Honest Blog: Appreciating my blessings


 I was listening to Lectio 365 last week (Lectio 365 is an app for daily prayer). There was a sentence that hit me hard, as I was listening I started crying (which is rare for me). 

'Build in me the resilience to believe that a word from you will send the winds of restoring hope to my life'. 

This sentence is reminding us that no matter what our circumstances, one word from God can restore hope and can bring blessings. This meant a lot to me, because this year I've felt like I've been walking with burdens, not blessings. Every week has had it's challenges, every week is another week waiting for my operation and is also another week waiting to start our future family. However I did feel challenged, as this year I've had a lot to complain about and be disappointed about, but I've also had a lot to be thankful for.

One of the biggest blessings in my life is my marriage, I prayed for years to meet a husband. I got reminded the other day that I'm currently living in an answered prayer, but I sometimes forget this. We live in a world where we want the next thing, all the time. If it's not the boyfriend, it's the husband, if it's not the husband, it's children, if it's not children, it's a job promotion....you see where I'm going. We never seem to be satisfied, that concerns me. A few months after getting married I wanted children, suddenly it came out of nowhere, to be honest I don't think this was a genuine want at that time, I think it was just a case of wanting the next new thing. 

I want to challenge us all to have a think about the blessings in our life, are we thankful for them? If that blessing is a person do we show them how much we love them? I've had to try my best to see the silver lining this year, I can't say I've done a great job at doing that, but it's something I want to keep trying to do. We all have areas in our life we wish were different, but we can't change everything, I can't change my heart condition, but I can change my heart posture.

I hope this blog has been encouraging, and please remember God can move any mountain. 


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