by shirlener88 08 Apr 2009

WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN?


This is one of the nicest e-mails I have seen and is so true:

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received."

I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.

The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them. "I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section," my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed "How is it that there is no work going on here?" I asked

"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments ."

"How does one acknowledge God's blessings?" I asked.

"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord.."

"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.

"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, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy ."

"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."

"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day ."

"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world."

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

"If your parents are still alive and still married ...you are very rare ."

"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair."

Ok, what now? How can I start?

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

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


ATTN:

Acknowledge Dept.: "Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with."

If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!!

Blessings with love

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Unconditional Love,
Shirlene

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by marjialexa Moderator 15 Apr 2009

Thanks, Shirlene! I just found this, but still, we should give thanks every day. Love you, Marji

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shirlener88 by shirlener88 16 Apr 2009

Marji, you sure have that right - *4U

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by blhamblen 13 Apr 2009

I'm sorry that I didn't see this til today...the day after Easter...BUT it still means the SAME:) THANX for sharing:)

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shirlener88 by shirlener88 13 Apr 2009

Yes, it does - *4U

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by clawton 13 Apr 2009

Wonderful reminder!

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shirlener88 by shirlener88 13 Apr 2009

Carolyn, thanks!

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by sambsranch 11 Apr 2009

That was sooo loving & heart warming... I thank U for sharing it with us... My the Lord bless u, keep u... In the mean time, here is a (((HUG))) & flower 4u...
Sam ;)

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shirlener88 by shirlener88 13 Apr 2009

Sam, thank you so much - (((((((sam))))))

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by mops Moderator 08 Apr 2009

Nice parable, but oh so true. Blessing and love to you Shirlene. Martine

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shirlener88 by shirlener88 08 Apr 2009

Martine, thank you - *4U

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by vixentlc 08 Apr 2009

Oh Shirlene, thank you for sharing this. I must add that my eyes are red and swollen this morning from balling all day after reading M's face of servival posting and now you set me off again with this beautyfull one. At this rate my hubby is going to take my pc away soon, everytime he c's me on it I'm in tears.

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shirlener88 by shirlener88 08 Apr 2009

vix, I am sorry - that your eyes are leaking - but it is a different sort of leaking - with this one dear - your husband will come to know how much this site and all the CUTE members mean to you, if mine can - anyone's can. *4U

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by shirlener88 08 Apr 2009

Happy Easter!

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