There is an old hymn that goes "count your blessings, name them one by one, then you'll realise what the lord has done" Being in India has really helped me a great deal to see just how blessed I (and we as a family... ...and for that matter most of those living in the West) am (are!)
I received this in an email today, and I don't normally forward these things (although I do like receiving them), I've cut out some of the text, but I thought some of the statistics in the following paragraphs were quite eye-opening;
'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.
'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.'
'What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked.
'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy .'
'And if you are reading this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.'
'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.'
'If you can attend a place of worship without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world .'
'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.'
'What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked.
'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy .'
'And if you are reading this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.'
'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.'
'If you can attend a place of worship without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world .'
'If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.'
1 comment:
Thank you for this reminder, I am going to print it out and put it on my fridge.
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