{"id":6970,"date":"2021-05-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6970"},"modified":"2021-04-26T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T00:49:56","slug":"clueless-and-thankless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/clueless-and-thankless\/","title":{"rendered":"Clueless and Thankless!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Clueless and Thankless! 5\/3\/21\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=yf76b-101d4f7-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One evening a stay-at-home mom had to go to a three-hour PTA meeting at school. With Mother\u2019s Day coming, her husband and her son and daughter decided to clean up the kitchen for her.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They wiped and polished all the counters. They washed all the dishes in the cabinets. They put the refrigerator in perfect order. They swept and washed the floor. Then they sat down and were very tired. They awaited mother\u2019s\u00a0return home and what she would say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>When the mother finally got home, she walked into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, poured herself some juice and went to the living room. She put on the TV and sat down. She did not say a word. Her husband and the two kids were miffed. She had not said a word about the clean kitchen.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The three of them went into the living room and stood looking at her. She glanced up at them and said:\u00a0<em>\u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d<\/em>  Her husband said,\u00a0<em>\u201cThe kitchen.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe kitchen, what?\u201d<\/em>  she responded.\u00a0\u201cThe kitchen, we cleaned the kitchen for you. It\u2019s sparkling clean. Didn\u2019t you notice?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The mother replied,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cYes, I noticed. A thankless job, isn\u2019t it!\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;So much of a mother\u2019s life and job, day in and day out, is thankless, isn\u2019t it? Sometimes, people don\u2019t notice the things we do for them, until we stop doing them. We need to appreciate what we HAVE, before time makes us appreciate what we HAD.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What thankless job is someone doing for YOU, that you can show YOUR appreciation for in a special way?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EVEN WHEN WE DON\u2019T SENSE GOD\u2019S PRESENCE, GOD\u2019S LOVING CARE IS ALL AROUND US!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One evening a stay-at-home mom had to go to a three-hour PTA meeting at school. With Mother\u2019s Day coming, her husband and her son and daughter decided to clean up the kitchen for her.&nbsp; They wiped and polished all the counters. They washed all the dishes in the cabinets. 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