Hey;
I have a HUGE announcement to make SOON!
Stay tuned!
JT
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Chapter 130: Pay It Forward
Hey Guys;
It's just 8:30am here in Edmonton now- and today as been amazing already. God has certainly been moving around here and blessing people for sure.
Well, I just have to tell you a quick little story that happened to me already today. 6:30am rolls around, Danielle and I have YMIT Prayer at school. I don't have a class until 10:50am, so I consider not going (sad I know but...). I wake up.. turn off my alarm clock and lays back down. All of a sudden, a urge came over me. I got up, got dressed and pulled on like 3 shirts, hoddies coats, two pairs of pants, socks... like no joke- it's BITTER cold here. Anyways... we both make it to Prayer and God really showed up. It was a good time in God. Anyways- everyone else had class but me, so I lefted to go home. The 7-Eleven store is right across the road from me so I thinks 'now is my chance to get a nice coffee and some morning cookies... it takes like 5 minutes waiting to cross the MAIN street here in Edmonton, so I grow tired of standing but finally, I can walk across. When I get into the store, I fill up the larges coffee cup, grab a chocolatechip cookie and a long john and go to cash. I put it down, he checks it in- I reach for my wallet... I left it home. Me, standing there- so dumb... started searching my coat for any money what-so-ever but nothing. I start to appologise when a man in the back shouts 'I'll get it for ya, don't worry about it'. A middleaged man walks forth, gets a coffee for himself and takes out money and pays for both of our stuff. I thank him for what he had done and told him if I ever sees him around here again, I'd 'get him back' (there actually is a good chance you'd see a person again in this area). He laughed and said 'nah, all i ask is that you PAY IT FORWARD'!
Yes, Pay It Forward.... I don't know if he had just watched the movie about the kid who tries to do three nice things for people and they're suppose to do three nice things for another three people.. and so on.. but man- it hit me. A complete stranger, here in Edmonton, where everyone warns you not to talk to people you dont know, where you don't take things from strangers, where you are made to believe that you can trsut noone.... this man named Bob steps up and changes my idea of 'Edmonton people'. And it was even by a simple gesture of paying for a coffee.
But yeah, I told him that I'd be praying for him and that I would indeed 'Pay It Forward'!
Blessings;
Joshua
It's just 8:30am here in Edmonton now- and today as been amazing already. God has certainly been moving around here and blessing people for sure.
Well, I just have to tell you a quick little story that happened to me already today. 6:30am rolls around, Danielle and I have YMIT Prayer at school. I don't have a class until 10:50am, so I consider not going (sad I know but...). I wake up.. turn off my alarm clock and lays back down. All of a sudden, a urge came over me. I got up, got dressed and pulled on like 3 shirts, hoddies coats, two pairs of pants, socks... like no joke- it's BITTER cold here. Anyways... we both make it to Prayer and God really showed up. It was a good time in God. Anyways- everyone else had class but me, so I lefted to go home. The 7-Eleven store is right across the road from me so I thinks 'now is my chance to get a nice coffee and some morning cookies... it takes like 5 minutes waiting to cross the MAIN street here in Edmonton, so I grow tired of standing but finally, I can walk across. When I get into the store, I fill up the larges coffee cup, grab a chocolatechip cookie and a long john and go to cash. I put it down, he checks it in- I reach for my wallet... I left it home. Me, standing there- so dumb... started searching my coat for any money what-so-ever but nothing. I start to appologise when a man in the back shouts 'I'll get it for ya, don't worry about it'. A middleaged man walks forth, gets a coffee for himself and takes out money and pays for both of our stuff. I thank him for what he had done and told him if I ever sees him around here again, I'd 'get him back' (there actually is a good chance you'd see a person again in this area). He laughed and said 'nah, all i ask is that you PAY IT FORWARD'!
Yes, Pay It Forward.... I don't know if he had just watched the movie about the kid who tries to do three nice things for people and they're suppose to do three nice things for another three people.. and so on.. but man- it hit me. A complete stranger, here in Edmonton, where everyone warns you not to talk to people you dont know, where you don't take things from strangers, where you are made to believe that you can trsut noone.... this man named Bob steps up and changes my idea of 'Edmonton people'. And it was even by a simple gesture of paying for a coffee.
But yeah, I told him that I'd be praying for him and that I would indeed 'Pay It Forward'!
Blessings;
Joshua
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Chapter 129: God of Wonders Beyond Our Galaxy
Hey Everyone;
I trust that you all are doing well and that you managed to make your way to my blog again, which is a good thing.
Well, I don't really know what to make this blog about. I entitled this blog 'God of Wonders Beyond Our Galaxy' for the simple fact that it has been playing on my mind for the past few months. Until yesterday, I never fully understood the wonders of God, I still don't but man- all I can say... it blows my mind everyday. I wake up- no matter what happens, I think about how awesome it is to live another day- to be here with my friends and family (well, my family is back on the Rock, but you knows what I mean) and that I have the awesome privledge to walk beside God again- for another day. I often wonder why God keeps us around. Why he comes around us, comforts us, guides us or even love us. WHY DO HE? Afterall, we are so unworthy of God's love, mercy and grace. We mess up everyday but thanks be to God for forgiving us! Even in the lowest of lows and the point where you think God just can't forgive you. HE CAN and HE WILL! There is NOTHING that God won't forgive you for- nothing. He loves you, wants to be with you and something new that YMIT has been teaching me- he wants you JUST AS YOU ARE!
Guys, things are changing. God is moving and it's the matter of time before God opens the floodgates of heaven and pours the blessing onto this earth like he has never before have!
CAN YOU FEEL IT!
PRAY GUYS, PRAY!
Be Blessed;
Joshua
I trust that you all are doing well and that you managed to make your way to my blog again, which is a good thing.
Well, I don't really know what to make this blog about. I entitled this blog 'God of Wonders Beyond Our Galaxy' for the simple fact that it has been playing on my mind for the past few months. Until yesterday, I never fully understood the wonders of God, I still don't but man- all I can say... it blows my mind everyday. I wake up- no matter what happens, I think about how awesome it is to live another day- to be here with my friends and family (well, my family is back on the Rock, but you knows what I mean) and that I have the awesome privledge to walk beside God again- for another day. I often wonder why God keeps us around. Why he comes around us, comforts us, guides us or even love us. WHY DO HE? Afterall, we are so unworthy of God's love, mercy and grace. We mess up everyday but thanks be to God for forgiving us! Even in the lowest of lows and the point where you think God just can't forgive you. HE CAN and HE WILL! There is NOTHING that God won't forgive you for- nothing. He loves you, wants to be with you and something new that YMIT has been teaching me- he wants you JUST AS YOU ARE!
Guys, things are changing. God is moving and it's the matter of time before God opens the floodgates of heaven and pours the blessing onto this earth like he has never before have!
CAN YOU FEEL IT!
PRAY GUYS, PRAY!
Be Blessed;
Joshua
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