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 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.
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> > > > PLEASE READ THIS TO THE END, IT'S NOT LONG, AND TRULY
> TOUCHING.
> > > > > > > > > > > > :)
> > > > > KEEP DREAMS ALIVE!!!!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > TO MY CHILD:
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this morning,
> > > > > I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh when I
> feel like
> > > > crying.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this morning,
> > > > > I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and
> say how
> > > perfect
> > > > > it is.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this morning,
> > > > > I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take
> you to
> > the
> > > > > park to play.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this morning,
> > > > > I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how
> to put
> > > that
> > > > > puzzle of yours together.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this afternoon,
> > > > > I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off,
> > > > > and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this afternoon,
> > > > > I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream
> and
> > whine
> > > > for
> > > > > the ice cream truck,
> > > > > and I will buy you one if he comes by.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this afternoon,
> > > > > I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow
> up,
> > > > > or second guess every decision I have made where you are
> concerned.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this afternoon,
> > > > > I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over
> you
> trying
> > > to
> > > > > fix them.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this afternoon,
> > > > > I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so
> you can
> > > have
> > > > > both toys.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this evening,
> > > > > I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story about how you
> were
> > born
> > > > and
> > > > > how much I love you.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this evening,
> > > > > I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this evening,
> > > > > I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and
> count all
> > the
> > > > > stars.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this evening,
> > > > > I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favorite TV
> shows.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just for this evening,
> > > > > when I run my fingers through your hair as you pray,
> > > > > I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest
> gift
> ever
> > > > > given.
> > > > >
> > > > > I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching
> for
> their
> > > > > missing children,
> > > > > the mothers and fathers who are visiting their children's
> graves
> > instead
> > > > of
> > > > > their bedrooms,
> > > > > and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching
> their
> > > children
> > > > > suffer senselessly,
> > > > > and screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a little
> tighter, a
> > > little
> > > > > longer.
> > > > > It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask him for
> nothing,
> > > > > except one more day........
Why Women Cry...
A little boy asked his mother, "Why are you crying?" "Because I'm a woman," she told him.
"I don't understand," he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, "And you never will."
Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"
"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, "God, why do women cry so easily?"
God said:
"When I made the woman she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world,
yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.
I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.
I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.
I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.
And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed."
"You see my son," said God, "the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides."
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