Basket Of Blessings
 
 
I was sitting in the Chapel trying to clear my mind, trying to focus on the Lord and His blessings. My mind was so full of daily strife
and things of the world and I was starting to get a little frustrated with it all when I saw an image of a large basket sitting in the
corner of the Chapel, it was overflowing with all of the things that were going through my mind. 
 
 

Then I saw Jesus standing beside the basket, he was drawing my attention to Himself, and He was kneeling down, looking into the basket. He slowly started lifting each thing that I had in my mind
out of the basket, one by one, and holding it in His hand gently He started to place each thing that He took from the basket into His Heart.  He was taking each trial, each cloud that was filling my mind throughout my life, into Himself and taking them as His own. 
 

Soon the basket was empty and I saw Him reaching into His Heart,
placing something into the basket. This continued until the basket was heaping full again;
 
 

"My child, you entered into this prayer with your mind so full of the world, so full of your daily life and the clouds and burdens covering
your path, that you couldn't focus on Me and on My love for you. As you look upon this basket of strife and problems clouding your mind, see Me as I lift them all one by one from the basket and place them into My Heart as My own. 
 
 

I take all of your anxiety, your sadness, your anger, your self-pity, your resentment, your bitterness, your fear, your pride and your 
pain away and place them into Myself and I replace them all with My Grace, My Love, My Mercy, My Strength, My Peace, My Forgiveness, My Wisdom,  My Hope and My Eternal Life for you".
 
 

"My child, have I not told you before that My Grace is sufficient for you, that My Strength for you is made perfect for you by your weakness?
I have bought you with My own Blood, the Blood that I shed for you on the Cross, so that your crosses would not be too much to bear. There is no cross you can bear that will be too heavy for Me to carry with you, I will be by your side with each one of them that you carry". 
 
 

"Look into the basket again, My dear one, each one of the burdens that you brought to Me has been taken from you and placed into My Heart of Love for you, they are mine now and I have replaced each one of them with a Blessing from Heaven. Take these Blessings as your own and remember them each time a cloud passes over you throughout your daily life, take them all with My Love for you."

Jesus, I thank You for Dying on the Cross for 
me, I thank You for Your Resurrection and for 
giving me new Life. Help me to recognize each 
and every Blessing that comes my way and to 
take it to my heart, to reach into my heart and 
give to You all that is there every day of mylife. 
I love You, Lord!
Amen
Author: Sharon HuckCopyright©2001
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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