"Definitely feeling blessed"
First, when I say that my material fortune is the result of God’s blessing, it reduces The Almighty to some sort of sky-bound, wish-granting fairy who spends his days randomly bestowing cars and cash upon his followers.
Second, and more importantly, calling myself blessed because of material good fortune is just plain wrong. For starters, it can be offensive to the hundreds of millions of Christians in the world who live on less than $10 per day.
Nowhere in scripture are we promised worldly ease in return for our pledge of faith.
The truth is, I have no idea why I was born where I was or why I have the opportunity I have. It’s beyond comprehension.
My blessing is this. I know a God who gives hope to the hopeless. I know a God who loves the unlovable. I know a God who comforts the sorrowful. And I know a God who has planted this same power within me. Within all of us.
And for this blessing, may our response always be,
“Use me.”
Writers note: Since I had this conversation, my new response is simply, “I’m grateful.”
Well said. Very similar to "There but for the grace of God go I" See this.
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