What do you take for granted?

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Over my lifetime, there are probably a billion things I take for granted.  I take for granted that lights will come on when I turn on the switch for example.  I can't see the electricity, but I know how and why it works.  I don't think about that, though, when I turn on the switch.  It's just there as long as Rocky Mountain Power gets their cut.

I take for granted that as long as America is around and that I keep showing up and doing a good job, that I'm going to have said job.  I'm taking it for granted that said job will be around, barring any attempts at privatization of said job by the unfriendly small government crowd.

I take for granted that I have a roof over my head, to a certain extent.  I take for granted the cup of coffee I have.  There have been times when that coffee wasn't there, though.  But I take for granted that sooner or later, I'll have enough money to buy a can of grounds.

I take a lot for granted, but slowly, I'm learning to appreciate these things.

I'm truly blessed that I can, by God's grace, not think too much about things that I've been blessed with; honestly, blessed more than I rightly deserve.  After a shaky start to the week, God richly blessed me.  The insurance company is helping out with the added repairs on the basement.  I won a partial victory with the County Assessor's office which will reduce my property tax burden by a couple of hundred dollars this year.  Work progressed on the basement.  I got a check for overpayment of insurance premiums that I filed for so long ago that I can't even remember when it was the papers came.

God is Good.  And for this day, I'm thankful beyond measure.  The good parts of today's story have been untold, but I will say that sometimes experiences change a man and how he views things.

And today, you will find me thankful.

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