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This week’s FMF prompt is: BLESSING
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I know it’s going to be hard to limit ourselves to only five minutes of writing on the word, BLESSING, but here goes …
GO.
This past week, nothing particularly out of the ordinary has happened, and yet I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the Lord’s goodness. Perhaps it is in the very ordinary-ness of life and the grace bestowed in each breath and moment that leaves me in awe.
Though I never “officially” took part in Ann Voskamp’s One Thousand Gifts challenge, I think of her book now as I sift through the many blessings I could count. More than I can count, to be sure.
I have a family. We have a house. We have good health. I get to work from home. My co-workers amaze me with their kindness, graciousness, and generosity every day.
I get to worship without fear of persecution, and with a loving church family. I have food to eat. I have a Bible. I have several Bibles. I can read. I have a car and money for gas and insurance. I have an education. My kids are getting an education. I can see and hear and taste and smell and feel.
And the greatest, undeserved blessings of all: I know Jesus. And He loved me so much He died for me.
STOP.
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What about you? What happens when you count your blessings?
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I’m awful at math, but I HAVE learned to count my blessings! I’ve been writing them down in my journal for the past few years (I’ve never read Ann’s book, but I read a blog post about it, and it seemed like a cool idea). Life seems so much more manageable when I focus on the blessings!
You make such great points, Kate. I was reading something the other day by someone who said something we all know: when we focus on the good, on the blessings, we perpetuate more good. Thanks for sharing yours!
What a wonderful appreciation for the things with which you’ve been blessed, Kate. This is a blueprint of gratitude.
Kate, the word blessing is so big and for me only one thing was worthy of writing about beside JESUS of course, and that’s my family. My great blessing and perplexity!!! I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in Truth. 3 John 4 Have a blessed and safe 4th.
Thank you for this reminder. Counting blessings in the ordinary. Grateful for breath- breathing in and out. Grateful for senses. And more than life itself – Jesus!
Yes! The greatest blessing, Jesus!
Love your list of blessings! We all have so many if we but look for them.
One of the things I’m grateful is a great place to sleep every night! I always whisper “thank you, Jesus” when I lay my head on the pillow. There are many that don’t have comfortable SAFE places to sleep.
Blessings can be big or small but I think the important thing is to remember them! So often we get caught up in the world wind of life and don’t take time to stop, breathe, reflect and thank God for all that we are and have. Thanks for the reminder for the FMF! http://www.dianeweidenbenner.com
My Lord has blessed me in so many ways. This week my daughter turn 3 months old and my son accepted Christ as his Savior. I am truly a blessed lady!
This post immediately made me think of my Sunday Blessings series.
I just finished the book “A Heart Set” free by Christina Fox, and she talked about how God is doing 10,000 different things in our lives at any given moment. We might only be aware of one or two, but He is forever active in, around and through us, remaking our lives so that we might become more like Jesus each day. A blessing indeed!
Great reminder of all our blessings.
I have learned to count my blessings. I think I got even better at it once that granddaughter came into the world. 🙂
“Perhaps it is in the very ordinary-ness of life and the grace bestowed in each breath and moment that leaves me in awe.” Sometimes, we miss these profound blessings because we are focused on empty spots in our lives or the perceived abundance of blessings in others. May we all be reminded to pause regularly and give thanks for the blessings we have.