Counting Our Blessings

Sometimes I think it is easy to overlook the blessings we have in life every single day. I know I am guilty of overlooking them sometimes. Lately, I have decided to try my best to make sure I count every blessing God has given me. It's a blessing that I woke up this morning. It's a blessing I woke up in a home in a bed this morning. It's a blessing I was able to eat food today and didn't have to wonder where my next meal would come from. It's a blessing I have a car and was able to drive to my appointment today. It's a blessing I am able to breathe and my lungs are working. It's a blessing I have friends and family who love and care about me. It's a blessing I am able to spread the Word of God over social media. It's a blessing that I am able to freely worship and praise God daily. I could continue to go on and on about the blessings God has given me. I'm sure if you analyzed your own life, you could come up with blessings of your own. They might not be the same blessings as my life, and some of the blessings in my life may not be things that you have in yours and that's okay, but there are things in your life that you should be thankful for. We need to make sure that we are coming to God and praising Him and thanking Him for our blessings daily. We need to make sure that we are counting ALL our blessings, even the ones we may consider small, and thanking God for them. We need to be thanking God every day He allows us to wake up pain-free, sickness-free, and able to breathe. That's a huge blessing in itself because there are a lot of people who didn't wake up that way this morning. There are people who went to bed last night and didn't wake up this morning. There are people who woke up in a hospital bed fighting a disease or even fighting for their life. There are people who woke up this morning with a breathing tube down their throat doing all the breathing for them. So each day we are alive is a blessing. A blessing we should be thanking God for giving us. Personally, God has been blessing my life abundantly. I am so thankful for a God who cares for me, and loves me and wants the best for me. A God that when I allow Him to have control over my life, He brings about goodness and peace. You see the blessings God has given me is not because He shows favoritism to me over anyone else, it's because I have remained obedient, patient, and trusted in His plan and His timing 100%. It is because I sought out His will over my own when it came to huge decisions in my life recently. When I surrendered it all to God and trusted in Him the outcome was better than I could have ever expected. I want to wake up every single day with the mindset that I am going to thank God for ALL the blessings in my life regardless of what they are, and also follow His will for my life no matter what I think is best. I want to encourage you to do the same. When you thank God for the goodness He has provided in your life and allow yourself to live a life glorying and trusting in Him, He will open doors you never knew could open. He will give you an overwhelming peace that you never have felt before. He will bless your life abundantly. All you have to do is give it all to Him and glorify Him daily. Every day is a blessing from God. Thank Him every day for it. I pray that God blesses each and every person's life reading this if they allow Him to. I pray that each person reading this gives thanks to God today and every day after today. I pray that every person reading this allows God to guide their life and is obedient to the will of God over their own. I pray that no matter what the blessing is, no matter how big or small it may seem, that they are grateful to God for it. I pray I do the same daily.