Swimming in Blessings... (Me!) sandra, tvgp
and probably (you!) too.
my topic is shortcut prayers to Jesus. it is a huge blessing in and of itself having a shortcut prayer communication; feeling heard and understood without having to itemize details
we certainly enjoy the experience with close friends and family. with just a look, we know.. a whole series of things the other person is thinking, feeling, -has been through.. what they might need, want..
we do not even ask for or require the details.. to explain the look of exhaustion, for example.. we can fill in the blanks:
rough morning
horrific traffic
conflict at work
bills in waiting
headache
on, and on...
so certainly if we can enjoy this shortcut communication system with fellow humans it is easy to know an even more advanced version can be enjoyed with our God.
and thank God for that, -because if I took the time to itemize all my blessings?! I would never leave the prayer position to get to work..
but I think them sometimes as I ready myself for a given day..
roll out of my bed. (Which I didn't have to invent; just purchase..)
Onto carpet (which I didn't have to make or invent...)
walk downstairs in a home (I didnt have to invent.. already existed.. inside a community somebody else developed..)
make coffee (but didnt have to pick beans.. figure out how.. inside an -automatic!- machine, somebody else created
-drink orange juice without needing a tree and to pick the fruit and squeeze it myself.. Pour it in a glass I didn't have to make.. Already existed.. /this goes on and on.. Toaster; refrigerator; electricity; washer/dryer; the clothes I wear; the car I drive; the business I work at; the gas station I visit; the grocery store; the doctors office; the TV...
And! even when "i" create something.. it is on a canvas someone else manufactured; with paints, paper, scissors, glues, etc that someone else manufactured..
i mean, my entire daily highly convenient life is thank you to an incalculable number of other people, ideas, inventions, businesses, products, systems already in place
this phone I'm blogging on write now.. do you see how many blessings!?! the music on the radio inside my car I listen to with great joy.. -that's my whole part in it! just listen and enjoy! I didn't have to write the lyrics, make the music, create an instrument, make a radio system..
I go like, -push of a finger- amazing music at my fingertips. I'm just blown away sometimes..
the paved roads, traffic signals, schools... last nights very exciting basketball game! -what was my part? Pay for a ticket; Sit and enjoy...
there is my own body (mind, spirit, heart...); the books I read..
I have both my parents, my siblings, my children.. immediate family members, all here, alive, doing well; all loving, kind and true..
but if I really, truly, took the time to consciously recognize and itemize and detail every blessing.. well, I hope you can see that it would take...
forever. so, I have a shortcut prayer to Jesus. I say,
"Thank you for the blessings I swim in everyday"
he knows. and I have shortcuts for praying for people who need healing.. Because, I mean really. -talk about forever..
I have so many shortcut prayers for huge things, that I almost need another shortcut prayer to capture all my shortcut prayers..
and in fact I do. It goes like this:
"Jesus. Amen."
by the way.. there is a popular saying people use to describe financial poverty. It applies to (me!)
"i do not have two dimes i can rub together..."
/write now.
but i am in fact, swimming in blessings. -it is not make-believe; it is true.
"Thank you Jesus!". -amen.
posted by SHE @ 8:24 AM
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