As I go about my day and deal with the many changes life offers, my reactions sometime surprise me. Like yesterday, it was a beautiful autumn like day and felt fine but I kept thinking about the chores I had to do around home and the failing economy. Finally it struck me, “Why don’t you stop and smell the roses?” Too often we all live in a mindset of scarcity; high prices and not enough money. But why not stop and think about what we do have? Like the old hymns suggest, “Count your blessings one by one.”
Then it struck me - what would happen if we began to look, to really spend time, on all that we have? What if we began to list all of our blessings? Would that change our behavior today? Would that make us feel more grateful towards God? What would we discover?
· A new appreciation of life
· Notice a person in our life who cares about us
· Find a beacon of hope
· Approach life in gratitude for the abundance He has given
· Remember all that I can give back to life
Has being a member of Zion been a blessing? How?
I would like to have you join me in this process and over the next few months, let’s develop a “Book of Blessings.” This scrapbook would be filled with our personal thanks to God and others. We could share with members of our family or members of Zion. Maybe we could even preserve it for the future?
So when you come to have your picture taken for Zion’s church directory, sit a few moments and fill out a blessing tally.
See you in church,
Pastor Otto
