Count Your Blessings

 

   It can be easy to become discouraged in the world.  Society seems to be speeding down the road to perdition with little hope of turning around.  Sometimes it seems that nothing can change the path of destruction we seem to be on.

   Scripture teaches us that this world is not the final stop; all the evil and craziness of our world will one day pass away.  All will be made new when our Lord comes in glory.  Looking forward to that day helps put things in perspective.

   But there is a method that can bring peace and comfort in this crazy world.  It just requires a willing heart and a trip down memory lane.  Find a comfortable seat, close your eyes, and count your blessings.

   For me, the most joyous blessings I recall are virtually all family centered.  The night I proposed to my wife.  The day we made it official, becoming husband and wife, two who would become one in love.  The many years we had together and our reunion in the life to come that gives me such hope and peace.

   The birth and adoption of our four children and the love, happiness and joy we shared in raising them.  Watching them grow and mature, hoping always for the best for them and praying for their eternal soul every day of my life.  Loving them, now and forever.

   We all have such blessings if we will simply shut out the world for a few minutes and remember.  Our hearts can be filled again with the joys and happiness recalled in those memories.  For those moments the world, with all its problems, simply disappears for a while; one more blessing to be thankful for.