Somebody Wants What You Have

I read this post while blog hopping today and it was one of those things that stops you dead in your tracks and forces you to soak in every word. I paused in my day to give thanks to God for the life and the family that I've been blessed with. The blog was called The Finer Things In Life but I'm not sure if the writer was actually the author of this? Anyway, maybe you're like me and, from time to time, you appreciate writings that give you perspective in life? I hope this gives you pause as it did me.

At the top of the page, there was an image of some bright green blades of grass with a few dew drops on them and this is what it said:

It's easy to think the grass is always greener in your neighbor's yard. And perhaps it is. At least the part you can see.

But remember:

When you're weary of fixing another meal and doing dishes yet again, somebody wishes they had food to put on the table.

When you've folded and put away a(nother) mountain of laundry, somebody wishes their children had proper coats and hats to wear to school.

When you're groaning over the highest heating bill yet this year, somebody wishes they weren't so cold.

When you're losing sleep and gagging over a child's stomach bug episode, somebody is praying for a miracle over her child's hospital bed.

When the exhaustion and nausea of the first trimester are about to do you in, somebody is weeping (yet again) over a negative pregnancy test.

When your headache intensifies over your teen's college financial paperwork, somebody is visiting the site of her teen's fatal wreck.

When you wake up to another cloudy, rainy day, somebody is praying for moisture to end a season of drought.

When you pick up your husband's dirty socks and take out the trash because he forgot, somebody is wishing that for just a moment she didn't have to do it all alone, all the time.

The next time your situation threatens to steal your joy, try to remember... somebody wants what you have.

Give thanks in all circumstances...

1 Tessalonians 5:18

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The last line {the scripture verse} is my favorite part: Give thanks in all circumstances. God is good and He works in ways we may not understand. In all the trials we face in life, there is a purpose and perhaps a lesson to be learned. A person's true character shines through amidst the challenges and I think it is those that learn to give thanks in all circumstances that are truly the most blessed. Perhaps it is simply because they are able to recognize the gifts they've been given?