Thankful for What I Thought I Wanted

“What I thought I wanted, what I got instead, leaves me broken and grateful.” - Sara Groves, “What I Thought I Wanted”

We have these times in our life when our true desires are revealed, when what we thought we wanted leaves us both broken and grateful at the same time.

Life is a continual revelation and unfolding of the Lord’s will. Sometimes things break or fall apart: Relationships. Careers. Dreams. The things we think we want turn to dust and wreckage. The breaking hurts, and only make sense to us later after time unfolds what we really desire and what God’s dream for our lives is.

I was at a recent event and a priest said, “Maybe we don’t know what we truly desire yet...maybe more needs to happen in order for us to see our deepest desires.”

So this year, during the season of Thanksgiving and gratitude, said so well in the words of musician, Sara Groves, I’m grateful for what I thought I wanted and what I got instead, because the Lord’s will and dream for my life is so much better than my own.

May you be grateful for the breaking as well.