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Today's post is the 100th post for Sweet Blessings!  I want to praise God!  So I thought that today I would explain how Sweet Blessings started and why I choose that name.

About two years ago, God started speaking to me about writing.  My first (and second, third and fourth, etc) thought was HA!  Yes, I actually had the nerve to laugh at God.  I am not a writer!  I am sure that with each post you can find spelling (thank You Jesus for spell check!) and punctuation errors and improper use of adverbs or something like that.  I am horrible at grammar.  My daughter is in the seventh grade and I am learning grammar right along with her and at times we both struggle.  I just saw no possible way that I could write a book!  Who would even want to read what I have to say?  What do I have to say?  So when God starting dealing with me about writing, I thought one of us was going crazy, and since I doubt God is crazy, I must be.  I put God off every time I felt that nudge to write.  Then on Sunday, August 1st, I was outside watering my flowers when God very clearly spoke to my heart.  At first I thought His message was just for me and it blessed me.  But a split second later the word blog popped into my mind.  God clearly spoke to me again.  He said, "I never told you to write a book, I simply said write.  I want you to blog."  I walked into my house, sat at my computer and said, "God if this is really You, please give me the words."  He did.  The message He gave me moments before came back to me.  It was not meant just for me, it was meant to share.  So I blogged about Beautiful Flowers.   

At that point I was not sure how often I would post and how long this would last.  Maybe this is only for a short season or maybe this is a long term.  I will blog as long as God tells me to.  I am learning to be a woman who says yes to God.  Whether only five people or five hundred people read this blog, I want to be used by Him.  Sweet Blessings is God's blog.

Why the name Sweet Blessings?  That day when I sat down to post my first blog I prayed and prayed and prayed about a name.  Nothing came to me.  I decided to take a break and checked email.  When replying to one email I signed it the way I always sign email, cards, everything; Sweet Blessings~ Jenifer.  As I was typing that, it hit me, that should be the name.  You see, I sign everything sweet blessings because His blessings are always sweet! 

God blesses us each and every day.  If you are reading this right now, you woke up this morning.  Praise God, that is a blessing!  Chances are good that you had a bed to sleep on, pillows to rest your head and blankets to cover up with.  Praise God, those are blessings. You will most likely eat today, another blessing.  When you are doing the laundry, that is a blessing that you had clothes to wear.  When you are paying bills, that is a blessing that you have a job to make money to pay those bills.  Just stop and look at everything around you.  God blesses us each and every moment of our lives.  His blessings are never there to hurt us or cause us problems. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"  His blessings are good and wonderful. 

So there you have it, the story of Sweet Blessings.  I greatly appreciate each of my readers.  Your comments encourage and inspire me.  You are a blessing to me.  I pray for you each day.  And for my fellow bloggy friends, your blogs encourage me and lift me up.  I look forward to reading your words each day.  Thank you all for being a part of Sweet Blessings!

Sweet Blessings~