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Noticing the Daily Blessings

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. SMACK!

It’s another new day, and as you lie there wishing you had gone to bed earlier the previous night, you ponder what the day has in store. Deadlines. After-school commitments. Some sort of creative dinner from whatever is left in the pantry. 

And just like that, you’re stressed before you even step foot out of bed. Yes, each new day is long and filled with challenges. But it’s also important for us to focus on the blessings.

The warm springtime breeze. The peeling paper bark of trees. A stranger’s smile in the street. The taste of a bakery treat. It’s often the stuff in between the stressful deadlines that we don’t stop and notice. And I have no doubt that these blessings are from God—the one who made and sustains everything. (Read Colossians 3:16–17.)

Here’s a challenge to us all: may we take time to stop and notice the ways that God is equipping us to do His will. If we acknowledge the blessings He throws our way each and every day, we will be better placed to realize the ways in which He sustains us through the stress and challenges of life.

Written by Sam Robinson