Be the Blessing

"...not just take the blessing, but be the blessing."  From One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Everyday we ask for blessings from our loving Father.  And everyday He gives them to us.  Sometimes we don't recognize them as blessings but they are blessings nonetheless. 

We ask "bless this food, bless our children, bless our spouses, parents, siblings, etc."  But in asking for blessings, are we not just remaining focused on self, wanting more for our own?

But to be the blessing, wouldn't that be the best blessing of all?  To bless others as God has blessed us.  To bless God by blessing others as He has blessed us.

With our time...our love...our energy...our ears...and His grace.  To show grace to others around us that don't deserve it, just as He has shown grace to us although we didn't deserve it.

"Do you understand what I have done to you?  You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.  If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.  For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you." John 13:14-15

In His Grace...