Its a Wonderful Life

Its amazing the things that are taken for granted these days... For instance the cell phone is a device that the majority have in their possession. We would normally look at a cell phone as just a normal everyday thing instead of a huge blessing to have people that God blessed with this amazing brain to comprehend this complex science to make a tele device and be able to talk to someone thousands of miles away in a matter of seconds. I am one of those people who takes it for granted. I never realized exactly how much i have. I am blessed with a beautiful home and great parents who provide for me, a brother that can make me laugh when i am upset, a sister that admires me and that wants to be just like me(though i have NO idea why!), a best friend that through thick and thin loves me and has always been there for me, i have an amazing church family that i cant even put in words how great and important they are to me, and most importantly i have a God that has offered me Grace without thought Compassion without judgement and Love without question. Right now our church is doing VBS and i went into it with the mindset of "this is going to be a drag but ill just go and see if they need me to help out..." so i went today and they asked me to be a buddy for a special needs child. I agreed and i was given a little girl named Rachel who has down syndrom and has been diagnosed with cancer many times and actually just got out of the hospital which she had been living in for a month and a half. She has many scars on her head from surgery and she is very sick looking but that child has the most joyful uplifting spirit i have ever seen. When she smiles your heart stops and when she laughs you cant help but laugh too. I only spent a few hours with her today but my life is forever changed. Rachels life was almost over a few weeks ago. And by her attitude and perspective on life you would never know it. She is a huge blessing and i am proud to say i will be her buddy for the next week! I love it when God uses younger people to impact their elders. I dont want to take things for granted anymore... I want to count my blessings and celebrate them. Our God is an awesome God. He is so faithful!