Whether you realize it or not, one of the most effective methods of experiencing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual therapy is to take a retrospective view of your life and count the many blessings God has bestowed upon you.
Yes, an unparalleled kind of therapy goes on every time you count your blessings. You see, you can’t count complaints and blessings simultaneously. If you don’t believe what I’m saying, try it yourself. I dare you to try it! Let your mind flashback the blessings you have received in the last twenty-four hours. Go ahead and start counting your blessings of the previous twenty-four hours.
If you need some help, I’ll assist you:
You’ve been breathing God’s air. The power of God has sustained your life (Paul said in Acts 17:28, “For in Him we live and move and have our being.”)
You’ve had some food to eat.
You’ve had some water and some other beverages to drink.
You’ve had your eyes to see, ears to hear. Tongue to talk.
You could lie on a beauty-rest mattress and sleep all night while the angels watched over your bedside.
You were awakened this morning, not by your alarm clock, but by the invisible finger of God.
When you woke up, your body had been re-vitalized, you were clothed in your right mind, and you noticed that your bed was not your cooling board and that your cover was not your winding sheet.
You had the proper exercise of your limbs, and you could get up and start on another day’s journey.
And I know you could go on and on about them, but that’s about two dozen blessings to begin within less than twenty-four hours. And while thinking about those blessings, you didn’t have time to complain. The very thought of those blessings caused you to smile, and there’s no way you can smile and frown simultaneously.
So, if you want to feel, think, and look better, count your blessings.
The poet expressed it in these words:
“When I’m worried, and I can’t sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
Then I fall asleep counting my blessings.
When my bankroll gets small
I think of the time when I had nothing at all
Then I fall asleep counting my blessings.
I think about a nursery.
And I picture curly heads.
And one by one, I count them
As they slumber in their beds.
So, if you’re worried and cannot sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
Then you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings.”
Beloved, when I count God’s blessings, my trials, my tribulations, and all my complaints seem to take a back seat. I feel so good that those aches and pains seem to leave me. I’ll tell you, there’s therapy in counting your blessings.
Come on now, and let’s count our blessings.
He forgives our sins – that’s one;
He heals our diseases – that’s two;
He redeems us from destruction – that’s three.
He crowns us with loving kindness – that makes four;
He satisfies our mouths with good things so that our youth is renewed – that’s five;
He executes righteousness and justice – that’s six; and then
He’s merciful, He’s gracious, He’s slow to anger, and He is plentiful in mercy. That’s seven, eight, nine, and ten.
But I can’t stop counting right there. I can’t close without telling you about a blessing on Friday almost 2000 years ago. It took place out on a lonely hill called Calvary. They crucified a man named Jesus, and I have to count that as a blessing because He died so that I might live.
And then there’s just one more blessing that I have to mention. It happened on the following Sunday morning. I don’t know the exact time, but somebody said it was early. It took place in a cemetery on the outskirts of Jerusalem. The one who died on Friday came back to life. The one who had been buried got out of the grave. The one who had been crucified–was resurrected.
“So count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your blessings
See what God has done
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done.”
This is Rev Dr. Wm. Rocky Brown, 3rd, letting you know that GOD and I Love you, and we approve this message because we want to motivate your mind, body, and soul. So be happy and enjoy the blessings of The LORD today, my friend! Please subscribe to my website to receive these messages daily at http://www.yourspiritualmotivation.com. You can also buy my publication: “800 SAYINGS BY OLD FOLKS WHO RAISED US,” from Amazon.com by emailing wmrocbe@aol.com or by calling 215-480-5333. The cost is $15.00 s/h included.
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