Everything isn't always easy

When things are going the way we feel they should go there is nothing that we can't face. But the moment things began to become uncomfortable we look for the easiest way out. What ever happened to fighting through the situation? What ever happened to going through the test to have a testimony? How is it we can always tell other's what's best to do but when we are faced with trials we look for the first exit? How did it become our responsibility to take care of others lives and not know what it is to take care of our own lives?

Leaving a job that has run its course and look for a new one isn't easy. Working on a relationship/marriage that is facing difficult times isn't easy. Raising a child that is becoming rebellious isn't easy. Finding the root cause of each thing that happens in your life isn't easy and it takes time and hard work to find out what happened. Working on things and fighting with faith isn't always easy because we always want the microwavable fix INSTANT. But not all things will be fixed or repaired instantly. Often you have to put in the work to fix the issue, not try to put a bandage over it in hopes it heals itself.

Count your blessings.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who won't survive the week. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the world. If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost three billion people in the world. If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head 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 someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. If your parents are still married and alive, you are very rare, especially in the United States. If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not. If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch. If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all. You are so blessed in ways you may never even know.