Count your Blessings

Count your blessings ! Ok you might say oh Jennifer how "generic" of you, but for me just the word Blessing is a blessing, it is so beautiful, it makes me smile, it brightens the very moment that i am in.
Think of this, if people could find the blessings in any and every situation, how different the world would look. Yes there are your everyday blessings, I am truly blessed with my hard working and wonderfully loving husband, and of course my incredibly beautiful and uniquely amazing daughters, I have the blessing of an awesome church that is full of the best people i have ever had the honor of calling friends, and brothers and sisters in Christ. Most resent i have the blessing of an old friendship, made new again in Christ, thanks to the blessing of Facebook lol.
There other blessings not so obvious, like the cancer and passing of my Grandmother, Yes I know that may seem a bit strange, but my grandma and I had been estranged for several years, and it was not until she became sick when I returned to her life, and then was by her side for most of her last months, I rediscovered her, found the love for her that had been lost for so long, that in turn gave me beautiful memories of a unique, and wonderful life, instead of bitterness from silly grudges.
Ahh and then there was today, I had the blessing of a bad case of poison oak! Grace has been home for a few days with poison oak all over her face and neck, we were getting a little cabin fever, so we went to the park, I took a walk while she played, at one point I watched as she ran freely and played with the biggest smile on her face, it took me back to times we shared before she started school, and before the weight living with a little sister with Autism made her grow up to fast, that moment really stayed with me, and it became such a blessing in my heart. How many countless blessings does God give us everyday ? if we could just look at them, or look for them everywhere, maybe just maybe a bad day could be turned into a good day, and a good day could become great ! even if you are treating poison oak. So grab onto Gods blessing and let them change you forever.
Blessings to all !