Beyond the Surface: What it Truly Means to Bless Someone

The word blessing comes from the Old English blēdsian, which originally meant “to mark with blood” as a sign of consecration.

Today we use it to describe something good that happens or something we feel grateful for.

That shift turned a sacred calling into a pleasant moment.

The original meaning reminds us that to be blessed is to be set apart for God.

A blessed life is not just a comfortable life, but a consecrated one.

The word sacrifice comes from the Latin sacrum facere, which means “to make something sacred.”