I am so blessed. I’ve been way over-blessed. At 64 years old, I look forward to going to bed every night so I can wake up in the morning and see what blessing is going to come my way that day. Because you never, ever know what God’s got in store for you.

Deen frames her life in explicitly providential terms: blessings are not merely past achievements but daily, unpredictable gifts that arrive through God’s will. The emphasis on anticipation—going to bed eager to wake—casts gratitude as an active practice rather than a retrospective sentiment. The line also signals resilience after hardship: by insisting that “you never, ever know what God’s got in store,” she presents uncertainty as hopeful rather than frightening. In a public persona built on hospitality and down-home optimism, the quote functions as testimony, reinforcing a faith-based narrative of endurance, redemption, and continual renewal.