Life is not always fair, but God is always faithful

A couple of days ago me and my mom were driving and she noticed a church sign that said "Life is not always fair, but God is always faithful" and I started thinking about how true that is, especially in the society we live in today. It's so easy to look around and think "I wish I had that car," or "I wish I had the amount of money that they have," and in times like this when I start to think these things, I always remember that old saying that my mom always used to tell me (and still does sometimes) "life is not always fair." How true that is!! What I fail to realize sometimes, and I have to stop and remind myself of this over and over again, is that I am blessed beyond measure. I have so much compared to millions of people around the world, material things such as a house to live in, and a car to drive, and nice clothes to wear. Then I think about the most important things, I have an awesome, godly family and we are a close family, I love them so much and I am so thankful for them. I have a wonderful church, and I have the opportunity to live for God and do things to further His kingdom. I can worship God freely, I have the Holy Ghost, all of these things.....and no matter what, God is always faithful!!!!

When I start thinking about all of this, it brings tears to my eyes, how can I ever be ungrateful? Believe me, there have been plenty of times when I have been, but that's when I have to stop and put everything into perspective and realize that I am blessed, so very blessed!! I may not be a millionaire, or drive a really fancy car, but I am blessed in other ways that far exceed those things! I have what so many people are searching for, I have truth and I have something that's solid, it's not just a fad or a new "movement" of some sort, it's real and true.
I hope all of this made sense, I feel my thoughts are a little muddled right now but I did my best to post them here and tried to make them make sense! :-)