Isn’t it hard to count them? can you even count enough to ennumerate one hand?  And yet you know that you can count your wrongs on hands, feet and everything else in between.  Are we really thankful enough to thank God and whoever made us really feel blessed?  It feels so difficult to truly deal with whenever problems arise and they seem to come up so often that we get into a WOE is me mentality… however, it’s because we aren’t counting all of the good things that happen to us.  This week i’ve been dealing with trying to a) duck jury duty and a recurring issue since the week of moveout of b) paying off a guy who i rear ended on move out day.  I was able to get out of jury duty and things were not an issue, it was just one day.  However, after month of stress and prayer and continous thought and replaying the events in my head…. not to mention the stress that it wasn’t my car!!! and trying to assure the owner of the car/ their parents… it’s just been a month of utter torture and stress and just has gotten to me on so many levels.  And yet i’ve turned to the LORD for help and now i owe 1900 to try to pay for the damage i’ve done to one bumper to repair this job… it’s such a problem and issue.  And I can’t even describe the way that i feel or this deep down feeling… and yet i know that i need to count my blessings… there are so many things to be thankful for like my life, my blessed upbringing, all my possessions, the life i live, the fact that i don’t really have to worry about my life on a daily basis and so much more even on a smaller level like how i got out of jury duty and that i can even afford to pay it, but it will just hurt… and the pain that it has caused my parents.  it’s just like our health… i need to Bless and praise GOD for every day i’m healthy cuz i’m not that great now, and we only take it for granted when we are afflicted.  So i know i need to count my blessings and keep following God b/c all things happen for a reason and He has a plan which i will never know but must trust in.

I’ve been glad i’ve been able to talk to my brother about his walk and just seeing how he is developing because talks like that are hard to do with family… but i’m just so happy.  And it’s been difficult for one of my close friends recently, and i just pray for him that he will find sustained fulfillment and turn to God for his troubles…

So count your blessings and see yourself as being gracious for the gifts you recieve… don’t count all the transgressions against you… and Believe that GOD will provide and has our best interest and that everything is gonna be okay in the end!