Tuesday, December 28, 2010

words words words

Hey gang it has been at least a month since I last posted....i know y'all have been on the edge of your seats waiting for my next post to come out (thick sarcasm). A whole bunch has happened since my last post, like christmas break, christmas itself, and i guess some other stuff too...  anyways This little anecdote kind of ties into the Christmas theme (kind of a stretch if I do say so myself), But here you go.

      Well here it goes...I was about to fall asleep tonight, and as I laid my head down, I began to think of how ungrateful I am. This thought has been lingering in the back of my head for quite some time I suppose, but I think it really was something I wanted to talk about tonight. I think we have all heard the speech, about how America is the best country on Earth and how we are blessed to live here (maybe not.. , but I have at least) but I think because we were raised in this country in this day and age, we are just used to having an excess of stuff, and it isn't normal for us to not have more than enough things. But I think I am starting to get a little side tracked, back to my story.... I thought about just how much I have and how I don't deserve any of it. I think I never slow down enough to realize that I am blessed beyond belief! I am just in awe of how much God has given me. I think the most humbling part is that I don't deserve a single thing....I have recently been reading Job, and the thing that amazes me the most is that after everything Job loved was taken away from him, he worshipped God!! here is the verse if your interested, and if your'e not then you can just skip down to the next paragraph:

Job 1:13-22

[13] Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, [14] and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, [15] and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” [16] While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” [17] While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” [18] While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, [19] and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

[20] Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. [21] And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” 
[22] In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong. 




If you read the verse above cool, but if not that is fine too, but I guess what I am trying to get at is that I am truely blessed, and deserve none of what I have, If you can take anything from reading this (skimming for the other one or two people) Is that God blesses us beyond belief...
    For anyone that actually takes time out of their day, or night to read my posts, it means the world to me so thank you and good night