Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

Isaiah 30:21  NIV

I was shopping at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago to get supplies for a project I was working on. I saw the BELOW trinket sitting near the cash registers and grabbed it! I wanted to place it somewhere in my home to be a constant reminder to me. So it’s sitting on my kitchen counter just over the dishwasher and next to my little TV.

It’s there to remind me that I AM CRAZY BLESSED regardless of what the news on my TV is telling me OR how difficult it is for me to unload a dishwasher. Life will continue to give us things that are hard…opinions we don’t agree with…tasks we don’t want to do.

My blog last month was entitled TERRITORY ENLARGED( https://mvarga.com/spiritual-insights/territory-enlarged/). Remember that Jabez asked God to bless him indeed. He was asking the Lord to give him abundant blessings. He was asking God to make him CRAZY BLESSED.

Wouldn’t we all like that? Regardless of what is going on in our life, God can and WILL give us crazy blessings….look for them…EXPECT them. Many times the blessings we see come directly from a challenge…even a tragedy we are facing.  See my Jan 2021 blog post on Being Transformed. Be Transformed – MARY VARGA (mvarga.com)

 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33  (NIV)

Can I be crazy blessed even with the physical challenges I face? ABSOLUTELY! I have to be constantly cautious as I move through my daily life…for fear of losing my balance. Yet the very brain injury that caused my physical disabilities is the same one that prompts others…even total strangers to be kind and helpful as I go about my day.

Read what St. Paul has to say about it…

Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.  That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong

2 Corinthians 12:7-10  (NIV)

I must admit, I don’t boast gladly about my weaknesses. I do believe though that God has given me the gift of inspiring others. Maybe He’s given that gift to you too! So don’t be embarrassed to try something unnatural for you. We never know who we can inspire by our actions.

 Just remember that as life gives us increased blessings, increased temptations and troubles may often come with it.

It’s so easy to just coast through life without pushing for more abundance! We’re already doing more than most. Can’t we just relax and enjoy what we have? . This is how Satan keeps us from going for the gold! 

 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
    therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
    Blessed are all who wait for him!

Isaiah 30:18  NIV

 We can’t let Satan fool us though. God DOES offer us abundance. He wants us to be crazy blessed. For our part, we need to continue living a life that pleases Him as we wait for His perfect timing.

Dear Lord,

Some days we feel crazy blessed by You. Some days we don’t. Help us remember that our feelings are often not in the same ball park as Your reality. The Bible tells us over and over of Your love for us.

Remind us of what Isaiah tells us….

but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:31   (NIV)

 Give us the hope and patience to wait for your wondrous blessings.

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