B L E S S E D

     

What does it mean to be blessed? In my opinion being blessed is not only a state of mind, but also, seemingly "circumstantial". Circumstances correlating to being blessed is not a new system update. In the world, people often measure how blessed they are by measuring how many things a person has in possession and what they possibly could possess in the future. 
     We see #blessed, teamed up with a picture of a Louis Vouitton tote. However, that is not the only way for people to be blessed. For me, recently, just waking up makes me feel blessed. Wasn't always that way, but God moves and brings things to surface. The little things in life make me feel incredibly blessed. I was running errands last week with my dad and made a quick trip to whole foods where I picked up flowers, boxed water and some kale chips.

      Little things like that are like presents from God to me. That's the material aspect. Going back to my first statement about waking up and feeling blessed also ties into other aspects in my life. One day my pastor was preaching on how a man said "Look at your hands, all ten fingers are there. For that, my friend- you are blessed." I am 10/10 on board with that statement. Even sitting here typing, and feeling my fingers hit each key is something I wouldn't trade for the world.

     The spiritual aspect for me in being blessed is being saved. The fact that the God of this entire universe, the creator of every star, planet, tree and bird; the one who created emotion and feelings decided that he was going to make me, baffles me in the best way possible. To top all of that off- as if it wasn't enough, God sent his son to die the most intense death for me? That.Is.Blessed.

     If you think about it long enough, it will completely blow your mind. We're born into this world, destined for a purpose- even if it's not visible at the time. If a baby is born every minute, in equivalency a destiny is born every minute. It also amazes me every person has an encounter with God at some point in their life. God is fair and will reveal himself to you. The opportunity to accept him is always there. An encounter with God can be as little as looking at nature. There has to be a creator of that tree. Look at the birds, Matthew 6:26 says "Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?"  God ministers to us through everything. 

     Overall, the objective is to let you know that we are always and intensely blessed, despite the circumstances. That is something to hold onto forever.

Thanks for reading!!

rebecca.