If
you own just one Bible, you are abundantly blessed. One third of the world does
not have access to even one. If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, or the agony of torture or
the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world. If
you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or
death, you are more blessed that three billion people in the world. If you have
food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a
place to sleep, you are richer than seventy-five percent 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 eight percent of the world’s wealth. If your parents are
still married and alive, you are very rare, even in the United States. If you
can 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 prayed yesterday and today, you are in
the minority because you believe in God’s willingness to hear and answered
prayer. If you believe in Jesus as the Son of God, you are part of a small
minority in the world. If you can read this message you are more blessed than
over two million people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
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I’ve
heard a great deal of complaints directed at the government lately. Am I
concerned? Absolutely. Are they and the decisions they are making in my
prayers? Without question! But do complaints accomplish anything? Hardly. Is
this furlough cause for concern and complaint? Not for those of us who are
Christians. God is in control. He is always in control. To say that we are
blessed is an understatement. I think we need to be reminded that things could
always be worse and are worse for someone else. My cup runneth over. How about
yours?