Lessons I Learned in the Dark

I am reading a great book right now. So much of what I am learning from the book is confirmation to what God has been showing me in my family struggles the last few weeks.

Chapter 4 is titled "Receiving God's Gifts with Thanks" and centers around giving God thanks in everything that happens in our lives. Whoa... I can think of a few very tough circumstances that are quite difficult to thank God for right now. But there are several passages in the book that opened my eyes to what my response should be in those types of circumstances. Sometimes it is all about how we look at things. I am seeing that not everything that happens in my life if "of God", but we can choose to be bitter about it or have faith and see that God's grace will suffice to make things better than ever! Jennifer writes, "The only difference between becoming bitter and becoming better is the letter I". I need to focus more on being grateful than focusing on "what I want, what I have lost or what I think is fair".

So if you need a good book to read, check this one out!

Lessons I Learned in the Dark
Steps to Walking by Faith, not by Sight
by Jennifer Rothschild