I am so blessed. I am sitting in my living room in a big comfortable lounge chair. I am looking around my home and out the windows at my backyard. The back door is open and the birds that nestle in our treetops next to the feeder that Bob maintains are singing their hearts out. The sound is so sweet.
I am so blessed. My home is not the biggest and best in the region, but it is warm in the winter, dry in the rainstorm and water flows freely through the pipes. I have food sufficient for the day.
I am so blessed. I have a church that I love, people that I love, and opportunity to write my thoughts about the LORD. There are still freedoms that allow me to worship and speak.
I am so blessed. I have received Christ Jesus as the LORD of my life. I have a security in the midst of the storms of life. I have the promises of God that are always “yes” and “amen” for me. I have a future, not only for this life, but for eternity. I will dwell in the presence of the Lord God Almighty, forever.
“Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.” [Colossians 2:6-7 HCSB]
I am so blessed—so blessed I am called to be overflowing with gratitude. Gratitude keeps envy at bay. Gratitude overcomes disappointment and discouragement. Gratitude lights the darkness. Gratitude brings peace to the soul.
I am so blessed, yes, so blessed.
