Counting Your Blessings

For those of you new to Free Money Finance, I post on The Bible and Money every Sunday. Here’s why.

Nestled in the middle of what could be the most well-known Psalm of all time is this one little verse:

My cup overflows with blessings. Psalm 23:5 (NLT)

We talk about money, money, money here every day. And that’s fine because money is important and handling it well impacts so many other parts of our lives. But I think we can all agree that there are many things that are more important than money. It’s often these blessings that we list when we think of our “cups overflowing.”

It’s been several years since I shared what I’m thankful for and on this holiday weekend I want to sit back a bit and be thankful for all of the non-money blessings in my life. Strangely (or maybe not so strangely), the list is the same as it was in 2006. Here’s what I’m thankful for:

• My faith
• My family – immediate family and my mom, dad, and several close relatives
• Good friends
• Good health
• A wonderful job with great co-workers
• Time to relax and enjoy it all

Of course I could add to this (I’m thankful for living in a free country, for being able to make a difference in the world by volunteering, etc.), but the items above make up my “main” list.

How about you? What are you thankful for?