Being Grateful for Unwanted Blessings
We are often counseled to be patient. To trust the Lord and His timing and to know that promised blessing will come, if not now, then eventually. What we often don’t hear, I think because of our own willfulness, is that there will be times that the blessings we receive aren’t the blessings we want. Even harder than waiting, is letting go and remembering that despite all of our planning and wishing and hoping, the Lord quite possibly, probably, definitely knows things we don’t and a little faith may be in order. Even though I have heard people talk about plans changing and detours in life, it has taken me almost thirty-four years to understand the value of unwanted blessings. I did not come to Kansas willingly. I won’t say I came kicking and screaming. Angry, bitter, hurt, and figuratively under the threat of death would be closer to the truth. From the day I arrived, I started counting down the days until I could leave. Not even two ...