We Are So Blessed

Sunday morning, as I went about my routine of cleaning house while I got ready for church, I kept humming the tune to "We Are So Blessed." Before long, I was outright singing as loudly as I could, like I was in the shower putting on a concert. I haven't heard this song in years, so I kept jumbling the words and mixing lines from the verses into the chorus and vice versa, but it didn't matter. This song is very special to me because I remember singing it with my daddy when I was young (his voice is what I hear in my head when I'm humming it to myself). I was still humming as I drove to church. When the offertory hymn was played, I smiled and started humming again, this time with the organist as she softly played this song. Do you ever have one of those moments when you suddenly feel God's presence in the smallest details of life? That's what this moment was for me.

Why that song had popped into my head that morning had never crossed my mind; however, as the organ played, I knew God had instilled"We Are So Blessed" into my morning to remind me just how fortunate I am to have such a wonderful life!! I have a husband who would move mountains to make me happy, parents who love me unconditionally and have always shown me that love, one set of grandparents still living who live close enough that I can visit and spend as much time with them as possible, a job that is closer to my dream job than I ever imagined I'd actually find, a home that makes me smile just imagining new ways to decorate it for each holiday season, a view from my porch that sometimes brings tears to my eyes because I feel so close to nature and can bask in the beauty of God's creation, puppy dogs who shake with excitement as they try to jump into the driver's side of my SUV when I get home from work every day, and so much more I can't possibly list it all. Yet most of all, I have a Father who loves me, who has forgiven me time and time again, who had a plan for me even when I wouldn't listen and tried to make my own path, who carried me when I couldn't walk on my own. I recently hung the "Footprints" poem above my bed to remind me of that last blessing: when I need Him most, He will carry me through. Whatever the trial, whatever the hardship, whatever the stress, whatever the pain, He will carry me through. How blessed I am to be a child of God!!! Like the song says, I just can't find a way or the words that can say thank you, Lord, for Your touch. Take it all everything. Lord, I love you so much.

We Are So Blessed

"We are so blessed, by the gifts from Your hand
We just can't understand why You loved us so much.
We are so blessed, we just can't find a way or the words that can say
Thank You, Lord, for Your touch.

CHORUS:
When we're empty You fill us 'til we overflow
When we're hungry You feed us, and cause us to know.
We are so blessed, take what we have to bring,
Take it all, everything, Lord, we love you so much.

We are so blessed by the things You have done,
The victories we've won and what You've brought us through.
We are so blessed, take what we have to bring, Take it all everything,
Lord, we bring it to You."