Thursday, June 3, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
New Zealand here i come!!!
Hey guys!!! So a couple days ago I found out I got accepted for a Basic Leadership School run by YWAM in Oxford, New Zealand. So this means I get to head back out there in 3 months!!! It's gonna be crazy trying to get everything organized and everything. I feel like the definition of my life is packing and unpacking. And I love it. I'm so happy!!! Can't wait! I'll post more details, and check the sidebar for a link if you would like to financially support me! Blessings!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Questions
Questions I think everyone should be asking themselves...
-What is a true worshipper?
-What role does the Holy Spirit play in your life?
-What would you do if you had to renounce your faith to live?
-Do you welcome the chance to prove what God can do thru you?
-God has given you every moment of your life as a gift. How are you living this gift?
-Do you believe in the power of God to heal?
-Do you praise God in everyday life? How?
-Do you know who you are in Christ?
-Do you often consider the incredible suffering of Jesus Christ?
-Do you regularly meditate on scripture and apply it to your life?
-Have you been dying to self lately? How?
-What does being the "fragrance of Christ" mean to you?
Think about these. Comments welcome.
-What is a true worshipper?
-What role does the Holy Spirit play in your life?
-What would you do if you had to renounce your faith to live?
-Do you welcome the chance to prove what God can do thru you?
-God has given you every moment of your life as a gift. How are you living this gift?
-Do you believe in the power of God to heal?
-Do you praise God in everyday life? How?
-Do you know who you are in Christ?
-Do you often consider the incredible suffering of Jesus Christ?
-Do you regularly meditate on scripture and apply it to your life?
-Have you been dying to self lately? How?
-What does being the "fragrance of Christ" mean to you?
Think about these. Comments welcome.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
A Collection of Travel Quotes
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. -St Augustine.
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. -Jack Kerouac
A traveler without observation is a bird without wings. -Moslil Eddin Saadi
2 roads diverged in a wood and I-I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. -Lao Tzu
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, then you might better stay at home. -James Michener
I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. -Mark Twain
What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do-especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. -William Least Heat Moon
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make it's own ppl comfortable. -Clifton Fadiman
You may fill your backpack, but have you remembered to bring an open mind?
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world of our journey.
Travel teaches toleration.
I travel alot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.
When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.
There are only 2 emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
He who would travel happily must travel light. -Antoine de Saint-exupery
Don't listen to what they say. Go see.
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. -Jack Kerouac
A traveler without observation is a bird without wings. -Moslil Eddin Saadi
2 roads diverged in a wood and I-I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. -Lao Tzu
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, then you might better stay at home. -James Michener
I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. -Mark Twain
What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do-especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. -William Least Heat Moon
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make it's own ppl comfortable. -Clifton Fadiman
You may fill your backpack, but have you remembered to bring an open mind?
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world of our journey.
Travel teaches toleration.
I travel alot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.
When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.
There are only 2 emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
He who would travel happily must travel light. -Antoine de Saint-exupery
Don't listen to what they say. Go see.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Riches
It hit me today just how rich I am. I was blessed unexpectedly today and I thought back to this article:
1. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the people in the world.
2. If you can attend church or a synagogue meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
3. If you have never experience the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are more blessed than 500 million people in the world.
4. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
5. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
Ok, so reading this again gets me pondering, just how rich am I? Let's see...
1-Check! At home the fridge is always overflowing and most of it gets thrown out anyway because we choose to make more food. I not only have clothes on my back, I have a closet and dresser full as well as 2 sisters who are more than happy to share. My roof overhead is more than a roof, it is a home. I love my house! And my bed which is topped with more blankets and stuffed animals than I need, just because I enjoy these material pleasures.
2-Check! Matter of fact, where I come from, you're more likely to get harassed if you don't go to church!
3-Check! These are things I only hear about/read about/watch on the news.
4-Check! I'm so well off now that I think about it...let's see I took off too NZ for 5 months and came home with money left over. During school, I was blessed with some monetary gifts which I didn't even need. Upon arrival home, I found more money waiting for me. Just today, I was making small talk with a my dad's customer at my dad's shop while cleaning, then left to do an errand. When I got back, the guy had left but had left a $20 for me and my sister "just because." Well, she didn't want any so in a roundabout way I got $20 from a stranger!!!
5-Check! I don't even remember the last time I was sick...
On top of that, I have a job! While scrubbing the back of a filthy shop focusing on everything that's never been cleaned isn't my favourite thing, I'm more blessed than the however man (lots I'm sure) of unemployed people struggling to make ends meet.
Besides, that, I got God!
1. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the people in the world.
2. If you can attend church or a synagogue meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
3. If you have never experience the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are more blessed than 500 million people in the world.
4. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
5. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
Ok, so reading this again gets me pondering, just how rich am I? Let's see...
1-Check! At home the fridge is always overflowing and most of it gets thrown out anyway because we choose to make more food. I not only have clothes on my back, I have a closet and dresser full as well as 2 sisters who are more than happy to share. My roof overhead is more than a roof, it is a home. I love my house! And my bed which is topped with more blankets and stuffed animals than I need, just because I enjoy these material pleasures.
2-Check! Matter of fact, where I come from, you're more likely to get harassed if you don't go to church!
3-Check! These are things I only hear about/read about/watch on the news.
4-Check! I'm so well off now that I think about it...let's see I took off too NZ for 5 months and came home with money left over. During school, I was blessed with some monetary gifts which I didn't even need. Upon arrival home, I found more money waiting for me. Just today, I was making small talk with a my dad's customer at my dad's shop while cleaning, then left to do an errand. When I got back, the guy had left but had left a $20 for me and my sister "just because." Well, she didn't want any so in a roundabout way I got $20 from a stranger!!!
5-Check! I don't even remember the last time I was sick...
On top of that, I have a job! While scrubbing the back of a filthy shop focusing on everything that's never been cleaned isn't my favourite thing, I'm more blessed than the however man (lots I'm sure) of unemployed people struggling to make ends meet.
Besides, that, I got God!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Letter from God
If you never felt pain, then how would you know that I'm a Healer?
If you never went thru difficulties, then how would you know that I'm a Deliverer?
If you never had a trial, then how could you call yourself an over-comer?
If you never had sadness, then how would you know that I'm a Comforter?
If you never made a mistake, then how would you know that I'm forgiving?
If you knew all, then how would you know that I would answer your questions?
If you never were in trouble, then how would you know that I will come to your rescue?
If you never were broken, then how would you know that I can make you whole?
If you never had a problem, then how would you know that I can solve them?
If I gave you all things, then how would you appreciate them?
If I never corrected you, then how would you know that I love you?
If you had all power, then how would you learn to depend on me?
If your life was perfect, then what would you need Me for?
If you never went thru difficulties, then how would you know that I'm a Deliverer?
If you never had a trial, then how could you call yourself an over-comer?
If you never had sadness, then how would you know that I'm a Comforter?
If you never made a mistake, then how would you know that I'm forgiving?
If you knew all, then how would you know that I would answer your questions?
If you never were in trouble, then how would you know that I will come to your rescue?
If you never were broken, then how would you know that I can make you whole?
If you never had a problem, then how would you know that I can solve them?
If I gave you all things, then how would you appreciate them?
If I never corrected you, then how would you know that I love you?
If you had all power, then how would you learn to depend on me?
If your life was perfect, then what would you need Me for?
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