Blessings and accepting them

I didn't do anything to deserve the blessings in my life, but I'm so glad God gave them to me!

I have great friends. The greatest ever! I have a friend who has became my surrogate mother. I talk to her daily about anything and everything. I have friends up here, 3 hours away from family that was a blessing I never thought I'd receive. I'm a very outspoken woman, very southern, a stick of dynamite....... all descriptions that accurately describe me. So, getting out and mingling with people just didn't happen.

I have a house, I have 2 cars, I have a great husband and the best son I could ever ask for!

Hallelujah Hosea!

How do you accept a blessing?

Genesis 33:11

"Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty." Thus he urged him and he took it.

We have been taught from early ages that if it looks too good to be true, than it probably is. That's good advice to follow sometimes, but sometimes you also hear you can't look a gift horse in the mouth. Happily accept help that's freely given. People were made in the image of God and our God is a good and gracious God. He will help you if you ask in his name. I can't tell you how many nights I have prayed over things to do with my son and his Cerebral Palsy. Last night he was complaining his legs hurt, he limps bearing minimal weight on the right side. I worried over it and worried over it all last night and just something in my gut this morning said call his Orthopedist. God knew my worries and was speaking to me to get my son in for an appointment. That is a blessing because we will finally have a reason for his leg pain.

How do you accept a blessing? First you have to recognize what a blessing is.

Webster defines a blessing as

A. A thing conductive to happiness or welfare

B. Grace said at a meal

You've recognized friendship as a blessing, it fits definition A. How do you accept friendship? You be a friend back? Think about it, no one wants to be a friend to a bad friend. You reap what you sow.

The Bible again tells us this: Galatians VI...Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

You've recognized your home, family and vehicles as a blessing, how do you accept those? You take care of them. Cars won't last without regular maintenance and care. Homes are the same way. Your family are the same, you must love them, care about them. You are what you are, your family is what it is, you must accept it and move on.

I will leave you with a Alan Jackson song that about sums it all up for me:

It's alright to be little bitty, a little home town or a big 'ole city. Might as well share, might as well smile, life goes on for a little bitty while.