Every week, I set aside time to have lunch with and pray with two colleagues. The other day we met, and one of the busboys came up to greet us — we've gotten to know him a little bit over the past year.

When I asked him how we could pray for him that day, he said, “Just pray that God hears my thanksgiving and my praises. I don't want anything. I don't need anything. I just want to thank God.”

He went on, “I thank God that I woke up today! I didn’t just wake up; I woke up, and I was not in jail!”

Sometimes it's easy to forget all those things we take for granted, and we all have so much to be thankful for if we only stop and realize it.