Do We Know How To Recognize Blessings?

According to Merriam-Webster’s definition of blessing, it’s: 1 a: the act or words of one that blesses: approval, encouragement; 2: a thing conducive to happiness or welfare; 3: grace said at a meal.  But as a Christian, what do you think a blessing is?  Is it really something even close to our own personal happiness or welfare?  Do everything have to go our way in order for us to think how blessed we are?  The Apostle James said, ‘Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.”  Maybe the issue isn’t with what we don’t but what we already have.  We get caught up in either trying to keep up with the Jones or being jealous of them that we don’t realize that what we already have are blessings from God.  Some people do seem to have it all but can’t we recognize that what we have may be all we need?  Our health and our families are the best blessings that we will ever receive, but add in the good paying jobs, homes and cars, we tend to think we are at the top.  Yet, we can lose them all.  Job did.  But Job never lost his trust and faith in God, despite what his wife and friends said.  Elihu stood by Job.  People still think that if a person is going through something, he must have done something really bad and that God must be punishing them.  Everyone is going through something, don’t let the flash fool you.  It’s how we get through the trials and storms. The sun shines and the rain falls on the rich and poor, the well and sick, and the good and the bad.  Know this!  With God all things are possible.  Merry Christmas, my friends!