UNGRATEFULNESS- A SPIRITUAL POISON

UNGRATEFULNESS … A SPIRITUAL POISON


Luke 12: 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? N



My mom only had one eye. I hated her… She was such an embarrassment. She cooked for students and teachers to support the family.

There was this day during elementary school where my mom came to say hello to me. I was so embarrassed.

How could she do this me? I ignored her, threw her hateful look and ran out. The next day at school one of my classmate said, ‘EEEE, your mom only has one eye!’

I wanted to bury myself. I also wanted my mom to just disappear. I confronted her that day and said,’ If you’re only going to make me a laughing stock, why don’t you just die?’

My mom did not respond… I didn’t even stop to think for a second about what I had said, because I was oblivious to her feelings.

I wanted to go out of that house, and have nothing to do with her. So I studied real hard, got a chance to go abroad to study.

Then I got married. I brought a house of my own. I had kids of my own. I was happy with my life, my kids and the comforts. Then one day, my Mother came to visit me. She hadn’t seen me in years and she didn’t even meet her grandchildren.

When she stood by the door, my children laughed at her, and I yelled at her for coming over uninvited. I screamed at her, ‘How dare you come to my house and scare my children!’ GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!!!

And to this, my mother quietly answered, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry. I may have gotten the wrong address,’ and she disappear out of sight.

One day, a letter regarding a school reunion came to my house. So I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip after the reunion. I went to the old cabin just out of curiosity.

My neighbors said that she died. I did not shed a single tear. They handed me a letter that she had wanted me to have.

‘My dearest son,

I think of you all the time. I’m sorry I came to your house and scared your children. I was so glad when I heard you were coming for the reunion, but I may not be able to even get out of bed to see you. I’m sorry that I was a constant embarrassment to you when you were growing up.

You see…. When you were very little, you were involved in an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t stand watching you having to grow up with one eye, so I gave you mine.

I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole world for me, in my place, with that eye.

With all my love to you,

Your mother.

My God, I know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is my life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Let my life appear for a little time and vanish away until I fulfil my destiny in Jesus name

O Lord, although for all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away, let me not wither and become history while I am alive in Jesus name.