are you the one?

I was doing some reading today and came across this passage in the Bible:

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between
Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"

When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests."
And as they went, they were cleansed.

One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.

Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no
one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Luke Luke 17:15-18

You'll recognize this as the story Luke tells of the ten who were healed of leprocy. And this thought struck me: Only one came back? One?

See, I think we live in a world of entitlement--we're all entitled to stuff. Am I right? I think that's what's going on here. There's just no gratitude.

So the question for today is this: Are you the one who comes back to give thanks? Are you grateful to your parents...your spouse...your employer...those you lead you...those whom you lead?

Let's not assume that those close to us assume that we're grateful. Let's express it. What would happen if we all started responding to one another with more gratitude? Let's try it and find out.

Be the one.