13th January 25
Thankfulness
The other day I heard someone say thankfulness is like medicine. It was a comment that made me think. I haven’t stopped to think and see it that way before, but it doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Last year for me was a good year but the 5 previous to that were terrible. It seemed like there wasn’t a day in those 5 years when we weren’t getting some kind of bad news or other. Matt and I we were really going through the mill, we didn’t know whether we were coming or going half the time.
I remember when we were going through that time that Matt and I would talk about how we can overcome the next problem and we talked about the issues we were facing that day. However, we also talked about the things we still had to be thankful for.
Our circumstances were bleak but we were still thankful. We were thankful that we had each other and, in fact, our relationship grew stronger through that hard time. We were thankful we had a roof over our heads, we were thankful for family and friends who supported us. We were also thankful that we could trust in God.
You can probably find more things to be thankful for in the good times and less in the bad, but there are still some to find in the bad times.
Now, if I look back at those times when it was bad, I can be thankful for it. I wouldn’t change it because those bad times have made me the person I am today and I’m thankful for the fact we got through it. It made me realise I’m stronger than I think. It’s shown me that things can change for good even if you have lost all hope.
If I think back on all that and tell myself thankfulness is like medicine, do I now believe it? Yes I think I do!!
