You Are More Blessed Than You Realize
With rampant social media, people are more informed about each other's means and lifestyles. And as we see what other people are enjoying that we are not, it is easy to think we are less blessed than we really are.
Here are a few questions to help you settle the reality that you are more blessed than you think:
Do you have food in your refrigerator, clothes in your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep? If you answered yes, you are richer than 75% of the world. Do you have money in the bank, or wallet and some spare change? If you said, yes, then you are among the 8% of the World's wealthiest.
Health and Security
Did you wake up this morning with more health than illness? If you did you are more blessed than the 1,000.000 people who will not survive this week.
Have you ever experienced the danger of a battle, the agony of imprisonment or torture or the horrible pangs of starvation? If your answer is no, you are more blessed than 500 million people who are alive and suffering today.
Can you read this article without any problems? If yes, you are more blessed than 3 billion people who cannot read it at all.
Blessed By God
While we cannot neglect the material and the physical, the real reason why we are blessed as Christians is because we have been given a revelation of eternity.
Eternity is like a door that is locked and will one day open to us as our physical and natural world ends. Right now all we have is an ability to peep through a keyhole. Even with that the prospects are enormous and a blessing to consider.
We are blessed because we have been given the key to the door.
The Bible tells us that: "Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.- Romans 4:7-8
Blessed To Be A Blessing
God has blessed us so that we can be a blessing to others. We are told that when Christ returns He will set aside the righteous to Himself. The distinguishing mark he said was:
"I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in- Matthew 25:35
When we realize how blessed we truly we are, we will willingly live a life as one who is a blessing.
(Thank you Jeff Elizcupidez for the series of questions above, if you are not the original source, please thank them for me).
My Comments Policy
While my site offers visitors the ability to converse, I have a few ground rules so that our conversations will remain civil and courteous.
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2. I love questions. I love them because a lot of times they are similar to someone else’s questions and can even trigger other questions from others. Questions also keep us all sharp. This is also why I respond to them as best as I can and at the soonest possible time. I believe that group answering benefits more people than private email exchanges.
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