Count your blessings...

name them one by one, and it will surprise you what the Lord has done" the ol' hymn says. Was with my family at a restaurant on Christmas evening, and I asked my children out of the blues what the high points of the year has been to them. I then started writing them down in point form on the napkin and going round the table we realised how many great things God had done for us. Both got prizes for educational achievement at school for the second year running. Went on quite a few international school trips and returned safely everytime. Scored distinctions in music exams. I
did some personal maths and realised that I been on 12 trips some for my secular job, some for ministry in the UK, the US, Canada and Nigeria for music ministry purposes that meant being on 30 planes! And with all the stories we hear and see, returned safely all through... God is good. Of course, there were the tough times, but I can look back at the blessings and that blows the bad times off into the sea of forgetfulness.