The Lord Bless You by Terry A. Smith

 

Blessings. We would all rather have blessings than hard times, of course. The Lord Bless You by Terry A. Smith is a devotional book that, according to the back of the book, shares that "the Bible makes it clear that our God has a zealous intent to bless you."

The Lord Bless You starts out with an introduction that is interesting--including why you say "Bless you" when people sneeze. Then the book is divided into four sections: Blessing, Purpose, People and Gratitude. Each part includes seven inspirational chapters. The section on Blessing was written to help ou better understand and experience God's blessing. The second part, Purpose, explains how our purpose is connected to our blessings. The third part, People, talks about how people are part of Gods plan to give and receive blessings. The fourth part, Gratitude, explains how important it is to be thankful for the blessings we receive, if we want to receive more blessings.

The author suggests reading one short chapter each day from The Lord Bless You for 28 days, as it takes 28 days to create a new habit. I have started doing that and am not yet done but it is an uplifting and thoughtful book that I think would be encouraging to most Christians. This year I really wanted to focus more on gratitude and good things and sharing kindness with others.  We see and hear a lot of negative things even if we don't listen to the news all the time. I think this book helps counteract some of that negativity. I am really enjoying The Lord Bless You and would encourage other Christians to read it.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher. All9 opinions within this review are my own.

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