Today God taught me to be thankful for my family. Not that I have never been thankful for them, I would have to say that there are times I become burdened by their presence in my life. Nevertheless I still love them… most times. I can be honest about this because my thoughts have changed since today. If it was not for my parents and my little brother, I do not think that I would have been able to draw closer to God and grow spiritually so much, so quickly, so soon. God placed them in my life and me in theirs, as one of the many reasons for me to seek Him ever more. It was because of their love for me, I called out desperately to God. They are the “living sacrifices” for my relationship with our Father. I am in fact the weakest of the family. How greatly God puts His trust in my family and how strong they must be to first live their lives lacking God, only to return to Him as greater individuals. (am I making any sense right now?) I am not uplifting myself but my family. Should they have been more holy individuals, would I have been able to come this far, to know the desperate need for God in my life as well as others? God is unfathomably amazing, and amazingly unfathomable. I can restate now: “Nevertheless I still love them… always.” It is my turn now to bring you guys back to Him. I know that we will all finish stronger than when we have started, living a Christ centered life together.
Never be discouraged in life for whatever obstacles, trials, troubles, burden (etc.) you face currently, they may in fact become your most best blessings in life. Welcome the hardships of life in trust that He, as your faithful God, is refining you.
