J.C. Hart

Blessings

We have a phrase in my family for when times get hard, “when it rains, it pours.” Generally we say this when something big has gone wrong and more things continue to go wrong after that one major event.

You may be wondering why I’m telling you this, but it’s because we are going through such a time right now.

When we first moved into our new house late last year, it felt like we constantly were fixing something wrong. Other things have developed since then, complicating life and so the phrase, “when it rains, it pours” has constantly been quoted for the past several months.

Well, lately I've been to realize that life is always going to knock us down, we just have to learn to fight back, to pick ourselves right back up off the floor and dust ourselves off. God did not give us the trials we have so that we complain about them all the time. God gives us trials so we live how to rely on Him and praise Him no matter how rough life is. So, I've come to the decision, that complaining about all the problems and things going wrong, needs to stop. Complaining isn’t getting me anywhere and most certainly not helping anyone.

So here is to the blessings I have right now:

I have a place to live
I have a house
A roof over my head
I have a bed
I have many things to help me survive and do my job
We have a swimming pool
We have really nice neighbors
Even when there are tears, there is laughter
Even when we are angry we find away to become happy
I have a fixed car and money to pay for it
I have a job and wonderful people I work with
I have a wonderful relationship with my sister
My cousin and I are so close, it is like we are sisters
I have many friends who support me and love me
I have learned how to laugh even during the hard times
Even with as little money that I have, I still am able to find a way to have fun
I have a wonderful supportive family both near and far
My brother talks to me
My sister in law loves me
My brother in law considers me to be a little sister
My niece and nephews are the most precious and adorable children in the world (totally not being bias! 😉)
I am healthy, as healthy as can be expected
I am not sick in a hospital or dying of cancer
I have the ability to write
I have a God who gave me that ability and the stories to share with others
I have a direction my life is going, even though I don’t see too far ahead
I have Faith
I am Forgiven
I am Loved
I am cherished
I am God’s daughter
I am Saved
I have the ability to shine in the world around me
I have been graced with saving grace by the one who has Saved me
I am His

"The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it." John 1:5

So here is to learning how to not complain. Here is to excepting the situation and job I have and being grateful for it. Here is to being positive in my thinking and not negative. Here is to changing my way of thinking and looking at life. Here is to change. To excepting where I am in life. To living more positively. To living joyfully!

I. AM. BLESSED.