Wednesday, December 3

Thanks!!

Thankful for the computer I am typing onto - essentially the only thing I know well enough to make a living with.
Thankful for the Internet connection with which I am blogging - without which I wouldn't be able to work remotely for my job.
Thankful for the afternoon tea I had a couple hours ago - I wouldn't have gone to that restaurant without the flexibility of my work.
Thankful for the clothing I have on right now to fight the chilling weather - without which I would be shivering and feeling numb right now.
Thankful for the air I breathe in. It's much cleaner than that on the road - and thankful for the cleaners and construction workers on the streets.
Thankful for the access to clean WC - so many children still don't know how one looks like.
Thankful for the access to the health system - I could have been one of the children in Africa who die of poor water quality.
Thankful for the immunization shots I had in my early days - I could have been infected and died of a deadly disease.
Thankful for the education I received - I can even spell my name!
Thankful for the TV shows that entertain me - pure luxury.
Thankful for the gifts from my siblings - what have I done to deserve them?
Thankful for the fellowship with brothers and sisters in church - you have been a safety net for my heart especially when I am depressed.
Thankful for the opportunity to sing in the choir - what an amazing time to cheer for the love and the truth that make the world a livable place.
Thankful for the electricity and light with which I can work at night - again, isn't it a luxury? =)
Thankful for picking me up when my intoxicated mind no longer told right from wrong - You went to the souls' dumpster to reach for, not once, but so many times.
Thankful for friendship that lasts - each of them is a heavenly bonus to my lifelong journey.
Thankful for having known people who come in and out of my life - there's so much to learn from and to be thankful to them.
Thankful for the passerbys - I wish I would have made a better effort to make peace with them.
Thankful for having a dad and a mom - or would I be able to be thankful here at all?
Thankful for having all my siblings - I wasn't alone even when I was sent to somewhere I wouldn't call home.
Thankful for showing me grace and walking with me - You wait and care for me even when I let You down, not letting me go astray.
Thankful for not looking down on me - though I have had a sinistral heart and was called a believer in vain.
Thankful for restoring a right mind and a clean heart to me - now I know I would not be able to be so thankful without being cleansed by Your holiness.
Thankful for forgiving my many transgressions - thanks for freeing me from the low ideals and the sense of undeserved love and the chains of bondage in Your presence.
Thankful for sending angels to me.
Thankful for Your miracles - to give me the extra strength my weak mind needed.
Thankful for Your touches on my soul - so I undeniably know that You are with me.
Thankful for sending messages to me each week during sermon - I know each of them addresses me.
Thankful for Your messengers including Ravi Zachiarias - He brought me back to Your grace.
Thankful for giving me company even in the darkest hours - You spoke to me and comforted me and wiped my tears and had fellowship with me.
Thankful for this job - or I wouldn't know what else I could do well in. You gave such flexibility to me and opened my heart to others' needs.
Thankful for showing to me the good purpose of life - I am eternally thankful for knowing You.
Thankful for restoring my trust - what a strayed heart needed to get back up.
Thankful for the good times I had with my Seattle pals - those were the wonderful days I will always cherish.
Thankful for the partnership I had with my Vancouver pal over the years - It was so rewarding and I am always indebted.
Thankful for sending me a secondary classmate in my loneliest days in Vancouver.
Thankful for giving me an identity of high esteem among Your sons and daughters - a new character out of a new beginning.
Thankful for bringing to me the partner I can be faithful to for the rest of my life - You picked for me so I may always find security and console in You.
Thankful for teaching me what love is - and what would life be without it.
Thankful for the hope I have in You in the future, rough or smooth.
Thankful for the peace You have restored in my soul.
Thankful for making me stop running around for self-fulfillment - Your commendation is the worthy cause.
Thankful for introducing to me angels like Ng Ka Yu - what a difference a well-lived life makes!
Thankful for taking care of me when I was by myself in Seattle with angels like Queenie - may You bless them, dearly!
Thankful for the sacrificial love from the Creator of all - we will meet in the True Light and death cannot lay claims to us anymore.
Jesus, thank You!!

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