A family sat down to eat breakfast together, and the husband said the usual prayer, thanking God for the food they were about to eat. One glance at the morning paper and he began to lament the sad state of the economy and how it seemed households like theirs were bearing the brunt of it. What they were eating for breakfast was a handy example of how hard it was becoming to make ends meet. Before long, he was even grumbling about the way the food was cooked.

"Father," his young daughter asked, "do you suppose God heard what you said a little while ago, when you prayed for the food?"

"Certainly," the man replied confidently.

"And did He hear what you said about the bacon and the coffee?"

"Of course," the man said, not quite so confidently.

"Then, Father, which did God believe?"

Even when we remember to thank God for the blessings He sends our way, aren't we often like this man? Wouldn't it please God more if we all learned to sincerely thank Him from our hearts and then never gave Him any reason to believe we feel differently?

--Author Unknown