Thankful, Circumstances and Glorifying God

I am not thankful for my deafness however I am thankful because in my circumstance of my deafness, I have communicated with other deaf people to know Christ. I truly believe that God have been using me to glorify Him by getting them to KNOW God as Jesus said in John 9:3 "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life." That's what we are to be thankful for. We are not thankful FOR WHAT we are living in but we are to be thankful IN WHAT we are living in. If you are not thankful in the circumstances you are living in, then you are ignoring the WORD. You can never have much faith unless you are dissatisfied with the way you are now, and are longing for something better. All through the Bible, the great enemy of faith is a complacent spirit, an attitude of self-satisfaction with the status quo. Faith always pleases God, because it comes to grips with our own reality. Christian who have faith understand the reality of their lives.