Yesterday I got this message passed on from Emily Harris; I have read it before. The one Emily forwarded to me had neat little graphics, which I could not copy and paste. The message is still the same……..good!

It reminds us to be more thankful and have shorter lists of things, which we are bombarding God for as "we have to have in order to be happy…."

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 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/or 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.

* 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 who cannot read anything at all.

* You are so blessed in ways you may never even know!

"Thank you, Jesus, for our many, many blessings! Help me to see them. I don't

want to miss even one!"