Ingratitude cannot be atoned for by envy. You cannot make up for your lack of interest in what you've been given by becoming overly interested in what someone else was given. While there always exists a temptation to prefer your tribe to another, there is also a temptation to prefer any tribe to your own.
“These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.” — G.K. Chesterton
These are the days when the white person is expected to praise every color except his own. These are the days when the straight person is expected to praise every sexual preference except his own. These are the days when the man is expected to praise ever gender except his own. These are the days when the American is expected to praise every nation except his own.
Hating your father and mother is all the rage these days. Envy is en vogue while tradition is called terrorism. Yet you cannot correct the culture by merely whitewashing our own.
“Can he hate it enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing?” — G.K. Chesterton
We must have enough honesty to admit our wrongs and enough loyalty to commit to righting them. We must learn to love the color of our skin, the gender God assigned to us, the history of our people, and the place of our birth.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.
God handpicked the place and time of our lives. He decided our height, hair color, skin tone, sex, and ancestry. We were made for such a time as the one we are in. Gratitude is what we owe. For life, breath, and everything else He provides, we must learn to say, "Thank you."
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