Being Thankful

 

With thanksgiving approaching very soon, I have been thinking about all my many blessings and everything I am thankful for. Yes, they are things that I could grumble or be discouraged about. But, when I look at all my many blessings I really have so much to be thankful for. The last couple days I have been thinking about all that I'm thankful for and I want to share my list with you! :)

1. I am thankful for Jesus. He is very best friend and He is always there for me. He is always so patient with me! I am thankful that He willing gave His life that I might have life forever more.

2. I am so thankful for my family! I have great parents and siblings. I am blessed to have been raised in a Christian home. When I look at all my friends and the lives they have had, it makes me even more thankful for my family.

3. I am thankful for Grace Holiness Church. I have the best church family ever! I am so blessed to learn under the Bakers and Sis. Brenda Leach. I am so blessed with an awesome church family!

4. I am thankful for my job! :) It might not have been what I first desired, but God knew what I needed. I don't have to work any weekends and it's great to work at a Christian facility.

5. I am thankful for my little car!! :) Even thought it always seems to be getting new scratches or etc. I have a car and it gets great gas mileage!

6. I am thankful for good health. I have learned about so many different sicknesses and diseases this year in my classes. There is so many different things that could be wrong with my body, but I have good health. There is so many people suffering out there. I am blessed.

7. I am thankful for housing, clothes, and food. Even though I am still living at home. I am thankful that my parents still let me live at home! :) 

8. I am thankful for education. I am thankful that I am able to attend school and expand my learning.

9. I am thankful for my best friend Sarah. Wow, I could say so much here. She is a great friend, listener, and encourager. I can trust her with anything. She has been such a great friend and has been there for me countless times! I am also thankful for my countless other friends, too!! You are blessings from God!!

10. I am thankful for Stanley!! :) I am thankful for how God brought us back together. He is a great friend, listener, and encourager. He is so sweet, caring, and gentle. He is an amazing boyfriend and I am so blessed to have him!!

Always be thankful! If you are feeling down or discouraged remember that someone else out there has it worse than you. Count your blessings this thanksgiving season!! The Bible commands us to be thankful and content! Chose to be thankful!!

The last couple weeks...

The last couple weeks have been crazy and stressful. Life, school, and work keeps me so busy these days. This is the first night that I have been able to sit down and relax!! :) The craziness of midterms is behind me! I was able to go to Youth Challenge. I had to work that Friday so I drove up after work. I made it for the closing of the service and was there for the afterglow, which was great. I went back to GBS to stay with a good friend. It was my first time in Cinci since graduation. It was great to go back! :) I didn't get in till about midnight and left halfway early the next morning, so I didn't really get to much of anyone or the campus. I was actually dreading going to Youth Challenge and back to Cinci. I figured it would be hard on me with it being the first time going back since Cort and I broke up. I figured I would be overwhelmed with memories, but I was okay. In some ways that seems forever ago and sometimes it seems like it never happened. I guess that is what time does. We also had Homecoming on the 30th of October. I was in junior church that Sunday morning. I was able to help with the dinner and be there for the Memorial Service though.
Last week we had Revival at church. I was able to attend every night. There could been nights were I could've staid home to study, but I had such an overwhelming desire to be in God's house that I did not want to miss a service. We had a good revival.
School has been great and crazy. I have had lots of papers due and I had three lab test in a row. I can say that I can almost name all 206 bones that our in the human body! :) I have the most trouble remembering the skull bones. Last week we started dissecting cats! I thought I would have a hard time with that since I am an avid cat lover. It went great. The smell gets a little overwhelming though. We had to cut off all the fat. And, that cat was fat. I have no clue what his master feed him, but he was one fat pussy cat. We located the major muscles in the skull, shoulder, and thoracic. We will keep our cat and continue to work on them. I have one big research paper due in English, but I'm going to use a research paper that I turned in for another class. I have to change some stuff around and add some more but it should save me a lot of work.
Stanley and I are doing great!! :) He will be coming in a week from Friday. I can not wait!! It has been over a month since I have seen him!! I'm doing better with the whole long distance relationship thing than I thought. It is a lot different than just two hours or across campus. And, I thought I had it bad then. I just hope that he gets into PA school up here. It never ceases to amaze me how God brought us back together. And, I know that we can make it!
Have a blessed week!