How many a's do you have in your life?

"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." 

-proverbs 16:24

So today, I have been thinking over the word "a". It is not a very big word, but I found quite a bit of meaning behind it today. We often use the word "a" to describe something specific. Usually, the word "a" refers to a quantity of something like a blessing. The word "a" defines how many blessings we are talking about in the sentence. 

So, I started thinking about how many a's I have in my life.  I have a loving and supportive family full of stubborn women. I have a lot of great friends that are like sisters and brothers to me. I have a job...that I love. I have a car. I have a cell phone. I have a place to live....very comfortably. I have a lot of clothes and shoes. I have a meal in front of me three times a day and sometimes more. I have a church. I have a small group with a lot of amazing women to do life with. I have a community of support. And last but absolutely most importantly, I have a Father who loves me unconditionally and a Savior who died for me on a cross. 

I think of how many times, daily, I take for granted all of the many blessings in my life, and the Father used such a simple word to remind me today. 

-I am not