Blessings in Disguise- Lesson 2
Overview
Blessings in Disguise: Meekness and Hunger for Righteousness
The Beatitudes confront us with paradoxes—qualities our culture might overlook or even pity, yet which Jesus calls blessed. Two of these stand out as blessings hidden beneath unlikely surfaces: meekness and a deep hunger and thirst for righteousness.
Meekness as Controlled Strength
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" Matthew 5:5. The world tends to picture the meek person as timid, passive, or easily run over—someone destined to be stepped on. But Scripture gives a very different definition. Meekness is not weakness; it is power and strength that reach out in love and tenderness. It is controlled strength, submitted to God.
Consider how this looks in Scripture. Of Moses it is said, "Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth" Numbers 12:3—hardly the picture of a pushover. The Lord Himself is portrayed in Isaiah 40:10-11 as One whose mighty arm rules, and who also gathers the lambs in His arms and gently leads. The Greek word carries the image of a powerful animal brought under the reins of its master—strength that is guidable. Jesus embodies this perfectly: God in the flesh kneeling to wash His disciples' feet John 13:3-5, and praying in Gethsemane, "yet not what I want, but what you want" Matthew 26:36-39. Paul appeals to believers "by the meekness and gentleness of Christ."
The promise attached is rich: the meek inherit the earth. This includes the eternal inheritance of the new heavens and new earth where righteousness dwells 2 Peter 3:13, and God's faithful provision in this life Psalm 37:11. So when a child or grandchild asks whether meekness is something to pursue, the answer is yes—absolutely. Faith, working in us, expresses itself as humility, submission, and strength tempered by love.
Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" Matthew 5:6. The Greek conveys not mild appetite but deep, suffering hunger and thirst. Why would such a craving be a blessing? Because the alternative is far worse: spiritual self-satisfaction.
The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector Luke 18:9-14 illustrates the danger. The Pharisee believed he was well-fed on his own righteousness; in reality, he was starving. The tax collector knew his poverty and cried, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner"—and he went home justified. To recognize that we cannot manufacture righteousness is itself a gift, because it drives us to the only One who can satisfy.
Jesus declares, "I am the bread of life" John 6:32-35. The righteousness we lack is given to us "through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe... justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" Romans 3:21-25. Christ kept the law perfectly and bore its full penalty, and His righteousness is credited to us. We are filled.
Fed Through Word and Sacrament
This filling is not abstract. Jesus says, "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them" John 6:54-56. God feeds His hungry people through His Word and through Holy Communion, where Christ comes in bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins. Receive it, swallow it, know that it belongs to you. It is impossible to overeat at this table.
So the pattern continues: what looks like loss is gain, what looks like emptiness is the doorway to fullness. Blessings often come in disguise—watch for them this week.
Transcript
Good morning. 3s
Let's pray together, please. 6s
Gracious Heavenly Father, how precious is your Word, 9s
and what a joy it is to come into your house 13s
as you feed us with your very Word. 16s
Blessed now we pray this time of study, 20s
we pray, O Lord, that your blessing 23s
will be manifest increasingly in our life, 25s
in Jesus name. 29s
Amen. 30s
Well, we continue on in our study this morning 31s
on the blessings in disguise. 34s
As we began last week, we talked about the subject 37s
that indeed sometimes blessings come to us in disguise. 41s
For example, one would oftentimes not associate 44s
being poor with a blessing of God. 48s
And yet what we see in Scripture is that 53s
when we are poor in spirit, 55s
in other words, when we understand our own poverty 57s
and our need for the Savior, 60s
indeed we see that indeed being poor 62s
is a blessing in disguise. 67s
When we understand our own bondage to sing, 69s
when we understand the death of sin, 71s
when we recognize our unworthiness in God's sight, 73s
