Be still!

One thing I really struggle with is being still. I am one of those people who allways has a full plate and is allways bussy and constantly going. If somthing goes wrong, I'll jump in trying to solve it sometimes forgeting to look at the entire problem first. I also become guilty of forgeting to be still, and listen to God. Alot of people are familiar to the verse "Be still and know that I am God".And that verse says alot. It is so easy to forget to rest in God and just listen. Then I read the Psalm in the New American Standard Bible. And that verry verse was put "Cease striving and know that I am God". Cease striving! Stop going! just stop trying so hard and listen to me, rest in me!!! I'm the only way out! That is what God was teaching me. Somtimes it's hard to remember to be still and cease striving. I heard an interesting quote.
"Don't just do somthing, sit there!"
Thats what I'm learning- to stop going 24/7 and just sit dowm and rest in God and cease striving till he tells me what to do.

Noah and the ark!

My friend Jen ( with one n!) sent me this in a forward! it's awsome. Hope you guys like it!
Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark One: Don't miss the boat. Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat. Three: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. Four: Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big. Five: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done. Six: Build your future on high ground. Seven: For safety's sake, travel in pairs. Eight: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. Nine: When you're stressed, float a while. Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals. Eleven : No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting...

Soup Kitchen

On Friday, I went to the soup kitchen again and once again it was an awsome time there. Everytime I go I am blown away by how people who have so little can give so much and be truely grateful. Something I can learn from for shure. Anyways when I was at the soup kitchen after we gave the peole their meals, we went and talked to people. I talked to an old native man named Joe. He could tell stories for hours and I could listen to them for hours so it was a good nigh. I learned alot about the native culture and just struggles they have gone through. After that I went on street patrole and once again it was super. This time I went, it was much colder than last time and so we saw alot of homeless people on the street and provided them with a hot drink and blankets and things like mits, hats and such. But another thing I noticed was that this time alot of people were high- more than last time. At first I got really sad. Because for some of these people, you would wonder if they would make it till morning. Then I got really angry. Angry at the people in my school. So many of them get high when ever they feel like it and take it sooo lightly and don't even think about how much damage it's doing to them. And I've seen the damage it has done to people on the streets and their lives have been ruined by it. I jsut wish some of the people at my school could see it. The people on the streets do drugs for survival and the people at school do it for fun, yet the people who are doing it for survival are more affected my it negitivly. It's not fair. Anyways street patrol was really good and we helped alot of people. When I got back after, I talked to Joe again. He told me some more really good stories and we played a few games it was fun times! He even showed me how to play a game it was dandy! I love going to the soup kitchen!

Healing!

Your blood- is all that I need
your blood is what resuces me
For you're all I want
And my everything
Jesus thankyou for healing
thankyou Jesus for comming
and saving me
Healer, I'm trusting you
for you to heal me again

Trusting the Angles

Trusting the Angels


I’m just a bird with a melody to sing
I’m hardly heard look at these tiny little wings
But I can see an arrow flying and I’m not afraid
I can hear the terror try to steal the night away
And I’m not afraid I’m not afraid
Hiding here in your shadow
Riding under your wings
Flying trusting the angels
Living in your covering
I’m not afraid, I’m not afraid

I’m just a bird without a penny to my name
It may sound absurd I’ve got no plans beyond today
But I can see an arrow flying and I’m not afraid
I can hear the terror try to steal the night away

School

Ok I am actually trying crazy hard to find things that are good about Winnipeg daily. And although I can find positive aspects of this place, I sometimes just sit there asking "God, why did you take me from Newfoundland for this.??" I jsut don't get it sometimes. I go to my high school everyday- the classes are good - but the school itself is really hard to adjust to - its really clicky. I think the main problem I have with Winnipeg is my school. I just want to graduate. I have freiends and such but sometimes I just want out! Like i love helping out at the kids club down town and I love helping out at the soup kitchen.....but i dread school every day. I just feel really out of place - like my school is so messed up with drugs and such and i'm just like "I WANT MY YOUTH GROUP AND BIBLE STUDY BACK" . But over the weekend i learned alot about being a servent for God and trusting him and doing what ever he wants us to do ....so maybe because of my negitive attitude towards my school, I'm missing the bigger picture- what God wants me to do there. I don't know what that is- but i am going to make the choice to stop being mad about school - and listen to what God wants me to do. He never said that the christian road was a simple one - he just said he would be there with me. And all in all, I guess its a good thing that I feel out of place in this messed up world - cuz we were not made for this- we were made for eternity
Anyways I hope you enjoyed that crazy rant

Youth Retreat!

