How do you celebrate a two-year-olds’ birthday?
For our family—with a grandson who loves trains—that meant a meal at Two Toots Restaurant. The big draw at this unusual eatery is a model train that runs throughout the place. On the tracks, a locomotive pulls eight flatbed cars, each fitted with a basket that actually hauls your meal right to your booth.
So there’s Caleb watching this train hauling burgers and fries. Every single time that train went around the track, he got excited. Every single time they sounded the horn, he bounced in his seat. Every single time the train disappeared from view, he waved and said, “Bye Bye…Bye bye.”
It was fun watching Caleb have fun. But gradually, the rest of us “more sophisticated” adults moved on to other interests and conversation. Once the food arrived, we were more into munching our burgers and dipping our onion rings than whatever was going on with the train.
Not Caleb. He remained fascinated the whole evening long.
Caleb’s intrigue set my mind traveling down a different track. Much like the red baskets delivering meals to our table, we are daily—even hourly—delivered huge carloads of gifts from our generous God: forgiveness, provision…grace.
The train loads of His gifts come with such frequency, piled high with such generosity…we are at risk of appearing bored with His blessings.
Is it possible you and I are guilty of this sin: bored with our blessings? We often don’t even think of them. But there’s a cure. It’s called thankfulness.
Let’s say thanks….every single time. Every single blessing. Every single gift.
Just like Caleb greeted that train with a smile and wave….let’s choose to greet the daily, hourly, minute-by-minute kindness of our God… with a thank you.
Bored with our blessings?
I hope not.
Our heavenly Father loves to give us good gifts—by the train load.
Let’s thank Him for every gift. Every time.
Listen carefully. I think there’s another train coming around the bend!