Eulogia

Blessings. We are so very blessed.

So often, though, my skewed perspective is seen in what I consider my blessings. What am I blessed with? I think of this semester… I have a car now, which I didn’t last semester. I’m comfortable at Northland; I feel like I belong. I have friends here; I have people that care about me. I’ve got four walls, a bed, everything I really need to live.

Of course, all of that can be taken away in a moment. What are my TRUE blessings?

Salvation. The unutterable, indescribable gift of the ages. The state of reconciliation with the One who knows me. The One who loves me, even when I don’t see it, don’t feel it, don’t believe it.

Grace. The power and ability to break free of the flesh through Christ’s strength. The work of the Spirit with my spirit.

Hope. The conviction that there is something better, that one day I will see my Savior. The mindset that, dark and long though it may seem, my life is but a few minutes of waiting before the true life begins.

Faith. The firm stance that declares through every trial, “Come what may, I will not be shaken!” The voice that whispers in my ear, “Has He not promised? ‘For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.’ ”

These are my blessings.

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ…"