Good Morning & God Bless, My Friends! I hope you are having a blessed THANKFUL THURSDAY so far and I pray that your entire day is blessed with God’s blessings, mercy and favor. Make this day count, make it memorable and keep moving forward with God by your side.
I have so much going on right now, but I am so thankful for all my blessings. This morning, I almost made the mistake of focusing on my problems rather than my blessings. I had to just take a step back from things and look around for only a second. It took only a second for me to see all the many, many blessings I have.
Like I always say, “I’m the most blessed person I know”. It’s true. God has blessed me so very much and I am so thankful.
I woke up. I have clothes to wear. I have running water. I have food to eat. Life is good. I am thankful.
Sure, there are times when I don’t feel very blessed. Times when I’ve somewhat lost my smile and my heart is heavy with life’s issues. That’s the way it was this morning. I woke up and let yesterday’s issues occupy my mind and I wasn’t looking at my blessings. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to train my mind to step back away from the problems, take a long, slow look around me and recognize, truly see everyone and everything I am blessed with.
Don’t listen to those people who try to minimize your life of blessings or who tell you that you aren’t blessed. Keep being thankful. Keep doing God’s work and watch Him bless you even more right in front of those minimizing you. Sometimes those people are there as blessings too. They are a blessing because you are able to see the difference in a life of thankfulness and a life of jealousy and resentment. Thank God for them. They make sure you stay on the path of thankfulness.
Sending you love, blessings and gratitude from Sterrett, Alabama!
Charity M. Richey-Bentley
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