Verse for Today: Count Your blessings/Be a blessing

I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing.
Genesis 12:2

Take time today to consider the heart of God. He loved you so much he made you in His image. You were shaped before time by the God that holds the universe, He sent His son to die in your place to cover your sins while you were yet guilty grafting you into the family of God - a chosen people, a peculiar priesthood. He saw past the sin into what you could become, he set forth a straight path, promised to never leave you, to always love you, to keep you from harms. Then he said that you would be a blessing. Seek God, ask him to guide you into this. Have you been a blessing in your word? Proverbs 31 says that kindness rules her tounge. Have you spoken kindness to your husband - perhaps a word of encouragement or affirmation acknowledging his good qualities? Have you spoken kindness into the heart of your children - seeing past their disobedience to what they will become, seeking to affirm the good? Have you spoken kindness to the neighbor, your boss, your co-worker - - Your kind word may turn their day around. Have you been a blessing in your actions and deeds? Again, Proverbs 31 says that she stretches forth her hands to the poor, and that she takes care of her family. This is a heart matter - a matter of service with gladness, without thought of self - esteeming others greater, without grumbling and complaining. Have you done an extra act of service for those in your family - a random act of kindness that would let them see Jesus in you? Ask God to show you where you can bless others with your deeds and actions.
Be a blessing today --- for you have been richly blessed by the very Creator of the universe. You are a reflection of His divine nature. Let is light "glow" in you!