Giving thanks is a form of justice.
Those who benefitted us are owed our gratitude. To withhold it -- ingratitude -- is a form of injustice.
Worse still is the person who complains the good they received was lacking in some way; it not only withholds justice, it repays good with evil by placing blame on the benefactor for their good work.
Giving thanks is an antidote to apathy and discontent. Charlie Kirk said his goal in speaking to college students was to get them to be grateful, even if in some small way, for the rich blessings they enjoy in this great nation.
Perhaps this is why one of the most repeated phrases in the Bible is, “Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good and His lovingkindness lasts forever.”
And if giving thanks is a form of justice, then it is one of the highest callings God has on humanity.
