No. Thank You.

What are you thankful for?  You’ll ponder this question many times over the next week.  But here’s another question.  What are you thankful God hasn’t given you?

I always, always, always wanted to be a teacher.  My freestanding, double sided chalkboard was my most treasured possession.  Homework became play when written in multi-colored chalk.  My dolls and my younger cousins (poor things) were my students.  I loved school and workbooks and teaching.  You could say being a teacher was my dream (after being a Broadway dancer).  As my passion became clear, my parents repeatedly discouraged me because “you can’t support yourself on a teacher’s salary”.  While I thought my dream had been crushed, God was fulfilling His plan for me to teach adults.

THANK GOD!

Had I followed the traditional path, I would have trained for an elementary classroom and been miserable.  I hadn’t considered that I loved teaching, but not children.  Let’s just say that age group is not my gift.  God knew.  God had a plan more fulfilling than I imagined.

God, I am thankful you said ‘Not now’ to my dream.