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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 2nd 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 blessing 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 received the blessings they asked for, very
few send their acknowledgments".
How does one acknowledge God's blessing?"
Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, "
'Thank you, Lord'."
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 someplace .. you
are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness . . you are more blessed than the million
who will not survive this week.
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.
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.
If your parents are still alive and still married ..
you are very rare.
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.
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.
If you can read this message, you just received a double
blessing in that.. someone was thinking of you, and
furthermore, you are more blessed than over two
billion people in the world that cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you will,
pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed
we all are.
THANK YOU LORD!
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