Thursday, November 27, 2008

Wow.

It seems that I usually only post on here when I'm feeling burdened or something is getting me down. Hopefully it's different story this time. Today I was shown the song Fly by Jason Upton, all I can say is...WOW!
Now the story behind this song is that there was actually an angel singing along with Jason Upton during the song. The story is that there was a strange fog coming from the ceiling So the guy doing sound or whatever, just thought it might be from the air conditioning. He asked the janitor and he said there was no pipes or anything up there. Then a kid came to the sound board and said there was a 12 foot angel standing behind Jason Upton. Turns out that the angels voice was actually being recorded. The next day the guy doing sound wanted to find out if it was real so they listened to it, suddenly a perfect voice was heard, the engineer said it was just crazy feed back from the drums or guitar. They looked through every track and couldn't find this "feed back". Then they looked into Jason Uptons Vocal track and there was two vocal tracks, one small one and one really big one.
Call me crazy, but I listened to this song and I believe it. This is definitely not impossible from my point of view. I think there are things in Christianity that are not logical in anyway. I believe that angels could have been behind Jason Upton singing their praises to God. If someone chooses not to believe this, that is their call. I truly think that angels can come into our presence at anytime. At first I was a bit skeptical of this whole idea of angels singing along, but when I listened to the song, it hit me like a speeding truck. I had shivers over my whole body, and started shaking. This kind of thing does not happen on a regular basis when I hear a good song but, it certainly rocked my world. I really truly believe this is a real story. Just thought I'd share it.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7JAMKh4pSF4
The story

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=S17No-DtETA&feature=related
The song


Friday, November 21, 2008

Trusting God

So here's the thing that's eating me up inside right now. We pray things like "thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." But it is hard to pray and rejoice when something so devestating happens. I went to pick up my mom from the pre-school she works at today, when I walked in to the school today the atmosphere was... Well it was different. Almost gloomy. Then I was told that a little girl that used to go that school died this morning. She was only 3. This was like getting run over by a bulldozer... Even though I have never met this little girl it's still hard to think what family is feeling. This little girl should of had years upon years of life, but it was cut short. The truth is, it is extremely hard to find good in a situation like this. God works in mysterious ways, we can't fathom what He was doing with this, but we have to believe it was for the best. One thing I've learned is God knows what he's doing, so He knew what He was doing here. It's hard to accept but, this is one of the challenges that one can use to bring themselves closer to Christ.
Trust God in ALL times, that's one thing I learned the hard way. When going through a hard time I didn't trust God all that happened was the times got A LOT harder. God is the only one that will be there through everything, and can take every burden.
I guess what I'm saying is God works in mysterious ways, we can not understand how He works. Trust God in all time, no matter how hard it may be. It will save you a lot of pain and sorrow in the end if you just turn to the one who can help with anything.

Friday, October 31, 2008

The Touch Of The Masters Hand

It was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while to waste much time on the old violin,but held it up with a smile; "What is my bid for this old violin" he said with a sneer. "Who'll start the bidding for me?" "A dollar, a dollar"; then two!" "Onlytwo? Two dollars, and who'll make it three? Three dollars, once; threedollars twice; going for three.." But no, from the room, far back, a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the bow; Then, wiping the dustfrom the old violin, and tightening the loose strings, he played a melody pure and sweet as caroling angel sings.The music ceased, and the auctioneer, with a voice that was quiet and low,said; "What is my bid for the old violin?" And he held it up with the bow.A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two? Two thousand! And who'll make it three? Three thousand, once, three thousand, twice, and going and gone," said he. The people cheered, but some of them cried, "We do notquite understnad what changed its worth." Swift came the reply: "The touchof a master's hand."


Everyone is priceless in value, and we are beautiful, no matter what we think, God makes beauty, and only beauty. Don't worry He wasn't doing an experiment when He made you. He doesn't make mistakes. Everyone is beautiful, and do not let anyone say different.... 'nough said.


Sunday, August 31, 2008

Serving others.

Today at church today, the message was on Servant-hood. We read the story in John 13, when Jesus washes the feet of the disciples feet. What blew my mind was, the fact that this man, who came to save the world, took the place of a serevant and washed feet. Jesus even washes the feet of Judas, the man who betrays Him. After Jesus has finished washing everyones feet, he says... "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. (13)"You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. (14)Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. (15)I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. (16)I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. (17) Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them"(John 13:13-17). When I read this I think of the movie "Pay It Forward" for some reason. God tells us to in turn wash one another's feet. We need to be servants to people, even to people who we are really that fond of. Jesus washed the feet of the man who betrays Him. God knew that Judas was going to betray Him. What could someone do to us that could possobly be worse? We, can't just go on our "merry way" and only serve people, when it's convenient for us. It's really hard to be a servant to people sometimes, especially if we don't really like that person all that much. But God tells us, that we will be blessed if we are. Now we shouldn't just go out and be servants just so we get blessed later on. I think that if we truly want to be servants we shouldn't be thinking about how we can benefit from it. But we should do it for the other person.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Comfort of God

It's been blowing my mind lately, just the stuff that is going on in my life, that usually would get me down and make me angry. Lately though it is a totally different story. I'm really feeling the comfort of God. I must say, I'm so greatful to have this comfort. I know that without God I would not be able to handle these situations.Everyone should turn to God first. God gives comfort like no other, no matter what situation you may be facing. Even if you're facing a challenge you think there was no way out of, God can help us through it. God is waiting for us, and He will always be there for us. So when we are having trouble with something, and are being brought down by something, may we turn to God, and feel His hand of comfort and peace.