Country music artist, Martina McBride asserts in one of her hit songs that “WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED." Indeed we have. This world is a beautiful place. Most of us have people who love us. Few, if any, of us got out of bed this morning wondering where we would find something to eat. All of life is a blessing. That is where I would like to focus our attention for the next few weeks.

I. OUR POSSESSIONS ARE BLESSINGS FROM GOD

If you have food in the refrigerator and clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world. If you can read a newspaper or a road map, you are more blessed than 2 billion people in the world who cannot read. The fact that you can attend church without fear of harassment or torture or death is a blessing that almost 3 bill…