How do you find some gratitude in today’s world? A big question that’s hard to answer, if not impossible at times. I see hate exploding around the world, the fear of Covid-19, racial tension at every turn. I can’t turn on the news without being battered by it all. How one human being can be so full of hate and disregard for another. How can one human murder another and still go home to a family and sleep at night. How can leaders advocate this hate, this prejudice, this unrest; advocate violence against peaceful protestors. And the result for me is stress, anxiety, depression, fear, worry. I have friends who are at high risk for this virus, friends who are black and at high risk for police brutality, friends who are gay and at high risk for hate crimes. I have white male friends who think they are the ones being discriminated against, lol. Talk about being blind to the truth. Maybe now they see the view from the other side. Of course, they support Trump so there you go. The blind leading the blind. Or should I say the evil one blinding the naive?
Either way, I’ve decided to try to find something to be grateful for each day. Today I am sitting at a friend’s kitchen table, cat sitting while she and hubby are out of town. There is a wall of windows in front of me and nothing but trees in full leaf so you can just see the clear blue sky peeking through. I hear so many birds singing praises to spring. There are squirrels playing and a deer came by earlier to nibble on grass and drink from the bird bath. This is something to be grateful for and I am grateful that I have this morning, these moments, to savor.
I’m grateful for Jesus and my salvation. I’m grateful for friends who stand by me and support me, pray for me, love me (despite my many shortcomings). I’m grateful for being part of a good church with good people and pastors who preach the Word of God, not some man-made rules and regulations. I’m grateful that I can breathe today.
So even through all the worry and concern and, yes, anger at what is happening around me, I have found a few things to be grateful for. I’ll try this again tomorrow.
judy hammer 