when we realize that we have no confidence in our own 78s
to stand before God in righteousness, 80s
indeed that is a blessing. 84s
Because we come to that amazing discovery, 85s
that we have been incorporated into the kingdom of God, 89s
that in the waters of baptism, 92s
we have been washed in his promises, 94s
and we discover in Christ how rich indeed we are. 97s
We also talked about the blessing in disguise 103s
that comes with mourning. 106s
Oftentimes we don't associate mourning with the blessing, 108s
even though mourning is indeed 111s
that mechanism whereby God has so equipped us 114s
that indeed in times of loss, 118s
it is important and healthy for us to grieve and to mourn. 120s
But oftentimes we don't associate blessing with that. 127s
However, it is a blessing in disguise 130s
when we are sad about our sinfulness. 133s
It's not the mourning that brings joy, 137s
but it's the comfort that brings joy. 140s
The comfort that is ours in Christ, Jesus. 143s
Well, today I want to talk with you 146s
about two more blessings in disguise, 148s
from the sermon on the mouth. 150s
Let's begin with Noah in Genesis chapter six, please. 153s
Genesis chapter six, very first book, 160s
Genesis chapter six and verse nine. 163s
And we see throughout scripture 166s
that there are oftentimes various descriptions 169s
with regard to people. 173s
So in Genesis chapter six, verse nine, 176s
we read these, we read this. 181s
These are the descendants of Noah. 184s
Noah was a righteous man, 187s
blaneless in his generation. 189s
Noah walked with God. 193s
So there's a description there, isn't there, 195s
with regard to Noah. 198s
Let's go to a description of Samuel, 200s
or excuse me, David in first Samuel. 204s
So Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 206s
Joshua, Judges, and then Ruth. 211s
Then you come to first Samuel, first Samuel chapter 13. 214s
And we'll pick up mid sentence, first Samuel chapter 13, 224s
verse 14. 231s
But now your kingdom will not continue. 234s
The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. 239s
And the Lord has appointed him to be ruler 244s
over his people, because you have not kept 247s
what the Lord commanded you. 250s
That's the message that was given to the first king Saul. 252s
And indeed, Saul now is going to be replaced 255s
and now comes this one who is described 260s
as after God's own heart. 263s
So we see throughout scripture 267s
various descriptions of people. 268s
We also see this description, translated this way 272s
in the English standard version, from Numbers 12, verse 3. 275s
Now the man Moses was very meek, 283s
more than all people who were on the face of the earth. 287s
Now the man Moses was very meek, 292s
more than all people who were on the face of the earth. 295s
Our culture does not value meekness, does it? 302s
When you think of someone who is meek, 308s
our culture generally doesn't value that. 313s
When you think of way back when, right? 317s
When they went to cast Moses, who did they cast to play Moses? 320s
Huh? 326s
Charles Heston, right? 326s
Charles Heston, strong, huh? 329s
Projecting of the image. 331s
You don't think of meekness in terms of Charles Heston. 333s
We're taught in our society to be aggressive, 338s
to be assertive, to demand your rights, 342s
to watch out for yourself in the world 348s
lest you be run over. 353s
And the image of meek in the world is one 355s
who is quiet, demure, the mouse in the corner. 359s
That's probably just gonna get stomped on one of these days 363s
because they are meek. 366s
But here's the thing. 370s
The cultural understanding of meekness 372s
is not the scriptural definition of meekness. 375s
You give me a little definition. 381s
Meekness scriptually is power and strength 384s
that reach out in love and tenderness. 390s
It is power and strength that reaches out 395s
in love and tenderness. 398s
Let me give you an example of meekness. 400s
Let's go to Isaiah, chapter 40, please. 402s
Good way to find Isaiah is to open up to the book of Psalms 405s
right in the middle, then turn right. 408s
Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon. 410s
Then you hit the prophets, Isaiah. 415s
Isaiah, chapter 40, 418s
verses 10 and 11. 427s
This is a picture of biblical meekness. 430s
See, the Lord God comes with might 437s
and his arm rules for him. 441s
His reward is with him and his recompense before him. 445s
See the images here of power and strength. 453s
Lord God comes with might, his arm rules for him. 457s
Verse 11. 462s
