Happy with what you have!

Surprise! 2 posts in one day!

Actually, I should post this as a response on MDB's blog since she's the one who sparked the thought, but it's hard to say who reads responses and who does not, so I thought I'd better write an original post with it!

In her post "So annoying - but not really" of June 20th, MDB bemoans the whining of a friend who's seldom happy with what she has even though what she has is A LOT!!! Apparently this friend has a husband who supports her well enough that she does not need to work; well enough that they have a spacious and beautiful home; well enough that they have RVs; well enough that they have nice cars, etc. Apparently, this person lives in the veritable lap of luxury but is too stupid or spoiled to realize it.

She should have been at our house this afternoon!

A powerful lightning storm came through our area and knocked out the power for nearly four hours. Thank GOD the sun had not gone down yet, because we were never without light, but the ventilation system went out, naturally, and all of our refrigerators and other electrically-operated equipment was useless for the period of the outage.

Welcome to the past, lady who complains a lot!

I don't know why grandma and grandpa ever lived here without air, but I don't think we're suited for it any longer. I mean....we're spoiled! We've grown so accustomed to our creature comforts that any period without them is just pure torture!

In any case, it just occured to me that we seldom if ever thank God for what we have! We have a single day every year that's ostensibly dedicated to thanking God for our blessings, but we're really not much into it, are we? Well, four hours without electricity is enough to make ME give thanks, that's for sure! Thank You, Jesus, for all of our blessings!

Thanks for the food on the table;
Thanks for a good job!
Thanks for a wonderful and adoring wife!
Thanks for a great home in a great neighborhood!
Thanks for our health!
Thanks for everything that we have that we just take for granted; air conditioning, automobiles, indoor plumbing, public water systems, television, internet, computers, cell phones, electric light, the grocery store, refrigerators, and every other modern convenience that we just accept without really thinking about any of it!

We're about 10 seconds from going right back to the stone age in any given moment; thank You, Jesus, for watching over us and protecting us!