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    BLESSED – What Does Blessed REALLY Mean?

    Recently, while shopping in a store I sneezed. From the next aisle behind the shelf a woman’s voice said,  “Bless you!” At every meal we ask – “the blessing”. “Many blessings to you” are the words I often use to close a letter or an email or a text. What do I mean? What is being said when these words are offered? Are we being too casual with the real meaning of offering a blessing? Yet, we may truly want that person to experience the blessing of God. Does what we say reflect a biblical view of the use of the word? Are we consciously offering to God our deep…