Today is Thursday, May 12th, 2005; Karen's Korner #544

This is the week that I took my 365-day "mileage" check-up at the doctor's office  Guess what? I passed!
 
Oh, sure, I am beginning to have a few "nickel-dime" things to look at.  My bones aren't as dense as they used to be, so I take a pill to restore that to some more nomral measure; and because of my age, a couple of years ago my doctor recommended that I take a multi-vitamin and an aspirin each day to prevent some stuff from happening in the future.
 
Just the past few weeks, God has really impressed on my to not take anything that I have for granted! Not my health, my wealth, my family, my emotional and spiritual state. I need and want to be more grateful for what I already have, before I run off and ask for more!
 
So that is my thought process this morning, as I write this brief prayer and share it with you:
 
Dear Father in Heaven,
 
Thank you for all the things that you have provided for me and for my family. Thank you for the state and country in which Jim and I live. Thank you for the family that you have allowed me to have. Thank you for the good health which I am experiencing and for all the abilities which you given to me. Thank you for the home, the farm, the material goods which I possess. Thank you for all the friends which you have given me. Thank you for the job that you have given me to do. Thank you for the provisions that you have shared with me through 59 years and for the future that you have in mind for me. Help me to nothing for granted. Help me to remember that each thing on my list above can be taken away from me, except You and Your love and care for me.
 
And for all of this, I am grateful.
 
In Jesus' name,
 
Amen.

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