Decades ago, I traveled from California to Pennsylvania in a small motor home with my youngest child who was ten years old at the time and my brother and his two daughters. It took us 10 days, and we visited 12 states. Somewhere along the way I picked up a trivet inscribed with “If your wife doesn’t treat you as you deserve, be thankful.”
That trivet has been in my kitchen ever since and every time I notice it, it reminds me to thank my LORD and Savior…because I read it as “If God doesn’t treat you as you deserve, be thankful.”
The Scriptures are clear about what we deserve and why we deserve it. “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” [Romans 3:23 NLT]
The Scriptures are also abundantly clear that those who accept God’s offer of salvation don’t get what is deserved but receive His grace and mercy instead.
“For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus.” [2 Timothy 1:9 NLT]
And for that we should be continually and eternally thankful! Amen!
