Blessed

A few years ago a good friend of mine brought this song to my attention, and explained why it was important to her. The song is called “Blessed” by Elton John. Read the lyrics and then I’ll explain some stuff.

Blessed

Hey you, you're a child in my head
You haven't walked yet
Your first words have yet to be said
But I swear you'll be blessed

I know you're still just a dream
your eyes might be green
Or the bluest that I've ever seen
Anyway you'll be blessed

And you, you'll be blessed
You'll have the best
I promise you that
I'll pick a star from the sky
Pull your name from a hat
I promise you that, promise you that, promise you that
You'll be blessed

I need you before I'm too old
To have and to hold
To walk with you and watch you grow
And know that you're blessed


Now this song was written from the point of view of a father about his unborn child. My friend loved this song because she thought of her daughter who was born with cerebral palsy and mental retardation. She would never, walk, talk, or learn. She would never be able to hug her mother. However, she was capable of love. She could feel love for her mother, and she could feel her mother’s love for her. It was her mother’s dream that she could someday see her child walk and talk and be able to have a conversation with her. To see her grow up and marry and have children. But yet she knew that would never be. Her daughter lived on this earth for 14 years, and I believe that her life, to her, was blessed. She is undoubtedly blessed now, in heaven, with her Creator.


After my friend explained why she loved this song, I have not been able to listen to it without getting tears in my eyes as I think of all that we are blessed with, yet we fail to see it. Life gets us down, and all we can think of is “poor me“. Just as Elton John sings of the love that a parent has for his unborn child, we should remember that we have a God who loves us unconditionally, and he truly wants the best for us. We fail to see the blessings that are before us every day.

Sometimes it seems that we are dealing with our every-day battles all by ourselves. It seems that no one cares about us, and that God is far away from us. But He isn’t. His blessings are still there upon our lives, we just fail to see them. He still has His hand on our lives, and on our future. His plan for our lives goes back to before we were ever born, and He will not release us from His hands. Whatever happens in our lives, it happens because it is what we need, even if it’s something we do not want. God planned every detail of our lives, our bodies, our words. He knew us before we were born! How can we not see just how incredibly blessed we are? Just as God has promised us, we will be blessed - we are blessed!