Yesterday, I ate what might have been the best piece of toast I have every had. I didn't even
use a toaster. Instead I buttered it lightly on both sides and fried it in a skillet. I used it to soak up egg yoke like I had done many times before with regular toast as a kid. It was pure joy to eat. It really hit the spot.
use a toaster. Instead I buttered it lightly on both sides and fried it in a skillet. I used it to soak up egg yoke like I had done many times before with regular toast as a kid. It was pure joy to eat. It really hit the spot.
That piece of toast was a blessing. It was the first really taste morsel of food since I had been sick the previous few days.
The funny thing about the blessings that God provides for our lives. Rarely do we actually count them. When we do count them we tend to only count what we consider blessings. We count the pay raises, good health, family and friends etc.
What we fail to realize is that God’s blessings are not always Identified as what they are...blessings.
In the past two weeks, my family and I have suffered through all three of our young children being sick with the flu bug as well as I and Tracy getting sick. Add to that the fact that I accidentally hit my daughter in the head with the tailgate of our van, a trip to the emergency room in the middle of the night due to kidney stones for me, and nearly another trip to the ER when I passed another stone. It was an awful one and a half weeks. And it has all been counted as a blessing!
You see, I don’t get sick often and subsequently I tend to be less compassionate to those who do get stomach bugs and infirmities often. But when I have been sick, I tend to be much more compassionate towards others and their ills, no matter how minor. So in truth, God blessed me with the gift of compassion and understanding.
God blesses us in many ways. His ways are far above our ways and he moves in mysterious ways. So often we live our lives and we count the hard times and trials and we count them in a negative way. We don’t take the time to count the obvious blessings that God grants us and we go through love with a pessimistic and negative outlook on life and God. But when we count our blessings, when we keep our eyes on Jesus we see the obvious blessings as well as the hidden blessings of life. And when we do, it will not fail to surprise us what the Lord has done.
At least I know in my life when I count my blessings, it has never failed to surprise me.
Now...I am going to enjoy the blessing of another piece of fried toast..dipped in egg yolk. I hope you have a blessed day. Start counting!
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