This week’s news plus a whimsical story with a powerful message
IT’S NEWS TO ME
Vegas Hacker Conference Cracks Voting Machines in Record Time
Busted! Fake Police Department Obtains $1.2 of Military Weapons and Gear from US Government
Horrible: Couple Kills Themselves After GOP Traitors Save Obamacare
BIBLE STUDIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE: WHO’S AT THE HEART OF THIS SPIRITUAL AWAKENING?
Venezuela: Regime Claims Complete Normalcy as Sham Election Leaves over Dozen Dead
California Imam: “Allah,… Annihilate Them Down To The Very Last One”
Gallup: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Now Say Polygamy is Morally Acceptable
IS PRESIDENT TRUMP ALREADY BUILDING “THE WALL” WITH THE AID OF ISRAELI TECHNOLOGY?
Man “Marries” His Laptop Computer, Sues for State Recognition of Union
Watchdog Discovers 91 New Emails Hillary Tried to Destroy
Government Controlled Health Care Will Have Death Panels
ARE EMBEDDED MICROCHIPS A SIGN THAT WE’RE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS?
USS Nimitz Just Arrived at New Mission Location
The Obamas’ Lavish Lifestyle Cost Taxpayers In Nine Digits
SETTING OUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE
I don’t often include things like this in my posts, but this was a great reminder of our need to thank God for the blessings we too often take for granted. It really doesn’t matter how bad things are in the world. For some of us, we continue to enjoy the blessings of God’s abundant grace. As I read monthly reports and pray for the followers of Jesus around the world who are paying a heavy price for their faith, this “message” is a reminder to remember the multifarious blessings the rest of us enjoy on a regular basis. It’s a sobering reminder of how ungrateful we can be. May God forgive us and give us a heart of gratitude.
Remember, this is not a theological lesson. It’s just a story with a great message.
WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN WHEN WE PRAY?
I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and
said, “This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.”
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.
The angel then said to me, “This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them.” I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally, at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. “This is the Acknowledgment Section,” my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed.
“How is it that there is no work going on here?” I asked.
“So sad,” the angel sighed. “After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.”
“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 get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity.”
“If you woke up this morning with more health than illness. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day.”
“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 church 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 hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you’re unique to all those in doubt and despair…….”
“Ok,” I said. “What now? How can I start?”
The Angel said, “If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.”
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are……….
ATTN:Acknowledge Dept.
“Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it.”
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Proofreading is a dying art, wouldn’t you say?
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there’s something stronger than duct tape?
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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