Count Your Blessings

Early one September, I was spending a couple of days in my cabin in the forest. The cranberries were ripe, and I had planned to pick some to make cranberry jelly. As I went along the path leading away from my cabin, I had to look very carefully to see the red berries. Then they seemed to appear suddenly, and I picked as many as I could find. But later, when I returned to the cabin along the same path, I discovered many berries left for me still to pick—berries I hadn’t seen the first time.

Life can seem like my journey along the forest path. As we hurry along the roads of life, we occasionally stop to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on us before we hurry on again. But when we stop hurrying and make an effort to search for God’s blessings, he can open our eyes to see even more blessings and love.

The busyness of life sometimes distracts us from seeing the love of God clearly. But when we stop to spend time in prayer and meditation, God reveals far beyond what we may see at first glance.