my dentist appointment

Today I was expecting to wake up to a blanket of snow outside. For the past few days people have been making a big deal about how much snow we were supposed to get. Anyways, I didn't think I went to bed too late last night, but I guess 1am is later than I 'm used to. When I woke up this morning I thought it was around 9:15 but when I looked at my phone it was 12:30. Not sure how that happened but it was nice to be able to sleep that late. I guess I should take advantage of it while I can. I had a dentist appointment at 2 and it was the first time I had been to the dentist in almost 2 years. Nothing special, just one of the many things I had to get done before going back to school. While I was laying there getting my teeth cleaned I started thinking about the complexity of our bodies. When we take the time to really think about every part of our body and the way it works, how is it possible to not believe someone so much greater and powerful than us created such masterpieces. We are so intricately woven together and God knows every part of us. When I was thinking about my teeth I realized how much we take our bodies for granted. We just walk around like we own the world as if we are entitled to everything we have. God deserves the praise and thankfulness for everything we are, everything we do and everything that we have. I am realizing how many days go by where I don't think or believe that I have been fearfully and wonderfully made or that I deserve absolutely nothing that I have. God has made me who I am and He has given me everything that I have. My life is blessed beyond measure but I don't take the time I should to be thankful. Even if I didn't have clothes, a place to live, a car to drive and family and friends, I still have a relationship with the King of Kings and he sacrificed his son so that I could live with him forever. Why am I not more grateful? Because I am human and that makes me selfish and greedy beyond reason. I want to remember each day how much I don't deserve to even be alive but Jesus wants me to live for him so that others may come to know him and have a relationship with him. The things God does and the way he works so that people will come to have a relationship with him are amazing. All he wants is to love us and for us to know the depth of his love. There is no way we are ever going to know that but we should still be grateful and share his love with others. My prayer is that God would open my eyes to see people that need his love and that I would be more grateful and content with what I have. I am definitely grateful for the Lord's patience with me because I fail so many times yet he still loves and wants to be close to me.

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14