I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me in the my life time and told me how lucky I am because I am Irish and I was born on St. Patricks Day… Usually I just let it go and reply kindly with a “Yes, I am truly blessed!” But then my children started giving luck all the glory instead of the True reason for the wonderful things that are happening in our lives.
So I decided to take a look at the differences and permently put an end to all of this “luck talk” in our home…
Lucky: adj. Happening by chance, especially if desired result happens.
“By chance”…if we are lucky it means God has no power, Jesus died for nothing and everything happens by accident. Luck has no hope, luck doesn’t love, luck doesn’t forgive, luck doesn’t redeem us from ourselves.
I’m tired of luck…so lets move on…
Blessed: Verb. To bestow good of any kind upon. (Someone actually has to do the blessing)
Sounds kind of like luck doesn’t it…but God blesses us. God loves, God forgives, God brings us hope. We are blessed. I am blessed. If nothing else happens in my entire life, I’m blessed..because I have hope, I have a home that is not of this world.
We were put in this world for a reason, for a purpose. Nothing ever happens by chance and the world needs to know where our hope comes from. We’re not lucky, we’re BLESSED!
“He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God He is my mighty rock my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, Oh People; pour out your hearts to Him for God is our refuge.” Psalms 62:6-8
Encouragements Through The Word 