Thankful on Thanksgiving

Last year when I posted about Thanksgiving I made a list of things I didn’t deserve. This year I just want to add on a couple more things in those same categories.

Spiritual Graces

1. I am unworthy of having the hope of heaven assured.
2. I am unworthy of being gripped by God, so much so that I feel unable to walk away from Him.

Relational Graces

1. I am unworthy to be shepherded by Matt Hauck at EBCT
2. I am unworthy to be friends with Bryan Kim, John Tang, Matt Lui, Dennis “Jew”, Jonathan Tsai, and Junia Kim.
3. I am unworthy to have such close relations to the nationals at EBCT (It’s a much longer list of names)
4. I am unworthy of having such a fun teacher
5. I am unworthy of having had the privilege to share the gospel with my tutor
6. I am unworthy of having classmates who are also great friends who actually care about me enough to by stuff when I’m feverish.
7. I am unworthy of having a roommate who is willing to hangout and listen to me talk about God.
8. I am unworthy of having a distant aunt who comes over and makes sure I’m not dying when I’m sick with the stomach flu.
9. I am unworthy of having friends in the states who keep in touch, especially the ones who spend time talking with me about life and God.
10. I am unworthy of having had such an incredible small group last year, which still encourages me to this day.

Circumstantial Graces

1. I am unworthy of having such a solid and God-centered church here in Taipei
2. I am unworthy of having my own apartment
3. I am unworthy of having a kitchen
4. I am unworthy of having a refrigerator
5. I am realllly unworthy of having a laundry machine on my balcony.
6. I am unworthy of having air conditioning
7. I am unworthy of having a relatively clean room and a comfortable bed
8. I am unworthy of having money to buy food and things
9. I am unworthy of having a membership card to the nearest seminary library
10. I am unworthy of having the opportunity to study Chinese here at NTNU
11. I am unworthy of the approval of my parents
12. I am unworthy of having internet
13. I am unworthy of having water, power, and gas.
14. I am unworthy of being so close to school that I can walk every morning to class.
15. I am unworthy of the glorious riches of culinary genius that is Taiwanese restaurants.

Physical Graces

1. I am unworthy of being healthy again after being so sick
2. I am unworthy of having an appetite and being able to keep food in.
3. I am unworthy of having taste
4. I am unworthy of having hair to grow into a crazy do
5. I am unworthy of being able to sleep at night, my tutor has to take pills
6. I am unworthy of not having been bitten terribly by mosquitoes
7. I am unworthy of having a gym membership and the opportunity to stay fit

Fundamental Graces

1. I am unworthy of having an insatiable longing for Heaven.
2. I am unworthy of being human and so having the privilege of experiencing grace and salvation.

“in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:6-7 NAS95S)