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Daily Focus - Count Your Blessings

02.08.10| Posted in: Daily Focus| 3 Comments| Rating: 0 Rate Positively Rate Negatively
"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD" (Psalm 40:2-3).

Daily FocusHow is your homeschooling starting today? Has another late night and early morning drained your energy level and given you an attitude that is less than positive? Fatigue can make cowards of us all and turn the daily housework into mountains and the homeschool responsibilities into huge obstacles. Just when you think you can't take anymore, you need to step back and regain your focus. Your children need you to bring a positive perspective to their learning experience.

Seeing the day through God's eyes instead of your own will change your attitude and possibly the results of your day. A close homeschooling friend blessed me with a cross-stitched version of the poem below. (I think she knew I needed to see it every day!) Its constant reminder encouraged me to be thankful for all we had and changed many a bad morning into a good one as I reflected on its message. I pray this poem will do the same for you.

Count Your Blessings
Author Unknown

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.

Father God, lift the heavy burdens off my heart and let me see this new day as You do. Give me strength to stand against the discouragement that weighs me down and help me defeat Satan's lies with praise to You for Your blessings. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Monarch Is Coming Soon!

3 Comments on "Count Your Blessings"

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Kim A
count your blessings this morning has help me so this my grandson goes to a christian school and we have been have money problem ,but when i open count your blessing this morning it really help me too see where god has brought us from THANKS YOU SO MUCH
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Anne S
Learning to count our blessings rather than discouraging ourselves over what we want, or what we do not have puts a far better perspective on things. Still learning to react better to the actions.
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Melissa R
This devotional really encouraged me today. I homeschool 3 boys, and was feeling very ovewhelmed with all of the acedemic challenges, but I know that I need to not rely on my own strength, but the Lord's. I need to look at this day through His eyes and know that He will see us through. Thank you.
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