And blessings (all I have) bestow. Gandhi informed them of his promise to his mother and her blessings. Bennett believes that God is to thank for his blessings and his success. Special blessings, viewed as coming from God, called for Days of Thanksgiving. They attribute both blessings and catastrophes to the deity. Being called upon to recite one of the seven blessings is considered an honour. The LDS church keeps copies of all patriarchal blessings. Traditions vary as to whether additional songs are sung before the seven blessings. The promise itself has three parts&colon; offspring, blessings, and land. Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside. Sound sleep is one of the blessings I have always enjoyed. Blessings both precede and follow the haftarah reading. They later give Karl and Susan their blessings. Families would donate a son in return for blessings. People considered him instrumental in cures and other blessings.