Counting Your Blessings

By Clerance N Khosa and Grace Khosa

About Counting Your Blessings

 

Counting your blessings is a true story based on the couple's personal experiences about life, development, and inspiration on how to overcome challenges. This book is dedicated to people facing challenges in life who are looking for inspiration on how to overcome their challenges.

 

Purpose of Book

 

The main purpose of this book is to encourage people to be in charge of their lives and overcome challenges and be grateful for who they are and what they have for them to be able to count their blessings instead of their challenges.

 

After purchasing this book, readers will be able to:

 

• Count their blessings
• Overcome their challenges
• Take charge of their life in a positive way
• Stand for what is right in their lives
• Break their boundaries
• Know their worth and purpose
• Grow in their personal life

 

Because this book will:

 

• Inspire readers to overcome limitations
• Encourage people to be people who are determined to succeed
• Encourage people to work hard and focus
• Teach people to leave a life of inspiration
• Teach people to handle their relationships and to love themselves
• Teach people to know the power of giving
• Teach people to dream big and start small

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nhlelo Foundation
• Release date: Nov 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9780639727332

Clerance N Khosa

Clerance N Khosa is the husband of Grace Khosa and the father of Theo Nhlelo Khosa. By God's grace, he is an Author, Minister of the Gospel, and Gospel Artist. Counting Your Blessings is his first book to be published. He is very passionate about serving God and helping people find their purpose. He is the Founder of Nhlelo Foundation.

Book preview

Counting

Your

Blessings

A story about

handling Challenges

and inspiration

CLERANCE N & GRACE KHOSA

An imprint of NHLELO FOUNDATION

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The authors of this book do not intend to condemn how people live their lives, but rather share their personal experiences and stories about life to inspire people to overcome their challenges and to be in charge of their lives in a positive way by counting their blessings and to be grateful of what they have. If you decide to use information in this book, it is to your right. The publisher and the author take no action for your decision it is your responsibility.

Originally published in 2022 by Nhlelo Foundation.

ISBN: 978-0-6397-2733-2

Counting your blessings: A story about handling challenges and inspiration by Clerance N and Grace Khosa. First book printing of Nhlelo Foundation. Printed in the Republic of South Africa.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1: Counting your blessings

Why should you count your blessings?

Reasons why you should count your blessings every day in your life?

How do we count our blessings?

What are your blessings?

Chapter 2: Your life is like a seed

Count your gains instead of your failure

Like A seed, you must produce results

Saw what you want to reap

How to find the right partner and build a solid relationship?

Chapter 3: In life, you will face challenges

Overcome challenges to become who you want to be

Keys to achieve something that you desire

Build what you want to see in the future

What makes people lose interest in marriage?

Chapter 4: Whatever you see and believe in you can achieve

How to handle relationships?

Adore yourself

Live a life of inspiration

Why do people fall to be victim to bad habits?

How do we enjoy this life?

Chapter 5: The power of giving

The secret of giving

Dealing with boundaries

Is never too late to be what you desire to be

The power of your mind

Conclusion

About Authors

INTRODUCTION

Anyone alive can find something to be grateful for it if they look for it. If you are among those who cannot find something, you can start with the fact that you are still kicking and continue from there. Counting your blessings is a barometer of mental health. It is important to count your blessings as often as possible, and you would become very enthusiastic about transforming your challenges into blessings instead of worrying or complaining about them.

Life is like an adventure, there are so many things that you discover and come across in life, some are exciting, some are challenging, some are scary, and some moments are so amazing that they can just remain like that forever. Our experiences are very different and unique, that's what makes life to be a journey. Growing up in a Christian family that believed in God as your only source of life is exceptional, where you know that you just need to depend on God in whatever you do.

When I was young my parents told me many things about life and encouraged me to be grateful for anything that I have. They taught me to be grateful for my life, health, and everything that can become part of my life. At first, I was not understanding what they were trying to teach me and they would often remind me to count everything that is a blessing to me. I have learned that a blessing is a favor or gift bestowed by God, thereby bringing happiness. It is the call on of God's favor upon a person.

When I look at my life, I see many reasons to be grateful for what I have overcome to become who I am today. Counting your blessings will make you appreciate what you have and it helps you not to forget about the favor and protection that is upon you. Life has taught me many things that I'm glad to share with you that I believe will help you not to lose focus on the good in your life. This is a true story about Clerance and Grace who had met challenges in their lives and how they overcame them. As you continue reading you will be equipped with knowledge overcome challenges and be inspired to continue counting your blessings.

