Wednesday, March 3, 2010

A Little Perspective







It's been snowing again, for the last two days. The first picture is across the street, a wet snow. Remember my post about how the gutters were weighed down with ice and coming loose? Well, much of that ice has melted now and some gutters are completly down. These are some of the latest pictures. I do feel bad for these people, but I also put it in perspective. These homes have no gutters. The Chileans and Haitians have no homes. So in the scheme of things, a fallen gutter is such a minor blip on the radar of life. Cracked roads, dead fish, collapsed roofs - it's really nothing compared to what others are going through. A little perspective goes a long way.

"Therefore we do not lose heart...for our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that outweighs them all. 2 Cor. 4:17

9 comments:

DawnTreader said...

I know what you mean... I keep reminding myself of the same thing!

Beverly said...

That says it all, Ginny.

I love your header photo.

George said...

You've done a wonderful job of putting things in perspective.

pam said...

FYI: on my site everything that I post that is not credited to someone else is written by me and ALL of my headers are my own making....I get bored easily and love to change them up.
Perspective is always good...especially allowing what weighs on us to rest before Him for He cares...no matter how small and then we set our gaze where He desires.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Wonderful Ginny... We all need to put things in perspective, don't we???? You did a great job with this one!!!!

Hugs,
Betsy

Glenda said...

I like your perspective!! We have so much to be thankful for, don't we? Thanks for the reminder!

SquirrelQueen said...

You are so right Ginny, thank you for putting it into perspective. We don't realize sometimes just how lucky we are.

Judy

MadSnapper said...

amen Sista, you are so right, compared to Haiti and Chili we are so blessed.

happily retired gal said...

You make an excellent point! One of the reasons I keep a daily gratitude list at Small Reflections and Blog my Blessings on Sundays is to remind myself how fortunate I am no matter what might be happening in my life. Have I mentioned how much I love the snowy photo in your header ... it's beautiful.
Hugs and blessings,

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