Thought of the Day: #2 "Don't Take it for Granted"

Thought of the day: 
I was sitting in my room with my laptap on my lap trying to get some work done. I had the a/c on, my fan on, feeling nice and cool. It's a warm day today and was thankful that I was comfortable. Then out of nowhere the power went out! Everything turned off in one quick "whoosh!" No a/c. No fans. No wi-fi either. I checked to see what was going on. Bill was paid so that's not it. Everything checked out fine, so, this was one of those things that was out of my control. Ok. "So," I wondered, "what can I do now? With no electricity, what can be done?" Then it hit! Funny how conviction works that way.

How spoiled are we? We depend so much on electricity and the latest gadgets of the day! So much of our days are filled with things we use that need electricity. It's so normal to have the central air/heat readily available. We walk into a room that's dark and the first thing you do is turn on the light. You're hungry, you walk over to the refrigerator and get something to eat. We have it pretty good don't we? But yet...

We dare to complain. We take so much for granted in our lives that we don't even realize we are taking them for granted. It's not until we lose it, even if it's for a brief period of time, that we realize just how much we depend on these things and value them.

I don't know about you, my dear friend, but the next time I go to switch on the light or enjoy the comfort of the coolness of the a/c I will try my hardest to not take it for granted and be thankful instead.

Philippians 4:12, "I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learned this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little."

God bless you my dear friend!