Blessings you didn't even realize

[amaranthe]

I am copying this from our church bulletin. The author is unknown.
But, the message really struck a chord with me. I hope that it also resonates with all of you.

More Blessed

If you woke up this morning and spent more of your day without pain than you did with pain, then you are more blessed than the million people around the globe who didn'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 attend church meetings without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost 3 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, then you are richer than 75% of others in the world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish somewhere, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you can read this message, you are more blessed than over 2 billion people in the world who can't read anything at all.

Thank God that you are more blessed in ways you may never even know.

[Julie B]

Thank you for that! Beautiful!

[amaranthe]

You are welcome. I thought it was very thought provoking. They all got to me, but the one that hit me the most was the one about the top 8% of the world's wealthy. That made me realize that I truly have a duty to do much more charitable work than I have been doing, (even if all I can afford is to donate that spare change in the dish to a worthy cause, like to give to someone homeless.)