Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I hope that we all have a lot to be thankful for. I know I have a lot to be thankful for. I am afraid to write about it all though for fear I will jinx some of it. I am silly. I am not normally superstitious but that is the one way that I am. I always think about the story of Job from the bible, not that I am that devout or have everything that I have always wanted but I am blessed. I need to spend more time with God.
I was reminded of this last night in my internship. Dr. D used to be a minister <I think> or at least has helped out his church in that capacity before. He read a client a passage from the Bible that I really liked - James, Chapter 1, verses 2-8:
"2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,a]">[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do."
Now I do this often, even without truly realizing it and even without being religious (churchy). I do talk to God and ask for guidance. This has always brought me comfort. For that I am thankful.
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