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Been thinking about this sort of thing lately. No, I’m not “more blessed than I deserve.” I am quite sure the human race was created to be “blessed”. I am convinced it is our birthright. I am convinced you “deserve” it in the same way a tire “deserves” to roll.

It is only that we are beguiled by evil through a fault that we might not choose but was bred into us anyway that we require mercy. So, yeah, I’m thankful for the care that is provided on the field of a battle which I was born into.

Wow, right on target.

These words are critically important. Remember, Jesus said that all the things that He did were merely to assist in teaching His Father’s message and were actually done by His Father working through Him.

I’ve been wrestling with this for the past few years. Many miracles happen through me and people want to express their gratitude toward me. I feel their Love and it is tempting to accept it. However, my words are always the same.(Almost always as sometimes I forget.) “All gratitude goes to God by going within in prayer, not to me.”

Recently I was betrayed by someone who helped me out of a burdensome situation that was beyond my time and capacity to complete. I needed a person with really good clerical ability and organizational skills to run several conferences as I did not have the time. I prayed and prayed for for the right person to appear in my life and “PRESTO” they appeared. The burden they lifted off me was so great that I felt unbelievable gratitude toward them every day. I forgot to express the gratitude for their appearing and helping me toward God! What happened was that just as “Love is blind to a person’s faults” so is gratitude toward another person’s faults. It became an important lesson and a big ouch. (I much prefer to learn my lessons by observing other’s experiences rather than learning from the school of hard knocks where the class colors are black & blue!) I was blind to the person’s actions as they were betraying me at the same time they were helping me. Now I feel much gratitude toward God for bringing them to me so I could learn this important lesson. Yes, I forgive them and myself.

Now praying again as I need to replace this person!!!

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