Tag Archives: Count Your Blessings

Self-Talk: Gratitude

“Cultivate gratitude and thankfulness in all circumstances, for it is through gratitude that we find contentment.” Benedict of Nursia from the Rule of St. Benedict (6th century) When I remind myself to be thankful, I set myself up to be … Continue reading

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Count Right (Not Wrongs)

1 Corinthians 13:5 (EXB) Love does not count up [keep a record of] wrongs that have been done. Do I keep a record of wrongs? Absolutely. I tell myself, “I’ll get him back!” Yup, I keep score.   “Count your … Continue reading

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Perspective 2020

  Ten months in, where’s your focus?     On the election On COVID On home and family On keepin’ on Are you counting your losses or counting your gains? Psalm 103:2 (VOICE) O my soul, come, praise the Eternal;  sing a … Continue reading

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Simply Count

“Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.” Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1897   Gonna be a long list!       Johnson Oatman wanted to be a good singer, … Continue reading

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Count Your Thank-You’s

  “Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.” Johnson Oatman, 1897   Do my thank-you’s = my blessings? Might be I owe God some thank-you’s.  

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Count ‘Em

    Count Your Blessings meets Joy to the World:     “And wonders, and wonders of his love.” Count his many wonders . . . “Name them one by one,  and it will surprise you  what the Lord has … Continue reading

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