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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"THINKING ABOUT BLESSINGS" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
THINKING ABOUT BLESSINGS
ARE YOU BLESSED? I AM SURE WE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T THINK THEY ARE. I HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION AND HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANSWERS BUT THE ONE I DISLIKE THE MOST IS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS "NOT AS MUCH AS I WANT TO BE." HOW SAD IS THAT, NOT BEING HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND ALWAYS WANTING MORE. THEN I ASK, "SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU ARE BLESSED?" THE ANSWER WAS, "WELL, YES." THEN I ASKED THE BIG QUESTION, "HOW OFTEN DO YOU THANK GOD FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS?" WHEN THE SUBJECT WAS CHANGED, I HAD MY ANSWER.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I AM BLESSED. IN THE LAST HURRICANE THAT WENT UP THE MIDDLE OF FLORIDA, WE LOST POWER. THAT MIGHT NOT BOTHER SOME PEOPLE BUT NO POWER FOR ME IS NO AC AND SINCE WE HAVE SPECTRUM FOR TV, PHONES, COMPUTERS AND WI-FI, WE LOST ALL OF THAT FOR A WEEK. NO WATER EITHER BECAUSE I HAVE A WELL AND IT TAKES ELECTRICITY TO RUN THE PUMP.
NOW HERE IS WHERE THE BLESSING COMES IN. WE DID HAVE A GENERATOR AND WE DID UNPLUG THE FREEZER AT NIGHT LONG ENOUGH SO WE COULD PLUG IN THE PUMP TO TAKE SHOWERS. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK A COLD SHOWER? YOU MIGHT ASK WHY ALL OF THIS IS A BLESSING, WELL, THROUGH ALL OF THIS THE LORD WAS WITH US AND PROTECTED US. THAT WAS THE BIGGEST BLESSING BUT THERE WERE MORE. AS I SAID, WE HAD A GENERATOR AND MY SON, JOSH, HAD A SMALL WINDOW AC HE WAS NOT USING SO HE PUT THAT IN OUR LIVING ROOM WINDOW. WE CLOSED OFF ALL THE ROOMS BUT THE KITCHEN AND TWO BEDROOMS SO WE WERE COOL THE WHOLE TIME. THE GENERATOR ALSO RAN THE FRIDGE AND FREEZER SO WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY FOOD.
WE ALL SHOULD BE THANKING GOD EVERY DAY FOR OUR BLESSINGS BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. IF PEOPLE, BOTH CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS, WOULD THINK WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE WITHOUT ALL THE THINGS WE WERE WITHOUT, ALL THE TIME AND NOT JUST FOR A WEEK, I THINK THEY WOULD REALIZE HOW BLESSED THEY ARE. AND, WHAT ABOUT THEIR SIGHT, HEARING, GOOD HEALTH OR BEING ABLE TO WALK AROUND NOT TO MENTIONS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, FOOD ON THE TABLE, BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THEIR OWN CAR. I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.
WE ARE ALL BLESSED AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER WHAT JESUS IS TELLING US. WE NEED TO BE HIS DISCIPLES AND SINCE HE TAUGHT TWICE AS MUCH AS HE PREACHED, WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS LEAD. WE SHOULD BE MAKING DISCIPLES OUT OF PEOPLE NOT JUST CONVERTS. HE PUT IT ALL IN HIS WORD FOR US TO FOLLOW AND IT IS UP TO US TO OBEY HIM. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO SHOW HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVE HIM AND THANK HIM FOR OUR BLESSINGS.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
