I have been reflecting on all the ways
God has blessed me in the course of my lifetime.
Every blessing from Him I thought of,
without exception, had something else in common.
God used people in His blessing.
As a child, God used my parents to
bless me.
When I attended school, God used
teachers to bless me.
At church, He used pastors and Sunday
School teachers to bless me.
In my professional life, He used my
employers and coworkers to bless me.
To develop my character, he has blessed
me with wonderful role models.
To uplift me, He has blessed me with a
wonderful church family
To love me, He has blessed me with
loving uncles, aunts and cousins,
Then there is my favorite blessing of
all.
God has blessed me with friends.
I say this is my favorite for a number
of reasons.
First of which is that many of my
friends I can trace back to the groups I mentioned before.
For example, I consider my coworkers my
friends.
I also consider my church family my
friends.
Even some of my role models became my
friends and that is a very special feeling indeed,
Now, with the assistance of technology
and social media, the number of friends He blesses me with continues
to grow.
That makes His blessing of friends even
more special.
Some I see on a regular basis.
Some I see only once in a while.
Some I will never meet face to face in
this world.
Whatever the frequency, each friendship
is one to treasure.
Then, there is the most special
blessing of friendship of all.
John 15:13-15 (NET) – No one
has greater love than this – that one lays down His life for His
friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. I no longer
call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his
master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have
revealed to you everything I have heard from My Father.
I would not trade this blessing for
anything.
That blessing has no bounds.
Best of all, Jesus offers it to
everyone.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
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