This past Sunday, our preacher asked us to take 2 minutes to write a list of those people who have made an impact on our lives – the people who have helped gotten us where we are today.

Names floated through my brain, as I silently ticked off the ways they’d made a difference.  Then, the next instructions came:  Over the next week, we are to send cards (or phonecalls) to people on our list, letting them know how they’d blessed us.

Oh, wait.  So, what do I do with the people that impacted my life…but not necessarily in a “blessing” sort of a way?  Do I get to send them a card, too?  (<—mischevious grin)

Dear Such-and-such,

Thanks for making my life miserable, and along the way, teaching me some very valid points.  I’ve become such a better person while trying not to be what you are.  Thanks for blessing me.  Hope one day I can bless you back. 

Love,

Me

Or, maybe not.  After a little vigorous erasing of names, my list is still quite long – full of people who have blessed me in big ways and small.  And, this week, I’m going to do my best to thank some of them (although I will never make it through the ENTIRE list of people who have made a positive impact on my life, and I’m sorry for that.  I do still appreciate you.)

And, above all of that, I’m on a mission.  This week, I will be consciously trying to be a blessing to someone else EACH DAY.

I urge you to try it to, because by being a blessing to someone else, we spread love.  We spread hope.  We spread the very message of Jesus Christ.

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