Livin The Dream

There seems to be the idea floating around that we create our own luck.

If that’s the case do we also create our own blessing?

Are luck and blessing the same thing?

Luck is something we obviously don’t earn on our own accord, but is blessing so different?

I’m pretty sure that everyone reading this blog is incredibly blessed in comparison to the majority of the world. Just the fact that we live (in most cases) in North America (I had 2 readers from Australia last blog) means that we’re a few steps ahead of the majority of the worlds population. Not to mention the fact that if you’re reading this you have access to both a computer and the internet.

Did you do something to deserve that blessing? Do you ever think about how blessed you are?

Sure the economy is in the toilet, sure you may not have a job, sure you may not have money to both pay your bills and buy a new Macbook, but I’m sure most of us managed a hot shower (or bath, maybe like me, with some bubbles, some candles and maybe even some Epsom salts), a hot meal, or a drink of clean water.

Now this isn’t a plea for you to donate to World Vision or anything like that. Nor is it a confession of mine that I have come to place where I’ve realized that I should contribute financially to some third world focused charity, although maybe we all should. No, I’m writing this to confront, both my, and your sense of entitlement.

What have we done to deserve our everyday luxuries that most people never even get to experience once?

Have I worked harder than the majority of people in the world to deserve this life? Those of you who know me know that this is not the case at all. I’m pretty sure that if I lived in a village where the nearest drinking water was 10 kilometers away I would give up at the one K mark and make a deliciously tender meal for a pack of ravenous hyenas.

So am I just lucky?

See I think the major difference between being lucky and being blessed is that one comes with intention. I think we can all agree that, by definition, there is no intention behind luck.

Say it’s some ones birthday. Say you really want to bless this person. What are your criteria for buying them a present? For me it boils down to one thing.

Will this person appreciate the gift? I don’t mean will they be grateful for the notion of a present, I mean will they have an ongoing affection for the gift itself.

I truly believe that I’m not just lucky to have been born here; I really do consider myself blessed. I really believe that my life’s circumstances as a whole were not earned by me. If that’s the case, and I believe that I have been blessed, then who am I to be anything but grateful, and appreciative about my life?

I have been given many more things than I deserve. I am walking proof that grace is not just something God saves for when we die. I am a living testimony to Gods goodness, and abundance in a very tangible and current way, and I need to start acting like it.

Write a comment and tell me how you've been blessed.