Hidden blessings: I sold my Xbox
Now that may sound strange being on a survival site, and you may not see it's relevance to blessings. But I promise you, it's there. I sold my Xbox, some games and accessories to help pay for improvements to this site. Most notably I will be purchasing a digital camcorder for Youtube posts and hopefully a voice recorder to start podcasting.
For most people selling a video game system may not be much, but for me it was like pulling teeth to even consider it. I belonged to a "team" and was quite skillful at a few games. And I'm not going to lie, it was a morale booster (aka ego trip) for me to be recognized as a good player. However, my wife and I have a financial plan and the new equipment for the site wasn't in realm of possibilities without generating some extra income and in the end, this site means more to me than a simple ego trip.
So I got some financial gain/equipment from the sale, which is one blessing. However, I need more bush time to develop material for TCSG and by taking away this drain of time and energy maybe I can walk away from it being doubly blessed!
God is clever. He uses little events, small sacrifices and such to bless us in ways we wouldn't have thought of. You guys can go ahead and laugh now.