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PRAY: Prayer for Those Who Feel Their Efforts Go Unnoticed
Wednesday, November 21, 2012 by Marti
Gratitude. This month, we emphasize it in ways beyond Thursday’s holiday. I’ve seen hundreds of Facebook friends posting lists of "I'm thankful for. . ." Ann Voskamp’s delightful One Thousand Gifts has many of us living lives of newfound thanksgiving. Gratitude. We get it.
Or do we? I often find myself feeling as though my efforts go unnoticed. That leaves me wondering: Where are all the grateful people? And, more importantly, why do I seek their responses?
If I make an effort to serve someone, I like to receive a word of thanks. If I do a job well, I like to know it's appreciated. If I serve my family members in any one of the hundreds of small-but-large ways women do, I want them to notice—and let me know.
I believe in gratitude. I teach my children to express their thanks. I try to show my gratitude to others. But God has also given me the strong reminder that when I seek responses like this from anyone except Him, I’m not offering my work as true service. In looking for the temporal, I forget the eternal. I’m making what I do for others more about me than those I serve or the God I claim to follow. "Thank you" should come not as an expected response but a bonus blessing.
My knowledge of my own self-centered perspective leads me to offer the following:
Lord, today I confess to feeling as though many of my efforts go unnoticed. Others don’t notice what I do. They don’t see the time I spend or the care I take. And even if they do, they often fail to express their thanks. I want cheers or words of praise, but what I get—if it comes at all—sounds more like “Duly noted” than “Thanks so much!”
Father, when I feel this way, move me die to myself. Build into me an attitude of grace. Help me to appreciate and thank others in the way I like to be appreciated and thanked. Help me to offer myself, my time, my work, and my words all to you. Lord God, please turn any feelings of thanklessness into times of remembering to thank you for all the ways you bless me. You and your work go unnoticed far more than I do. May I never be guilty of ingratitude. And may I never run after words of thanks instead of finding my true fulfillment in you.
In this season of Thanksgiving, I ask for the gift of a grateful heart. I thank you for the ability to serve, to work, and to offer my gifts in freedom and love. In your holy name I pray—AMEN.
Do your efforts seem to go unnoticed? Do you struggle with seeking thanks or approval from the people you serve? Share your story and/or a way God is helping you deal with attitudes of less-than-gratitude.
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WRITE: Frequently Made Errors #4--Failure to Follow Through
Marti
9/14/2010
READ: Review, FINDING HOPE FOR YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH BREAST CANCER by Yvonne Ortega
Marti
9/8/2010
WRITE: Letter to a New Writer
Marti
8/31/2010
PRAY: Love, Honor, and Pray
Marti
8/24/2010
WRITE:Guatemala Lessons--The Greatest is Love
Marti
8/19/2010
READ: Review, D.I.V.A.S. OF THE DIVINE by Donna McCrary and Sherri Holbert
Marti
8/10/2010
PRAY: Guatemala Lessons--Live Your Teaching
Marti
8/5/2010
WRITE: Guatemala Lessons--Live the Story
Marti
7/21/2010
READ: Review, CHARLOTTE FIGG TAKES OVER PARADISE by Joyce Magnin
Marti
6/25/2010
WRITE: Frequently Made Errors #3--Failure to Follow Directions
Marti
6/23/2010
READ: Review, GOD ALONE IS ENOUGH by Claudia Mair Burney
Marti
6/18/2010
PRAY: Praying Through Distractions
Marti
6/17/2010
WRITE: Cec Murphey Appreciation Month
Marti
6/11/2010
READ: Review, THEY ALMOST ALWAYS COME HOME by Cynthia Ruchti
Marti
6/8/2010
PRAY: Anywhere, Anytime
Marti
6/2/2010
WRITE: Frequently Made Errors #2--Too Much Backstory
Marti
5/29/2010
READ: Review, LIFE WITH LORD BYRON by Peggy Nelson
Marti
5/26/2010
PRAY: No More Prayer-Guilt, Part III
Marti
5/23/2010
WRITE: Frequently Made Errors--Overuse of Passive Voice
Marti
5/18/2010
READ: Review, Life's Too Short to Miss the Big Picture: Making the Most of What's Important by Steve
Marti
5/15/2010
READ: Review, This Fine Life by Eva Marie Everson (Revell, 2010)
Marti
5/12/2010
PRAY: No More Prayer-Guilt, Part II
Marti
5/8/2010
WRITE: Critique or Criticism?
Marti
5/5/2010
READ: Review, EXPOSURE by Brandilyn Collins
Marti
4/30/2010
PRAY: No More Prayer-Guilt, Part I
Marti
4/27/2010
WRITE: Quad-Cities Christian Writers' Conference--My Favorite Things
Marti
4/22/2010
READ: Review, The Plan a Woman in a Plan B World by Debbie Taylor Williams
Marti
4/20/2010
PRAY: Prayerwalking: The Secret of My Success
Marti
4/15/2010
WRITE: The Accidental Ghostwriter, Part II
Marti
4/13/2010
READ: Review, Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky
Marti
4/6/2010
WRITE: The Accidental Ghostwriter, Part I
Marti
4/1/2010
READ: Words of Comfort for Times of Loss by Cecil Murphey and Liz Allison (Blog Tour--and Two Opport
Marti
3/30/2010
WRITE: Florida Christian Writers Conference: My Top Five Blessings
Marti
3/26/2010
READ: Review, White Picket Fences by Susan Meissner (Waterbrook, 2009)
Marti
3/23/2010
PRAY: All Authority
Marti
3/21/2010
WRITE: Firm Foundations, Fulfilled Dreams: An Interview with Author C.J. Darlington (Part IV)
Marti
3/17/2010
READ: Firm Foundations, Fulfilled Dreams: An Interview with Author C.J. Darlington (Part III)
Marti
3/15/2010
PRAY: Carpe Momento!
Marti
3/12/2010
WRITE: Firm Foundations, Fulfilled Dreams: An Interview with Author C.J. Darlington (Part II)
Marti
3/10/2010
READ: Firm Foundations, Fulfilled Dreams: An Interview with Author C.J. Darlington (Part I)
Marti
3/8/2010
PRAY: Love Connection
Marti
3/5/2010
WRITE: Florida Christian Writers Conference; Jerry B. Jenkins Reception
Marti
3/3/2010
READ: Introducing Sexy Christians and the Sexy Christians Workbook
Marti
3/1/2010
PRAY: Legacy of Faith
Marti
2/27/2010
WRITE: My Writing Journey, Part 1
Marti
2/25/2010
READ: The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press, 2009)
Marti
2/22/2010
WRITE: Relationships Matter
Marti
2/19/2010
READ: "My name is Marti, and I am a bibliophile."
Marti
2/17/2010
PRAY: The Beginning and the End
Marti
2/15/2010
Test Post: High Concept and the Book of Ruth
Marti
2/12/2010
