Because sometimes Thursday isn’t the only day I need to ward off covetousness.
I am twenty-five and not a homeowner as I wanted to be…
…but I am thankful that I can rent a home I like and share it with a friend.
I am twenty-five and unmarried, childless…
…but I am thankful for the many who lend me their children on Sunday mornings.
I am twenty-five and still a student, still in limbo, still waiting for real life to start…
…but I am thankful that my thesis seems to be coming together at last.
I am twenty-five and I still have not taken that bike ride that I have been talking about taking for years…
…but I am thankful for the small rides I get to enjoy with family and friends.
My life has not turned out as I expected it to. I see my friends attaining to my dreams, and envy rises strong within my soul. Why do they get houses and husbands and children when I do not?
Because God, in His sovereign and good plan, has decreed that my life should look different than the course I plotted for it.
And I am thankful that He knows better than I how to arrange my life for my good and for His glory.
And all there is to say to this is: Amen!
(running the risk of sounding like a copy-cat):
If blogs had “like” buttons, I’d “like” this post.
I love you, and I’m so thankful we get to walk this unknown, unexpected time of our lives side-by-side, living in our beautiful home, being surrounded by marvelous comrades and the Love of Jesus!