At this Christmastime and nearing the end of 2011, I am reflecting back on some of the growth I have experienced in my life this year. I have come to realize I am such a blessed man!
I have a gorgeous wife who is a wonderful mother, cook, nurse, friend, taxi driver, and on and on… I have four children who I am proud to have been their dad so far. They have shown me life through their eyes and helped to expand my world by allowing me to see a little of the love our Father must have for us. I have a great business that my wife and I own, a beautiful home, a great church family, a great family family, and more friends on Facebook than I thought I would ever have when I started my account years ago.
Life is pretty good…I am a blessed man. I fit the bill that all the pastors who preach the prosperity gospel are talking about. I live a cush American Christian life in a cush economically free and politically free country. What more could I want? What else could there possibly be?
People pray and ask God what is their purpose in life. People ask why is there pain and suffering in the world and why doesn’t He do something about it?
I don’t have it all figured out but I do know why I am blessed. I am blessed for one reason. I am blessed to be a blessing to those around me. I am not blessed to consume all my resources on myself and my family. I am blessed to BE a blessing. The question isn’t WHY does God allow suffering in this world – the question is WHY aren’t we doing more about it ourselves? I mean we are Christians right? Jehovah did call on us to show Him to the world. How can we do that if we ignore the poor, the widows, the orphans, and the single mothers? Why do we American Christians have so much if we don’t share what we have with those less fortunate?
We shouldn’t consume it all on ourselves. We shouldn’t consume it all on our church. We need to re-read our Bibles and figure out what this thing called Christianity is supposed to be about. Are you blessed? If so, why…and what are you going to do about it?
