The original title read "Accounting" but the sale sticker covers the "Ac"
When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Refrain:
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing as the days go by.
When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings—wealth can never buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end
"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtue." - Cicero
This past week has been a tough week for myself as well as many of my friends. Last night when some friends and I gathered to pray, I first asked for praise reports, and there was a silence, no one really had anything right off, not even myself! This is TRAGIC! For a christian, this is not only unacceptable, but IMPOSSIBLE! Do we not serve a GREAT GOD?! Slowly some basic things started coming to mind....the weather is nice, i'm not sick, and I have a job. But I didnt feel like I was thankful for those things, and I sure wasnt giving God the praise He was and still is due! I went back to my appartment, and watched 0ne of my favorite movies, "Facing the Giants", It really helped me reset my way of looking at God's hand in my life. As time goes on, more and more things are brightening my day. I live in a HUGE appartment, drive a VERY nice truck, I have lots of very nice clothes, I have NEVER missed a meal (THANK YOU GOD!), I have the most amazing church family on the entire earth, and I truely mean that! (Just try to find a better one!), And my relationship with my Heavenly Father is growing by leaps and bounds!, and that is ALL God. My list truely does go on and on! So next time we meet and pray, be VERY careful about asking for praise reports!! cause I've been COUNTING!
While Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;
and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they were going, they were cleansed.
Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.
Then Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine--where are they?
"Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?"
And He said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has made you well."
Luke 17:11-19
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