The paradox of praying "thank you" without ceasing is we are thanking God for our good before we see the good not that we seek but that we need. Quite often those are two entirely different things.
Hard truth: We may never see the good we are personally seeking. The gift is coming to realize how blessed we were not to have received the good we were personally after. But then we get to glory in the good we got which looked less-than-wonderful arriving.
What we receive, whatever it is, is the good we need. We know that to be true because it is what we got. Our new way of thinking allows us to accept...or to not resist...that truth, but it takes as long as it takes for us to live that turned-over life.
Harder truth: We learn nothing if we live a resigned life...to think of whatever comes as just another Cross we have to bear. That is ego all dressed up in its Sunday best...looking good to no one but self.
God is good, has naught but good for us, believe it...live it.
Thank you.
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