Counting our blessings

Hi blogies and blogettes,

Sorting through my son's space that he calls his room or rather lack of it,(why do pre-teenage and teenage kids loose the ability to see or use wardrobes or chest of drawers, they seem to think that the floor or any surface replaces them for storing/leaving clothes and almost everything else!!) I came across this prayer from his old school, when I read it, I realise how in the west many of us are cushioned from the harsh reality of life that many in this world have to suffer. The only time the majority of us get to think about it, is when Bob Geldof gets up and starts banging a drum for money for the third world, although in saying that, I know that there are many in poverty in our own countries too.

Reading this struck a cord with me and excuse the pun, gave me food for thought that perhaps we should try to take time out to look at just how we are blessed in our lives, for too many that just means being able to survive the day!


If you woke up this morning with more health than illness - you are more blessed than the million who will not survive the week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation - you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death - you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If you have food in the fridge, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep - you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet and spare change in a dish somewhere - you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you can read this, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.


I hope that wherever you are you in the world, you are happy and blessed in all that you do!

Have a good week blogies and blogettes!!