My morning prayer today...

It's been a long time since I've written.

Work is...standard...neutral...whatever word you can use to describe "not so bad, but I'd love being elsewhere." That's ok. I'm so thankful that I have a job that makes it possible for me to experience God's provision. Actually, on that note, I'm actually really thankful because God is teaching me to tithe properly these days. We all know how hard that is.
I'm also thankful that I enjoy what I do while I do it. I've always been like that. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I enjoy what I do now a little more than I would enjoy shovelling sewage.
I'm really thankful for Val for a million reasons. I'm really thankful for my car, despite it's age. There's a story that goes along with that.
I'm thankful for the long weekend coming up, and how I will be among close friends, old and new. I'm thankful for the rain we're expecting today, and how it's making my mom's new garden look healthy.
I'm thankful for my church. Sometimes she really upsets me, but I'm sure Jesus feels the same...though probably for different reasons. I want my reasons for being upset with my church to be the same as His, and He is bringing that about. I'm thankful for that too.
I'm thankful for my ministry now, and how it could so trivially be set aside as a social initative set in place by DeBeers Canada. All ministry is a socio-spiritual initiative set in place by God Almighty, whom I work for.
Sometimes I'm not thankful enough, and I wish that were different. A long time ago, I heard a message and then read a book that taught that 'Gratitude is the Attitude that affects the altittude of my life'. Often I'm pseudo-thankful: complacent and taking stuff for granted in a respectable way (ie: the way we use water sometimes).
I'm thankful that I'm in a season of slowed involvement. The times will change soon enough, and I need to enjoy what God is bringing about in this path of solitude. I wish often that I could see the results of that right away, but patience in hope far outweighs the benefits of just knowing for the sake of knowledge.
I'm thankful for good books, good tobacco, good coffee, good employers, good housing opportunities, etc. For all of this, I can only be thankful to God.
Thanks God.
You know my other needs, and I know you will meet them as you see fit.

Move in Your people mightily.