Tired...But Thank You, Lord!

This one will be short today.

I was gonna let go and discuss how weary in spirit, mind, and body I was.  But then, I just started to say: Thank You.

I'm not homeless.  I'm not starving.  I have a car to drive.  I have the use and activity of my limbs. The blood is yet running warm in my veins. I am in my right mind. None of my loved ones called to say they were sick or dying. I have a job. I have people that love me. After each one of those statements, I said - "Thank You".

Walter Hawkins had a song called "Thank You", and it's the chorus that is helping change my perspective today:

It could have me (Thank You)
Outdoors (Thank You)
With no food (Thank You)
And no clothes (Thank You)
Without a friend (Thank You)
Or just another number (Thank You)
With a tragic end (Thank You)
But You didn't see fit (Thank You)
To let none of these things be (Thank You)
'Cause everyday by Your Power (Thank You)
You keep on keeping me (Thank You)
And I wanna say - Thank You Lord for ALL You've done for me.

You may not be in the best of circumstances and situations.  Everything may look like it's going south.  People, things, whatever may bring stress to your life. You may feel as if no one understands.  But in all of these things: God is bigger than all of it.  Begin to say "Thank You" for the good, the bad, the ugly, the in-the-meantime and the in-between times, the up, the down, the SIDEWAYS.

Thank you, Lord for ALL of it. And I praise You for it.

Watch the day get better.