He rules for him. 463s
He will feed his flock like a shepherd. 464s
He will gather the lambs in his arms 467s
and carry them in his bosom and gently lead the mother. 471s
She... 478s
You see, there is strength and there is strength 478s
that reaches out in love. 483s
The Greek word for this is Proce. 487s
And an image associated with this word 495s
is an animal that's been brought under the reins 502s
and control of their master and is now guideable. 505s
That's the biblical definition of meekness. 510s
To even abbreviate it even more, 514s
what is meekness but meekness is controlled strength. 517s
It's controlled. 522s
Strength. 525s
And all around that sense of control 527s
is being controlled by the other, 529s
the other being God. 534s
So you have an attitude of humility, 536s
you have an attitude of submission to God. 539s
Biblically, what's the opposite of humility, 545s
but it's pride, right? 547s
We see pride, you know, just at the heart of humility, 550s
and you have a sense of sin. 554s
Remember, an easy definition of sin 554s
is just take the eye in the middle of it and capitalize it. 556s
And there you've got the definition of sin. 559s
The French, when they translate the be attitudes here 563s
and when they come to this, 566s
the French use the word debonair for meek. 568s
It's used to communicate a whimsomeness 572s
and a freedom because the person knows the source 577s
of their power. 581s
That's how they, in the French language, 584s
that's how they will translate meek. 587s
But it's the same point, isn't it? 589s
It's this controlled strength, 590s
this strength that is communicated in love. 592s
The word meekness then, 597s
when we are called to meekness in the sermon on the mount, 600s
the word meekness is a blessing in disguise. 603s
It's a blessing in disguise, isn't it? 606s
Because we can put the lens of what culture teaches us 608s
is meekness on, 613s
and we say, I don't want to be meek. 614s
I don't want to be run over. 617s
I don't want my children or my grandchildren. 619s
I don't want them to be meek, 622s
because that means they're going to get 625s
taken advantage of in life, right? 626s
But the biblical understanding is not what the culture teaches. 630s
It is controlled strength, 635s
manifesting itself in love. 639s
The call then to meekness, 643s
it's a blessing in disguise. 645s
Notice how Jesus is described in second Corinthians. 649s
So in the New Testament, 653s
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 656s
Acts, and then Romans, 659s
first Corinthians, 661s
and then second Corinthians, 663s
second Corinthians chapter 10. 665s
I myself, Paul, verse 1, 683s
you see, there's a controlled strength of Christ, 693s
expressing it in love, 698s
and Paul here saying, 700s
I appeal to you in this meekness and gentleness. 702s
It is Christ's very meekness and gentleness. 706s
Let's go over into John chapter 13, 712s
because here we see a book of Matthew chapter 13. 715s
It's a picture of power and strength, 716s
reaching out in love and tenderness. 719s
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, 721s
John chapter 13, verse 3. 724s
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things 739s
into His hands, 742s
and that He had come from God and was going to God. 744s
God up from the table took off His outer robe 748s
and tied a towel around Himself. 751s
Then He poured water into a basin 754s
and to begin to wash the disciples' feet 757s
and to wipe them with the towel 759s
that was tied around Him. 762s
Just a little aside here. 765s
The servants that would wash the feet, 767s
they were on the really low rock. 770s
Now, just project yourself backwards a little bit. 774s
The streets are dusty and they are dirty, right? 779s
So when you would get home, 783s
if you had a servant, 785s
your servant then would wash the feet. 786s
Here's the second member of the Trinity, God in the flesh, 789s
putting on the servants' towel 792s
and washing the stinking feet of His disciples. 794s
And what's that a picture of? 799s
It's meekness, right? 801s
That is controlled strength expressing itself 803s
in love and tenderness. 808s
Let's go to the Matthew chapter 26, 812s
and we get another picture of that. 815s
Matthew chapter 26. 817s
We'll pick up in verse 36. 822s
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gassemini. 835s
He said to his disciples, 838s
sit here, will I go over there and pray? 839s
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee 843s
and began to be grieved and agitated. 846s
