the little things in life♥

so earlier today a bunch of us girls were sitting in my suitemates room...
in between their beds there is a fiberoptic Christmas tree.


Kristy sat there in absolute AWE of the fiber optics... after sitting and staring for a while she broke out of a daze and said simply, "I'm glad I don't have epilepsy." It struck all of us as funny, but she pressed on and said..."because i wouldnt be able to enjoy the Christmas tree without having seizures.


Though to all of us girls, it was humerous...In all reality--we SHOULD be thankful to God for the little things in life.


--being able to enjoy a fiberoptic tree without having seizures.
--being able to eat without help
--being able to walk ourselves to the bathroom
--being given the eyesight to see a little kid playing with an ant on the ground.


We take so much for granted! It really is frustrating to see such spoiled people...even from a human point of view.
but, how do you think the Creator feels?
do you think He's happy that only a select few people thank Him for what He has given them?


In Luke 17:11-19, Luke tells the story of the Ten Healed of Leprosy. The story is as follows:
               Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"
               When he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed.
               One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him-and he was a Samaritan.
               Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well." (NIV)

Ten men. Did you get that?! TEN MEN were healed of leprosy and only ONE came back! ONE!

How is that even fair? Here Christ was healing the men from a disease that segregated them from society...and they didnt even come back and say thank you. Are we like that? How often do we sit there and not think twice about seeing a flower on the ground? How many times do we get angry that the sound of the rooster crowing wakes us up? What about the people that have never seen flowers? Those who--will NEVER see color, only imagining how beautiful the world must be--from stories they hear people telling them. What about the people who NEVER get the chance to hear a rooster crow? or a baby giggle? or the sound of rain tapping on a tin roof. What about those people? I bet they would be grateful to see or hear for just one minute of their life.

We need to step back and look at our lives. We need to give thanks to the One who deserves it. God has given us so many little things to praise him for...
so why dont we do it?

God is teaching me how to step back and ultimately how to...

breathe.