All blessings are not spiritual. Some are temporal, some physical, some financial, some social and some intellectual.
But spiritual blessings are the greatest of all blessings. They are blessings that are ours by the Holy Spirit. In other words, they come to us because of Christ's work on Calvary, are applied to us by the Holy Spirit, and are sanctifying in their benefits.
Spiritual blessings are best because they derive from God and draw us to God. They are also valuable to all—those who suffer physically, those handicapped intellectually, and those hemmed in by oppressive circumstances. There's always available to us the uplook and outreach. And God is forever looking down upon us— "the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous"—and the arm of the Lord is forever exercised on our behalf—"to show himself strong on behalf of them whose hearts are perfect toward him."
-George E. Failing
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