Then he said to them, 849s
I am deeply grieved, 850s
even to death, remain here and stay awake with me. 852s
And they'll go a little further. 857s
He threw himself on the ground and prayed, 858s
my Father, if it is possible, 860s
let this cup pass from me, 863s
yet not what I want, 866s
but what you want. 868s
You see, that's meekness. 871s
That's humility. 873s
That is submission to the will of the Father. 875s
It is such a blessing. 880s
With that as the backdrop, 883s
now let's go to Matthew 5 to the sermon on the Mount. 884s
We see this meekness that indeed is this blessing in disguise 890s
because we think of meekness culturally, 897s
but no, it's a blessing in the skies 900s
because we ought to think about it meekness biblically. 902s
In Matthew 5, verse 5, 906s
we read, 912s
blessed are the meek, 914s
for they will inherit the earth. 917s
Now let's explore that promise there 921s
as the blessing unfolds. 924s
This then is an expression of one who is in faith 927s
because that meekness then is God working through that person 930s
and molding that person to be more and more like Christ. 936s
So when that meekness is expressed, 939s
it's not a work whereby they inherit, 942s
it is the very expression of the faith that is in them. 946s
What are the two aspects of inheritance? 950s
Let's go to 2 Peter chapter 3. 953s
Go to find 2 Peter's to go to Revelation. 957s
Turn left, cross over the Johns, 962s
and you bump into 2 Peter. 966s
2 Peter chapter 3 verse 13. 968s
And remember the promise back in Matthew. 977s
Blessed are the meek, 982s
for they will inherit the earth. 983s
The first aspects of the inheritance is its heaven. 986s
Notice how heaven is talked about in 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 13. 991s
In accordance with his promise, 997s
we wait for new heavens and a new earth 1000s
where righteousness is at home. 1003s
So blessed are the meek, those that are in faith, 1008s
that faith is that which expresses itself, 1011s
can't help it, that faith which is a gift from God, 1015s
it expresses itself in meekness. 1018s
And one of the inheritance then of one who is in faith 1022s
is the reality of heaven. 1025s
Also, there's the sense of God's provision 1029s
this side of heaven. 1031s
Let's go to Psalm 37. 1033s
Psalm 37. 1035s
Psalm 37 will pick up in verse 11. 1043s
So it's God's promise of inheritance in terms of heaven. 1059s
Secondarily, it's God's promise for his people 1062s
in terms of provision. 1065s
So Psalm 37 picking up in verse 11, 1069s
but the meek shall inherit the land 1072s
and delight themselves in abundant prosperity. 1075s
Then to verse 25, please. 1080s
Same chapter. 1084s
I've been young and now I'm old, 1089s
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken 1092s
or their children begging. 1094s
Bread. 1097s
Blessed are the meek. 1098s
Blessed are those as that faith expresses itself 1099s
in that controlled strength that reaches out in love, 1102s
that controlled strength that expresses itself 1107s
in humility and submission. 1111s
Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth. 1115s
Heaven and also provision this side of heaven. 1119s
So if your child or grandchild asks you, 1124s
should I be meek or not? 1132s
What's the answer? 1136s
Absolutely. 1138s
Absolutely. 1138s
And then explain to them the fullness 1141s
and the beauty of that term, 1143s
because there's a blessing there in disguise. 1146s
You wouldn't then think of meekness being associated 1149s
with the blessing, 1153s
but it's blessing in disguise. 1153s
You also wouldn't think of blessing being associated 1155s
with being hungry or thirsty. 1159s
You really see that. 1165s
No one asks back, you can say, 1167s
perhaps after a sickness here, 1168s
and your hunger returns, 1171s
and that's that body signal then, 1173s
that you can try eating again. 1176s
Well, yeah, that's good. 1178s
But by and large, 1180s
the experience of thirst or the experience of hunger 1181s
is not what would really fall into the category of blessing. 1185s
Let's go to Matthew chapter four, please. 1191s
Matthew chapter four. 1194s
Jesus knows all about this. 1204s
He's a Matthew chapter four verse two. 1209s
It says, he, Jesus, fasted 40 days and 40 nights, 1212s
and afterwards, he was finished. 1216s
Finished. 1222s
Let's go to Matthew chapter 12, verse one. 1223s
At that time, Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. 1235s
His disciples were hungry, 1240s
and he began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 1242s
