12
Apr
2006
Thankfulness
At the end of the week, here is my (very incomplete) list of things, in no particular order, to be thankful for (some might require some explanation:
- My family
- Jimmy and Hyejung: for their friendship and the privilege of serving in their wedding
- Derrick and Angela: for their continual care over me
- Ricky and Sharon: they are an example to me of godly character
- For the privilege of attending grad school
- Having an excellent church to attend
- Still having many savings left over from my old job
- Singleness and all the blessings that have come from it
- Living in the USA
- Having attended Johns Hopkins and learned about Cross-centeredness.
- To have served in a handful of weddings this past year
- Having people whom I can rely on for good advice
- For God, who restored me back to Himself and reminds me of his unconditional goodness over me
- Having made good friends while here in grad school
- Thankful to have Wei around to work on cars with
- Thankful to have Sandy to eat lunch with and talk to
- To have learned the importance of reading books from other friends
- Knowing just how ridiculously sinful I am
- Being in a good work environment in the lab here at school
- Andrew and Larry in my small group whom are a great encouragement to me
- Being able to grieve over things but not without hope
- Having Alex and his family close by and still in Austin after so many years
- The recent reminder of having a Holy God present in this world
- Always having enough money for anything that I need
- Living in a nice house close to campus
- Having a car to drive to school in
- Getting a good parking spot today at 9am very close to the lab
- Jonathan Hicks - a new friend here in Austin who loves the gospel and the Word of God
- Having a kind professor/advisor who looks out for me
- Grandparents who care/cared for me
- Being able to have good conversations with my dad
- Understanding God's forgiveness this year better than last year
- Never having hardships that are too hard to handle
- Being able to hang out more with Janice over the years
- Being able to graduate this year with my Masters degree
- Having a friend like Lindsey to get through some tough classes together
- Having freetime to do more than just school work
- Having joy this week from the Lord
- Having been asked to lead a bible study
- Being reminded of God's kindness in the beauty of women
- ECHO prayer meetings on Wednesday mornings
- New friendships made at church over the past year
- A reminder that Easter is upcoming this weekend
- Good frequent conversations with Tim "the man" Kang
- Support from friends on the east coast for deciding to stay in Austin
- Book of Philippians, which we are going through in our bible study right now
- Having been able to have seen my grandpa one last time before he passed away
- Being close to graduating
- Paul in Philly
- Having had made the drive up to Baltimore in a beat-up Corolla and been able to bless Paul with it.
Of course, there are countless other things that I have not named yet which I need to be thankful for. All in all though, this was quite a super exercise for me to go through because it really forced me to see all the ways that God has blessed me. And especially when I feel the tendency to complain that I don't have something or other, this really puts things in perspective.
