Counting Your Blessings

For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here's why.

Nestled in the middle of what could be the most well-known Psalm of all time is this one little verse:

My cup overflows with blessings. Psalm 23:5 (NLT)

We talk about money, money, money here every day. And that's fine because money is important and handling it well impacts so many other parts of our lives. But I think we can all agree that there are many things that are more important than money. It's often these blessings that we list when we think of our "cups overflowing."

It's been several years since I shared what I'm thankful for and on this holiday weekend I want to sit back a bit and be thankful for all of the non-money blessings in my life. Strangely (or maybe not so strangely), the list is the same as it was in 2006. Here's what I'm thankful for:

• My faith
• My family - immediate family and my mom, dad, and several close relatives
• Good friends
• Good health
• A wonderful job with great co-workers
• Time to relax and enjoy it all

Of course I could add to this (I'm thankful for living in a free country, for being able to make a difference in the world by volunteering, etc.), but the items above make up my "main" list.

How about you? What are you thankful for?

Comments

[moneymonk]

Family, friends, no stress, ability to give and help others

[Gil:Financial Management]

I'm thankful for my wife and son, my faith in Christ, work and friends.

[Keith]

I get a peace when I count my blessings. Contrarey to the host, I start with money in the bank. Having the savings there gives me a calm that I often need. I am also thankful for the new clothes washer we had to buy when our six year old Kenmore broke unexpectantly. I didn't like having to replace it but we had the money and I am quite happy with new washer. I am thankful that we only have a mortgage for debt and we have a better rate and a shorter pay off date due to refinancing earlier this year. I am thankful for our church family. I am thankful for paid for cars that get us to where we need to go. I am thankful for a faithful dog. I am thankful for a job that allows me to work from home. I am thankful for my wife and our seven plus year marriage.

[Squirrelers]

Glad to see a post on counting blessings, on a PF blog. It's great to remember to do so, and keep perspective to balance any difficulties with the things for which we can be thankful.

For me, the non-money things I'm most thankful for are family, friends, health.

[HTMAMD]

Money is useless if you don't have family and friends to share it with.

[BD]

I'm thankful for God, my mom and dad, and indoor flush toilets. And indoor potable water that comes in both hot and cold. And the fridge. :D
Hey, these things are luxuries. Just 80 years ago or so, people had to go outside to an outhouse to go potty. Ugh. Indoor plumbing is one of the biggest blessings I can think of.