A similiar life lesson that I have had to learn (and relearn. And have smacked over my head. Hard.) is that quite often, we need to give up on something before God will grant it. Or, we have to learn the lesson that we don't need anything that isn't given to us by God. Once the desire fades into just that - a desire, rather than a desperate need - that's when God can grant it, and have us truly be thankful to him at the same time.
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Date: 2007-06-21 11:22 pm (UTC)