Nearing the close of Focus on Blessings 2,
it is good to reflect on the reason we ponder
that which has come blessedly into our lives
for a moment
just a flicker
even a blink of an eye
or,
maybe,
just maybe,
far longer....into days, weeks, or more.....
Blessings - the phenomena of feeling in the moment
better for having experienced
fulfilled for having known
joyful just because
perhaps at peace
and
maybe God was behind it all
maybe another whom you know had a part
maybe family created joy, co-workers kudos, a passer-by smiled
then
you knew you had been blessed
I feel it
so very often
and it is infectious
seeming viral in the ability
to grasp ahold of others and take them unawares
into fields of flowers of gratitude fed by gentle raindrops of nurture
and it is impossible to avoid the heartwarming peace which overwhelms
for THIS is blessing.

I feel blessed YOU chose to read this today.
I feel blessed we are allowed to share openly in this place.
I feel blessed care is abundant, whether medical, familial, friend or labor
there is blessing in all of it.

Open your heart and experience the feeling of Blessing.
Come.
Read.
Lurk.
Write.
Share.
Know what blessing is because You walked the earth and related to others.
Cool, isn't it?

mark56

Father
Brother
Mother Mary

Thank you for another day

Dear Father
Blessings are to see
and watch carefully your
Grandchild still be happy
Even though mom struggles
All I can do dear Father is pray
and can see that life isn't fair
However we see the tunnel
The road
The ride
In the moment
When you are filled
With awesome God
Is the Great I Am
Seek and you will find
The Great I Am
In constant work
I
Blessed to have been
appointed the duty of
Motherhood

Blessed to have been a
Influence to the children
I raised from birth
From a woman I do not
understand no more stress
There
My baby having to take charge
and see the bigger pictures
That God has a purpose for
her birth
I am appointed the job
the hardest job in the world
To raise my children
The value of belief
Trust in faith
Trust yourself to be
Honest truthful as it really is
Assess the situation as you ask God
for guidence
For the 10 commandments
is a beginning
If unsure reach up to The Lord
you have carried me so many times
And I know without your guidence
you're prayers the stories the spiritual
experiences when it hit you walked this earth
Died for us
Arose for us
To sit at the right hand
our Father
I believe
Mother Mary
Blessed us with his birth
Amen
Thank you for a place of
allowing us to have blessings
every single day
I must be vigilant in all that is true
Life is not fair
It is the way it is for reasons
Unbeknownst to us
The blessing is in the faith
I have for my Father

How many would feel Blessed to get to throw a baseball around with their spouse? I did today....gotta report though HER arm is far better than mine now. I had no clue what the nerve damage would do to fine motor skills and aim of a ball, let alone strength. Even so, it was fun, and invigorating.

Now That is a BLESSING. Yup,

Mark you rock!!

Another day
another opportunity to BE.
Not so bad in the context
of living through pains we endure, eh?
We may reach out
and touch someone of significance
and say
thank you for Being

Sweet,

sweet it is
thank you for
being
me

dear friend

so amazed am i too
yet i can be who i am
this too i understand
this may sound sad
but i'm thinking ahead
i need to wear sandals
that have straps so i do
not fall
so i found sandals
and thought to myself
these will be easy for
my kids to put them on
not wanting to be a burden
then i think jeez little Eva
and i will be so close
shoot
she walks in the door
puts her shoes in the
closet as you walk into
the apartment
ya think the adults
would remember
ya know what i mean
the everyday pain we live with
this morning for the first time
in a long i woke up nauseous
my meds are still the same
need to smoke as it helps
get rid of it
completely
what happened
my body is rotting
a little bit each day
i reached it's my pique
at fifty i am fifty three now
you write how much less of
movement allowed throwing
i still cannot get over the pain
in my fingers
how i have to push myself
ie
my daughter Christine
Eva's mommy my daughter
say to me
"mom i'm so sorry
because if my body feels
like it does now
i can't imagine how you feel"
said to her
"i always had a high tolerance
to pain"
so for that my friend
i want to say
thank you for reminding me
of
i can just BE
with pain and all
do when i can
many times
soooooo over do it
and pay for it for a
couple of days
my home is not complete yet
so i try a little at a time
and i am grateful for what's
important to me
is my family
as tiny as it is
another day of BEING

Amen my friend

love all around the world
and celebrate

BEING

God my Father hears our prayers

i BELIEVE

in Jesus name

I BELIEVE