I’m slowly being buried in blessings I don’t want, mostly because of my daughter’s wedding.
Amy moved home to save her rent money for wedding preparations last year. Within weeks boxes from Amazon began piling up by our front door. It felt like Christmas, only instead of celebrating the coming of a Savior we anticipated the emergence of the newest branch in our family tree.
Frank joined our family in May, a true blessing.
While Amy was here I started finding clothing and bridal catalogs in the mailbox. After the wedding I ordered some items myself, and that’s when the floodgates opened.
Tuesday seven catalogs assaulted my home in one day. Most of them filled with “blessings” I have no use for.
And the subscriptions keep multiplying.
“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s” (Psalm 103:1-5 NIV).
Here are blessings I need, desire, and should never forget.
- forgiveness
- healing
- redemption
- love
- compassion
- satisfaction
- renewal
Until I figure out how to stop adding junk mail to the landfill, I’ll use it to remind me of God’s greater blessings in my life.
by Kathy Sheldon Davis
kathysheldondavis.com 
You’re always encouraging, Wanda. Thank you!
Delightful…so much wasted paper…Love.