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The Bible is full of blessings to the people of God. Paul begins every single letter he wrote with a blessing. A blessing is speaking the good things of God into the lives of others. This isn't some prosperity, holly jolly teaching. It's a way of countering all of the bad things the world around us speaks into our lives.

When the pandemic began, Greg was going through a huge valley, all the while noticing all the negative things people were speaking into social media contexts. He decided that at least one voice needed to speak good into people's lives as a way of focusing our minds on the many blessings God pours into our lives fresh every day. So here's a very short story or observation, along with a simple blessing you're encouraged to receive. Life is tough enough. Here's something encouraging to bring hope to your day.