Day 4

Advice, Blessings, Warnings

The purpose for “Day 4” is to recognize the blessings you have been given, as well as things you need to be aware of.  You might want to use a “fresh” copy of your blessing for this exercise.

Evening:

Grab 3 colorful pens, and use them to mark up advice, warnings and blessings that are spelled out in your blessing as you identify them.

Some of our blessings are given to us conditionally … “if you do this… then you will…” or sometimes it might say “this will happen to you AS you do such and such”.   There are lots of ways to phrase a blessing that is conditional on something you must do or strive for.  Identify those, and underline (or otherwise mark) those passages.

Other blessings are given to us UNCONDITIONALLY.  Identify that sort of blessing and mark those as well. (perhaps a different color).

If you are given warnings or other advice … mark that sort of thing up too.

Morning:

Read through your blessing, and consider the advice and the promises it is giving.  How much have these things played into your life?  Have you lived those promises, do you have experience with that advice?  Ponder on how these things have interacted with your life, and make a journal entry with your thoughts.

At the End of Day 4:

You should have a solid handle on the things your blessing is telling you about how to obtain the blessings it lays out for you.