John Calvin, famous theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation once said: “However many blessing we expect from God, His infinite liberaity will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.” This statement can be trusted as true since God is faithful and good. Unfortunately, this statement cannot always be applied to the human race. Too many people do not receive a blessing from their parents or other loved ones. In fact sometimes our wishes and thoughts turn into nightmares when hurting people are unable to be a blessing to others-especially children.
John Trent and Gary Smalley recently revised and update their million plus best-seller called “The Blessing”, which was originally written 25 years ago, to help people understand what being blessed looks like and how to bless others. This book is especially geared toward parents with children. Ideally, all parents would use this as a …realistically this does not always happen, so we are asked to take the Blessing Challenge, which calls for each adult to be a blessing to one child utilizing the five elements of a blessing described in the book. These five elements include:
· Meaningful Touch
· A Spoken Message
· Attaching High Value
· Picturing a Special Future
· An Active Commitment
John Trent and Gary Smalley recently revised and update their million plus best-seller called “The Blessing”, which was originally written 25 years ago, to help people understand what being blessed looks like and how to bless others. This book is especially geared toward parents with children. Ideally, all parents would use this as a …realistically this does not always happen, so we are asked to take the Blessing Challenge, which calls for each adult to be a blessing to one child utilizing the five elements of a blessing described in the book. These five elements include:
· Meaningful Touch
· A Spoken Message
· Attaching High Value
· Picturing a Special Future
· An Active Commitment
The authors are careful to discuss each element in practical detail. They also talk about people that grew up in homes without being blessed, single parent households, and reversing curses that may have been spoken to or about you. Helpful advice and steps to overcome negative self-images and behaviors are freely given. The authors have also set up a nice website at TheBlessing.com to join with others in learning and participating actively in the blessing. There are video messages that correspond to several chapters and other links to help individuals walk out the blessing!
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