Thankful List

I am thankful:

1.) For family.
Even though I may not talk to my family everyday and certainly don't see them for weeks on end, I am still thankful for them.

I love you.

2.) For friends.
I have friends that I've known since I was little. I have friends that I feel like I have known forever. I have friends that are close and have seen me upset, happy, hyper, moody, mean, sad... and others that only know me as a quiet, polite person...

I am grateful for you all. I hope that I make you feel appreciated.

If I randomly call you up one of these days...
... and even if I don't, you may still be on my mind and in my prayers.

3.) For Professors I can admire, respect, and emulate; for professors whose words of advice I can value.

Yes, I had good professors at Portland Community College. The good ones taught their subjects well. Some of them were very likable people. Some of them obviously cared about their students - cared that they might excel in their studies.

While my Asbury professors may have similar backgrounds and messy lives, their lives reflect a desire to honor God. Most if not all my of my PCC professors' lives were lived for no one but themselves. I cannot think of one prof that I knew for sure was a Christian, while several I knew were certainly not. There are two that I think may have been, but I don't know.

I am thankful for professors who stand up in chapel and testify that God is good and that He is working in their lives. I am thankful to sit in classrooms where professors talk about living lives and working careers that honor God. I am thankful for the ones that get on passionate soapboxes about religion and faith even though the class is PR or Photojournalism and not Christian Theology. I am thankful for such people encouraging me to study for God's glory. I am grateful I can sit in a professor's office and not have to be alert to their world view as s/he advises me in career influencing decisions. I am thankful for the peace that permeates a place filled with enough people desiring to honor God with their words and actions.

I know the above is choppy and all, but I hope you know I am thankful. Extremely thankful.