What's Going On In Heaven
Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>
A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter. St. Peter and
the soul took the A-tour around Heaven. They 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
petitions to God said in prayer are received."
The soul looked at the section, and it was terribly busy with many
angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and
scraps from people all over the world.
They continued on until they reached the second section. St. Peter
told the soul, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here,
the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and
delivered to the living persons who asked for them."
The soul noted again how busy it was. There were many angels working
hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and
were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the soul stopped at a
very small station. To the surprise of the soul, only one angel was
seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section,"
St. Peter told the soul.
"How is it that? There's no work here?"
"So sad," St. Peter sighed. "After people receive the blessings they
asked for, very few send acknowledgments."
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?
"Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, "'Thank you, Lord'."
"What blessings should they acknowledge?"
"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.
"If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in
a dish ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1%
in the world who has that opportunity."
Also ...
"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you
are more blessed than the millions who will not even survive this
week.
"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of
imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you
are ahead of 700 million people in the world.
"If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest,
torture, or death ... you are envied by, and more blessed than, three
billion people in the world.
"If your parents are still alive and still married ... you are very
rare.
"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you
are unique to all those in doubt and despair."
"Ok, what now? How can I start?"
"If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in
that someone was thinking of you as very special, and, you are more
blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read
at all."
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want, pass this
along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
Attn: Acknowledge Dept.: Thank You Lord! "Thank you Lord, for giving
me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful
people to share it with.
God cares that you are willing to drive people who don't have
transportation.
God doesn't care about the square footage of your house --
God cares that you welcome people into your home.
God doesn't care about the clothes you have in your closet --
God cares that you help to clothe the needy.
God doesn't care what your salary is --
God cares if you compromise your character to obtain or increase it.
God doesn't care what your job title is --
God cares that you perform your job to the best of your ability and in a
Christian manner.
God doesn't care how many friends you have --
God cares that you show friendship and unconditional love to all people.
God doesn't care in what neighborhood you live --
God cares how you treat your neighbors.
God doesn't care about the color of your skin --
God cares about the content of your character.
God doesn't care that it took you so long to seek Salvation --
God cares for you and seeks you out first so you will seek His face and
accept His grace.
Have a Blessed Day
Dave and Barbara
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