It is a basic need. 1246s
Now, let's go back to Matthew five. 1250s
Verse six. 1256s
These here, the scripture says, 1262s
blessed are those who hunger and thirst, 1264s
but we oftentimes don't often associate with the blessing, 1268s
but it's a blessing in the sky. 1271s
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. 1273s
For they will be filled. 1277s
The Greek words here is used to communicate 1282s
a suffering of deep hunger and thirst. 1287s
So this isn't a little bit in the summertime. 1293s
Ah, I know, the last lemonade would really taste great right now. 1298s
This is deep thirst and deep hunger. 1303s
Verse six again, blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. 1309s
For they will be filled. 1315s
Let's explore this now. 1320s
Let's go to Luke 18. 1322s
Luke 18. 1324s
Verse nine. 1331s
Matthew Mark then Luke. 1333s
Luke 18 verse nine. 1335s
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves 1342s
that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt. 1347s
Let me just say, 1354s
let us just share with you again from Matthew. 1355s
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. 1357s
They will be filled. 1362s
In the parable here, 1364s
you also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves 1365s
that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt. 1368s
Two men went up the temple to pray, 1371s
one of Pharisee, the other tax collector. 1373s
The Pharisee standing by himself was praying thus, 1376s
God, I thank you. 1378s
I'm not like other people, thieves, robes, adulterers, 1379s
or even like this tax collector. 1381s
I fast twice a week, I give a tenth of all my income. 1383s
But the tax collector, standing far off, 1387s
would not even look up to heaven, 1390s
but was beating his breast and saying, 1392s
God be merciful to me, a sinner. 1396s
See, there's one, right? 1400s
Who is sad about their sin. 1403s
There's one who understands their own spirits of poverty. 1406s
Understands how poor of spirit they are, 1411s
and mourning their own sin. 1414s
Verse 14, I tell you this man went down to his home justified 1416s
rather than the other, 1420s
for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, 1422s
but all who humbled themselves will be exalted. 1425s
The Pharisee considered himself wholly righteous 1429s
because of his own actions. 1434s
Jesus considered this as being well fed 1438s
in the negative sense, right? 1442s
It was dangerous. 1446s
Look at verse 9 again. 1448s
He also told this parable to some who trusted themselves 1451s
that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt. 1453s
Verse 14, I tell you this man went down to his home justified 1458s
rather than the other, 1462s
all who exalt themselves will be humbled, 1463s
but all who humbled themselves will be exalted. 1466s
When it comes to our own righteousness, 1471s
we are a starving people. 1474s
The Pharisee lived in a delusion that indeed 1478s
he was righteous by his own actions. 1482s
He was well fed in his own mind, 1487s
but in reality he was actually starving. 1489s
When we hunger and thirst for righteousness to be made holy, 1494s
that is a hungry condition that is a blessing. 1500s
Again, you don't often associate hunger with blessing, 1504s
but here it's a blessing in disguise. 1508s
Take a look with me please at Gospel of John chapter 6, 1512s
John chapter 6, verse 32. 1516s
John 6, verse 32. 1525s
Then Jesus said to them, 1533s
very truly I tell you, 1536s
it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, 1539s
but it is my father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 1542s
For the bread from God is that which comes down from heaven 1547s
and gives life to the world. 1551s
They said to him, 1554s
sir, give us this bread always. 1555s
Jesus said to them, 1559s
I am the bread of life. 1561s
You see, no one can address our starving condition 1567s
for righteousness other than the Lord Jesus Christ. 1571s
We have received righteousness from God. 1576s
Let's go to Romans chapter 3. 1581s
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 1585s
Aksan, and Romans. 1587s
Romans 3, 21. 1588s
But now apart from the law, 1599s
the righteousness of God has been disclosed 1602s
and is attested by the law in the prophets. 1605s
The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ 1608s
for all who believe. 1614s
You see, that is not the faith of the Pharisee 1617s
that trusted in his own works for righteousness 1620s
and said, 1623s