This weekend was amazing!!! I went to a youth retreat and Rev. Dave Overholt was are speaker. It was excellent!! He spoke on making your mark on the word- and ways we can do that - ie- through food banks, helping people ect... then the next night he talked about sacrificing your life to Jesus Christ- and dedicating your life to service for him. He gave us the oppritunity to make that statment pubically- I went up and you could feel God's presence. I was powerful. I also had the chance to go to two break sesions. I went to one with about how we as christians live in a messed up world full of influences that can sometimes cause us to mess up - but I learned that they can also make you stronger. Then the seccond break sesion was with Dave Overholt. He talked about how to answer your friends questions about God. It was a awsome learning experence and I learned alot. It was exciting!
The worship was also amazing. There was not that many people there, but the sound we were making was unreal! Are voices were so loud as we were singing out to God. There was dancing, there were people with there arms raised in the air and there were people kneeling. I love the freedom that was there. It was the way worship is susposed to be - all for God. Apart from all the amazing sermons and worship services i was at, I also learned alot about spritual gifts- and which ones I have been blessed with and ways I can use them for the glory of God.
All in all this weekend fit exactally what I was longing for and I thank God for the blessings he has given me this weekend!

What I miss....

Winnipeg is going good - and I'm trying really hard to be positive and happy and God is blessing me here. So as I write this blog I hope it doesn't sound like I hate it here, and its really bad. Cuz it really isn't. I am making friends and such and enjoying school. But one thing I am really missing in my old church. Don't get me wrong, my new church is great. But there is not verry many people my age at all - infact there is a very limited amount of youth. The reason behind this is that the church is just starting up - I truely believe it will grow! But everything starts small but because it's just starting off, I miss my old youth group.
I miss having a youthgroup- i miss the endless amount of support
I miss having a Youth Pastor- Val was awsome! She does such a good job.
I miss regualar youth group events such as bible study- It's so awsome just to meet with a whole bunch of people and talk about God. You don't realize how good something is untill its gone.
I miss SONGSTERS!! yes I miss songsters- i didn't even realize i liked it, till I moved here. But songsters was awsome.
But I truely believe that my new church will grow- and i can totally see it's potential. Right now i'm trying to listen to God for direction-if theres somthing he wants me to do. I'm teaching sunday school right now. I am also kind of excited to see somthing grow- i've never been a part of something just starting. I am also learing to wait- wait and see what God is doing
Anyways ....thats all for tonight!

I walk, I run, I fall, Meanwhile I keep dancing

God is simply teaching me to trust. I think one of the reasons he brought me to Winnipeg is because I need to learn to trust him better and stop relying on myself. I guess it's a good thing that everything i relyed on was taken away before God asked me to follow without looking back. Now ,there is nothing to stop me but fear- fear of falling. But i have decided that I will not let fear take over me. I really think it is that simple. I will still be scared I mean - I'm in a new city that is NOT what I am used to what so ever with a complety different atmosphere and the things that God has given me the opritunities to do are things I have never done before\felt comfortable with. But there are things more important than fear - LIKE GOD! And right now I feel God is telling me to follow him without looking back. So thats what i'm gonna do. So I'll do the best with every oppritunity put infront of me- and when i fall down, I'll just get back up again and keep on walking.
One of the quotes I know is;
I walk I run I fall meanwhile I'll keep dancing.

So I take this quote like this; I will somtimes be able to handle what comes my way and somtimes I will mess up and fall down- But I will not let it get me down- I will get up again and keep going -thanking God for the blessing that he's given me

Lesons from the sky

So Winnipeg is going interesting. So i'm sitting outside during spare with my friend looking at sky in silence enjoying its beauty. While we are doing this, i'm think to my self , what am i doing here? I sometimes feel so usless and out of place. And i really just wanted to be somewhere else, not shure where that was, just not winnipeg. So as i'm looking at the sun and clouds my friend says, "Know what i love about the sky? The sun. It doesn't fit in with the clouds its completly diffrent , but because it's diffrent it can light up the sky" . Way to het me in the head.
So i was reminded then and there that God put me here for a reason. Even though i'm out of place God put me here. That should be enough. I can see God doing things allready, he had given me so manny opritunities that i never had in newfie-land. And everytime i think i have what i'm susposed to do here figured out, something else gets put in the picture. Everytime I go oh ok God i get it now, he sits there laughing -saying- NOT EVEN CLOSE!
This is a constant learning process. God is really teaching me how it trust. and give him all of me
To end off i'll leave you with a part of a song by Jason upton

"to You i give my life, Just not the parts I want to"
"to you I sacrifice the dreams that I hold on to"