TEN thingy's : Thanksgiving

I wrote a list of ten things I am thankful for in celebration of thanksgiving.
Happy thanksgiving, everyone!

Thanksgiving ONE : FAMILY
I am so thankful for family. Yeah, some of yall would say, "you are a brat if you aren't thankful for family!" and yes. I used to be one spoiled brat. I guess I still am because I am an only child who gets all the attention and emotional affection from my parents. but I do have to say that I am really blessed with my biological parents and host parents that have become my another set of parents. Me and my biological parents have gone through some tough times, but we all got through them without breaking what is really valuable: family. We did not break the family. We stayed as family. and we are still one family who cannot live without each other. We love each other so much that we get our hopes up and get frustrated. but in the end, we know. and my host family? oh my my. let me tell ya briefly. Think about a random family that decides to let a little Asian girl in their home, feed her, provide a place for her to sleep at, give rides to school every morning, and finally accept her as one of their family members? All that for free? All that without fussing, arguments within the family, or regretting a moment? Yeah, the random family you just read about is my family here. Long story short, they ARE my family. They may know me even better than my biological parents. Nothing sad or wrong about that. That's just what it is. I am truly, sincerely, and unceasingly thankful for the family God has sent me to. I get to spend thanksgiving with an awesome Christian family with awesome thanksgiving dishes. (My mom knows how to cook-turkey with gravy, cranberry salad, corn casserole, sweet potato casserole, stuffing with/without oysters, mashed potato, homemade rolls, homemade noodles with turkey gravy, homemade cheesecake, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie. Yes. Be jealous. I think I deserve to boast!)

Thanksgiving TWO : FRIENDS
I love my friends, too. Friends back in Korea and here at Harding. and friends I have all over the world. I think God has really blessed me with some friends that truly love me and care about me. My middle school friends back in Korea I still keep in touch with. They are precious. :) and friends I started talking to as a penpal to practice my English all over the United States. and friends I have here at Harding. Oh my, I do not where I would be without all those supportive friends who would cry with me and rejoice with me. and I want to give special thanks to my bestest friends Haley Rogers and Katie Kirkpatrick. They truly trust me, open up to me, and treat me as one of their sisters in Christ. Yes. I learned what sisterhood in Christ is like from them. and I am so thankful. I love friendships! I am not the best at it because I think I am kind of awkward.. haha but hey. God loves me. Ha.

Thanksgiving THREE : CHURCH
So many people look for a church they can feel comfortable at home at. They go on this grant tour on all the local churches and many of them get frustrated. Could be their fault with their too high expectations for church but it does not necessarily have to be. It may be that they just don't feel like they fit in it. How unfortunate is that? I am so thankful that God has put me in churches in which I feel like I am family with the people there. I did not even try to find one. I just went to my dad's church back home. I went to the new church my mom suggested me to go to. and I am not going to church where my host dad preaches at. and all of them turned out very spiritual and uplifting to me. They taught me what family in church is like, what church should be like, what serving really is, and how we all need to be servants in the church instead of guests or birthday girls/boys who expect to be given everything.

Thanksgiving FOUR : SCHOOL
I do complain about how terrible school is. I get sick and tired of doing school work. and I get burnt out from going through the same routine every day. I sometimes bash the professors, courses, and even the school as a whole. I do not agree with all the rules my school has. I do not agree with all the doctrines and beliefs my school denomination has. BUT when am I ever gonna like anything 100%? There will be always something I do not approve of. and sometimes. no, a lot of itmes, I just need to suck it up and move on. So I do suck it up and move on. I follow the rules according to the student handbook, constitution, and church of christ beliefs. I do not have such turmoils, thankfully. and when I think about it, I can't really say or think of anything but that I am thankful to be able to go to school. I get education that a lot of people in the world can't even imagine getting. I get educated, knowledge, matured, and cultured to be available for God in the future. That is awesome. and a lot of the people I meet are very spiritual, Christianly, and uplifting. I learn something everyday from someone in school. and I am really thankful to be surrounded by such awesome support system founded in Christ.

Thanksgiving FIVE : SUN
Oh man, those who know me know that I love sun. I just love looking at sun. especially in the morning. Very refreshing, soul-cleansing, and soul-warming. It does everything but harm. It makes everything better. I think it is because when I face the sun, I feel as if the Lord's face is shining down on me. I feel like He reminds me of His promises for me everyday.

Thanksgiving SIX : TREE
I also love tree. It is very pleasant to look at them, touch them, sit under them to do homework or do devotional, and hug them. There is no ugly tree. There is no invaluable tree. Tree exposes oxygen we need to breathe. Tree is the organic, natural air purifier. and it is the genuine work of God. I get amazed when I picture the process of tree growth in my head and when I think about how it is all done with a simple command of God. and of course, I am eco-friendly. I recycle. I love to go green.

Thanksgiving SEVEN : FOUR SEASONS
My favorite seasons are fall and winter just because I love to wear flannels, sweaters, scarves, and boots with skinny jeans. but really. all four seasons are so distinctive and beautiful. They have cons because we make cons out of it. They do not have natural cons but only natural pros. They feel different but all are enjoyable. They look different but all are beautiful. Thankful for the four seasons so we don't get bored of hot, cold, or lukewarm.

Thnksgiving EIGHT : HEART
What if we do not have feelings? What if we do not know what love is like? What if we do not know what the joy in the Lord feels like? How miserable, dull, and boring would life be? I am so glad that God gave each individual a heart that feels. A lot of times, the satan plays with our emotions so we feel alone, empty, and lonely and drift ourselves way from God. but that is not created by Him. and we have the promise of the ultimate victory. Feeling thankful, joyful, hopeful, blessed, and loved is such an awesome thing we all need to be thankful for. Heart is where the Lord resides in us. We are in His heart as well. He feels us.

Thanksgiving NINE : FOOD
Of course I am a girl. and all the females LOVE to eat. Do we have different taste buds from the males? but we just love everything about food and eating it. The temperature, the color or the look, the texture, the scent, and the taste are stimulated like New Year's fireworks in London. and I don't know about yall. but I LOVE to eat. Don't worry, I am not bulimic. I have been bulimic so I know I am not. I just enjoy eating. It is such pleasant thing. I give myself something good. Something nutritious, rich, pleasing, reviving, and invigorating. Something God has really blessed us with. Food.

Thanksgiving TEN : THE SUPREME BEING
One of the evidences of the existence of God I learned is Ontological claim: The possible supreme being exists in reality. I am so thankful to God for His supreme being. He is the creator: He is eternal, everlasting, unceasing, unending, and never-drying. If He wasn't, I would not be here. I am here because He is here. and He is here because He is the eternal, supereme being. Supreme. How magnificent does that sound? He is supreme. because He is the King. and because He is the Lord. of all.