"Well, it IS called 'occasional'........"

It has been a while... but, it IS called 'occasional' ramblings..... Not a whole lot has been going on.. I am very grateful that God has kept everyone in my family in excellent health, we have a roof over our heads, and no one here goes to bed hungry.. Which is more than I can say for millions more in America. It is really something to sit for a moment and think about how much you really do have, instead of always worrying about what you don't have, or what someone else does have... A friend of mine was telling us a story of some very wise things his father said to him. One thing that really stuck with me was when his father asked him how much room does he need to sleep, how many clothes can he wear at one time, and ho much food can he eat.. He answered with some dimensions for sleep which were roughly equivalent to his body size plus another foot or so for sprawling space, enough clothes to cover his back, and enough food to fill his stomach. His father replied, "then that is all you need, and everything else is a luxury."

Those are some staggering words! Really makes one reconsider his prayer life.. We spend so much time asking God for stuff that we often forget how much He has truly blessed us with... For anyone who actually bothers to read this, assuming you are one who prays, take a few minutes to talk to God... not to ask Him for anything, but simply to thank Him for all He has done for you and your family. I believe that if we begin to do this daily, we will find that we soon stop asking God for much of anything.. That our prayer time will no longer be a shopping list, but instead will be a time of thanksgiving and praise for what has already been done, which is most likely what He meant it to be.. We will also begin to realize that things are already in place to provide the things that we actually need, and that everything else truly is a luxury...

Now, lest I end a post without being comical....
Two fish are swimming upstream and run into a huge concrete wall.. One fish looks to the other and says, DAM!

God bless,
-myk