2006-10-05 08:52:15 · 14 answers · asked by Fun and Games 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It means to look at all the things you have to be grateful for. For example: If you have a roof over your head, clothes on your back, your health, and food - you have an aweful lot to be thankful and grateful for. Some people don't have that. Usually "Count your blessings" is a phrase people use when they're trying to get you to see the positive side of your life as in, "Yeah, maybe Jim doesn't like you, you're failing your classes, and you broke your leg, but count your blessings." There's almost always someone else out there worse off than you.
2006-10-05 09:01:04 · answer #1 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is about learning gratitude for the good things in your life rather than living a life constantly geared toward problems.
We should be problem-solvers, but constant attention to problems can lead to exasperation. We need to stop for a time (perhaps each day) and praise God for the grace He gives to sustain us, whether it is material things, family, friends, health, love, intellect, or whatever. The greatest blessing, of course, is His Son, Jesus Christ, Who died that we might live eternally.
Count your blessings
Name them one by one
Count your many blessings
See what God has done.
2006-10-05 09:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by Nick â? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means to be grateful for what you do have and not ungrateful for what you do not have. If I stay grateful I am blessed. "it's not about having what you want, it's about wanting what you got " Sheryl Crow
I write 5 things I'm grateful for daily, I don't have much, but I "count my blessings" everynight
2006-10-05 09:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by T P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means too focus more on the good things in life than the bad and to be thankful for them.
2006-10-05 08:55:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being grateful for what God has blessed you with. Blessing can include: you woke up this morning, you have two eyes instead of one, you can hear.... etc. etc.
2006-10-05 08:55:03 · answer #5 · answered by Crazy Church Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to be thankful for what you have: mental health, physical health, spiritual health, food, money, clothes, a good job, peace in the family, etc.
It also means to try not to dwell on what you don't have.
2006-10-05 08:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by Spiritoso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it means to remember to be grateful for everything that I have. Even if I had a terrible day, for example, I still had food to eat.
2006-10-05 08:55:29 · answer #7 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Focus on the good rather than the bad. We love to chew on the nasty stuff. We forget the good.
2006-10-05 08:53:58 · answer #8 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
means remember good things that happened to you, not just the bad things.
2006-10-05 08:54:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOOKING AT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGSD THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN UR LIFE AND BEING THAKFUL RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON NEGATIVE STUFF AND BEING DOWN AND DEPRESSED.
2006-10-05 08:55:54 · answer #10 · answered by Babygal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