Carl Bloch - Agony in the Garden
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Blessings
The Lord has richly blessed me. I want to record some of the blessings I feel I've been given. Some of it is "standard fare" and perhaps a bit cheesy, but I won't worry about that. I pray that I will visit this list whenever I feel I am overwhelmed or that life is unfair:
-Wife and children.
-Medical insurance. Especially for my wife who has been very sick the last few years.
-CPAP was written-off a few years ago. I own it now. I need it to be able to function at work each day.
-I enjoy my job. It is fun and challenging. The Lord has been expanding my mind and has really been helping me to focus and find joy. I am enjoying decent pay and our needs are being met, and even a few wants.
-Membership in the Lord's true church.
-This and other blogs I have created, which give me the ability to share my thoughts and feelings.
-My interest in writing is a gift I enjoy.
-The still small voice.
-Repentance. The burden lifted.
-Recently found out my wife has some severe problems with her neck. She may need to have surgery to fuse the bones in place. If this happens, she will not be able to turn her head from side to side. The blessing in this is that we live in a time where medical technology is such that the bone-fusing can even be done AT ALL. Yes, this will be difficult and painful...but it may allow my wife to have SOME quality of life vs being in constant pain and eventually dying without this surgery.
-Short commute to work. Saves on gasoline. And gasoline is very expensive right now.
-We just moved into a bigger home. Our needs are being met. We have clothing and enough to eat. We have each other, and that is where true happiness lies.
-A responsive landlord. Our AC went-out and within 2 days he had it completey fixed.
-God's help and inspiration at work. Those little sparks of inspirtation!
-The opportunity to administer to a stranger at the hospital today. Steven Vincent Madrano. There was a call over the hospital intercom asking for an Elder to administer to a patient. So I responded. What comfort that must bring families to have loved ones administered to.
-Wife and children.
-Medical insurance. Especially for my wife who has been very sick the last few years.
-CPAP was written-off a few years ago. I own it now. I need it to be able to function at work each day.
-I enjoy my job. It is fun and challenging. The Lord has been expanding my mind and has really been helping me to focus and find joy. I am enjoying decent pay and our needs are being met, and even a few wants.
-Membership in the Lord's true church.
-This and other blogs I have created, which give me the ability to share my thoughts and feelings.
-My interest in writing is a gift I enjoy.
-The still small voice.
-Repentance. The burden lifted.
-Recently found out my wife has some severe problems with her neck. She may need to have surgery to fuse the bones in place. If this happens, she will not be able to turn her head from side to side. The blessing in this is that we live in a time where medical technology is such that the bone-fusing can even be done AT ALL. Yes, this will be difficult and painful...but it may allow my wife to have SOME quality of life vs being in constant pain and eventually dying without this surgery.
-Short commute to work. Saves on gasoline. And gasoline is very expensive right now.
-We just moved into a bigger home. Our needs are being met. We have clothing and enough to eat. We have each other, and that is where true happiness lies.
-A responsive landlord. Our AC went-out and within 2 days he had it completey fixed.
-God's help and inspiration at work. Those little sparks of inspirtation!
-The opportunity to administer to a stranger at the hospital today. Steven Vincent Madrano. There was a call over the hospital intercom asking for an Elder to administer to a patient. So I responded. What comfort that must bring families to have loved ones administered to.
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