I have a good job. I work for a very good company and work with some of the finest people in Atlanta. I am paid well for what I do and have never complained about how much I make. I've just always been thankful that life has worked out so that I do what I do and make a decent living at it.
I've been to other countries like Jamaica and Romania where unemployment is high and moral is low. I've seen people stuck in jobs that give them no challenge or hope for anything better. I've seen people who make enough money to just survive on and nothing more. I am thankful to be living here in the United States where the possibilities are almost endless and where the living standards are some of the highest in the world. You can't help but be thankful after you've seen how the rest of the world lives.
That's one of the reasons I have a bit of a problem with the glamorization of the 'homeless' here in the U.S. There are genuine problems for a lot of people here, but our idea of homelessness and the rest of the world's is completely different. I'm afraid most of our 'homeless' are there because they just don't want to work. Well, that's my humble opinion and it's only an opinion.
One of the main reasons I'm thankful for my job and how God has blessed me is because I was headed in the direction of homelessness when I was rescued. I had come to rely on drugs pretty heavily and didn't want to work much. I would have been content to take handouts soon, I'm sure. But God rescued me, shook me off and put me to work.
I've also been able to work 2 or 3 extra jobs during the time I've been married to help provide for my family. Now Kathy has a business that helps us out and I don't have to work as many jobs. That makes me even more thankful.
So, thank you God for providing for me and my family. Thank you for the energy and will to work and thank for the good compensation available here in the states.
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