count your blessings :: name them one by one

"what lies behind us and what lies before us

are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

-- ralph waldo emerson.


it's defintely time for an update! the month of september

has been busy, hard, fun, stressful, exciting, adventurous and

memoriable. all of that will be shared, but for now

i keep thinking about last sunday.


last week during church,

we sang count your blessings. {in the hymnal, it says to sing "brightly!"}


even if we don't share the same faith,

i think these lyrics are so beautiful, and very fitting for this time of year.

i need to sing them to myself {in my head of course} more often...


count your blessings:


"when upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,

when you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,

count your many blessings, name them one by one,

and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.


chorus: count your blessings, name them one by one,

count your blessings, see what God hath done!

count your blessings, name them one by one,

and it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.


are you ever burdened with a load of care?

does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?

count your many blessings, every doubt will fly;

and you will keep singing as the days go by.


when you look at others with their lands and gold,

think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;

count your many blessings. wealth can never buy

your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.


so, amid the conflict whether great or small,

do not be disheartened, God is over all;

count your many blessings, angels will attend,

help and comfort give you to your journey's end."


you know something? God is good.