COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS

I know that this is almost the end of January and I am recalling thoughts from a month ago, but bear with me and I hope that you will be able to count your blessings.

I have worked in the insurance industry for 16 years now and in every job that I held except for my current one we never had Christmas Eve off and we certainly did not get it off early; therefore it was a real blessing when my current employer allowed us to leave at 3:00 on all the major holidays. Well needless to say in these uncertain economic times this was taken from us this year! Well it took me until Christmas Eve of this year to realize that there was a blessing in this as well. You see it dawned on me as I heard the rumbling and complaints around my office about not being let off early from my fellow co workers.....that I was truly blessed, because there was someone out there that would love to be in my co-workers shoes to have a job to complain about not getting off early from...to be able to complain about how much work they would have after returning from their holiday break....needless to say on 12/26/08 I smiled as I sat down to my pile of mail, new claims, and the thousands of voice mails on my phone. I smiled and bowed my head to give thanks for my blessing of being piled under instead of being unemployed. I shared these thoughts with my co workers and unemployed son that day and they too counted their blessing.

Have you remembered to count your blessings today or recently? Remember God does not bring you too it that he will not bring you through it, so keep counting.

PRICELESS $$$$

PRICELESS $$$$

Several years ago I was handling the total loss of one of my customers vehicle and discovered something that I have retained till this day. This particular customer had a vehicle that was several years old; therefore the value was not as she expected it to be and when I presented the amount we would pay to her she asked me this question, "what do you value your vehicle at?" and I responded with what I felt was an answer from above, "well madam my vehicle is worth a million dollars!" Needless to say I heard this deep indrawn breath on the on end of the line! I truly think that she thought I was being flip pent with her, but I was not.......My response to her question was a deep felt emotion, because at the time I was driving a 1989 Toyota Corolla, I was a single mom of two sons, and no real money to purchase a newer one; therefore the value of my car was not what someone would pay me for it, but how I valued it. You see this vehicle for several years took me back and forth to work, took my oldest son back and forth to work, took my youngest son to school, took me grocery shopping to purchase food for my family, took me to the doctor's office, took me the bank, to worship services, and to anywhere God saw fit for me to be. I told the lady all the above and ending our conversation with...now how much is your car worth and could I really put a price on it or even replace it....I settled the claim with the customer departing happy and my company even got a lovely letter from this lady complimenting me on how I had helped her through a hard time. I leave you with this thought....how much value do you put on material things?....are you counting their earthly value or their blessed priceless value to you and your family. Remember God does not want us to store our riches upon this earth, but he certainly supplies us everyday with our needs and certainly with some of our wants.