I have stolen the title of this blog entry from a song that my sister wrote. Her song is purely a piano peice, but even through the lack of words, the meaning of the song is portrayed. There is a repeating theme throughout the entire thing that reminds me of a cascade of heavenly gifts being continually thrown down upon us. I'm not a very good piano player. Everyone in my family can play the piano except me and my brothers, but even they dabble a little. I can memorize songs and play them, but it takes me a really long time. Even then, I have a hard time remembering more than a few songs before I start getting them mixed up. One of the songs that i have memorized is Blessings from Heaven. It's not an easy piece, but the repetition helps in the memorizing process.
The reason I chose that particular song was because it helps me to remember all of the many gifts that God has given me. Whenever I am feeling depressed, I can play that song, and it helps me to realize that the reason I am depressed is because I'm thinking of all the things that I don't have, and struggles that I'm having, and work that I have to do. When I take a moment to step back from my own struggles, and realize that I really do have it good. I have had a relatively easy life. There have been no major tragedies, I have a wonderful family, I am priveliged enough to attend a church school, which is a blessing all on its own. God really has done a lot for me. I cannot forget this. I should not go on living my life in the selfish manner that comes so naturally. When I agknowledge the Lord's hand in all things, I am happier. Not only that, but it helps me to live my life in a better way. When I realize everything that God has done for me, it helps me to want to serve others.
When I concider the Atonement which is quite possibly the most important blessing given to all of us, I feel an overwhelming rush of gratitude to our savior. I want to repay him in some way, but I know that there is no way that I'll every be able to repay him for this, especially since whenever we try, we are blessed further, and become deeper in his debt continually. This reminds me of the scripture: 'If you love me, keep my commandments.' So basically, all that he really wants us to do is what he's asked us to do i nthe first place. It seems that the least we can do for him after all he's given to us, is the best we can do.
So anyways, this ended up in a very different place than I had planned on taking it when I began, but that's okay, it helped me to realize somet things that I need to work on in my life. If anyone happens to want to hear the song "Blessings from Heaven" written by my sister, here's her website: http://www.kerbymusic.org/music.php?song_id=6. I don't know if anyone else will ge the same thing out of it that I did, but that's all right. That's the greatest thing about music, it can mean something different to everyone.