was killed. But other than Osama, maybe you rejoiced when a hateful coworker lost their job, an ex-spouse got cancer, or that annoying neighbor’s car got wrecked.

If God does not delight in the destruction of His enemies, we should not either. We must pray for our enemies, and seek God’s blessing upon them, not pray for their destruction and death.

4. Lord, thank you that Obama got re-elected.

I’m kidding! I’m kidding.

I’m a conservative, and I admit I was pretty disappointed when Obama got elected. But I know that Romney would not have been a perfect president either. Ultimately God is in control, and He knows what is best for the people in this country. So yes, I do thank God that Obama got re-elected, and I look forward to the next four years to see how God uses Obama in His plan for our nation’s future.

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Sam

At first I thought this was your Thanksgiving prayer. I just can’t imagine your wife letting you pray it!

The recent election showed that one party is out of sync with the electorate, as they discovered on election day, which made me think of the similarities with the church: Often old guys trying to run things “the way they’re always been” (which means the way they were in the 70′s or something like that), old guys who don’t pay attention to the changing demographic – minorities, women, young people, etc.

Two years ago I read an obscure article by a statistics guy who discussed the values and beliefs of the youngest one third of adults versus the oldest one third. There is a dramatic difference. Each year more old people die and more young people come on board. In a few years not only our country but also our churches are going to look much different.

You old guys are just going to have to get used to it. (Of course you know that is tongue in cheek, but someone else may not know that.)
- http://www.tillhecomes.org/ Jeremy Myers
  
  Yes, things are changing. I think Romney ran as good of a campaign as he could, but I knew as soon as the GOP chose him that he was going to lose to Obama, for many of the reasons you mentioned above.
http://twitter.com/martinamyd Amy Martin

Ha! I enjoyed this. I like the twist on the gratitude theme. So basically, remember, be grateful, but not for how awesome we are compared to other people. Love it. I think some of these passages in the texts area great – both humbling and slightly smile-inducing…like the idea of thanking God for being so humble. The touch of irony here and there in the text is delightful. Thanks!
- http://www.tillhecomes.org/ Jeremy Myers
  
  Yes, but Amy, you truly are Awesome!
  
  Seriously though, we do sometimes pray versions of the prayers above without knowing it.
  
  “God, thank you that I have enough discipline to get up early and work out, unlike those unhealthy, undisciplined people.”
  
  “God, thank you that I know enough about you to go church every week, unlike those people who sleep in on Sunday.”
  
  And so on…
  
  thanks for the commentT