A Blessing This Week
Hope everyone is having a terrific week!Prayer has really been on my mind this week after our meeting - no surprise. I thought all day Sunday about blessing my children, after our discussion. My insecurities were taking control as I imagined the response I'd get trying to actually "bless" them - eye rolling or literally running away!
As often happens with me, God dropped an opportunity right into my lap Sunday evening with one of the boys, so I mustered my bravery and jumped on it. I got there, despite my lack of nerve, and it went very well. I'll be looking for more ways to offer blessings that I am comfortable with and that seem to suit the moment, rather than trying to force the issue.
So I want to challenge you all to give it a try if you haven't already. Don't worry about what you say or how is goes - just take advantage of an opportunity that presents itself. Here are some tips from a website called The Blessing. I'm not sure their entire program is for me, but these guidelines were helpful.
The blessing is a life-changing gift of unconditional love and acceptance passed down from one generation to the next. Through the blessing, children (and adults) find out what it means to be highly valued and loved by someone else using five specific actions first laid out in the Bible:
- Meaningful touch
- A Spoken Message
- Attaching High Value
- Picturing a Special Future
- An Active Commitment
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