i have more than enough

i'm sitting here in my pj's and sweater, wrapped in a blanket to keep warm but i'm so cold. i have a thermostat 3 feet away that says it's 23 degrees yet it feels like it's 3 degrees. last night i had planned to go to bible study but after being outside in the cold i was so drained & my energy sapped just trying to get warm, i didn't go. as i'm sitting here inside my nice warm shelter i'm thinking of all those that don't have shelter, that don't have warm blankets, or jackets, people living outside on the streets of my city and people on the other side of the world. i'm thinking of people that are going to go through this winter with not enough food to eat, not enough clothes or blankets or heat sources to keep them warm. i can't imagine it. i'm sitting inside a warm place of shelter and i'm so cold it hurts. you might think - it's 5 am, go back to bed fool and get warm and quit complaining but i can't. i need to think of how very much i have. i need to think of how very little the rest of the world has. i need to think how i can make a difference. i need to think how i can support agencies who can make a difference.

if you have a nice warm place to live, if you have enough food to eat, if you have more than a couple pairs of shoes, a couple of sweaters, a couple of pairs of pants, you have enough. and more than most of the rest of the world.