We Are Blessed!!

If we are going through a bit of a tough time, then are we still able to say, “We Are Blessed!” ???

Last week, I wrote about how I needed to rebuke myself, so that I would choose to not be so grumpy. This week, I’m writing about part of the way, that me and my wife, tried to remain on the side of being thankful.

Short version, we had to, literally, keep saying to each other, “We are blessed.”

The short version of our fun and games we had, was car troubles. A hire car had been provided to us, as ours was broken. It was not as nice a car, as our one is, and, the car had a bit of a smell to it. It smelt of cleaning solution, with a rich tone of stale smoke. (It appears that a previous user had been smoking in the car, ignoring the no smoking sign.)

Neither me or my wife, particularly liked the car. (We could have tried to change the car, but it had been such a battle to get the car, that I just didn’t have it in me, to try to change it. 😦 )

Many times, as we went to use the car, we would look at each other, and one, or both of us, would say, “We are Blessed.” Sometimes, with a bit of a wry smile.

We both knew, that neither of really didn’t like the car, but we were both trying, to make the choice, to be thankful for it.

It would have been all to easy to moan and groan about the situation, to each other, and anyone else who would listen, but we were trying to steer clear of that.

If we had gone down the route of moaning about the situation, then how much more upset, would we have been inviting into our lives? The path we were travelling along would have been the same, but how different would the experience be?

Wry smiles, with a hint of laughter, or moans and groans, feeding our resentment?

We kept trying to choose the “We are Blessed” route, and I believe that our experience was all the better, for doing so. It wasn’t a walk in the park, as we were upset and annoyed by what was going on, but we were trying to not add, to the upset, that we were feeling. Instead, we were trying to recognise a truth, that was actually there, all along, that we are blessed.

We were trying to focus on the truth, that our needs were being met, through the car, that we didn’t particularly like, even though our personal comfort, was not being met. Hence, we kept on declaring to each other, “We are Blessed.” (Which very much so was/is a Truth.)

If we are going through a testing time, then are we able to see a truth, that we can be thankful for, so that we can then declare…

We Are Blessed!!!

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Jeremiah 17:7-8

⁷ “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
⁸ They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
    and never fails to bear fruit.”

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2 Corinthians 12:8-10

⁸ Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.