November 8, 2012

• First 8 days of Thankful Month – Thankful for the Past

  1. I am thankful for my parents.
  I remember losing a pair of terrific purple and pink suspenders when I was in the first grade. I was devastated. As I cried to my mom she said something that I’ve never forgotten, “You were fine before you had them, and you’ll be fine now that they’re gone.” I have gone back to that so many times, and I am sure I will hundreds of times again. There are only 2 things that I can think of that I won’t ever be able to say that about: My mom and dad. I have always had them.

  2. I am thankful to be a Leukemia survivor
  Thankful that when all treatments were still experimental – I was chosen for the one that worked for me. With a whole lot of God mixed in.

  3.I am thankful that I went to an amazing Christian school from Kindergarten to Seventh Grade
  I learned lots of scripture. I had amazing teachers. I had good friends. It was a safe place.

  4. I am thankful that I was homeschooled from 8th-11th grade
  I never got through geometry or chemistry, but I did a whole lot of babysitting, child evangelism ministry, studying about third world countries, and learning Spanish…all of which have been a heck of a lot more beneficial to me than chemistry or geometry ever would have been. Plus I still managed to get a good enough ACT score to get into college a year early and and do well the two semesters I was there.

  5. I am thankful for my year at ETBU when I was 17/18
  I was able to get away from the life and people that I had always know and confirm what I was passionate about: missions and Blake.

  6. I am thankful for my year of teaching when I was 18/19
  My mom started a Christian school, so between my year at ETBU and going to Bible college, I taught a 1-3 grade combined class. I don’t think I have ever had more fun. I couldn’t wait for Mondays and I thought Christmas vacation would never end. I seriously could have taught at that school for years and years and years.

  7. I am thankful for my years at CFNI
  I got married while I was at CFNI AND had my first baby so those three years were probably the most life changing so far. It is kind of hard to identify anything else as being HUGELY important compared to that. Blake and Camden kind of stole the show.

  8. Trinity Family Church
  Our first church as a married couple. Pastor Ron, a man in his late 70′s, was our pastor. He and his wife Mrs. Carol believed in us like no one ever has. I am still humbled by that. I still use that as a center in my life. Pastor Ron believed God was going to use me in a mighty way. I can’t let the enemy lie to me. I trust the God that spoke to me through Pastor Ron. He is with Jesus now and that still gives me a lump in my throat.

  God has been
  Faithful and Gracious
  Mighty and Good

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