UNDISCOVERED BLESSINGS

Proverbs 10:6 NKJV Blessings are on the head of the righteous, …

The other day, buried under our hedge, we discovered this pot of bulbs we’d put there last year when they had gone over, but we’d forgotten they were there! They were hidden from sight, merrily blooming while we weren’t looking, but we hadn’t realised! Now they’re in full view and we can enjoy their flowers.😊

It made me wonder how many other blessings we have in our lives that we might have either forgotten, like our bulbs, or just not recognised they were there?

Psalm 103:1-6 lists some of  the enormous blessings, God has already provided us with but have we forgotten them? Have we put them under the hedge and not realised they’re blooming, waiting for us to enjoy them? Why not have a read of them again?😊

As we acknowledge and thank God for all our blessings, whether they’re big or small, I do believe they’re multiplied to us.  So let’s thank God for things in the moment, as we experience them, and when we come to the end of our day have a think and see if a blessing has come our way that we missed.😊

Was someone kind to you in a shop this week, or you tried a new recipe, or have the blessing of a good digestion to enjoy your food? Maybe you had more energy than before or you’re thankful for hot showers and sanitation?

Thank God you kept your job when someone else has lost theirs, for the health you do have. Maybe you had someone visit you, or phone you, or they encouraged you? 

What about the blessings of God protecting us from accidents that we didn’t know about, or stopping us being scammed, or the blessing of knowing He will never abandon us and always care for us?

Psalms 150:6 NKJV Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! 

Let’s look for the blessings, especially the hidden ones, and the ones we take for granted, and thank our generous God for every one of them today. Amen.😊

Have a “blessed” weekend! x😊

PUT THE BIN OUT

Psalm 51:10 NCV Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

We have a sign on our cupboard door saying, “Bins Go Out Wednesday Night”. Every week we all need to remember to put our bins out to be collected if we want to be rid of our rubbish!😊

Our spiritual lives are the same! We all accumulate rubbish every day as we rub shoulders with the world, and some of their wrong thinking can stick to us if we’re not careful. When we hear the same wrong attitudes and opinions day in and out in the books we read, the programmes we see, or just in an advert on a bus, the world is rubbing off on us without realising it, and it often doesn’t agree with God’s Word!

God says to read and be washed by the Word, because His Word cleanses our spirits, but if we don’t wash we won’t get clean!😊 There’s a lot of wrong thinking out there and we have to keep going back to His Word to remind us of His truth, His instructions, His design for relationships between men and women, His thoughts on finances, on everything.

At the end of each day, maybe it would be good to take any thoughts, attitudes or ideas we’ve picked up, which we know the Holy Spirit didn’t like, and put them in the waste basket in our imagination, press the delete button! Let’s get rid of them and start each day afresh.

They might be thoughts of unforgiveness, or offence, or having seen or read something immoral, whether deliberately or unintentionally. Whatever has crept in, let’s not forget to put the bin out and get rid of it all every day so we wake up, and have made room, ready for the new download of mercy and blessings God has for us each morning.😊 

Hebrews 12:1 NLT  Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

Lord, create in us a pure heart and make our spirit right again. In Jesus name. Amen.

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