The Lord has blessed me in so many ways throughout my life and I was never aware of the control He’s had in guiding me to Him until now. I was just praying for all the blessings I could count, but as I was praying I realized that some of the blessings he’s shown me have been hidden to me because of my worldliness.

For example since I was about twelve I’ve had terrible acne. I always thought my raging acne was just something I’d have to live with. One day my sister and I were talking about it, and my dad casually mentioned that it was because of my ingrown hairs. Now, up to that point I’d been to dermatologists, bought over-the-counter acne medication and done all sorts of wild things (steaming my face…ewwww) to try and rid myself of this ‘curse’. But my dad mentioned the ingrown hairs, so I quickly got some tweezers and starting plucking out my ingrown hairs. I’d even dig into my face to get the deeply ingrown hairs out, thus scarring my face.

I’m now 32, and my acne is still noticeable, but I’ve given up on it getting any better. I even hate having my picture taken because of it. But tonight I realized (or maybe I realized it before but was too stupid to think it through) about what a blessing my acne has been.

You see, up until now it’s probably a good thing that I didn’t feel so attractive; it’s kept me from being too successful with the ladies. But now that I’m older and more mature I have begun to think about what a real relationship is all about, and I’m thankful I didn’t make any decisions that had permanent repercussions. Like marriage. Before I was too immature to think things through, but now that God’s in control of my life I know that when (if) I do get married it will be for the right reasons.

So that’s how my acne’s spared me some potential pain.

Another blessing that God has bestowed on me is my poor financial acumen. When I started working up till now I’ve spent all my dollars (and more) as they came in. That’s left me with a bit of debt. Thing is, I don’t have much to show for it. I spent my money on domains, and financing an unrewarding and more sinful lifestyle. Many of the things I did weren’t out of bad intentions, but they were wicked because they weren’t in obedience to what He wanted for me. Then again, many of the things I did were wicked.

Now I don’t have the finances to keep up my old lifestyle, and I don’t want that lifestyle anymore anyway.

God is deserving of our praise, hearts and obedience in all things. This world is just temporary, but I’m finding it’s a good thing to contemplate the things He has done for me for my benefit even though I don’t deserve it.

Categories: The love God has shown me
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