Blessed To Be A Blessing
by Lenora Rand
From Genesis to Revelation
Blessings are falling like rain like manna like fire
From that moment when God says to Abram
I will bless you so you will be a blessing.
There is so much blessing going on
Yes, we are blessed
to be a blessing.
Say it with me.
We are blessed to be a blessing.
There is so much blessing going on
From Genesis to Revelation
Blessings given and received.
Blessings whispered and shouted and showered,
fountains flowing and winds rushing with
blessing, blessing, blessing.
Deserts growing blessings.
Stones in rivers that remember blessing.
That carry blessing. From generation to generation.
Children dressed in colorful coats of blessing.
Young girls birthing impossible blessing.
Dead bodies resurrecting blessing.
Our holy book, our holy lives,
our whole lives drenched in unspeakable blessing.
We are blessed to be a blessing.
Say it with me.
ALL: We are blessed to be a blessing.
And to be Blessed is to be reminded that we are
Bless-ed. Loved and adored and chosen.
Loved and adored and chosen to be exactly
who we are created to be. To be who God created us to be.
On this blessed earth.
To be Blessed is to be reminded that we are
Bless-ed not because we are perfect or righteous
or right or qualified or credentialed or gifted
but because we are.
Like jagged pieces of glass,
broken yet complete in grace and beauty...
we are
and we are here
and we are listening
and we are saying Yes
ALL: We are blessed to be a blessing.
and we are not giving up
and we are being welded together into a blessed mosaic
of God’s own wild, untamed imagination.
God, crafting an ending for a story that isn’t over yet.
ALL: We are blessed to be a blessing.
Bless-ed and chosen and woven
into more than we could ever be alone,
woven into a mantle of blessing, a holy embrace,
a blessing of healing and wholeness, justice
and restoration and good, good news,
for this whole broken and bless-ed world.
Yes,
We are blessed to be a blessing.
Say it with me.
ALL: We are blessed to be a blessing.
Say it with me.
ALL: We are blessed to be a blessing.
Yes.
Say it with me.
ALL: We are blessed to be a blessing.
© Plural Guild 2020
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