CHAPTER 1

Counting your blessings

When I started counting my blessings my whole life turned around - Willie Nelson

If you tell someone to count their blessings, you are saying they should start thinking positively about how blessed they are in their life instead of complaining. life comes with different challenges that can outgrow our mentality and make us see life differently, but I also learn that the secret of happiness is to count your blessings. I grew up in a big family that did not believe in God from the beginning but believed in things of this world. ln those days things were going very well back then, and my family was not rich, but l could get my needs and wants from my parents. One day my family had an encounter attack where one of my family members got sick for more than 16 years and things started to change. My parents tried everything from their power that they knew worked for them to find a solution for their child.

What was confusing about the whole situation is that you could not tell whether sickness or disease was, because so many things were happening to an individual. My parents did everything they can and they even went to those who can’t see because they were told that nothing can defeat them. I have realized that when you are seeking help you can end up entering places you never thought you will enter. Life became more difficult than it was before because all my parents' savings got finished without finding any help or solution. One of the greatest encounters after all the challenges that my family was facing, is that one day two visitors came and ask to see my sister and to pray for her, she was sick for more than 16 years. My parents allowed them to pray for her because it was a situation where my sister was not eating and she could see spiritual things alive, not sleeping and we realized that it was a spiritual attack. They prayed for her and she was delivered up until to date. She started attending church and her life was never the same as before.

That is how my family got saved and became a Christian family that believes in God, and since that encounter l never looked back. When you are facing challenges, it is not a time to cry, but it is time to begin counting your blessings when things are tough, it is not time to blame others, but it is time to count your blessings, l realized that it takes grace to be alive, it takes the grace of God to think normal, you see they are many reasons to be grateful and not stop counting your blessings because of the obstacles you are facing in life. l have learned to depend on God and to trust in Him. Do not be discouraged about what other people are saying about your life, more especially the negative. Remember we do not value things the same way, what is a blessing to me might not be a blessing to someone else.

I remember in the year 2011 my heart was so painful, after passing grade 12 with a higher certificate. I was so disappointed in myself because l knew that with my potential l was going to do better than what l did. I went to my mom crying, hopeless, and not knowing what to do, she said to me, my son you have done well And it gave me hope and courage.

I went on to upgrade my studies and still, it did not go the way l wanted, but l kept my faith, believing that one day is going to be okay. One of the weapons l was told from childhood that l will never forget in my life is prayer. I was a person who live a miserable life, but God saved me. I was a person who was always stressed because l have gone through a lot in life. Since the day l surrendered my life to God and gave it all to God and my life have never been the same. I have dropped out several times from college, because of financial challenges, but l never lost courage and focus. The world is full of beauty, and choosing to embrace my blessings has allowed me to see all the good that l have been given. Being able to count my blessings in my life filled my heart with peace, hope, and joy. I am grateful for the year 2020 even though, they were a lot of difficulties that happened and affected many people. During the outbreak of the pandemic covid 19, by God’s grace I, did not lose my job and my life, and l am thankful for that. When l started counting my blessings my life began to change. I was a person who always stressed about my life and l have invested a lot of time trying to figure out why me? Why is my life not moving forward? I was a slave of asking myself a lot of questions that l did not even have answers to. My whole life was a mess. I could find myself taking alone sometimes like a mad person, trying to solve problems.

One day l began to study my life and check what could be the cause of all that I am going through and l found that l was feeding my mind daily negativity and that had cost my life a lot. In life is important to create an atmosphere of positivity around yourself with positive people. Do you know that sometimes you can be an enemy to yourself without even knowing it? Do you know why? Is because your brain is a powerful weapon that you can use and do wonderful things if you give it the right things. Hear it from me, never waste your time-solving things you cannot solve with your understanding. In all things, l found time to look at myself and realized my mistakes, and corrected them. Listen is never too late to do things the right way. It became my daily habit to always count my blessings, focus more on the right things, and stop complaining and worrying. Until you realize your mistakes, you will not be able to see how blessed you are and even count your blessings.

Why should you count your blessings?

You might be wondering why should someone count their blessings? What are the benefits of counting your blessings? And that, is counting your blessings worth it? Do not worry as people we normally ask ourselves such questions. This is what you should know, counting your blessings is important because it helps you to remember all the good things that happened to you. You will never know how to appreciate what you have until you learn to count your blessings. This is the reason many people keep on losing things in their lives, as a person you must learn to count every blessing in your life. When you start knowing why should you count your blessings, you will never miss all the goodies in your life. Sometimes we need time to think about things that bring joy and make