I Am Blessed And I Am A Blessing
How To Increase Self Worth When
Living With Sickness

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I Share God's Promise To Abraham - I Am Blessed

When we live with illness, it is easy to lose self worth. We may think thoughts like

I am a nuisance,
I am too much trouble,
I am taking up time...
I want to do things for myself.
I feel guilty I can't do things for others.
Am I a bad mother, father, daughter, friend?

Whenever, I found myself thinking such thoughts of low self worth, I would switch to saying this wonderful short blessing prayer:

I had been disabled with severe ME/CFS for many years before I started saying this prayer. There was quite an increase in self worth.

What if all my words and thoughts are prayers?

What if I "pray without ceasing" whether I realise it or not?

What if, unless I notice and change them, many of my prayers/my words ask for things I do not want?

Do I want to be a nuisance etc?
Or do I want to be a blessing?

Let me ask for what I want.

"So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham."
(Galatians 3:9, KJV Bible)

How Can I Be A Blessing When I am Ill?

When I started saying this blessing prayer, I didn't know that I would get better, write books and set up a website.

When living with sickness you may feel that you are just going to get more of the same, but you don't know what the future holds.

I hope this website blesses you. I know it blesses me.

I truly believe that wherever you are, if you open your mind to God you are blessed and you are a blessing to the world.

I look back now and I wish I had realised just how important the work of forgiveness was that I was doing. It would have helped to raise my self worth at a time when I needed it.

If this website serves to let you know that you can be a blessing in a time of illness, then I am very happy.

How am I a blessing when I am ill? you may ask.
How can I increase self worth when living with chronic sickness?

I have to keep telling people what my needs are.
I can't do anything for anyone I love.

You don't need to know how you are or will be a blessing.
The willingness to believe you can be a blessing opens a door to allow God to work in you and through you.

How do we ever know what is best for those around us or how things will turn out?

Through your sickness, your child, friend or parent may have an experience of serving and caring that helps them to grow spiritually and emotionally.

They may see you face a loss of self-image and yet surrender into God and receive huge spiritual gifts from the experience.

They may walk through life with less fear when they learn that there is a love that survives any circumstance.

They may see you demonstrate an intelligent selfishness: an awareness of and willingness to communicate your own needs in a way that is best for those around you.

Others' Reactions To Sickness

It became clear to me that whether people were blessed or felt cursed by my having an sickness depended largely on their attitude.

Many said they were inspired by my faith, my willingness to keep positive etc.

Some used the situation I was in to reassess what was important in their own lives.

Some grew through being willing to love me and accept the sickness.

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Some people saw my illness as an example of the unfairness of life. They hated being around it.

Some felt burdened by the sickness or simply ran away so they didn't have to witness it.

Many complained at the complications and needs of the illness. They felt sorry for themselves. Some denied the illness.

As we say:
I am blessed and a blessing, we allow God access to see that more and more people are blessed by us and through us.
Both in a time of illness of a time of health we can be a blessing because we can always be a channel for God.

You Are Blessed

For all those who visit here, let me say:

If you don't feel this is true, it is a sure sign that it is time to keep saying it. :-)

Let our words call in a new world.
We are helping.

Thank you.

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More about how I raised my sense of "I am blessed and a blessing" during the years of illness - Seeking Inner Peace