Days of PURPOSEFUL Thankfulness – Day #13

Note: Refer to day number 1 (July 25, 2015 post) if you don’t know what this is all about.

Much of yesterday here in St. Louis on into the late night hours there was a lot of water being dumped down on us, especially last night. At one point yesterday evening the rain was coming down so heavily it was as if dump trucks of water were being simultaneously emptied from the sky; the impact of the rain was so loud. For those of you that live here, did you suffer any loss…flooding…damage? If not, then this is another opportunity for you to not take for granted that when it rains heavily you won’t suffer loss. In no way am I wanting to you become more conscious of all the things that could go wrong in life. My hope is to encourage you to be more thankful for the blessings that surround you on a daily basis. Depending on what part of the world you live in, rain is just a norm. Sometimes we get more rain than usual and we just go on about our way when we find it’s all over and we still have all our belongings intact. If you did suffer some damage or loss due to the heavy rain I hope that provision will be granted you for whatever your needs may now be. However, you are reading this so that means you still have your life. That’s never a guarantee. Remember the story of the mom with her 2 kids being swept away in a house during a Texas flood in May 2015, while her husband had to helplessly witness it? We experience blessings every single day of our lives. Regardless of everything you see negative and the things you may lack, there is an undeniable fact that things could be so much worst. So, this is day 13 of finding ways to be thankful on purpose. How is your heart doing?