{"id":429,"date":"2010-12-16T12:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phatherphil.org\/?p=429"},"modified":"2010-12-16T12:20:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T17:20:27","slug":"counting-your-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phatherphil.org\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Counting Your Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Lord; Last night, my family settled in to watch our favorite Christmas Movie\u2026<a title=\"White Christmas (1954) - IMDb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047673\/\" target=\"_blank\">White Christmas<\/a>.\u00a0 What a wonderful film that is!\u00a0 No matter how many times I watch it, I still end up with a huge smile on my face and find myself singing the songs for days afterwards.\u00a0 In the movie, my favorite song by far is \u201cCount Your Blessings\u201d sung by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PZIofWjfLQ0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Listening to that wonderful music last night, it dawned on me that there\u2019s a great deal of wisdom in those lyrics.\u00a0 As I discussed in yesterday\u2019s correspondence Father, there seems to be a lot of Your Children who are feeling very overburdened and lost at the moment.\u00a0 If along with laying those fears and doubts at the Foot of the Cross, we spend our time rejoicing and giving thanks for the Blessings You\u2019ve bestowed on us, we\u2019d all be closer in our walk with You.\u00a0 Thank You Lord, for all the Blessings both obvious and unseen that surround us all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you&#8217;re worried and you can&#8217;t sleep<br \/>\nJust count your blessings instead of sheep<br \/>\nAnd you&#8217;ll fall asleep counting your blessings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amen.\u00a0 ~Phather Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Lord; 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