Sunday’s Blessing – 02/16/2025

Sunday’s Blessing – 02/16/2025

I love reading blessings which have been written by church fathers through the years. I’m more familiar with those of St. Patrick, but many others are so inspirational. They are not considered “inspired”, but I feel they bring insight from a Believer which can certainly be used of God to help us in a particular moment when we find ourselves facing some of the same things as the ones writing the blessings.

That is certainly my hope. I do not expect to be remembered the way those, like St. Patrick, are viewed. I simply enjoy forming words to express what I feel in my heart and hope that others, like yourself, can find something in them to help.

And now for today’s blessing:

May you find a way to give voice to that which God has placed in you

So you may be someone else’s “present help in times of trouble”

For nothing you have experienced has been for naught

And the Spirit’s direction to you can be a lighthouse for others

May you remember, like God commanded of Israel, all that He has done in you

By rehearsing them regularly as you share your testimony (this word is so misunderstood)

Not from a pulpit, but in real conversations with family, friends, and acquaintances

And in doing so, spare them much heartache and grief by giving them hope

May you never underestimate the impact you have on others

For they watch when you are not aware of their view in the midst of your crisis

And they see/hear the actions/words you speak in the midst of pressure

Which God can use as “harvest reaped in due season” in their life

Be thankful for God’s grace and mercy for your own life

Which will keep you from hardening your heart

So your tenderness toward the Spirit’s voice

Will keep His words from going unnoticed