I Corinthians 10:31 ” So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”

We hope that we’re honoring God during the Church Service, or when we’re praying for someone in the hospital.  But this Scripture tells us that we need to be showing respect to God in everything we do.  For if you think about it…all aspects of our lives are ordained by His hand.  That includes the mundane and boring, and the simple day-to-day tasks we take for granted.  That’s because we never know when He’ll take a practical chore and turn it into a divinely assigned God moment.

Psalm 105:2 ” Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts.”

Everyday we should be celebrating the many blessings from God…for He does things far beyond the bounds of what we think, expect, or can even imagine.  Genesis 18:14 goes further to ask, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”  But I heard an interesting sermon the other day challenging the idea of just what a blessing was.  Do we thank God only for the good things we have, and that happen to us.  Or do we praise Him also for all the difficult, uncomfortable, and bad things that come into our lives?  How do we know that something meant for bad can’t suddenly be turned around by God for good?  For what we see as affliction, can become the way to deeper holiness and sanctification in our life…or what appears to be a difficult situation may turn out to be a godsend in the end.  This gives new meaning then to the song “Count your many Blessings”…for we need to praise God for everything that comes into our lives…the good, the bad, and the ugly.