Thankful

As I sit this morning sipping my coffee, having an english muffin with peanut butter, and the boys fighting, laughing, crying, and playing in the other room, I think of all the things I have been blessed with… not just the “regulars”… but the things that one would not think of unless faced with a trial or tragedy.

I was looking through photos of friends and and their families…seeing how each family had different trials they had to work with or recent tragedies they have faced… and just got hit in the gut at how ungrateful I am sometimes… for the little things

The frustration I get when Malachi, our oldest, climbs over or opens a gate and gets into things he shouldn’t.. I’m thankful that he can climb.  Or when he just keeps asking and asking and asking for the same thing over and over and over again.. I am thankful he can talk.

How many times are we just so ungrateful for the things that would change our whole world if it were different…

You speak down to your wife/husband constantly bickering and degrading them…then you find out they have a life altering illness.. how do your words change?

You are constantly annoyed with your children… then a horrible accident happens and they are no longer with you… who are you annoyed with now?

Its true that trials and tragedies are going to come your way…but before they do.. think about what you do have…and be thankful for them now…