Count Your Blessings: Every Good Gift From Above

So, to take us into the weekend, I thought I’d have a little fun but ask a serious question too. First, I grabbed a verse from James. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”James 1:17 Next, how are you doing today? No, I mean it. How are you really doing? Are you running or limping? Do you feel rich or poor today? Do you feel hopeful or hopeless?You know, at one time or another, all of us have felt all of those things. Nobody, no man, woman, or child on the face of the earth, has it all. There are times when it seems as if everything’s working, and then come those times when life is beating you like a bad kid in KMart. You don’t need any assistance in listing your troubles. Pain always demands attention. And Satan will always remind you of your pain when he tries to get you to feel cheated in life. If he can keep you obsessed with your frustrations, fears, and failings, then he can keep you feeling depressed and defeated.And that’s why I write these devotions for each day. One of the best ways to experience God’s gifts is to let him guide your thoughts as you recall how he involves himself in your life. Take the weekend to take inventory of all the things in your life that are good. As you let your mind savor those blessings, you will realize how rich, loved, and valuable you are.My new friend and I talked last night after his first round of chemo. As normal, he was a little shook up heading into it all, but at the end of the day when he got home and felt ok with little to no pain, I think he realized everything was going to be ok. There’s a great lesson to be learned here that we can work ourselves into a mess with just fear and worry. But when we focus on the blessing and get our minds back to God, we realize er’thang gonna be aight!Ya’ll have a great weekend. Be Nice, Grace Wins.