For the past two weeks I have ended the day by praying and asking for the last two weeks to be a bad nightmare that I could wake up from. And every day I wake up and realize that it’s not a nightmare.

Sometimes I want to believe God is a genie and He can just grant me wishes. Whenever life sucks I come running to Him wishing He would just wave a magic wand and make everything ok. Sometimes I even wish that He would let me win the lottery, as if a pile of money would make me happy. I know that’s not who He is though.

One thing I have learned is to not take anything for granted. Every moment is a gift. It’s easy to take things for granted, not get complacent. It often takes some crisis to shake us out of this kind of life. God wants us to have life to the fullest right now. I know I can’t have that life if there are things I am taking for granted. Every moment is sacred because every moment is from God.