No Gratitude is a Bad Attitude

"No Gratitude is a Bad Attitude," I can still hear my father saying those words after all of these years of being married and living in my own house. As a preacher, My father had many sayings that he would try out on the family prior to preaching them from the pulpit. But this one, has always stayed with me. Even to the point that it has come out of my own mouth to my daughter a time or two.

As we go about our day at work, we have a choice to be grateful or to be ungrateful. When we begin to let words of complaint and ungratefulness come out of our mouth, our attitude starts to change. Instead of having an attitude of joy, patience, and love, our attitude changes to one of bitterness, jealousy, and hate. It is amazing how much power a grateful or ungrateful spirit has upon our attitude and can cause the climate of your workday to change suddenly.

So, when the toast burns, be grateful that you have food. When everyone wants to drive 30 mph on the interstate, be grateful that you have a car. When the copier gets jammed, your boss wants a project to him by the end of the day, your proposal that took you 5 hours to complete has to be redone, or you seem to not be able to get anything accomplished at work, be grateful that God has blessed you with a job!

Tyra Whitehurst
Media Director