A hálás élet az igazán boldog élet!

A hálás szívű ember tudja felhasználni mindazt, amit Isten kezéből

kapott: az Ő dicsőségére, vagyis embertársai javára! A hálás ember tudja azt, hogy tartozik, mert Ő is
mindent kapott! A hálás ember tud adni: szeretetet, jóságot, segítséget, kenyeret másoknak, mert ő is úgy
kapta. És ezért kapta! Tehát tulajdonképpen nem is a legkevesebb, hanem a legtöbb, amit adhatunk Istennek:
a hála! Mondjuk hát: “Tőled van minden, és a miket a te kezedből vettünk, azokat adtuk most néked!” (Joó
Sándor)

A hála nem azonos a lekötelezettséggel. Míg mindkét érzelem a segítségnyújtás során történik, a
lekötelezettség akkor jelentkezik, amikor az egyén azt figyelheti meg, hogy valamilyen módon kötelessége
visszafizetni a segítséget.[5] Az érzelmek különböző cselekedetekhez vezetnek; a lekötelezettség motiválóan
hat arra, hogy kerüljék a személyt aki segítséget nyújtott, míg a hála inkább arra motivál, hogy keressük az
egyén kapcsolatát (wiki)

Jonathan Edwards ír így könyvében, hogy a hála és köszönet Isten felé az igazi vallás mutatója… a hálára
való hajlam az egyik legpontosabb mutatója annak, hogy Isten jelen van az illető életében.

“So much has been given to me that I have no time to ponder that which I don't have.”—Helen Keller

In the late 1800’s George Mueller operated an orphanage that at one time had 1,000 orphans. One morning
there was no food to eat, but he called all the children and staff together and prayed thanking God for the
provision of food, even though no food was on the table. A few moments later a baker knocked on the door.
He told Mr. Muller that God had led him to bake bread the night before and give it to the orphanage. Before
the bread was given to the children, a milkman knocked on the door. He said that his milk truck had broken
down and he wanted to give the milk to the orphanage.

Emerson said that if the stars came out only once a year, everybody would stay up all night to behold
them. We have seen the stars so often that we don't bother to look at them anymore. We have grown
accustomed to our blessings.
The Israelites in the wilderness got accustomed to their blessings, and God had to chasten the people
(see Num. 11). God had fed the nation with heavenly manna each morning, and yet the people were getting
tired of it. "But now our whole being is dried up," they said, "there is nothing at all except this manna before
our eyes!" (v. 6).
Nothing but manna! They were experiencing a miracle of God's provision every morning; yet they
were no longer excited about it. Nothing but manna!
One of the evidences that we have grown accustomed to our blessings is this spirit of criticism and
complaining. Instead of thanking

Andrew Carnegie, the multimillionaire, left $1 million for one of his relatives, who in return cursed
Carnegie thoroughly because he had left $365 million to public charities and had cut him off with just one
measly million.

Ingratitude denotes spiritual immaturity. Infants do not always appreciate what parents do for them.
They have short memories. Their concern is not what you did for me yesterday, but what are you doing for
me today. The past is meaningless and so is the future. They live for the present. Those who are mature are
deeply appreciative of those who labored in the past. They recognize those who labor during the present and
provide for those who will be laboring in the future.

Blessed is he who expects no gratitude for he shall not be disappointed.

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A
proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
A hála hálát szül…