Count Your Blessings

Hey y’all!! It has been a while since I last put my thoughts down for everyone to read… let me catch y’all up on my life struggles and life blessings. Notice how I put the struggles before the blessings… we usually want the bad first so the good outweighs the bad right? I do anyway…

God has made us many promises and an easy life on earth is not one of them. In fact He told us that we would have hard times while living on earth. I can’t talk about struggles of life without mentioning how our country has been struggling and continues to struggle. So that’s the bad in this situation, but here comes the good… ready? God promises us that He is building a place for us where we will have no stress, no sadness, no struggles, only happiness, and love for an eternal amount of time!!! Isn’t that amazing?!!! I am so not worthy of such a place! In fact, neither are you… yikes! Did I offend you? I’m sorry but it’s true. There has only been one human being that has been worthy of such a place and although He lived a completely perfect life, blameless in every way, He was horribly beaten, tortured, and nailed to a cross to die. Stop for just a second, He was nailed to a wooden cross… can you imagine? He. Was. Blameless. He chose to go through all of the pain and for what? He had not done a single thing to be up on that cross. He chose to allow them (us) to put nails through his hands and feet and to stay on the cross. He knew that was the only way the we (you and me) could go to the place that God prepares for us. That place with no sadness. That place with no struggles, no suffering, no hate. That place with all of the love and happiness. That place where we can worship Him for all eternity! How wonderful will that be?!

Ok, didn’t know I was going there when I began writing this but I should write that every time I write anything because it is the most important news ever! Now, what’s been going on in my life… Sara B Malone… y’all know my daughter got married so I have another “kid” and “it’s a boy!” Lol. His name is Reagan and he loves my daughter so very much!! It is amazing how much I love my new son in law… more like just son… I sort of treat him just like I do the adult version of Megan. I love the fact that I can pick with him and embarrass him just like Megan. It is so fun!!

Believe it or not, I haven’t had many health issues for a couple of months! PTL!!! I am going in September to my Rheumy and Derm to change meds. After finally finding the combo that works on my joints and skin, the medicine is losing it’s control over my immune system. So that’s no fun! Please pray with me that we can find a new drug or combo that works.

More wonderful news about Megan and Reagan! They have both graduated from college (although Megan didn’t get to walk and get her diploma -thanks to the Rona!) Our fingers are still crossed that Reagan will get to walk in the fall. M&R started looking for jobs and congrats to Megan for finding one at a vet clinic doing what she loves! We are still praying for Reagan to find the job God has out there for him. Please pray with us about this!

Oh! More great news!! M&R are moving to PD!! I am so excited! Their house is going to be so pretty and their yard!! Y’all!! It’s beyond!!! What blessings God has given us!!

In a world where so many are hurting, I fully believe that we can look around and see God’s blessings for us. If you have a hard time finding your blessings, consciously look around looking for the blessings gifted to you. I like to come up with 5 every day. I don’t always do it but when I am really down I try to.

So we first have to live here on earth, a broken world where we do have sadness (and a lot of it.) a broken world where we have hate and struggles and pain and sickness and death. That is not the end though!!! If you believe that Jesus is God’s Son and that He came to this broken world and lived a completely perfect life and took on all of our sins, was tortured and beaten and died on the cross for our sins God is preparing a place for you!! The Good News!!!

One of my favorite hymns to sing as a child was called Count Your Blessings. I remember the man that led our worship (Mr Poole) also loved this song! “Count you blessings name them one by one; count your blessings see what God has done; count your blessings, name them one by one, count your many blessings see what God has done”. I love that song! Well I promise that I will try and write more often. Have a blessed day!!