Much Appreciate…

"Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?” – Luke 17:17.

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A television plot portrayed two best friends caught in a tense situation. They both loved the same woman.

Later the two men were competing against each other in a parachute competition. Both jumped out of the plane at the same time. But when one of the men pulled his ripcord, his chute failed to open. His death seemed sure.

However, the other man noticed his predicament,maneuvered into position through freefall, and tied himself to his friend's tangled canopy. Then he opened his own chute. The pair came down together and landed safely.

But the real shock came after they had hit the ground.The rescued friend got up and walked away without even thanking the one who saved him.

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Now, this story is fictitious, but it sounds a little like the real-life event described in Luke 17.

Ten lepers, on their way home from a meeting with Christ, suddenly realized that He had healed them of their dreadful disease. He had saved their lives. But only one, a Samaritan, returned to

Jesus to say, "Thank you."

Why did only one cleansed leper return to thank Jesus? The following are possible reasons why the nine did not return:

- One waited to see if the cure was real.

- One waited to see if it would last.

- One said he would see Jesus later.

- One decided that he had never had leprosy.

- One said he would have gotten well anyway.

- One gave the glory to the priests.

- One said, "O well, Jesus didn't really do anything."

- One said, "Just any rabbi could have done it."

- One said, "I was already much improved."

Our constant prayer should be that God will give us a thankful heart, not just at Easter, or at Thanksgiving, or during Christmas, but every day of the year.

No matter what trials we are going through, there are always many things to be thankful for: Food, Clothing, Shelter, Family, Friends and above all for being a child of the living God who never will He leave nor forsake us.

Stay Blessed!