Blessings

     

      I am so blessed. SO BLESSED. I am reminded of this every single day when I wake up in my warm bed and every night when my mom prays with me before I go to sleep. 

     Although I do not have a perfect family and everything does not work out perfectly, God has blessed me so incredibly much. He has blessed me with an incredible family who loves me, loves God, and provides and cares for me. He has given me a great group of friends, who I can trust and rely on for support. He has given me friends, when I thought I did not have any (7^th grade with Jessie, that is a whole other story). He has given me a wonderful boyfriend who builds me up and encourages me in my walk with the Lord. He has blessed me with athletic talent and has made me so uniquely different than everyone else. 

     Everyday God is reminding me to not take things for granted. Things can change so quickly. He keeps reminding me to not only praise him in the good times, but to praise him in the storm too.

      In my relationship with God, it is so easy to just seek him out when it feels as though everything is crashing down around me and to just forget about him when things are going well. Likewise, it is also easy to find ways to praise God when there are sunny skies, but God is continually reminding me to praise him, even when the dark clouds come rolling in, because at the end of every storm, there is a rainbow. 

So everyday I want to bless the Lord. David gave such a great example of this in Psalms 103: 1-5

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and all that is within me,

    bless his holy name!

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Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and forget not all his benefits,

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who forgives all your iniquity,

    who heals all your diseases,

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who redeems your life from the pit,

    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

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who satisfies you with good

    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Until Next Time, 

Miss Sass A Frass