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I was struck today by the fact that God created the birds and the fish.....and then blessed them. " God blessed them and said 'Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." This is the first part of creation that is blessed. So, exactly what is a blessing.....?
The blessing definition is to speak audibly words in the power of God's name that bring spiritual, physical, and material tangible benefits to an individual's family or nation that continue from one generation to the other.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/blessing-from-god.html
Which would mean that even today, so removed from that creation day birds and fish are still experiencing the effects of having that blessing spoken to them. God cares for his creatures....even the sparrows! It is amazing....and how much more so that He cares for me, quite humbling. God blessed me with a son when I was past the "normal" age for children. After experiencing infertility for 19 years I feel as though I experienced the desert and came through to his blessing. I wonder how we are still experiencing that blessing?
The Hebrew verb for bless is 'barac' with its noun 'berekah', which means bowing down (someone kneeling down); in fact, it shows God bending over to make us prosperous. The New Testament word for the same is 'eulogeo', which means to speak well of a person.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/blessing-from-god.html
I revel in the thought of my God bending over me to bless me....what a personal feeling, what an awesome God. It is part of the reason I am a Christian....I don't see that in other religions. Be at peace today with the thought that the Creator of the Universe is still bending over you to bless you!
Barac!
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