In my last blog I talked about being unemployed since April of this year. While this, on the surface, seems like a horrible prospect for my future, several things have to to light that I am most thankful for. Mind you I didn't always have this perspective, but my good wife and my Good Shepherd have intervened in my life to give me a different thought process. I always had the notion that you are less of a man and a provider if you don't work. "For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." (II Thessalonians 3:10). But after study and prayer, God has given me the opportunity to do something with my time - be thankful. No matter what happens, good or bad I need to be thankful and praise God. I know that sometimes this is not easy to do, but like the movie Facing the Giants says "we will praise him when we win and will praise him when we lose". I praise God and am thankful that He has seen that every financial need we have has been taken care of during this period of economic struggles. I am thankful that God has given me this time to be refreshed in his word, "He makes me lie down in green pastures" (Psalm 23). I am thankful that I have had much more time to spend with my family and preach the word throughout the valley. And the Lord has given me time to go for a run and take the dog for a walk on a consistent basis.
But most of all, I am thankful that God has put us in this exact situation at this exact time. There is something to be learned here, I'm not sure what that is yet, but in time it will be revealed. As the Psalmist said, "Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good; and His love endures forever." (Psalm 106:1).
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