Not Bad

I wonder why, when asked "how are you doing?" that I answer with "not bad" instead of "I'm very blessed."

Think about it. How should people of faith answer that question? Should we qualify how good we feel with words that suggest that we are not aware of the vast and plentiful blessings we enjoy because God chooses to be gracious toward us? Should we hide behind the wisdom of this world and say that we are "lucky" to have what we have? I'm not talking about material blessings, but the life we have and the choices we have when living it. Is this world in all of its complexity an accident, and are the people who live here merely a coincidental jumble of cells that fell or grew into this specialized and very complex order ALL BY CHANCE?

Seriously, if God created us in His image, and if we are to live an abundant life, what is the answer to the question, "How are you doing?"

Let me know how you would answer the question. I just want to count a few blessings in response to my asking it of myself.

The Lord is taking very good care of my family with my wife's and my new jobs.

I am happy to announce that I discovered I had another reader. That brings the total to three. I may even have as many as four, but there is little proof of this.