Like the Sunflower…let us always turn our face toward the Son.
(Picture by Joy S.)

This post could have been very different had I not been blessed by laughter and friendship. For you to understand let me go back. Today my day actually started out well. I woke up in a good mood (no grumpy pants here on), on a Monday at that!. I went to work and it was such a light and easy day, no reason to complain. Then I got an evaluation (technically a report card) that left me somewhat confused. The person evaluating me wrote amazingly nice things about my work and my performance, but then scored me incredibly low. So that the comments and the scores did not go hand in hand. I was going to argue, but I felt a spirit inside of me telling me not to. So I let it go. I signed the form, but did make comments on the points that I did not agree with. The situation of the day and the illogical-ness (yup not a word, but it works), left a bitter taste in my mouth. As I sit (now) and ponder the day I realize that God had been preparing me from the moment I woke up for what He knew was to come.  First I woke up in a good mood (this never happens). Second as I was driving to work this morning my iPod cycled to Andy Mineo’s, “Death has Died”, the chorus says: “You used to make me cry. But one day He’ll wipe every tear from our eyes He’ll come make all things right. And we’ll sing death has died. But until that day until that day. Oh, until that day Oh, oh, oh. This won’t be forever…” The words “this won’t be forever” stuck in my mind, I played the song over and over again on my drive. When I walked out of the report card session, this song again popped back into my mind as God gently reminded me, “This won’t be forever. One day He will make ALL things right.” Anger. Gone. Bitterness. Gone. Why? This won’t be forever.

“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33, NIV).

So what am I thankful for today? A change of perspective.