I have been thinking alot about whether I have been truly grateful and thankful for all that the Lord has provided for me and my household.  I think I am doing okay, I can always improve though.  I have been thinking about this one woman alot in the past few days too.  She has a family, a husband and one little girl about six years old.  She is young, in her mid-twenties and is so stressed out that she can't get pregnant nor stay pregnant for very long.  She has been taking some very toxic drugs to "help" her get pregnant.  The drug can cause cervical cancer and alot of other harmful side effects for her health, including making her womb a toxic enviroment that most little newbie babies can not survive in let alone become inplanted into.  My heart goes out to her.  I know the struggle of wanting a larger family and new babies and new faces and someone to take care of and all the sweetness that goes with having a larger family.  This lady makes me think of a story I heard just this morning.  It has to do more with attitude than our present situations that we all face. 

 There was this race and only three people could take home the metals that were being offered, a gold metal, a silver metal, and a bronze metal.  The gold metal winner enjoyed their metal, they reach their goal and they finished first, they had the world by the tail and was not really focused on the other runners, just on themselves and on their gold metal.  The silver metal winner appeared happy on the surface.  They were glad to have a metal but their focus was on how they didn't quite make the cut, they were just a little too slow, did not push hard enough, did not do more to be the one who would win the gold metal--deep down they did not want the metal they earned, they wanted the metal that did not belong to them.  So the silver metal winner was really unhappy and was focusing on all the wrong things.  The bronze metal winner though was deeply moved.  This person had worked so very hard to make it to the finals and knew in their heart that they did their very best and they were deeply grateful that they have now received a metal to take home and to admire for the rest of their lives.  This person was grateful for the blessings that they have received.  They took very good care of the bronze metal because they realized how close they came to not having a metal at all.  This story applies to the many blessings that we receive daily from the Lord.  How are we viewing God's blessings, are we paying attention? Is the focus on the right things?

So which one am I today?  I pray that I am the bronze metal winner.  I long for my focus to be on the right things for the right reasons at the right times, in my lifetime.  I pray that every day I take just a moment to thank God for my family, my friends, my jobs, my health, my wellbeing, my stable mind, the salvation that I have in Christ Jesus.........so much to be thankful for.....sometimes, bronze is better than gold.  It keeps one humble and striving to keep their focus on the good and proper things in life. 

I think of this--silver and gold I have not, just my life Lord--take it and use me today.  Hebrews 12.

In Christ's service,

Grandma Jane

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