When problems keep coming,

don't get depressed.

For they have no power,

to steal from the blessed.

For the blessed are eternal,

like faith, hope and love,

and nothing can conquer,

the power of love.

So if doors just keep shutting,

the windows of hope,

will faithfully open,

if you'll faithfully cope.

Then as you reach victory,

you can tell all the rest,

problems can't steal,

from those who are blessed.

The above picture is my wife's cousin Denise "Gippy" and her dad.

I just got back from a family reunion and had to post this photo with this poem.

Denise's dad shared with me how much he was blessed and the top of his list was family, in fact he didn't even talk about anything materialistic, so I can't mention it.

Family is all that matters. AMEN!

Now nobody's life is problem free, but to have a life where you are focused on your blessings and not your problems is truly one worth emulating.

Take a good look at this photo and focus on your blessings.

Keeping the Faith

Always Thankful

Officer William Heffner

Matthew 5: 1-12

5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

He said:

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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