Resentment is Effortless

Gratitude Needs Remembrance

"Only when people remember the good 

others have done for them 

will they have gratitude. 

Unfortunately, 

however, 

most people 

remember the bad people 

have done to them 

far longer than the good. 

Or to put it another way, 

gratitude takes effort; 

resentment is effortless."

Dennis Prager, 

The Rational Bible, Exodus: 

God, Slavery, and Freedom, pg.111

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Ephesians 4:25-32

"Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth 

each one of you with his neighbor,

for we are members of one another.

Be angry, and yet do not sin; 

do not let the sun go down on your anger, 

and do not give the devil an opportunity.

He who steals must steal no longer; 

but rather he must labor, 

performing with his own hands what is good, 

so that he will have something to share 

with one who has need.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, 

but only such a word as is good for edification 

according to the need of the moment, 

so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 

by whom you were sealed 

for the day of redemption.

Let all bitterness and wrath 

and anger 

and clamor 

and slander 

be put away from you, 

along with all malice.

Be kind to one another, 

tender-hearted, 

forgiving each other, 

just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."

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