"Things aren’t always like they seem, are they?"

Susan had wanted new kitchen cabinets for a long time, but her husband insisted they were an extravagance. He just didn’t’ see the need for new kitchen cabinets when the old ones worked just fine. So Susan went to visit her mother for two weeks, and when she came back home, she was overjoyed to find that beautiful new cabinets were installed in her kitchen. She couldn’t understand what changed her husband’s mind, but rather than ask him what made the difference, she was just happy to have new kitchen cabinets.

A neighbor came over to visit a few days later. “I love your new kitchen cabinets,” she said. “They are so lovely.”
“Oh, thank you so much,” Susan said. “I love them, too.”

Then the neighbor said, "All of us were so glad that the fire your husband had while you were gone was confined to the kitchen."

Things aren’t always like they seem, are they? So what! Just be grateful for all the blessings you receive, regardless of why you receive them. Thank God as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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