To Be Grateful

I was thinking about this this morning that I have a lot to be grateful for.  Sure technical I am in the poverty level for the United States but compared to a lot of other countries I have it really good.  My car is broke down and it is getting fixed but at least I have a car to fix.  I have a roof over my head.  I have a bed to sleep in.  All of my needs are always taken care of.  My health is for the most part good.  So I thank God for taking care of me.   It is when I remember what I am grateful for that I can praise him more fully and understand that even in my struggles he has never left me or forsaken me.  It is when I am grateful that I get a glimpse of heaven.

Movie Night

Just watched the movie "Lion".  It was a good movie.   It was based on a true story of a lost boy from India that was separated from his brother one night at a train station.  He was then to make a long story short put in an orphanage and adopted out to a couple in Australia.  Later in life he started to remember parts of his past,  and he went looking for his birth mother and brother.   He ends up finding them.   This just really got me thinking about my own life even though I wasn't adopted out there was a period when I didn't know my birth father.  Now I wish I didn't know him but that is another story.  Anyways I could really relate to some of the feelings in this movie as strange as that may seem as I am no Indian orphan.  Just a good movie.   I highly recommend it.  I give it 2 thumbs up.

Our Abandoned Friend

I am left trying to find a home for this beautiful kitty because yet again one of our neighbors has moved out and left their pet behind.   I just do not get this mentality that people have that make them think it's OK to get pets and then leave them behind when it's no longer convenient to have them anymore.  I have 4 cats and they are my children.  I would feed them before I would feed myself,  and I could never leave them behind.   I mean come on people these are domesticated animals.   They don't know how to fend for themselves, they count on us for that.   If you are going to get a pet please make sure you can commit to that pets care for the next 16 to 20 years or however long they live.   Anything less is animal cruelty.

Faith in the Darkness

Joshua 1:9 ^" Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

In the past few weeks life has been really hard for me and my family.  First my grandma died from dementia after a two year struggle with it.  She was like a second mom to me so this loss was very hard on me.  Then my boss wouldn't let me have the time off to go to her funeral so I quit my job.  After my grandmas funeral our car started having problems and it needed 1300 dollars in repairs and we didn't have the funds to pay for it.  On top of all of this there was other medical stuff going on with my spouse and I.  Normally when stuff like this would take place I would blame God and lose hope.  This time I didn't do that.   Instead I remembered all the times it was bad before and then it turned out OK.  I choose to have faith.  Then yesterday happened.  My mom called and said that she was going to have my car fixed and we could pay her back.  I got a job later on in the day within walking distance from my house.  And we got a gig over the weekend that is going to pay 160 dollars for 2 days of work.   That will pay for the tags on my car.   I knew God would make everything better and he did.