We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Sometimes it feels like it's so hard to just be happy...just be content with what we have and how truly blessed we are. I'm guilty of this. I feel sorry for myself so easily, especially these days for some reason. I'm extremely blessed..I have a roof over my head, a great school, job, family, friends, money, food...everything I could ever need. So why do I get down sometimes? I am SOOO very lucky. There are people all over the world who are starving, or dying from some incurable disease. And some of those people have the best outlook on life. How can I complain then? How can I feel sorry for myself when I have so much more than them, including being able to know my one and only Savior? I never really stopped to think about how lucky I am to be a Christian. What if I hadn't grown up in a Christian home where my family went to church every week and taught me about Jesus and lead me to become saved? I'm so blessed to be put in the situation I am in. Even though I stray from Him from time to time, He's always there. He'll never leave my side. I always know, even if it's in the back of my mind, that He will always be watching me, listening to my every thought and prayer. That's the most comforting feeling ever. Nothing could top that feeling. I get down sometimes and just don't know what to do or how to go on, but then I remember that I am living for Him. He died for me so I can live. And that's the greatest blessing I could ever ask for. I don't deserve it at all, but He's given me this eternal gift. I love Him so much and am so very thankful for EVERYTHING.

"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God, acceptably with reverence and awe for our God is a consuming fire."
Hebrews 12:28-29

:)
T.