I really feel it appropriate to write this today. I realise that a lot of my blogs lately have been all full of doom and gloom and misery. So today I feel it is only right to share some of the amazing ways in which I am totally blessed on my journey with God. Sometimes the journey is hard work. Sometimes we need a little bit of help and encouragement along the way, so hopefully these things will inspire you to also reflect on your blessings. On my gap year doing the Xelerate course with the Message Trust in Manchester, we started every morning off with worship and 'God is Top' in which we gave reasons why God had been 'top' the previous day. It really helped us to focus on the blessings rather than the harships. So let me do likewise....
1 - My heart is OK! As some of you know I had some crazy heart palpitations and had to have an ECG and various tests. The first doctor couldn't fathom out the reading saying that there was an abnormality, but after a tense 24 hours and a visit to another doctor it turned out to be OK. Not only this but the doctor was really lovely and helpful and listened to me, even when I burst into tears about how miserable and stressed I've been. He's an ex teacher too so totally understood! He's sorting me out good and proper so hopefully I'll be on the mend!
2 - God is flipping awesome - as a result of my heart scan, a work colleague of my mum is now going to the doctor to get her heart sorted as she has been unwell and has a history of heart troubles in her family. Praise God - sometimes we don't know why we go through stuff, but God sees the bigger picture. Let's hope she manages to find healing in this. Awesome!
3 - I woke up ridiculously early this morning but am so happy because I got to see the darkness fading into light. Praise God for His new mercies every morning and for the gift of a new day. I totally want to live each day to the full and am so grateful for an extra long day to enjoy today!
4 - God is amazing because I don't need to worry. I've been really stressing over various things lately - my job, relationships, where I should live, if I should move on, when I should move on, the next steps, money, etc. But you know, God has it all under control. There's nothing I can do that will make God love me any less. If I make a wrong decision or choose the wrong thing, yes there will be consequences, but His grace is sufficient - His grace is BIG enough to cover it. He has it sorted!
5 - I have amazing friends.
6 - I have amazing parents and an amazing brother - despite not always getting on, I am so grateful for them and that God placed me in this family - I would not be who I am without them and I am so grateful that I have been accepted, loved and allowed to be me. (Sick bucket..... lol... ).
7 - I have the best job in the world. I get 13 and a half weeks holiday every year and love every minute.
8 - Thursday night was fabulous - I managed to share my testimony with a stranger and convinced another that he was not an atheist, but merely agnostic. Progress! Lol. Pray for God to grow the seeds that have been planted!
9 - I am amazing. I should perhaps put this top of the list - I am that convinced. Praise God for who you are - you are all amazing too - fearfully and wonderfully made, precious, honoured, loved, belonging, valued, cherished, a daughter/son of a great King who is not a million miles away sat on a cloud with a long beard, but who is here with you looking out for you, looking over you, who wants to get to know you more!
10 - I am freeeeeeee! Free to choose, free from sin, free from all of the wrong things I have ever done, I have a new day and a new start today, so even the things I did wrong yesterday are in the past and I can begin again.
How about you guys? Why are you blessed? May God bless you abundantly today, even in the storms, even in the struggles.
:)
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