#blessed

Technically, there are no guidelines as to what we can and can't consider as blessings, however, I'm noticing more and more that the things people are saying their "blessed" with are material things. Forgive me, but I don't think your new Michael Kors watch is a blessing from God.

*****Disclaimer: This post is my own opinion and may sound a little harsh. And yes, it is possible to be a Christian and wealthy. End Disclaimer. *******

True Blessings:

Family
Friends
Spouse
Church Family
Jesus
Career
Significant Other
Talents
Education

Not Blessings:

New Cars
Large House
Beats headphones
David Yurman bracelet
3 karat engagement ring
Christian Louboutin heels
Good hair days
the latest iPhone
Nice boat
300 Twitter followers


Get the picture? Again, I'm not knocking being financially successful. In fact, if you used that financial success for the glory of God, then that would even be considered a blessing. You see, the problem with saying that we are blessed with material things is that we're giving the impression that unless you have these things, you are not blessed. And that's just wrong.While you consider your possessions a blessing, there are people in the world who consider just being able to wake up a huge blessing; due to the genocide going on in their country. And they would take one look at your Instagram (if they had access to the internet) and see the picture of your brand new Tiffany necklace with #blessed written underneath it and they would probably think that you were the most silly person in the entire universe and that you should go back to the Bible and see how the Lord would define a blessing.

To go even further, to consider yourself blessed because of your possessions is a form of idolatry, don't you think? If the material things we acquire make us happy, or so we seem to think in today's world, then maybe we should examine our hearts and rearrange our priorities. Think about Job. His wealth, his children, his health, his home. He lost it all. If we lost literally everything, but we still had God, we would still be blessed.

And because he still counted his blessings, even when it didn't seem like he had any, God blessed him with even more than he had before.

So, to conclude, count your blessings often, but be mindful of what is truly a blessing.