What Fills Your Christmas Stocking?

                                          "When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?"
                                                                  GK Chesterton


  Lately I've been reading from GK Chesterton's works. The Everlasting Man, and Saint Thomas Aguinas and Saint Frances of Assisi. Chesterton was an enormous man with an enormous mind.
If you have not read any of his works, or pondered any of his quotes and paradoxes, I hope you will become a fan of his works as I have become. A brilliant writer and spiritual thinker which brings me to the above quote. My first impression was. "Well, that is silly!" But the more I pondered the less silly it became, and the more serious approach I took to the meaning. How often do I take for granted my life, my health, and general well being. I thought a minute and reflected on those that have lost limbs, do to injury, disease, or other maladys. Then I realized how grateful and thankful that God has" filled my stockings with legs." Legs that can walk, run, help others, feel tired, fell inspired, or just feel at rest. There are many things that I take for granted daily, and I need to stop and remember for the grace of God therefore I go.