I had a friend who, every time I asked him how he was doing, would promptly reply, "I am blessed and highly favored."
Wow! How many times do you here that in a day? How many times do we even look at our lives like that? What a way to look at life!
It took me leaving my home in Columbus to realize how blessed and highly favored I really am. I had so many friends who wanted to hang out and talk to me. Some traveled all the way from Kansas and others lived right in my house.
Almost all of them took me out to eat. I had all foods ranging from exotic Turkish to the all-American Sonic. That last week was probably the biggest fat joke of my life! Thanks to all of you who contributed to it! :)
One of the places I was truly blessed was at Donatos, the place where I worked for the past year and a half. Many of my co-workers told me how much I would be missed. My boss threatened to kid nap me so that I would stay. :) And to top it all off, they gave me a kindle fire, so that I would stay in contact with them! I could not believe it!
The favor that I felt was over whelming! Not because all these people gave me things or bought me food. But it was because of the love they showed me from their hearts! I was and still am blown away by how loved I was and am.
We so often get caught up in out lives that we loose sight of the blessing and favor we receive and have as a child of God. God loves to bless us and give us his favor. Someone once said we should live like a child much loved. A child much loved knows he is favored and sees and accepts his blessings and walks in that confidence.
Here is some food for thought:
How are you favored by God? What blessings has he given you? How can you give God's blessing and favor to others?
ps. I leave for Thailand on June 11! oh man, only 12 days left!
