1.   As soon as Ruth acknowledged her poverty and her willingness to work God stepped in and guided her life in a way that would bring great blessing.

2.   Be sure your desire is worthy of your energy, your time, your creativity, and can bring a blessing of service to others.

3.   Scandal can bring certain blessings, too, and it has meant greater autonomy and less pressure on administrators like White.

4.   The Gaan dancers, also known as crown dancers, impersonate mountain spirits and come to bring blessings to the couple and to the Apache.

5.   The sand was to be thrown into the East River, where it would bring blessings to the water and fish.

6.   Pilgrims pushed, shoved and elbowed their way to the Kaaba in the belief that touching it brings blessings.

7.   During the Durga Puja festival, devotees honor Durga, the mythological goddess thought to bring blessings and save people from hardships.

8.   Etchegaray was applauded by worshipers who crowded Port-au-Prince Cathedral to overflowing when he told them in Creole that brought blessings from Pope John Paul II.

9.   Many communities contribute money so that one local can participate and bring blessings to the area.