"Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly." - Hymn 241
These words spoke to me through the Holy Ghost during church a few weeks ago. Church during Covid is a really spiritual place. We do not really get to socialize, we don't get to sing, we don't listen to long talks, we do cover our faces with face masks, we do flinch whenever somebody coughs, and it's too short even for the kids to get fidgety. The reason I go to church during Covid is because we do get to focus on Christ by taking the sacrament each Sunday, praying together, and pondering while the organ plays hymns. It was while listening to the hymn "Count Your Many Blessings" that inspiration came for how to make steps towards fixing my personal issue with 'trust'.
For some reason trust is something I lack. I have never understood why I lack trust, but I do. Trust is so critical for a healthy relationship to survive. I have studied trust for some time trying to figure out how to fix my lack of trust.
The Spirit helped me understand that 'gratitude' could help me build trust. I did just like the song lyrics suggested and started counting my blessings. This time I counted my blessing for my husband. I reached about 52 and had filled a page, when I decided to go ahead and share my list with my husband. The process of making the list was delightful. Thinking of all the things I love about my husband, built trust that if he was with me for all of those things, he'd be with me for many more. It also built trust that he has shown me he loves me in so many ways and he will continue to show me he loves me in the future. Like I said, I don't know why I lack trust; but, now I know how to help build trust at least a little bit.
Count Your Many Blessings
1.When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings; name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.
Chorus
Count your blessings;
Name them one by one.
Count your blessings;
See what God hath done.
Count your blessings;
Name them one by one.
Count your many blessings;
See what God hath done.
2. Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings; every doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.
3. When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you his wealth untold.
Count your many blessings; money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven nor your home on high.
4. So amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged; God is over all.
Count your many blessings: angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey's end.
Words by: Johnson Oatman Jr., 1856 - 1922
