Thank you

God has truly blessed me. This is the season to be thankful, but shouldn't we constantly give thanks to God? This hit me hard on Sunday during the sermon @ NewSpring. The message was on thanksgiving and at the end of the service we were asked to write a thank you note to God. I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks because the day before I had just returned from New Orleans on a mission trip to gut houses that were destroyed because of hurricane Katrina. That trip taught me to be grateful for EVERYTHING I have. Some families lost everything. A year and a half later, there are still parts of New Orleans that do not have power. We take simple things for granted every day. Take a moment, if you will, to think about the things in your life that you take for granted each day.
This is what I wrote in my thank you note:
God, thank you for letting your son die on the cross for my sins. Thank you for the fact that I will never be the same. Thank you for the opportunity and the gift you've given me for working with middle school students. I love them so much. Thank you for my family who loves me so much. Thank you for a SAFE home, my car, my clothes, food and supplying every need I've ever had. Thank you for my friends that spur and encourage me every day. Thank you for Will. I'm blown away by you. Thank you for your perfect plan for me. Thank you for the change in me. Thank you for New Orleans. It is an experience that has marked my life in such a way that I will never forget it. Thank you for your beauty and your excellence. I LOVE YOU. Thanks again, Megan
If you are reading this, feel free to share some of the things you are thankful for. Don't forget the little things this season. Merry Christmas! With that, I'm out like bread and milk at the grocery store when the forcast calls for snow.

What would you do?

Yesterday in my Education 206 (Nature of the Exceptional Child) class Dr. McCuen gave us a handout and asked us to read it and react to it.

"As Christian individuals and future teachers, we are often faced with moral and ethical questions. Are there any circumstances in which it would be justified to kill a disabled newborn infant? Consider this situation. Anencephahics are infants born without cortexes (higher brains) and sometimes with damaged brain stems (lower brains). Without a brain, the backs of their skills are empty. They will never gain consciousness, will never develop preferences or desires, will never recognize pain, and will never think or form emotions. In other words, they will never develop personhood. Unless attached to life support, most will die within three hours of birth. Whether doctors kill these infants by removing their organs, or they die naturally in their parent's arms, the result is the same: the infant dies. Organs are most viable when removed before the body's natural death. If parents desire to save the lives of other babies by allowing doctors to remove organs from their brain-dead children, should the law stop them? This is currently illegal form of infanticide."

What do you think?

Top 10's

Top 10 things I'm thankful for today
10. Books to read
9. Clothes to wear
8. A bed to sleep in
7. Food to eat
6. Education
5. AMAZING friends
4. NewSpring-the most PHENOMENAL church ever
3. Ignite Middle School Ministry
2. My (off-the-chain) family
1. God, who is bigger than I could ever imagine!

and random Top 10...for no obvious reason, whatsoever! (wink, wink)

Top 10 things that make a first date unforgettable
10. Good food
9. Bun warmers in car seats
8. Random questions
7. Old School
6. References to Talladega Nights
5. Laying/Spinning in the street
4. A search for coffee that ends up at a gas station
3. Watching some metal object get SMACKED by a train
2. Waiting on the train
1. A gentleman

Have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

Deliriously

So, I started this blog once already...and then completely deleted everything because I was rambling. I'm in a such a delirious state, in awe of God and in need of sleep. In awe of God because I love when He takes control of even the minute details in life and conducts a symphony that is so sweet, I can't help but dance. He orchestrates everything perfectly, in His time. It's simply beautiful. Also, I'm deliriously in need of sleep because I stayed up late studying for my big religion test. With that being said, it's time I hit the hay. I'm out like the lights...it's bedtime for Bonzo.

The Screwtape Letters

In what little spare time I have, I am reading THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS by C.S. Lewis. The book is brilliantly written as a collection of letters from one demon to another. The "affectionate Uncle SCREWTAPE" is writing to his nephew Wormword about tempting a man who has recently been saved. The letters are woven with tips on how the nephew can tempt this man from his new found faith. There are so many profound ideas that I would never have conceived of had this book not been written from this specific perspective. Through the first few letters, I was made fully aware of areas in my life where I am suseptable to the enemy. Screwtape even advises ways to distract the man from prayer. Maybe I'm just naive, but I had no idea that I could be under attack while I was praying. I had experienced this before, not knowing that it was an attack, merely assuming that I was easily distracted. The more I read, the more I am being made aware of my weaknesses. Praise God! I don't want to stay the same and be content in my walk. I want grow daily, and growing daily is going to take God constantly refining me like silver-putting me to the heat and watching the impurities rise to the top as he scrapes them away. It's really amazing to see how God is changing my life constantly, not only in the big picture, but in the little parts that really make a difference. I'm truly glad that He is a stickler for details!