What are you thankful for? 
You’ll ponder this question many times over the next week.  But here’s another question.  What are you thankful God hasn’t given you?

 

I always, always, always wanted to be a teacher.  My freestanding, double sided chalkboard was
my most treasured possession.  Homework
became play when written in multi-colored chalk.  My dolls and my younger cousins (poor things)
were my students.  I loved school and
workbooks and teaching.  You could say
being a teacher was my dream (after being a Broadway dancer).  As my passion became clear, my parents repeatedly
discouraged me because “you can’t support yourself on a teacher’s salary”.  While I thought my dream had been crushed,
God was fulfilling His plan for me to teach adults.

 

THANK GOD!

 

Had I followed the traditional path, I would have trained for
an elementary classroom and been miserable. 
I hadn’t considered that I loved teaching, but not children.  Let’s just say that age group is not my gift.  God knew. 
God had a plan more fulfilling than I imagined.

 

God, I am thankful you said ‘Not now’ to my dream.