You Should Not Complain!

Putting Things In Perspective

It is so easy to sit and think of all things bad in your life.  Your car won't start, you are not feeling the best, you got into an argument, you didn't get the promotion or raise that you'd hope for, this list can go on and on.  I have been in my own little pity party for a couple of months due to a major relapse and was ticked off because I gained back ten of the pounds that I lost due to having to go back on steroids to calm down the relapse. Then I thought, how dare I complain! I have insurance, a beautiful family, and most importantly I have God.  I felt bad and ashamed at myself when I look at the destruction that Hurricane Sandy is still continuing to cause.  I sit here in my warm, dry home with food, clothing, shelter, heat and think of many of the people in Jersey who are without and I was washed over with shame. Shame for being so trite, so superficial, so shallow, ashamed to not be praising God daily of what blessings are around me and abundant.  

I read a little something a few years ago about you are blessed if you have things that we take for granted and that others do not have. Well, I found it and I hope that this makes you think and stop and realize what a abundant and blessed life that you have even in strife, illness, anger, you are still blessed than many, many people. I hope that this speaks to you as it spoke to me.

Blessed

Blessed

If you woke up this morning
with more health than illness,
you are more blessed than the
million who won’t survive the week.

If you have never experienced
the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment,
the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation,
you are ahead of 20 million people
around the world.

If you attend a church meeting
without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death,
you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.

If you have food in your refrigerator,
clothes on your back, a roof over
your head and a place to sleep,
you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank,
in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace, you are among
the top 8% of the world’s wealthy

If your parents are still married and alive,
you are very rare

If you hold up your head with a smile
on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can,
but most do not.

If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them
or even touch them on the shoulder,
you are blessed because you can
offer God’s healing touch.

If you can read this message,
you are more blessed than over
two billion people in the world
that cannot read anything at all.

You are so blessed in ways
you may never even know.