There is so much to be thankful for, isn't there? It's easy to forget to be grateful for what we do have. Sometimes, we've enjoyed something for so long that we've ceased to be grateful for it. But if we'd just imagine what it would like if we didn't have that something, perhaps we wouldn't so easily take it for granted.
For me, I could imagine what it would be like if I didn't have such sensible, loving, caring parents. Or I could imagine what it would be like if I had been born with a severe learning or emotional disability. Or if a loved one were stricken with a severe terminal illness or injury. Or, simply regarding something we've been celebrating recently, what it would be like if Dave didn't get the good A-level results he did. God could have changed my life in any of these ways, and He would not be wronging me.
God has the sovereign right to do anything He wants. As Job said, "I know you can do all things, and no purpose of yours can be thwarted." (Job 42:2) God never told Job why he had to suffer the way he did. God may put us through all sorts of trials, and we may never know why.
I pray that I will always be thankful for what I do have. And when God in His sovereign will decides to take things away from me, may I do as Job did when all his earthly wealth and beloved children were destroyed:
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, "Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
Job 1:20-22
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