Reflections: Why me? For what purpose?

Journal Excerpts: (2/27/07)

Yesterday I found out that I had passed the first down-selection for the Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP) at my company. This was on top of the good news that I had already received from my manager that I was receiving a really good raise this year...
... This past weekend I went to Tijuana, and helped at an orphanage. I helped build a house for a family living in a shack...
...What makes me different or anything special? Can I claim all that I have or am is the result of my own will and actions? ... NO! of course not. Yet somehow, for some reason, God has placed me in the midst of abundant blessings. Each day I must remind myself to thank God, and give Him the credit for all that I am.
What's more, I need to seek His purpose in these blessings. I trust that God has so much more in mind that my financial success.
I must seek Him with humility. I must praise His name and trust Him always - though all be taken from me.
His love and His peace are all I need. I pray that I am always rich in these.