I was planning to have a day catching up at home and then go to Dad & Mom's place for Thanksgiving dinner. As it so happened, I spent most of the day traveling, 6 hours, of which, were at the O'Hara airport in Chicago.
When I found out the day before that my flight was delayed, causing me to miss my flight in Chicago and overnight there or wait till the next day to fly out, I was feeling anything but grateful. In fact, I was downright grumpy. I had my plans all made and now they were spoiled! What fun would it be to sit in airports on Thanksgiving instead of enjoying a feast of good food with my family?
A few years ago I had decided that Thanksgiving is a good time to reflect on the last year about what God has done. Well, I had plenty of time to reflect as I sat there waiting for my next plane. I grabbed a pen and decided to write some of my thoughts on paper. As I wrote, the thankfulness started to come. No, I still didn't like having to travel on Thanksgiving but still there were lots of things to be thankful for.
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