Blessed

Genesis 5:2 (NCV) He created them male and female, and on that day he blessed them and named them human beings.

God is good.

God is a blessing machine.

Psalm 118:24 (NCV)
This is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad today!

It is easy to miss the blessedness of each day. But the larger (perhaps even the largest) truth is that I AM BLESSED.

Sure, life is hard and challenging, painful even. But that does not mean that God is not blessing me, along with creation and every person in it.

Frustratingly, for some, is the fact that God is such a Blesser that He blesses everyone, regardless of whether they acknowledge Him or bless Him back.

Jesus mentioned this when He spoke of the wheat and weeds.

Matthew 13:24-30 (NIV) Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. [25] But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. [26] When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. [27] "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' [28] " 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' [29] " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. [30] Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "

So the wheat and weeds grow up together, until the time for sorting comes. That will be the day of justice; the day that our hearts long for, having heard the voice of justice speaking as if from a great distance. Perhaps that voice is heard only as a faint echo, but it is still the voice of Justice that echoes through the ages, telling us of a day that will come when all will be made right. That will be the day when heaven and earth are renewed and conjoined.

God's goodness washes over me every moment of my life--and I stand blessed before God and creation.

That's good news. I don't care who you are.