Count Your Blessings

This week has been an emotional week for me and a week where I can really feel God saying count your blessings...know you are blessed.

My dad works at the Baptist General Convention in OKC.  It is a wonderful place to work and it is one of those places that EVERYONE cares for your family.  The majority have never met Callen.  But, the few times we have dropped in to pick Dad up or visit, Callen is immediately swarmed and loved...and even leaves with new toys.  It is just that kind of a place.

With that.  There is a man that works there that his grandson has been fighting cancer for 9 years.  I have followed this little boy's journey for years through my dad and each time I hear about this little boy my heart just breaks.  Granted, the majority of the BCG and me have never met this little boy, but his story is a living testimony for so many, including me.

Last week, this little boy went to live with Jesus...he was 11 years old and never knew what healthy was or what it meant to be a "normal" little boy.  To him, normal was in and out of the hospital, traveling all over the country for treatments, and just being sick.  However, it seemed that this little boy kept a great attitude the entire time.

When the doctor said there was nothing more they could do for this sweet little boy, it was of course an emotional toll on everyone.  At his church, everyone was coming up to him and saying, we are praying for you and we love you.  Like any little boy, he asked his parents...why are all these people coming up and praying for me?  Their response...well they love you and care about you.  He replied, they shouldn't be praying for ME, I know where I am going when I die.

Can you imagine being 11 years old and having THAT MUCH FAITH and being that much at peace with going to see JESUS?  His response opens my heart wide open and just makes me cry every single time I think about it.  I cannot imagine being the parents of this little boy, but what amazing parents to have raised such a spectacular little boy.

Even thought I never had the chance to meet this little boy, his story and his life have spoken to me.  And it has shown me how blessed I am.  I have a healthy family and a healthy little boy.  And praying for a healthy little girl.  I know I get bent out of shape when things don't go right or when Callen is cranky or just doing what little boys do.  I take life for granted.  I am going to try HARDED to live life to the fullest and really count my blessings. Because I am BLESSED.