Appreciate what you have !!"

I'm sure any one reading this will say " Of course I appreciate what I have." But do we really? By saying we, I do mean (you and me). You know every morning I wake up and say "uuhhh... I don't want to go to work today, I hate my job." But, what if I didn't have a job to wake up to. I complain about my car and how I wish I could get a new one. What If didn't have a car to drive? I complain because I want a bigger house. What if I didn't have a home to go too? The list goes on and on. Groceries are to high. Child support is always late. Why can't I get a good man? Then when I get one I think why cant he be like this or that man? Why is daycare so high? Why is college so expensive. Get my drift. Hmm, does this sound familiar? Well let me tell you a little something. I always felt like I should stop complaining and and be appreciative. I read self help books,I prayed and I did everything but stopped complaining. But God knows me very well. He got my attention in a way that hit home.

One morning I got up went to work my supervisor of 3 years got fired. This took away my security, my cushion. All of a sudden, I had new responsibilities, a new supervisor and my job good rough. And for the first time in 4 years I felt like I could possibly lose my job. "Whaaat not me I thought.. I'm to good for that". Then the next day I woke up to take my finals, (in which I needed to bring up my grade because I slacked off all semester) and my car got repossessed. WHaaat aw hell naw uh uh now hold on. I know this must be a mistake. I got finals in 30 minutes and I gotta find a ride now, I thought. OK then I finished the semester and find out I cant go to school summer semester because I don't have enough money. ok ok fine but then my child support doesn't come in at all for 3 weeks. I still didn't learn my lesson becauseI was to busy being cocky "I thought oh well i get a rebate check in a week and ill be straightened back out can't nobody hold me down." Not to mention since I didn't have child support I was late on daycare, I was making payment arrangements on my electricity and phone bill. Every day I waited by the mail or checked the IRS website in hopes some money was coming in some where. Just to find out I wasn't getting a refund check until a month later.

Finally, I realized something GOD is trying to tell me something. I have been a ungrateful, unappreciative, brat. Instead of thanking God for everything I had and every breath I took I damned my blessings, cursed them and treated my life like it was cursed. But all in one week everything I had was stripped away from me.I realized that God wanted me to appreciate what I had. I can truly say I'm now thankful and slowly everything is coming back to me. Another thing I realized I was cocky I felt like i did everything myself. I never took time to give God the glory. It was all about me me me. So if this sounds in anyway familiar wake up before your picking yourself back up and wondering what just happened.And thank God for everything you have.Stop complaining about what you want to have. Stop complaining about how u wish it could be. And realize how lucky u really are. I do, even with all my short comings. I get ot of bed everyday and say thank you lord for this new day. Thank you for my great job.This job provides me with a income. Thank you for this car that gets me to and from. Thank Lord for this meal, I couldnt imagine not having anything to eat.