Things that I'm thankful to God for:
1. fellowship with sisters. honestly, i don't know what i did to be blessed by such great friends. even though most are scattered around the country, i'm still constantly blessed by their presence in my life. such things include:
- ev's faithfulness through these times of trials
- time spent exercising in the morning with bops... and her heart for the lost and her desire to see them saved
- that alinna actually LIKES her job this year. the fact that she doesn't come home crying every other day is a very good thing.
- reading funny stories about jean and her adventures in the midwest
- olivia keeping me company online while i'm work. we help each other by distracting each other from our real work ;)
- the email from shrie with some awesome news (NO she's not engaged!)
- reni's hospitality and opening up her home for me to stay every time i go down the area-i-dislike-the-most, aka socal
- random chats with eva and how she always makes time to hang out when she's around
- sharing a cube wall with alice and having a friend at work... even though she's only in the office twice a week now. :( she understands and lends a listening ear when i need to whine.
what i love the most is that though we are far apart, i know that if any of us need prayer, everyone is ready and willing to fall to their knees and uplift each other in the name of God. sweet. with that said, there's a whole lot to pray for. both praises and requests, but regardless, a lot going on that is in need for prayer. a lot.
2. i have a stable job. it's so easy for me to forget the big picture and to complain about this and that. but in reality, i have a job. and a lot of people out there don't.
3. freedom in Christ. it's exhilarating to know that i have such freedom, yet i always fall into the trap of forgetting that i am special to Someone. its like the well-known Max Lucado children's book, You Are Special. I need to learn how to be like that wemmick who had no dots or stars. I don't need to worry about what other people think of me, whether it's good or bad. I just need to continue to strive to be like the One who created me.
4. the free car wash our church had for our neighbors. more than 40 neighbors showed up to chow down on some free bbq & food and get their cars cleaned. although, i have to say - some of those cars sure looked pretty clean when they came in. i think we may have made them dirtier! but it was lots of fun, good way to get wet in the heat, and we met a lot of neighbors. in fact, a lot of neighbors met each other while waiting for their cars to be finished. seriously, the california water blade is the coolest thing ever.
5. catching up with old friends. having lunch with some fellow berkeley ieor people, and reminiscing about our adventures in lab, senior projects, and whatnot. seeing jimmy post-cal & post-aacf, working in the south bay and coming to our young adult fellowship. jimmy's a young adult now! seeing one of my OEX 2000 teammates, looking at my pics from our summer in china, and pics of him in east asia as he continued to serve there over the past two years. yes, imagine a tall, pale, white guy with red hair (sometimes various other colors such as blue or green, and sometimes his hair is in the form of a mohawk or a mullet) skateboarding down the street in china. yes, he got lots of stares. and yes, he speaks better chinese than me. shameful.
6. that the weather has cooled down tonight!! praise the Lord.
the list could probably go on forever, but these are the things that are on the top of my head for now. life can be hard, but God is good all the time. I have to remind myself to see His goodness in everything.
1. fellowship with sisters. honestly, i don't know what i did to be blessed by such great friends. even though most are scattered around the country, i'm still constantly blessed by their presence in my life. such things include:
- ev's faithfulness through these times of trials
- time spent exercising in the morning with bops... and her heart for the lost and her desire to see them saved
- that alinna actually LIKES her job this year. the fact that she doesn't come home crying every other day is a very good thing.
- reading funny stories about jean and her adventures in the midwest
- olivia keeping me company online while i'm work. we help each other by distracting each other from our real work ;)
- the email from shrie with some awesome news (NO she's not engaged!)
- reni's hospitality and opening up her home for me to stay every time i go down the area-i-dislike-the-most, aka socal
- random chats with eva and how she always makes time to hang out when she's around
- sharing a cube wall with alice and having a friend at work... even though she's only in the office twice a week now. :( she understands and lends a listening ear when i need to whine.
what i love the most is that though we are far apart, i know that if any of us need prayer, everyone is ready and willing to fall to their knees and uplift each other in the name of God. sweet. with that said, there's a whole lot to pray for. both praises and requests, but regardless, a lot going on that is in need for prayer. a lot.
2. i have a stable job. it's so easy for me to forget the big picture and to complain about this and that. but in reality, i have a job. and a lot of people out there don't.
3. freedom in Christ. it's exhilarating to know that i have such freedom, yet i always fall into the trap of forgetting that i am special to Someone. its like the well-known Max Lucado children's book, You Are Special. I need to learn how to be like that wemmick who had no dots or stars. I don't need to worry about what other people think of me, whether it's good or bad. I just need to continue to strive to be like the One who created me.
4. the free car wash our church had for our neighbors. more than 40 neighbors showed up to chow down on some free bbq & food and get their cars cleaned. although, i have to say - some of those cars sure looked pretty clean when they came in. i think we may have made them dirtier! but it was lots of fun, good way to get wet in the heat, and we met a lot of neighbors. in fact, a lot of neighbors met each other while waiting for their cars to be finished. seriously, the california water blade is the coolest thing ever.
5. catching up with old friends. having lunch with some fellow berkeley ieor people, and reminiscing about our adventures in lab, senior projects, and whatnot. seeing jimmy post-cal & post-aacf, working in the south bay and coming to our young adult fellowship. jimmy's a young adult now! seeing one of my OEX 2000 teammates, looking at my pics from our summer in china, and pics of him in east asia as he continued to serve there over the past two years. yes, imagine a tall, pale, white guy with red hair (sometimes various other colors such as blue or green, and sometimes his hair is in the form of a mohawk or a mullet) skateboarding down the street in china. yes, he got lots of stares. and yes, he speaks better chinese than me. shameful.
6. that the weather has cooled down tonight!! praise the Lord.
the list could probably go on forever, but these are the things that are on the top of my head for now. life can be hard, but God is good all the time. I have to remind myself to see His goodness in everything.
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