Blessed be Your Name

I woke up with this praise song on my lips or at least in my mind, I didn't want to wake up my roommate! "Blessed be Your Name" for me gets me in the mind set, reminds me of all the blessings that he does pour out on to us, most of them I don't notice.

Yesterday was one of those long days that maybe wasn't the best day and so I ended it with a prayer that I believed would come true because his faithful. I prayed that he would give me the strength to get out of bed and have a quiet time before I did anything else(something that has yet to happen this semester). I also prayed that I would not get discouraged today, among other prayers too.

Like every other night I fell asleep normally. I woke up in frustration because when I looked at my clock "6:58" in my head I thought it said "7:58" which meant that I slept through my alarm, missed my quiet time and was going to be really late to work. God instantly showed me that the clock actually said "6:58". I also discovered that I had set my clock not to 7AM but to 7PM, oops! But Praise be to God, who answered my prayer not only to give me strength to get out of bed but also to wake me up and also encourage me to get out because he was faithful. Sometimes one has to be reminded of the characteristics of God, like he is faithful. "Blessed be your name" ran through my head.

But the story doesn't stop there. I got ready to go and left the room only to realize that I didn't have my keys, which meant no breakfast and no way to get to work. Down to the office I went only to realize God blessed me in another way. I'm a desk worker which means I don't have to check out a pass key, which saved time. To my room another blessing I found my keys in an instant, in a place I wouldn't have checked if God hadn't guided me to the spot. I left my room and proceeded to return the keys only to realize I had lost the room key. I always use to wonder how somebody could lose a key between their room and the office. Back and forth down the hall and to my room I went looking every where. But I never stressed thanks be to God especially because I've been getting really stressed out lately. I finally found my key on the ground in the hall.

Not a normal way to start one's day but I'm very thankful that it did start this way. The great thing is that the story is not over because every moment God is blessing us in somehow and so even though this all happened 2 hours ago I have already received more blessings than I can count.

"Blessed be Your name!"