This feels like a kiss on the cheek! You know the kind that you get from someone you love that let’s you know that you are cherished. The kind that makes you feel all warm inside. To know that I am blessed and walk that way in the world requires a certain level of confidence in God’s vision of me. It means not playing the victim, it means trusting that all will work out in the end because I am blessed. When I was in college I was very active at the Newman Center which is the public university’s catholic group. I had the privilege of working with a Dominican father who each day when you asked him how he was, would say “I am blessed.” Just hearing it made me smile and feel blessed myself. It was though by recognizing that I was that much closer to how God saw me. And Fr. Albert just glowed, okay not really, but he always seemed happy and assured. You knew he believed what he said and he had a trust that God was blessing him. The key for me is to walk in that knowledge even when things happen that don’t seem like blessings. What I have found is that if what is happening allows me to grow more fully into a woman, to learn more about my heart and the heart of others and draw closer to my Creator then it is a blessing. Sometimes it is a blessing in disguise. To be blessed then is to see all that comes my way as a blessing because ultimately it confirms the power of God. My prayer for you today is that you can see that you are blessed and that all things that come across your path are blessings. I know that when I am conscious of that I can be in a space of gratitude. My challenge to you today, should you choose to accept it: when you come across something that seems like the farthest thing from a blessing–you stop for a moment and ask God, how is this showing me my blessedness? Are you up for it? I hope you see many blessings today and know in the deepest part of yourself that you are blessed (God is with you always). Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
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dailydatewithgod 
So true! Next time someone asks me how I’m doing, I’m going to say I’m blessed! Wonderful blog, so proud of you Colleen!