Living with an attitude of Thanksgiving

Today I have countless things and people and blessings for which to be thankful. Yet I'm allowing a gloom to overshadow my normal thankful and light heart. I begin working nights tonight at the hospital. This as a big challenge. Normally my brain functions well until about 9pm, then the clarity and reason I have fall away in increasing amounts until I am not at all reasonable in the wee hours of the morning. At work, I will not only need to be alert, but observant, patient, able to compute medication calculations and catch signs that my patients are deteriorating, hemmoraging, decompensating, etc.

Deep down I know God will give me grace with this portion of my work, but my heart is doubtful at times. I am so thankful for my position at Mercy. I trust that He will help me maintain a thankful heart in the wee hours.

We have been in God’s thought from all eternity, and in His creative love, His attention never leaves us. --Micheal Quoist