I have received many blessings from Your hand. If I were to count them all, the list would be long. Sometimes, I need to remind myself of those things which I have been given, as a means of comfort against the things I have lost—for that list is also long.

“For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” —Romans 6:20-23
Blessed and Holy Redeemer,
I have so much for which to be thankful. In my lifetime, I have received many blessings from Your hand. If I were to count them all, the list would be long.
Sometimes, I need to remind myself of those things which I have been given, as a means of comfort against the things I have lost—for that list is also long
I don’t claim to understand Your system, but I know that it works. What You are working out may not always be apparent on the surface. Often, Your ways are hidden, and some things I may not comprehend until the end of time.
As I think of what I have lost, I often begin worrying about what else I may lose.
In this life there is only one gift which carries an everlasting guarantee. That gift will redeem all of the sweet things that have been taken from me. In the light of salvation, no losses are permanent. All that has momentarily disappeared will be eternally restored to me one day when I see Christ.
Concepts based on daily segments in “A Quest For Intimacy With God”, by Christina Cook Lee, Copyright 2013.
All photos and design work by Christina Cook Lee.