This weekend I was reminded how much I have compared to the rest of the world. I saw footage at church of some African slums that I visited in February. Heard about widows that lived with 12 or 17 orphans to keep them off of the streets. I was reminded that only 8% of the worlds population owns a car. Then that night as i was watching Extreme Makeover home Edition, I saw a story about young boy who was physically challenged.

All of the things I saw and heard reminded me how grateful I should be. My life is not perfect, but I have been given so much.

That is a lesson that i have been trying to teach my kids while at the same time I have been working to teach them that even if things got difficult and our peace and perspectives were challenged God is still good. Of that I have no doubt.