How I want to hear the anchor man talk about a county fair... how everybody learned to care... and everybody loves everybody in the good old U.S.A... we sure could use a little good news today.

Anne Murray

I was listening to the news some time ago talking about a 5.9 earthquake back east. They had to evacuate the White House and the Pentagon. An anchor man walked through a store in Virginia and described it as a wasteland. He told of the paper goods strewn all about. He described the carnage of coke bottles lying broken on the floor. To emphasize the devastation, he even showed the nation the sticky bottom sides of his shoes.

Oh, the humanity!!

As I was wondering how pathetic we must all be to make that big of a fuss over such a minor incident, it dawned on me: If this was the most serious problem we had in America that day, it was a pretty good day.

Then I realized that every day is a pretty good day. It's true we have problems - sometimes very serious problems, but we have a lot of things that are going very, very well for us each day. If you are surrounded by family and friends who love you, what do you really have to complain about?

God is in Heaven, and He is genuinely concerned about what goes on in our lives every day. He listens to our prayers, He showers blessings upon our lives, and He is taking us home to be with Him forever, if we will just do our best to serve Him in His way.

It's the very thing that Christ came into this world to proclaim to His precious friends. That's pretty good news, is it not?

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord."

John 2:10-11, NIV