1:00 am Visitor

Last night at 1:00am we had a 1:00am visitor. This visitor is not the kind you'd usually want... especially as it scurried & rustled under my bed. As we quickly lept out of bed to throw mouse traps around our room, I wondered "why me?".
Our little visitor continued to make noise, and I was certain he was probably 2 feet from my head. I finally resigned to sleeping on the couch! He won the battle for my bedroom for the night.
Today as I tried to catch up on missed sleep, I couldn't help but think about our late night visitor. And as I thought about him, I thought about people around the world & even in my neighborhood who would be glad to have only one such unwelcome guest per night.
It has been said that if we have a change of clothes, enough food for our next meal & shelter, we are amongst the richest people in the world. Not only do I have all those things, I have much more. I have so much but forget to be grateful for it at times. Instead I complain about a rare late night visitor.
Once I got this perspective, I thanked God for the wonderful home I have, my family, the meals I get to eat, my car, my clothes, my friends, my church, etc. And then I nodded off for a great nap!