Rant

I'm just gona take a few minutes and rant! Lol! Yup....believe it or not :) And like I've said NUMEROUS times...if you don't like my blog posts or comments, thoughts and rants scattered throughout it...then please stop reading :) It's THAT simple.

Ok, I've watched, read, listened and seen so many people complaining about all the laundry they have to do, the dishes that won't stop being dirty, the homes that keep cluttering, the stupid drivers on the roads (and they are REALLY bad down here), the long lines at the local walmart (oops...guilty of this one), people that won't shut up, the rain that won't stop...or the sun that won't quit shining so it will rain and on and on the list goes. And honestly...it has been really getting on my nerves. Why?

Here's why....

In our congregation alone...we are prayin for a little girl who has cancer and is fighting desperately for her life and her younger brother that has a hole in his heart, a young mother who has breast cancer and a beautiful family who has to be wondering why God is putting this on their mother, another lady with breast cancer, Troll's uncle with cancer, a couple younger people with Krohn's disease, two people with severe shoulder issues, a man with throat issues, an older woman that has bleeding in her eyes, someone with tumors in her brain, people struggling to find jobs (and have been for MONTHS), a lady with a shattered knee....and the list continues. Just in our church alone!!

These people have it allot worse than any of us that are complaining about the day to day workings of life! I'm glad that my only "issues" to deal with on a daily basis is laundry to the ceiling at times or dishes that just seem to appear stacked beyond comprehension or the house that seems to shake itself loose of all items every 15 minutes.....etc. Shame on us for complaining about that stuff when there are little kids being abused and killed, young families that are saying goodbye to a spouse/parent, people that have been without work for so long that they don't know if they will ever get out of the hole they are in, people suffering with so much pain that just opening their eyes takes allot of effort. Shame on us!!! At least we have healthy kids, our spouses, our jobs, food, a vehicle and on and on that list could go, too. I'm not preaching at any specific person here!! So if you take offense.....must be that you're guilty! :) And I'm not taking myself out of this frustration!! I've been guilty of complaints, too!! But God has been helping me to see how things could be SO much worse and I can't help but be thankful for the dirty clothes and dishes. Doesn't mean I like doing them any better but I've found that focusing on how good I do have it...helps the unwanted tasks seem almost welcomed.

Ok, I'm done with my rant. Been thinking of this for months. I get SO frustrated with people being that shallow. My pea pod and I were talking a few weeks ago and she even had a legitimate reason to gripe and complain about something in her life and yet we both agreed that things could be a whole lot worse. So lets thank God for what we have, for being able to breath without an oxygen tank....or if you're on oxygen...thank God there IS such a thing so you CAN breathe....and etc.


Now.....get your blood pressure back down and enjoy the start of a  beautiful week God has allowed you to see!