Whew! What a summer!

Excessive heat in the Northern Hemisphere and record cold and snowfalls in the Southern Hemisphere. Politics, crime, immigration across the globe and seemingly unheard of temperatures. (Just a note: 1930 was the hottest year recorded. My grandmother experienced that WITHOUT air conditioning!) Of course, if we look at the negative we are going to see the negative.

Today’s challenge is to look around you and see the beauty — not the misrepresenting headlines and the distortions of social and on-line media.

Look around you. Look at your neighborhood. Experience the joy of neighbors and the wonder of God’s amazing creation. Bask in the joy of sunshine and shade. Revel in the blessing of running water, air-conditioning, and indoor plumbing!

Today is the day the Lord has made — let us rejoice and be glad in it! Stop looking for things to complain about and start looking for things to praise God about. He is worthy!

An attitude of gratitude will turn your world — THIS WORLD — around.

Blessed the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not ALL of His benefits.