Sunday, September 06, 2009

Thanks.

  • I am thankful for God’s grace and love in my life.
  • I am thankful for forgiveness.
  • I am thankful to have a team of volunteers who in the midst of crisis and at a moments notice are ready to take on all the responsibility.
  • I am thankful for volunteers who care about student’s lives.
  • I am thankful for volunteers in our youth ministry who place others first.
  • I am thankful for all those who commit even just an hour a week of their time so that others may know Christ.
  • I am thankful for all the support, cards, and hugs I received when my father passed away.
  • I am thankful for student leaders who are concerned about their peers and do all they can to help them come to know Christ.
  • I am thankful for parents who care enough to bring their children to church week after week.
  • And I am thankful for children who care enough about their parents to bring them to church for the very first time.
  • I am thankful for students who text the entire time I am talking and when I ask what was just said, they quote me word for word and expend on the theological indoctrination and the meaning of the original Greek language.
  • I am thankful for compliments and criticisms, I am sure there will be some when I am done, that remind me that I am on the right path.
  • I am thankful for the staff that function so well as a team, the support each other, and get behind the ministries, goals, and visions of the others.
  • I am thankful for the people who notice the little things like a new planted garden, an improved basketball shot (at least that’s what they tell me), and the hard work that goes into outpouring.
  • I am thankful for my wife, who sees beyond my deficiencies, to strengthen me.
  • I am thankful for my wife who reminds what it means to be beautiful and demonstrates what it means to love.
  • I am thankful for Tonya, who is committed to family.
  • Most of all, I am thankful for all that God has given me, family, a home, friendship, a companion, food, rainy skies, and the demonstration of his love through a son and for that coming alive in eyes of those who are with me today.