Gratitude

"[That which] we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value.  Heaven knows how to put a proper price up its goods" -Thomas Paine (An American Crisis)

Patricia Holland promised in "A Quiet Heart"

Believe me when I tell you that God is a God of

goodness, mercy, and justice.  Ultimately, he 

cannot treat his righteous children differently.

Whatever blessings you have gone without will

be made up to you in divine and glorious

fashion.  I give you every assurance, they will be

made up to you to the point where you will not

be confident that God treated you fairly but

embarrassed that he treated you so very generously.

"God knows how to give good gifts to His children.  As a loving Father, He will not give His child a stone if He is asked for bread.  Always, the gifts are given in His own due time; if we are required to wait for some blessings, or even do without some blessings here on earth, we can look forward in faith knowing that our righteous desires will be fulfilled." 

-Maria Covey Cole (Contentment)