The Blessing is a great resource on giving the gift of unconditional love and acceptance to our children and to other people around us. The authors share five components of blessing:
- meaningful touch
- a spoken message
- attaching high value
- picturing a special future
- an active commitment
This book was first published in 1986; this revised and updated version is great because the authors have included special message links for videos and extras online. In addition to that, there was a challenge issued for August 2011, where a thousand churches across the United States are sharing special, encouraging messages (including skits and such) on the topic of The Blessing.
I really enjoyed reading this book. I think growing up a lot of teens think they have the worst life and worst parents ever. I know my parents and I didn’t get along really well when I was a teen. However, reading this book, I now realize that my parents did a great job raising us. We knew we were loved and important. We were blessed, my brothers and I. I have been challenged by this book to not only spend more time blessing my own children but to take this concept further, and learn to speak blessing on others in my church and community. I love that this book is a “how to” manual with real life examples.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Striving to learn and live God's purposes,
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