I thought this was so beautifully written. I hope it speaks to your heart the way it spoke to mine:

“I asked the Lord for a bunch of fresh flowers 
but instead he gave me an ugly cactus with many thorns.

I asked the Lord for some beautiful butterflies 
but instead he gave me many ugly and dreadful worms.

I was threatened,
I was disappointed. 
I mourned.

But after many days, 
suddenly,
I saw the cactus bloom
with many beautiful flowers.

And those worms
became beautiful butterflies 
flying in the Spring wind.

God’s way is the best way” (Dr Chun-Ming Kao, Taiwan).

We don’t often appreciate the gifts we have when we focus on what we lack. Often, it’s only when we look back that we see how much better God’s gift was than whatever we were chasing after that we thought we couldn’t live without.