Blessings

I am so blessed! I'm currently sitting in a chair at a school where I'm subbing today. How blessed am I to have a job? It is so easy for me to complain about not having a full time, steady job, but guess what....I don't need one. I'm living with my parents with hardly any bills to pay compared to a lot of people I know, with only a little debt from college because my parents are amazing people and bore a lot of that burden for me. How blessed am I? I am totally, unbelievably, 100% blessed.

It's amazing how down we can get when things don't go exactly like we planned it. But, see that's the problem, our plans are not the right plans. They may be good ones, but they don't always provide the best outcome for us. But, God has plans for us. He has great plans for us. One of my favorite verses is Jeremiah 29:11-13 "'For I know the plans I have for you', declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. The you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'

Wow, that passage bring so much joy in my heart. God has plans for us. He doesn't want us to be alone or sad or discontent. He wants us to be happy, joyful, loved and cared for. The later is how I've been feeling lately. He's doing a great work inside of me because I've been seeking Him and I've been finding Him. His Word is Truth. He is Truth. God is never going to lie to me, He's never going to make up stories if something doesn't go the way I want it to. Is there anyone in your life that you can honestly say is 100% honest with you all the time? I know that I can't. We all fail in life. We are not perfect.

God bestowed His greatest blessing on us when He sent His only son to the cross. God knew that Jesus had to come to earth as a man to become the ultimate sacrifice and blessing for us. Wow. What a blessing?

The word blessing means: the act or words of a person who blesses. a special favor, mercy, or benefit: the blessings of liberty. a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness.

What kind of blessings do you have in your life? Are these blessings in your family? Your Church? Your friends? You Job? Your students?

Make sure you stop and think about the many blessings in your life!