Being Thankful #2

Sometimes it can be hard to be thankful. Last week we were having ‘house’ problems. As in appliances breaking or malfunctioning. We had a dryer go up in flames (literally!) and on the way out the door to church Saturday found out that something on our refrigerator broke and had flooded the kitchen. These unexpected surprises really had me wondering why I should be thankful for them. What I realized was that I’d better be thankful that God allowed us to be home when they happened, so we didn’t come home to a house that was burnt down or flooded! It also made me think about and be thankful for the material things that God has allowed us to have, such as a house and reliable transportation. It also made me thankful again for my father-in-law being a good handyman. I was also thankful that APSCO had a refrigerator technician available to make a house call on a Saturday night. Look for things to be thankful for, even when things seem to be going wrong.