June 10, 2008
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Ever feel like it always happens to you?
Do you ever feel like it always happens to you? You know the feeling I
am talking about. It is so easy to say why me? Why me Lord? Why me?That was my attitude earlier this evening. We had bad storms this
evening. The electric went out many many times. After the first time it
went out I shut down my computer as I didn’t want anything to happen to
it. When the storms were past I turned it back on. Ready to sit down
and read my emails.Go to get online………
Seems my modem isn’t working……
Why me Lord???? Believe it or not….I prayed for my modem…..still not working.
So easy to say why me Lord. I take such good care of my computer. Why me? I don’t have money for a new one…why me?
So here I sit on an old old laptop that pokes along oh so slow…but I am here.It is easy to say why me. But I shouldn’t. I need to sit back and be
happy. The Lord kept us safe through the storm. There is a house near
here that the storm took the roof off. At my husband’s work (he called
me on the cell phone) the phones aren’t working and the system called
for the fire company for no reason….maybe because the phones are
down…I don’t know.It would be easy to say why me. But I need to remember my blessings. I
am blessed that God kept the children and I safe through the storm, our
lives are worth so much more then any computer. Hopefully my husband
will be able to put in the modem that he has from an old computer and
that will fix the problem…if not…well, I will just continue to
count my blessings.It is so easy to moan and complain…..but we are so blessed.
And one big blessing I am so happy for right now is this laptop that
most people would have thrown out. This laptop with no battery so you
have to be hooked to wall. This laptop that is 7 years old and runs so
so slow. I am so happy for the ugly old laptop.Thank you Jesus for old laptops and thank you for loving slow,
hardheaded people like us. Thank you Lord for lessons like these in
counting our blessings. We may not like to learn them but thank you
anyway for teaching us them and for being so patient with us.
Comments (11)
amen from my 7 year old laptop.
Amen!
I use my laptop all the time, I’d have to get on the abandoned desktop that hasn’t been used in years!
I do the way me also….I read that it is like slapping God and saying you don;t like what He is doing…..I am trying to stop…
Oh storms….such a metaphor for life:) Im glad you guys made it through safe and sound. I totally understand where you are coming from though!
Thank God all of you are safe.. God teaches us lessons we could not learn in any other way. Let us always be grateful for all the blessings that we cannot see..
Glad you’re safe, too!
I once read somewhere long ago that God’s kids who stay on course–even in the tough times, remaining content and focused on their blessings–are the ones He can trust.
God can say a lot of things about you–how He loves you and such…and that’s wonderful. But to hear Him say He can trust you?? Wow!
This is such a great post and really, a post I needed to read right now. Thank you for sharing this. And I am glad you have a seven year old laptop
We’ve had so many storms and problems here lately, and our power has gone out twice in the last week… It makes me remember to be thankful for all those electrical things I take for granted. Glad you had the laptop!
most of all thank you Jesus for loving slow hardhearted people like us, great reminder.
Never fail to count your blessings.. Everyday is God’s gift to us. God bless!