Entitlement.

I have this theory that entitlement is one of our biggest issues today. We all live life like we deserve everything we have. And I hate to break it to you, but that's far from the truth. We think that if we work hard, if we're good people.. blah blah blah. Then everything will work out for us. That is the biggest lie we could ever believe. Everything we have we do not deserve. And we have to thank the Lord that horrible situations that others go through we haven't had to experience them yet. I do not think we are thankful for all that we have, or maybe it's that we don't give enough thanks. Either way we need to be thankful daily, if not more often than that. We could lose everything today, tomorrow, five years down the road. And it's not becuase we are bad people and it's not that we don't deserve to lose everything today. All things happen to strengthen us. If we go back to the beginning of man we can see God created us but satan tempted us and we failed. With that failure the Lord had to change his plan for us so that we could be strengthend and withstain evil and its forces (Though I must say we will never fully get the strength we need). But we live these lives so that we can learn how to overcome the temptations that we face from satan and one day we can be ready with the Lord for heaven. Our lives are trials for us to learn from, so that we don't fall as we once did when we were first created. So when we lose things and people around us, it is to make us stronger so we can be with the Lord. And I don't know about you but that is worth it for me. Our lives have purpose and we are going to make it through all the troubles we face, we just need to stand by God through it all. This all connects to entitlement. We don't deserve what we have. But we are glad we have the things we do. We will never be good enough on our own, but that's really okay. Becuase I'd rather face all hard times with someone beside me. There is always a shoulder to lean on and ears that love to hear all we have to say. Let's not go into each day as if we have worked hard enough so that's why we are doing better than others. Instead we need to realize that we all have times of trial and we need to help those around us through. And to always remember that thanking the Lord will never get old to Him.