I have talked about this with a friend of mine. While we pray for need, how often do we actually pray in thanksgiving for the gifts that we receive?
I Love this...WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen, and it really puts thingsinto perspective..
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walkedside-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guidestopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the ReceivingSection. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are e received.'
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angelssorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps frompeople all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section..
The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section.Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed anddelivered to the living persons who asked for them.. 'I noticed again howbusy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station,since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged fordelivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of avery small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there,idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friendquietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is nowork going o n here?' I asked.
'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the blessings that theyasked for, very few send back acknowledgments .
''How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.
'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you, Lord.
''What blessings should they acknowledge?' I asked..
'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overheadand a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you havemoney in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are amongthe top 8% of the world's wealthy .
''And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in theworld who has that opportunity..
''If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are moreblessed than the many who will not even survive this day ..
''If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness ofimprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you areahead of 700 million people in the world.
''If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, tortureor death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people inthe world.
''If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare .
''If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're uniqueto all those in doubt and despair.
'Ok, what now? How can I start? If you can read this message, you justreceived a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as veryspecial and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the worldwho cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this along toremind everyone else how blessed we all are.
ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.: 'Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and forgiving me so many wonderful people to share it with
.'If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have beenblessed with, how can you not send it on????
I thank God especially for all my family and friends!!
