A spititual thought
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What we call adversity, God calls opportunity.
Prayer doesn’t arrange the material world to meet our preferences, it changes our thoughts about the world.
UNGRATEFULNESS
This past November, we found ourselves with no income, soon to be kicked out of our apartment and expecting a second child. As time went on and I was unable to find work, and therefore unable to afford an apartment, we were actually facing the unthinkable prospect of not having any place to live. It was all we could do to fend off panic.
With the eviction date just days away, we found ourselves calling to God with all the urgency of shell-shocked soldiers in a foxhole. Our rescue came with two simple rings of the telephone.
First an advertising agency offered me a job (for far more than I was expecting), and then we found out that the family that was first in line for an apartment we could afford had found another place to live. We’d be a little more crowded than we had been, but we rushed to take the apartment. Suddenly, an income and a place to live! You’d think I would be praising God, right?
Well, as we were moving in, it became increasingly clear that our not only was our new apartment smaller than our old one, it was significantly smaller. We simply were not going to fit without a lot of cramming. To add to our frustration, the walls weren’t painted, fixtures didn’t work, and the noise from the street below was deafening.
Late that night, I got out of bed and went into the darkened living room to sulk. After a while, my wife Nicole came out and saw me sitting in the shadow of a stack of boxes. "What’s the matter?" she said.
"What’s the matter? We’re never going to fit, that’s what’s the matter!" I snapped.
She looked at me for a moment without saying a word. And as she did, I felt myself shrink under the weight of her hurt eyes. How ugly, how pathetic I was. Just days before, I was telling God that I’d live in a cave if need be. Now, in just a few hours, I had completely forgotten how desperate we’d been and how merciful His provisions.
Lord, forgive my ungrateful heart and help me to see clearly Your gracious gifts.
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