{"id":682,"date":"2022-05-14T18:09:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T18:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=682"},"modified":"2022-05-28T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T14:10:21","slug":"blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Blessed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blessings-e1652551561889-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blessings-e1652551561889-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blessings-e1652551561889-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Blessings-e1652551561889-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">What does it mean to be blessed?&nbsp; Does it mean that you will be showered with happiness, goodness, riches, or success?&nbsp; Does it mean you will always have a happy family, perfect health and all the best things life has to offer?&nbsp; Does it mean that all your hopes and dreams will suddenly be fulfilled?&nbsp; Then to follow this thread of logic, does this mean that those of us who don\u2019t have everything perfect in life are not blessed? Did good luck somehow pass us by or is God\u2019s love not shining down on us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">I think all of this is a matter of perspective.&nbsp; We can look at all that we do have and see the beauty of it, or we can look at what we don\u2019t have.&nbsp; But it is in looking at what we do have, that we find joy and satisfaction in life.&nbsp; It is in noticing all of the good and beautiful things in our life, that we feel gratitude and an appreciation of the many ways we are blessed.&nbsp; To me, this is a blessing in and of itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">It is in the quiet of the morning\u2026in the wee hours before the world awakens\u2026 that I am keenly aware of all the blessings of my life.\u00a0 I think of the good people in my life whose words and actions fill my life with joy.\u00a0 I see the ways that I am cared for.\u00a0 I see the many things that I have which make my life easier and more pleasant. I see the beauty of nature all around me.\u00a0 These are some of the blessings for which I am grateful.\u00a0 What are your first thoughts when you wake up in the morning? Do you have a moment to reflect on the blessings in your life? 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