Biblical blessings
Types of blessings We pray seeking God’s blessings, and we always say “May God bless America”. As Christians what should the word blessing mean to us? Many of us always associate blessings with richness, peace, fruitfulness or family. And for Christians, blessings are like many other biblical concepts —they have eternal implications and earthly shadows. The Biblical blessing While searching the Bible for the real meaning of blessing , we can’t miss several characters whom we considered blessed. Abraham who had a promise to be a blessing; Isaac and Jacob were promised to inherit the blessings. Joseph, David and Jesus were promised to bless and save others. But Abraham left his land and his family and lived as a stranger in a foreign land. Isaac was rejected by his neighbors. Jacob escaped, leaving his father’s inheritance and was deceived by his uncle many times. Joseph was sold as a slave, went through an unjust trial, and was imprisoned. David lived years in the wilde