Saturday, November 9, 2013

Day 3 ~ Today I am thankful for...



Day 3
          Today I am thankful for abundance.
          On Friday nights, Tim and I have started a tradition of getting a sub from Subway, taking a drive, and ending up at Meijer to do our grocery shopping for the week. On the whole, a rather inexpensive date night.
          Last night when we got to the store, I noticed how much food stuff for the holidays was out. Aisle after aisle there were displays of ingredients for this holiday treat or that. At one point I turned to Tim and told him even though I shop every week this seemed to be overwhelming with how much was available. I can’t imagine what a person would feel coming from a country that had very little and walking into a store in our country.
          Every time I walk into the grocery store I am faced with choices – what type of soup (or cheese or crackers or soap or lettuce or…) would I like to buy? What brand? What size? How many? And if this store doesn’t have what I am looking for, all I have to do is drive down the street a little and go into a different store.
          In 28 years of marriage we have never had a bare cupboard. It may not be filled to overflowing at all times, but I have at least been able to pull out a jar of peanut butter or a box of macaroni and cheese with which to feed my family.
          Yes, we are truly blessed with abundance.

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