gratitude challenge day 2

Today the girls and I attended church twice. Tess's school choir sang a special number at the church affiliated with the girls' school (which happens not to be our regular church), so we attended that service and then hurried over to attend bible class and service with our own church family.

I began to think about how blessed we are to live in a country where the freedom to attend church openly - and as often as you like -- is still so prevalent that most people take it for granted. I thought about Christians in other countries who suffer persecution for meeting together and many times are unable to do so, even secretly. And I said a prayer of thanks for the years of God's favor that we as a country have experienced.