Gratitude

We ended Monday night's community group just like we do any other week - by taking prayer requests. Several people requested prayer for their businesses while others made comments about feeling overwhelmed by work. One of the guys in my group who works for the research institute at Tech requested prayer because his job has been super intense these past couple weeks. He elaborated for a few minutes, commenting on the demands of his job and how stressful he feels. Immediately, sweet Robert, a man in my community group who has been without work for quite some time remarked, "I want a job, so I can feel stressed!"

At that moment I felt thankful for an abundance of work, even if it is stressful, frustrating, and exhausting.