JOURNAL=BLESSINGS

JOURNAL=BLESSINGS


“SING PRAISE to God—sing PRAISE; SING PRAISE to OUR KING-sing PRAISE”
Psalm 47:7


THIS PAST MONDAY-I celebrated my 60^th birthday-and GOD REMINDED ME AGAIN-just HOW BLESSED I AM through people like you-NOT ONLY with LIFE itself-but with people to SHARE my life with-and people like ALL OF YOU who share your life with me-THANK YOU AGAIN-and I DO indeed LOVE ALL of you-MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS


ONE of my favorite songs is a 17^th century hymn called: “PRAISE GOD FROM WHO ALL BLESSINGS FLOW” by an ANGELICAN BISHOP by the name of Thomas Ken


I PRAY that I as well as you-NEVER FORGET that ALL BLESSINGS come from GOD-and that we are ALL BLESSINGS to ONE ANOTHER-even WHEN we don't agree-at least that IS WHAT GOD calls us to be


WE can praise God publicly or PRIVATELY-and in the BEST of scenarios-WE DO BOTH-and we can do it by SPEAKING-SINGING-WRITING-PRAYING-or HOPEFULLY all of the above


OR we can just say as I DO many times throughout the day: “I LOVE YOU LORD” or “DEAR GOD-I LOVE YOU”


it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us-and a great day to PRAISE GOD-by saying-
“I LOVE YOU LORD”






BLESSINGS




How many blessings
Do you have in your life
Or do you have any BLESSINGS
At all


What is a blessing to you
To me-well I define BLESSINGS
As something given to us by God
That moves us forward
In some way
Or something
For our own best welfare


Our very own life
Is a blessing
The next breath of life
That you take
Is a GIFT from God


Your job and your school
Are blessings
Your family and friends
Are MAJOR blessings


In fact
As in my own case
Trials and setbacks
Can be blessings
BECAUSE it allowed me
To mature
And be thankful
For what I do
Have in life


“May God be gracious
To us
And BLESS us
And make his face
Shine upon us
Lord
That your ways
May be known on earth
YOUR SALVATION-among all nations” Psalm 67:1-2


Thank you Lord
FOR THIS GIFT OF LIFE


BLESSINGS


Thank you Lord
For a roof over my head
And food
On the table


BLESSINGS


And thank you Lord
For my family and friends
In my life


MOST EXTREME BLESSINGS


And thank you Lord
For the gift of your love
Our most BENEFICIAL BLESSING


Dear Lord-we pray
We NEVER
Take our blessings
So much for granted
That we forget
The giver of our blessings
YOU


We love you lord
And we appreciate our blessings
Because they are from you


And we thank you Lord
For our spiritual blessings
And the gift of your WORD
In our lives


“BLESSED is the man
Whose sin
The Lord does not count against him
And whose SPIRIT
I s NO DECEIT” Psalm 32:2


SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS


“I will BLESS them
And the places surrounding my hill
I will send down showers in season
There will be SHOWERS of BLESSING” Ezekiel 34:26


Dear Lord
We say thank you
For all of our BLESSINGS


Material blessings-spiritual blessings
And mostly
Just the love that you have for us
Oh Lord


Robert P. Wallman
5-23-13




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