What do you have

I am Blessed and Highly Favored. If you've been around me at all, you have probably heard me say that countless times. I don't say it flippantly. I don't say it just to be saying it. I don't say it to sound positive. I say it because I am TRULY BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED! GOD has been so good to give me more than I ever thought possible.

The truth is that most all of us are blessed with far more than we ever thought possible, far more than others have, far more than others will ever have. Yet, so many people don't seem to appreciate what they have. They seem to constantly be looking over in their neighbor's yard or their neighbor's garage or their neighbor's house thinking that they have something that they want...

Today's word is a quote from Vissarion Belinsky, which says, "People usually do not appreciate what they have but complain about what they don't."

It seems to ring true that most people, me included, don't appreciate what they have near as much as they bemoan about what they don't have. We don't have much, but I truly am grateful that GOD has given us so much. The very fact that I am physically able to sit and type this blog is a blessing that I NEVER take for granted. NEVER! I would imagine their are countless numbers of people that wish they could sit, or type, or had access to either. I won't take that for granted.

Look, life isn't all rosy. There are problems and concerns and stress enough to make even the best believer lose hope occasionally. However, if we will just look around and appreciate all the blessings, all the things, all the stuff that we have, we may find ourselves appreciating what we do have and not complaining as much about what we don't. I'm really going to try to keep that in mind.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T