Faith Marker:
“Blessed is my new eternal perspective” by babs kincaid

“But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

most assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see

what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”

Matthew 13:16

          Blessed is my new eternal perspective because I have a new heart and spirit in Christ. I came to that expression in a most unlikely place. I was working at a large retail store that sells food and was asked repeatedly “How are you?” by customers. As a joyful believer, I wanted to paint a revealing visual portrait of my uplifting status so the word “blessed” leaped out! It takes many customers by surprise and they say “I am blessed also!” or “Wow, that’s nice!” or “We are all blessed! One of my customers says when she comes through my aisle, “Oh, you are the blessed one!” I am so thankful and grateful to declare it with genuine sincerity!

          A new heart and a new spirit are the gifts God gave me a number of years ago when I asked Christ into my heart. Here is the good news: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 Anyone who asks Jesus into their heart receives these extravagant gifts! The truth is I do see things differently now and hear things differently now and it is a vast improvement. Before I had a life changing encounter from the Prince of Peace, I had a negative perspective of my life and my future! Because of storms of life, I chose to fill a huge storage unit full of anger, resentment and unforgiveness! That’s just to name a few of my character defects that packed my storage unit! Wow, what a blessing to replace my attitude with gratitude!

          Blessed is a declaration for me that my heart and spirit are connected to God so I can be genuine with people. Before my encounter with the True Witness, I wore a lot of fake masks. Wearing so many masks was like going on one masquerade merry go round after another. I had a religious mask, party mask, people pleasing mask, victim mask, rescuer mask, and a performance mask! Check it out: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6  How liberating to be free to express myself because your Heavenly Father is safely guiding me!

“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.  And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:31

      Being blessed reminds me I have a faithful Heavenly Father who pours love into me and is my forever cheerleader! Now instead of navel-gazing, I want to love others to Jesus! I want to give the eternal gift of Jesus love to others and cheer on those who need it! Truly my blessings outnumber the grains of sand at the beach! I love happy endings, so if you have never received the gift of salvation that Jesus offers I hope you will today! So here is the truth: “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10  Your magnificent gift awaits you! I am blessed beyond measure! Are you?