Counting Your Blessings

Each day I lift a simple praise
To keep myself on track;
I thank you for some blessing, Lord,
Or ask how to give back.

But everyone has gifts each day,
Or struggles they’ve come through,
And this might be an easy way
That we can all thank you….

Each night take time to recognize
Some blessing in your day
And place it in a special place
To save along the way.

Then at the end of this new year,
In winter’s darkest days,
You can look back at all those gifts
And offer your own praise!

My thanks to Carol Hawley from A Gallery Visit for her wonderful idea and the lovely graphic that makes it so clear! Please, take time at the end of each day to think about what happened and seek His hand in the ups and downs; where He sheltered you from harm, where He spilled a special moment of delight into your life or where He simply walked through the valley of the shadow at your side. Write it down in a journal or note it on a scrap of paper and place it in a jar, an envelope or a drawer and save them all. Then, at the end of the year, pull them out and read back through all the little blessings of the year. You will be amazed at how powerful those blessings can be when you hold so many in your hand at one time, especially the little ones that you may have forgotten along the way. Counting your blessings becomes a whole new blessing in and of itself.