Sometimes, because of certain reasons, it seems pretty hard to say, "Thank you."

When my sister-in-law was a kid, some teen-age boys were going around the neighborhood busting up jack-o-lanterns for fun... and they crushed Angela's, crushing her little spirit along with her pumpkin. As her mom hugged her, she reminded her of the biblical principal to "give thanks in all cicumstances" (1 Thess. 5:18). Her frustrated dad, meanwhile, was gathering the broken pieces and throwing them in his garden and in the compose pile.

Well, the next harvest season... there were 24 pumpkins growing in that garden!