The Heavenly Realm

Ephesians 1:3
"May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!"

Have you read a verse so many times before that it completely loses its meaning?  Or you just gloss over it and never let it sink in?   That's me and this verse.  I've never really considered this verse very deeply...until this week.  What are the spiritual blessings in the heavenly realm?  They're OURS!  And I want them--or since they're already mine--to appropriate them!

I just began thinking about what exists in the heavenly realm. Please add to my list as you give it thought.

• LOVE
• PEACE
• JOY
• TRUTH
• KINDNESS
• GOODNESS
• UNITY
• SELF-CONTROL
• CONTENTMENT
• GOODNESS
• HAPPINESS
• HONESTY
• PATIENCE
• WORSHIP
• FAITHFULNESS
• JUSTICE
• PROVISION
• SONG
• BEAUTY
• LOVELINESS
• GENTLENESS
• ENJOYMENT
• MEEKNESS
• HOLINESS
• ENCOURAGEMENT
• FULLNESS
• GRACE
• COMMUNICATION
• GIVING
• FORGIVENESS
• STRENGTH
• COMPLETION
• FUN
• REDEMPTION
• COMFORT
• RECONCILIATION
• COUNSEL
• REST
• SALVATION
• LAUGHTER
• SERVANTHOOD
• WHOLENESS
• HELP
• KNOWLEDGE
• VICTORY
• POWER
• PRAISE
• HUMILITY
• VIRTUE
• FAITH
• PURITY
• HOPE

Wow.  All of this belongs to me through Jesus.  Ephesians 2:6 says that we're already seated together with Christ in the heavenly places.  It's mine---already mine.  A reality.  And I want to embrace it.