{"id":5051,"date":"2020-05-07T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2020-05-06T21:16:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T01:16:58","slug":"im-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/im-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Blessed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"I'm Blessed! 5\/05\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/v8i4b-db9ee9?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I\u2019m Blessed<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m blessed to be alive.<br>One of the chosen few<br>That\u2019ll see the sunrise<br>And feel the early dew.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m blessed to be alive<br>Living on his promise<br>With my joy in overdrive<br>He cancels my demise.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m blessed to be alive<br>Covered by divine grace<br>Favor into which I dive<br>With smiles on my face.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I\u2019m blessed to be alive<br>All healthy, happy and fit<br>Comes trials, I\u2019ll survive<br>By his grace, I\u2019ll make it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I<strong>By Ivan Brooks, Sr.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After weeks and weeks of being isolated and confined to our homes, we can easily become negative and depressed most of the time. It is hard to step back from our present pandemic. But we need to do so and realize that we are blessed.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How have you been blessed these past weeks in spite of the coronavirus pandemic?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please invite your family and your friends to subscribe to&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/\"><strong><em>www.TreatsfortheSoul.org<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We need to assist each other through these trying times with help and strength from the Lord.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I can be reached at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:medardlaz@aol.com\">medardlaz@aol.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Blessings!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fr. Med Laz<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Blessed! I\u2019m blessed to be alive.One of the chosen fewThat\u2019ll see the sunriseAnd feel the early dew. I\u2019m blessed to be aliveLiving on his promiseWith my joy in overdriveHe cancels my demise. I\u2019m blessed to be aliveCovered by divine graceFavor into which I diveWith smiles on my face. I\u2019m blessed to be aliveAll healthy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"qubely_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"ocean-thumb-m":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"ocean-thumb-ml":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"ocean-thumb-l":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"qubely_landscape":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"qubely_portrait":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise.png",254,154,false],"qubely_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise-140x100.png",140,100,true],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-at-Sunrise-45x45.png",45,45,true]},"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Medard Laz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/author\/medlaz\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/category\/daily-treats\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daily Treats<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"I\u2019m Blessed! 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