The first post ever, on my first blog, ever

The other night I sat down at my desk and wrote down all the names that I heard over the past few days that were asked to be put on our prayer lists. I'm making a project for myself.  Most of the time when someone asks for someone to be put on a prayer list I normally just think about it for a second, and then move on to the next part of my day. Now, every name that is mentioned, and also those that go unmentioned, are put on my list. I know that it won't take long for this single sheet of paper to fill up. I want to do this because I don't think I realize how many people out there are suffering.  How many people, I haven't taken time to think about, write a card to, or say hey, how are you? My list right now stands at about half way down the page. As my list grows longer and longer I hope for me to learn a lesson. To learn how precious this life is. How to think of others more than myself.  The people on this list, I look up to. I think they are twice the people I am, because they take their struggles and look beyond them. They all look to Christ. I don't know how they do it. To wake up every morning and feel this pain within them, or that surrounds them, and still look at the glass half full. People on this Earth are beautiful I believe. Yes, this is a broken world. But when I truly look at many of the people that surround my life, I see pure beauty. We are all God's children, called to love each other as Christ has loved us.