Responsibility: Curse or Blessing

Hello Everyone,

Sometimes life can bog me down with responsibility. I have the bad habit of seeing it as a curse instead of a blessing. Last week at church I was having a rough morning. I was tired. I was tired of being responsible.

I kept going through my mind of everything that I was responsible for and everything that I needed to do. I kept wondering when I would get my reward for all of it. As I was in church, I was praying that God would help me to focus on Him during that service and not all the outside responsibilities that were running through my mind.

He gave me a time of clarity that the things I saw as things that I have to do and things that I am responsible for are my blessing.

God has blessed me with an amazing church to attend, a family, friends, a full-time job, a gift of writing, a house to take care of, and groceries to buy to feed myself and my sister. He has blessed me with a dog to have as a companion. He has blessed me with laundry to do which means I have clothes to wear. I could go on and on with the blessings He has bestowed upon me that I take as responsibility that must get done.

While these are all blessings in my life it can be hard to see it that way when everything is demanding my attention at once. It is tiring to keep up with this life and all that God has given me. I need to change my mindset of one of burden to one of blessing. I am blessed to have so much in my life and to have so many people in my life that love me and want to spend time with me.

God has showered his blessings on me and while those blessings may not look like I thought they should, His blessings are better than anything that I could imagine. So, join me as I make a mindset change to see my blessings for what they are.

Much love,

Victoria