I have been considering thankfulness. I was going over in my mind all the things I could list for which I was thankful, top-most being Tiffany, Jaclyn, family, and friends, and it dawned on me: "Would I still be thankful for them if God took them away?"
I wonder how often we thank God for the things He has removed as gratefully as when we had them. I'm attempting to come up with an example in my own life, but honestly I can't remember much that I have lost; probably a bit of tunnel-vision from the pleasure of new baby and wife.
How about you? Is there something that God has taken away? Do you thank Him still for it? I would call this true thankfulness; and the blessing is right there in the thankfulness - contentment with God's sovereignty.
'Night everyone.
