Blessings Everywhere
Sometimes I think if I had this or that I would be “happier.” It would make my life easier or more secure. I think of the years I spent living in either Iran. In Iran I lived in a one room mud house, with mud floors that was about 15 by 15 feet. There were no chairs, so I sat on the floor. If the company showed up, we all sat on the floor. When it was time to eat, I took a folded-up piece of colored tablecloth, laid it on the floor, and there was our dinner table. After dinner I folded the “table” back up and put it in a notch in the mud wall. When it came time to sleep, I took a rolled-up foam mattress that was resting against one wall that served as a backrest, unrolled it, and went peacefully to sleep.
During those two years I learned my ability to eat and sleep or even my happiness had nothing to do with how much stuff I had. After a few years of living back in the States I soon started wanting more of this or that for reasons I am still trying to fully understand. I am not any happier with it than I was without it.
This I do understand. All I need spiritually; Jesus has blessed me with. I don’t need more of His blessings. I need to bless Him for how he has already blessed me. I lack nothing in Him.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,” Ephesians 1:3 ESV
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