Count your blessings

21 December 2010.

1 Corinthians  9:23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

Have you thought what blessing you are receiving today? For some it may be the end of the years work, and a sense of success, for others an expectation of a visit from an old friend, for others maybe just the pleasure of the day, a flower, or a cool breeze. There is an old saying count your blessings one by one, and we need to do this every now and again, we then surprise ourselves by how blessed we really are. Sometimes we are blessed by the people God has placed around us, a caring spouse, a helpful child, a loving parent, a good friend, a brother or sister; no matter who we should not take them for granted and we should tell them how we love them.

We are also blessed by what we are able to do, we can read and write, we have computers and printers, telephones and faxes, in an instant we are speaking to people on the other side of the world, watching faces of loved ones on Skype. We are able to travel, to worship, to talk and chat, we can choose our acquaintances, we are blessed in so many ways. We may not always have money, we may not always have the outward trappings of success, but when we sit down and think about what we have we will always find a blessing, a silver lining on the darkest storm clouds.

Be encouraged today to count your blessings.

  

David

Point to ponder:  Like rain, blessings fall on us all.

Question to consider: Have you given thanks for your blessings?

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