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Week 42:

This blessing took place the week of July 13th – 19th

This week was kind of a bummer… However, it ended well and has encouraged me to possibly continue this blog after I've completed the 52 weeks.

It's time for me to be honest with myself and those reading my blog. Lately, I've been in an uncomfortable amount of pain. It's made for a very unpleasant attitude. I simply don't feel good and I don't have the energy or desire to do anything. It's frustrating because Eli, my 2 year old son, wants to play and I just can't. The pain is so annoying I didn't even want to do a blessing this week.

Of course, I tried to bless an older gentleman on my taxi program. I saw him walking and offered to give him a ride and buy him lunch. He politely refused my offer. Bummer! Looking back it's probably best I didn't give him a ride. Plus, I'm sure my husband is thankful I didn't give him a ride.

Either way I felt like my blessings didn't matter anymore. This guy didn't even want my help. I didn't feel good and it was easy to find excuses to feel sorry for myself. Then God sent the right person at the right time to remind me what this journey is all about.

While at a birthday party for my nephew JD a family member began talking to me about my blog. She reads it each week and looks forward to reading the updates. She asked if I was going to continue after I've completed the 52 weeks. Thinking to myself, I said no way… It doesn’t really matter. I'm not doing some grand gesture I'm simply being kind to people. At that point she interrupted my thoughts and began telling me why I had to continue the blog. She went on to say my journey has encouraged her to be kind to others. She joked that in itself is a miracle.

After our conversation I began reminding myself why I started this journey. I wanted to fill an emptiness I've had since the death of my mother. I wanted to find the joy she had. I wanted to love people the way her Jesus loved people. I then asked myself, "What does God want me to do?"

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another." John 13:34

The answer is simple. We aren't asked to do grand gestures. God asks us to simply love, but what is love?
 
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." – 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7

Looks like my irritability, pain, or self-pity can no longer be excuses to not love people. It appears I also don't have an excuse to not continue my blog after I finish the remaining 10 weeks. To be honest I never thought this journey would grow me as much as it has. However, each week I bless someone it helps remind me how blessed I am. Throughout this journey I have been blessed to have friends and family members tell me how much my journey has blessed them. To those of you who have walked this journey with me and who have supported me along the way, thank you. I'm not sure I would've made it this far without your encouragement to continue.

For the record I did end up doing a few small blessings I volunteered in the nursery again and I was kind to a stranger, even if he didn't want to get in my car.

I pray you take the time to bless someone today.

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