A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter.
The saint toured the soul around Heaven. Both of them
walked side by side inside a large workroom filled
with angels.


St. Peter stopped in front of the first section and
said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all the
petitions to God said in prayer are received". The
soul looked at the section, and it was terribly
busy with so many angels sorting out petitions
written on voluminous paper sheets from all the people
of the world.

They walked again until they reached the 2nd section,
and St. Peter told the soul, "This is the Packaging
and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings
the people asked  for are packed and delivered to the
persons who asked for them down on earth." The soul
saw how busy it was. There were so many angels
working in that room, since so many blessing were
being packed and delivered to Earth.
 

Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the soul
stopped at the last section. To the surprise of the
soul, only one angel stayed there idly, doing nothing.
"This is the Acknowledging  Section," St. Peter told
the soul. "How is it that, there is no work here?"
"That's the sad thing," St. Peter answered.
"After the people received the blessings they asked
for, very few  send their acknowledgments".


"How does one acknowledge God's blessing?" "Simple,"
St. Peter answered. "Just say, "'Thank you, Lord'."

Thank you Lord, for giving me the chance to share this
message with others and also, for giving me so many
wonderful people to share this with.


If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your
back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep .. you are
richer than 75% of this world.


If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and
spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the
top 8% of the world's wealthy.


If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness...you are more blessed than the million who
will not survive this week.


If you have never experienced the danger of battle,
the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture,
or the pangs of starvation...you are ahead of 500
million people in the world.


If you can attend a church meeting without fear of
harassment, arrest, torture, or death ..you are more
blessed than three billion people in the world.


If your parents are still alive and still married ..
you are very rare, even in the Philippines.


If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and
are truly thankful...you are blessed because the
majority can, but most do not.


If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch
them on the shoulder...you are blessed because you can
offer healing touch.


If you can read this message, you just received a
double blessing in that...someone was thinking of you,
and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two
billion people in the world that cannot read at all.


Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this
along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.


Thank you Lord!