A Thankful Thanksgiving

This has been one of the best Thanksgivings. 

I slept in until noon, which has not been done more than thrice this semester. 

After I woke up, I laid on the couch looking through Black Friday advertisements. 

Then my left eye swelled up, because of my allergic reaction to our cat. So I looked a little rough. I was thankful this was going to be a day with no public outings. Then my parents insisted on having me take benadryll, because I needed to just be a little more lazy. However, the benadryl expired in 2008. So it thankfully had no effect on me. Sadly, it had no effect on the puffed up eye.

Then I moved from the couch to my bed and watched the snow fall down and pondered about life. Finally I jumped in the shower and got ready for dinner time. 

After dinner, my family and I sat down and watched CNN's Heroes. It is a special on CNN every Thanksgiving. It shows ten different people, who are average day people yet are doing heroic things. If you want to be inspired, watch it. 

INSPIRATION

I want to be a hero. I want to find the need and do something. Maybe that is why I have recently become really passionate about being a teacher.

I want to be an instrument. 
I want to bring change. 
I want to do something eternally impacting.

I always thought that being married would bring my life to full circle. Yet every day, I am coming to the realization that there is more to be done. There is something beyond the fairytale I dreamed. There is a world outside of mine. It's a broken world. One that needs the message of redemption and salvation. A world that needs someone to bend down and be willing to get dirty. To dig in deep and not give up. To not turn when things get messy.

Maybe my heroic impact will be:
teaching
discipleship
missions
taking care of orphans
loving my neighbor
praying for my enemy

I want to do something great.


Here's to another year of thankfulness. Here's to change.

love,
jocelyn elizabeth