Thursday, December 27, 2007

Blessings

Much to my honor and surprise, I discovered today that I have been "blessed" by the wise and eloquent Diane. As I understand it, the idea is explained here:

The idea… it’s a game of tag with a difference, rather than looking inwardly, we look outside ourselves and bless, praise and pray for one blog friend. By participating in this endeavour we not only make the recipient of the blessing feel valued and appreciated, but we are having some fun too. We’re going to see how far the bloggin’ blessings can travel around the world and how many people can be blessed! Recipients of a bloggin’ blessing may upload the above image to their sidebar if they choose to. If you recieve a bloggin’ blessin’ please leave a comment on this thread here so that we can rejoice in just how many blessings have been sent around the world!


So I gather that the idea is to "bless" three people in the blogosphere, and to tell them why I have chosen to bless them. But first let me say to Diane how honored I am to have received your "blessing," particularly since I very much admire your writing and wisdom.

Second, let me say as clearly as I can that limiting this to only three people is hard because there are so many blogs and people I admire for so many reasons. I am blessed to have had the chance to get to know all of you.

And since I can procrastinate no longer, I bless more cows for her friendship, wisdom, intelligence and generosity of spirit. Second, I bless Gannet Girl, for her honesty, willingness to challenge me, and courage (I hope that if ever I find myself called to another vocation, I will have some portion of the courage she is showing in pursuing hers). Finally, I bless Wyld, for reminding me that holiness and wisdom come in many forms, for the courage he shows in serving our country, and for his dedication to honesty and integrity.

Though I am limited to only three "blessings" as part of this game, I also wanted to send virtual shout-outs to Mags (who constantly amazes and inspires me with her wisdom, eloquence, and wit) and Katherine (who has been so generous in sharing her thoughts, reflections, and wisdom with me. Katherine, your willingness to pursue a better working situation when it might have been "safer" to stay at an old one impresses me a lot).

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Thank you, Steve. I will have to do my post in the next shift, it will be up tomorrow the latest.
It is really an honor.

Diane M. Roth said...

wonderful blessings, Steve!

more cows than people said...

thank you, steve, i, too, am honored. tomorrow perhaps i'll pass it on.

Gannet Girl said...

Wow, thank you, for both blessing and kind (if unwarranted) words). I'll get to work on this tomorrow.

Unknown said...

I have my post up. Thank you again.

Katherine E. said...

Steve, thank you. I told my husband the other day how much I enjoy your thoughtful and wise blog.

Magdalene6127 said...

Steve, thank you... I'll take it as a blessing! I am honored, having been deeply blessed by the wisdom and gentleness I find in your blog.

Mags