Did you send a thank you note for your skin?

I'm human. 


I am not perfect.


So, sometimes I get my feelings hurt over stupid stuff. 


Recently I helped 2 other women throw a little party for a 4th friend.  I did not go in to this wanting to be recognized.  I did it because I wanted the woman to feel loved and celebrated.  I would much rather do things anonymously than wave my hands wide and receive the credit.  I have been on the side of having a special day forgotten.  It isn't fun.  I don't ever want someone I love to feel that way.  So, I helped throw a little something together and that was it for me....until.....


A 5th person took credit for it, and then it all changed.   I showed it to my daughter as a life lesson for her to know that sometimes these things happen and while they are not right they happen and its no big deal...I told my daughter that but I was still annoyed until a little verse popped up in my head.


James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.


and then I was humbled. 


How many times does God give me a beautiful gift that I take credit for?  How many times does he bless me over and over again and do I remember to recognize that he was the creator of all that is good?  Do I thank him for every single gift he gives me in a day?  No!  I do not!  How very justified he is to just stop blessing me because I do not adequately express my appreciation.  I am very thankful that he is not like me.  I can only hope to try to be like him. 


Does it still annoy me that the 5th person did what they did?  Yes, but again, I'm human. 


Am I going to look at situations such as this differently now?  Absolutely.  You can not even begin to thank the Lord for every little thing he gives you in a day.  Oxygen for instance.  Skin.  Did you thank God for your skin today?  Things that we don't even think about because they are just assumed. 


God is good all the time.  Go out...Be kind.