Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving tomorrow I have been thinking a lot on what Thanksgiving means and how we respond to it. I know that tomorrow most people will be with friends and family and at some point in the early afternoon or evening they will all gather around a table that is covered with food and will eat. Which is great, I look forward to a good Thanksgiving meal but is this all there is to Thanksgiving?

I think that we need to remember what it is we are thankful for. Many of us will be overwhelmed with the process of thanksgiving and so we forget the heart of it. It is a time to give thanks for the blessings in our lives. To remember those things, events, or people over the last year that have blessed us in ways that we don't deserve. I want to share a list some of the things I am thankful for, its not a complete list but it is a start.


I am thankful for...

• the ways in which God is providing for me and Molly this year and for the things that He has been teaching me this year. I am thankful that despite all my failings I am still His child and He has forgiven me.
• my marriage to Molly, she is such a huge encouragement to me, she is all ways encouraging me to become a better man of God.
• my friendships, Kyle, Dusty, Tre', Justin, Derek, and Cami (just to name a few). You all are such a great bunch of Brothers in the Lord and even though I don't get to see all of you (Tre' and Cami) as much as I would like you all are still huge blessings in my life. Thanks!
• my family who has been an encouragement to Molly and me all of our lives. Thank you for helping us and blessing us, as Molly and I continue to lay the foundation of our marriage. Thank you for the wisdom you share, we appreciate it even if we don't follow it. =)
  

Well that is all I can think of for the moment. Now what are you thankful for? I would encourage you to post a coment listing something you are thankful for.

"Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms." Psalm 95:2

The Problems with being a Perfectionist

Well I am a dork, after being lazy about updating my first blog for months, I sat down to do some blog entries the other day and I realized I had a problem. I had forgotten all the access information I used to set up the account. I couldn't remember my password, username, or even the email address I had used to set up the account and despite going through every conceivable password, username and email address I just could not figure it out. So I have given up on that blog. (*sigh*) So any who, I will now attempt to be more thoughtful and engaged with this new blog. I am going to write down my new info so I wont have a repeat problem.

On that note not to much is currently happening in my life. I am still I school and it feels like I should get tenure with all the time I have put in at Multnomah! I know Tre' would understand. However, I have been spending a lot of time thinking about what I am going to do once I finish at Multnomah. My fear is that once I get done with Multnomah I wont find a job that I want to do so I'll end up just settling with some job and never go on and do something that I want to do.

-So what do I want to do?
Well that Is a very good question, I am glad you asked and to be frank I am not entirely sure. Right now I have a lot of interest in being a high school teacher. I enjoy the interaction with high schoolers as well as the ability to have deeper more engaging classroom experiences. So the dilemma becomes do I go on and get my Masters in teaching, which will cost me a lot more money, or do I try and find a teaching job with just my B.S.

Well now you know a little bit of what goes on inside my head as I try think through everything. However, I do know that no matter what God is still there and He will lead me as He desires and I truly look forward to what He will use me for. Its just that I can be impatient.