Thankful Thursday 4/10/14

I am thankful for the approach of Holy Week.  I must be a slow learner, because I am only now realizing what a celebration it is!  This is the light at the end of the tunnel.  We have traveled the desert, the valley, the dry period, and we are about to enter the light of the Resurrection.  Now, if only life were that simple.  Sometimes our valleys last much more than 40 days.  It can be a challenge to see past our troubles to hope.  I think that's why we have Lent.  So that as we prepare for this feast, we are reminded that good things can come from sadness, pain, hurt, and death.  The only caveat:  it may not be in our time, on our schedule, or even in this life.  We have hope of eternal life, and the promise of life with God.  Doesn't get much better than that.