Remember when you prayed for the things you have now? Enough money to buy groceries, a home, a car, to have a family and meaningful friendships, or to start your own business…Remember praying for those things?
I do. I remember praying for my own real estate company, for my kids to make their way, for more freedom with my finances. I remember those prayers well.
What I forget sometimes is that God answered those prayers. I forget how it felt to hope and to ask God to show me how to make a way. To wonder if those prayers would ever be answered. How quickly I’m able to forget when I’m focused on wanting more, accustomed to having prayers answered, what I used to want so badly.
This season of gratitude, I hope we can all quiet our minds long enough to remember how fortunate we are. Even if we have some prayers still on our list, that we can be thankful for the answered prayers we said long ago.
Deeper Than a Puddle 