lose translation, I am quite well fed. 1625s
This is the righteousness that comes from the bread of life, 1628s
Jesus Christ, to us that will starve literally to death 1631s
if it wasn't for the graciousness of God, 1638s
giving us his righteousness. 1642s
So verse 22 again, 1644s
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ 1645s
for all who believe. 1648s
There's no distinction. 1650s
Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 1652s
they're now justified. 1656s
Remember, that word means to be made just as if we never sinned. 1658s
They're now justified by his grace. 1661s
but the undeserved love of God. 1667s
They're now made just as if they never sinned by his grace 1669s
as a gift through, there's the preposition that tells us 1672s
how was this accomplished, through the redemption. 1676s
Remember, that word means to buy back. 1679s
So they're now made just as if they never sined by God's undeserved love 1681s
as a gift, how that happened through the redemption, 1686s
the buyback that is in Christ Jesus, 1690s
whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement. 1695s
Remember, that word means to be made at one with. 1700s
So they've got the restoring and the relationship, 1703s
whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement 1706s
by his blood effective through faith. 1709s
So the world has been reconciled unto God 1713s
and that universal declaration is personally received by faith. 1717s
It's an incredibly rich passage to hunger for righteousness. 1724s
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. 1731s
And then what is it for they will be what? 1737s
They'll be filled. 1741s
They'll be filled. 1743s
How are we filled through Christ? 1744s
Who addresses our starvation with his own son, 1746s
or with himself, the bread of life? 1754s
Christ perfectly fulfilled the law. 1759s
He bore its full penalty for us. 1762s
And we are declared by his grace, righteous, righteous. 1767s
Listen again to Matthew 5, verse 6. 1775s
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness 1779s
for they will be filled. 1785s
When it comes to thirst, when it comes to hunger, 1790s
there's drinking and there's eating involved. 1795s
Let's turn out a John, chapter 6. 1800s
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and then John. 1803s
John, chapter 6, verse 54. 1808s
Jesus says, those who eat my flesh and drink my blood 1822s
have eternal life. 1826s
And I will raise them up on the last day. 1828s
For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 1832s
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them. 1837s
We eat and we drink through the Word. 1846s
We eat and we drink as we receive holy communion. 1849s
What is it that we share? 1857s
This is the body of Christ, given for you. 1859s
This is the blood of Christ shed for you. 1863s
Permit me to quote my professor once again from seminary 1868s
when he would say, God so graciously comes to us 1872s
in the bread and the wine for the forgiveness of sins. 1876s
Swallow it. 1880s
Because you know for sure it belongs to you. 1882s
Indeed, addressing our style, salvation. 1888s
And we literally take God's very gift as God comes in Word 1893s
and sacrament for the forgiveness of sins and we swallow it. 1900s
And we know indeed it is for us. 1904s
It is not possible to overeat that meal. 1908s
It is not possible to overeat. 1914s
The early Christians, they met for communion on a daily basis. 1917s
It is so good that the Lutheran church several decades ago 1924s
came around the bend and has returned by and large 1930s
to weakly communion as the body of Christ gathers. 1935s
Because God comes to us in His holy meal. 1941s
Don't often associate being poor with blessing. 1947s
But when we understand that we are poor in spirit, 1952s
that understanding of our poverty is a blessing in disguise. 1955s
We don't often associate mourning with blessing. 1961s
But when indeed we mourn the reality of our own sin, 1966s
it is a blessing of disguise because we are comforted with His Word. 1971s
So often we don't associate meekness. 1977s
But not how the culture thinks. 1981s
We take that word, it is a blessing in disguise when you see 1983s
what Scripture defines as meekness. 1988s
And hunger and thirst of blessing, usually not. 1992s
But when we understand hunger and thirst for righteousness, 1999s
it is a blessing in disguise. 2002s
Blessings often come, don't they? 2006s
In disguise. 2009s
Did you see any this past week? 2010s
We'll continue next week. 2014s