THANK YOU LORD


 A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter.
 The saint toured the soul around Heaven.
 Both of them walked side by side inside a large
 workroom filled with angels.

 St. Peter stopped in front of the first section and
 said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all the
 petitions to God said in prayer are received."

 The soul looked at the section, and it was terribly
 busy with so many angels sorting out petitions
 written on voluminous paper sheets from all the people
 of the world.

 They walked again until they reached the second
 section, and St. Peter told the soul, "This is the
 Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and
 blessings the people asked for are packed and
 delivered to the persons who asked for them down on
 earth."

 The soul saw how busy it was. There were so many
 angels working in that room, since so many blessings
 were being packed and delivered to Earth.

 Finally, at the farthest corner of the room, the soul
 stopped at the last section. To the surprise of the
 soul, only one angel stayed there idly, doing nothing.


 "This is the Acknowledging Section," St. Peter told
 the soul.


 "How is it that, there is no work here?" "That's the
 sad thing," St. Peter answered.


 "After the people receive the blessings they ask for,
 very few send their acknowledgments."

 "How does one acknowledge God's blessing?"

 "Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, 'Thank you,
 Lord'."

 Thank you, Lord, for giving me this message,
 and for having so many wonderful people to share it
 with.

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

 Say -- Thank you, Lord.


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

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

 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.
 Say . . . Thank you, Lord.

 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.
 Say -- Thank you, Lord

 If your parents are still alive and still married . ..
 you are very rare.
 Say -- Thank you, Lord


 If you hold up your head with a smile on your face,
 and are TRULY thankful, you are blessed, because the
 majority can . . . but most do not.
 Say -- THANK YOU, LORD!

 If you can hold someone's hand,
 hug them, or even touch them on the shoulder . . .
 you are blessed, because you can offer healing touch.
 Say -- Thank you, Lord.

 If you can read this message,
 you just received a double blessing . . .
 in that, someone was thinking of you.
 Furthermore, you are more blessed
 than the over two billion people in the world who
 cannot read at all.
 Say -- Thank you Lord.

 Have a good day, count your blessings and, if you
 want, pass this message along to others . . ..
 to remind them of how blessed we ALL are.