“I Spy” Blessings All Around Me

It’s another day. As important as your schedule may be, take time to look around and acknowledge your blessings. They are all around you, and every day is the perfect time to celebrate them. Why? Because He created them especially for you.

They’re in the hope-filled sunrise filtering through our windows, the wrinkled red face of a newborn baby, a grandmother’s gentle smile, or the trusting laugh of a child.

We find the blessings of God in a table full of food and in those members of the family we share it with. In the opportunity to watch our sons’ baseball games or to love our adult children, because we missed the opportunities to fully love them as they grew. Maybe we get the “second chance” in the blessing of our grandchildren, to love them no-holds-barred.

Speaking of kids: Their sense of awe and wonder has to make God smile. They can rattle off big and small things that can be considered a blessing from God, like dolphins unexpectedly breaking the surface of the bay, or the twinkle of stars millions of miles away, right where we left them the night before. Take a cue from them, and you’ll come up with an endless list.

No matter what you may be facing right now, take a few minutes, look around at all that God has created, thank Him, and savor the gift. Don’t get so wrapped up in today’s worries or tomorrow’s “urgent” priorities that you miss the beautiful things right in front of you.

His Promises

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.

Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.

Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.