Count your blessings!

Matt 13 We sing Count Your Blessings, name them one by one and you will see what God has done. The disciples asked Jesus why he taught in Parables and he answered: “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.” Stop and consider this: your eyes are blessed. You see what the world denies. So what blessings do your eyes see today?  You see the beauty of the growing plants, the sky with its changes moment by moment. What do your ears hear? The birds are singing in my backyard and I hear them. I also hear the words of kindness and the words of those who speak the Word from the pulpit. I hear the sounds of my family as my head prays for me and a friend prays for me. 

Truly we should stop and count our blessings! What blessing can you name today and give God thanks for those!