My burdens are blessings

My Burdens are Blessings

Oh, I’m thankful for blessings received every day,

and I gratefully count them each night as I pray.

It is written: through weakness the humble are strong,

and our burdens are lifted while treading along.

Then I wonder-- should blessings be counted as such,

when my burdens are teaching me almost as much?

Let me grow as my conflicts and battles are won,

and be called to my God, when mortality’s done.

All my burden’s are blessings, and daily I know,

that the Spirit bears witness and teaches me so.

Of compassion and patience, these concepts I learn,

while I’m counting my blessings and burdens, in turn.