by Vicki Phipps

Created on: September 21, 2008

Since I believe I am as blessed as I can be, I'll give you a list of tips on how to be blessed, but the truth is, you don't need me to tell you how to be blessed or how to find blessings. They are already there. They are everywhere. They came the day you arrived in life, and since then, you've been giving them to people like me. That's why you're blessed. Don't you see? The blessing of you is an eternal thing that you'll leave behind when your body dies, and in the end you'll take them with you to the other side too, where there will be even more blessings than you ever dreamed could be possible for an ordinary human being.

BLESSED LIVES: DEFINED

Blessings show up every day in so many ways. In fact, I was blessed again just the other day when a rainbow formed so vividly in the sky that it took my breath away. It was as if the rainbow was God's way to say, "More blessings are on the way."

Why would I think of this as a blessing and a sign of miraculous things to come? The reason the rainbow was a blessing for me is due to the fact that I'm blind, but only legally. You see, because I lost my sight, I've been blessed with insight. No longer distracted by what blinded me, I've learned how to see through God's vision for me. That's why today, I can honestly say that even my lost sight or your hard times in life can be blessings in disguise. It's all about the way we see, perceive and believe. That's exactly what a blessed life brings and what a blessing means.

HOW TO BE BLESSED:

1. Look through God's vision for you.

God created you and I in his image. It's true. This means we are His children and we've inherited the right to a blessed life. It's only when we choose to blind ourselves to the reality that we arrive on the scene already blessed as we can be that keeps us from seeing our God given gifts that are scattered here, there and everywhere. If you choose to look through God's vision for you, you will see that you are worthy to receive your God given blessings.

2. Just ask and believe faithfully to receive.

Don't be like the guy who died and arrived at heaven's gate clueless as to what God had stored for him until his earthly life came to an end. Only then did he finally see the reality that God wanted more for him than he ever believed he was worthy to ask for, much less to receive.

When he got there, Peter let him in. "Do you want to look around," Peter asked? The guy complied and followed Peter to a room where the guy's name was engraved in bold gold on its door.

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