It is easy – even natural – to thank God for things that benefit you. But when people and circumstances conspire to cause us pain it messes with the one thing that can sabotage all gratitude – our expectations. Life is full of such moments. There is the life that we thought we would live or felt like we deserved to live and then, in a unwelcomed twist, there is the life that God calls us to live. What now? There is a singular type of gratitude we can offer in this moment which surpasses all other forms. But it is going to cost you.