Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not ALL his benefits!! (Psalm 103:2, NKJ)
Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our salvation! (Psalm 68:19, NKJ)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with EVERY spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. (Ephesians 1:3, NKJ)
The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.
What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would declare the Gentiles to be righteous because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.” So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith.” (Galatians 3:7-9, NLT)
O, how we can take things for granted.
This is the pair of Rainbow Lorikeets that have claimed our place. It was two years ago this week, that the first one, Lulu, came. We thought she must have been someone’s pet, because she seemed fairly tame, but not tame enough to touch.
So we gave her some bread and honey. She came back a couple more times, and then one day, she brought her friend. And then a few weeks later there were MORE friends!! The most I’ve counted at one time is 24.
Anyhow, none of the other lorikeets have become as tame as our two. And Lorri and Lulu visit us everyday lately. If we don’t come in a hurry, they will sit on the front door and look inside.
But, as beautiful as they are, they have become such commonplace around here, that I can tend to take them for granted, and forget what a blessing they are!!
O, how we need to so often remind ourselves, not to forget all God’s blessings to us, especially if we belong to Christ!! But how could we ever count them all??
