It has been a few weeks now back in Regina and it's been really good. I knew I was back for almost a full month so I thought I would be able to get a job. I sent out a whole lot of resumes and employment applications but nothing turned up. I feel it's almost a supernatural thing how incredibly everything comes against me from working, whearas last time within four hours I had interviewed and been hired for a job. But with all this extra time I have been able to get together with a lot of friends and hopefully encourage them in the Lord. Also I've only prayed for a few people for healing this break so far, with Rob, the pain lessened dramatically in one foot but increased in the other. So I want to keep praying for him when I get the chance. Jason and I were going to go witnessing but it was way too cold.
I guess that's the main thing that God has been training me in, not finding my identity in what I do for him but who I am in him. "Who you are, is always more important than what you do." It's still tough sometimes to compare and find my identity in that but when it all comes down to it I am a son of God, loved accepted based on the blood and righteousness of His Son and nothing that I have done. I am just as justified before God as Paul, or Todd Bentley or whoever. The veil has been torn just as much for them as for me to enter through and experience the glory and holiness of God on earth. What possibilities await us in this life if we take a hold of the opportunities that God has given us.
That's another crazy thing, as I spend time worshipping God it feels like everything just works out. He is always so much bigger than any problems in my life so worshipping really helps stop me from worrying. Also things just seem to work out in crazy circumstances. I've had at least two radical coincidences where everything just came together with supernatural timing and ease. Now I definitely don't think we should worship God for all of the benefits it brings rather just because he is worthy of it but it is neat to notice all the things that happen as we worship him and be grateful for them. Thank you God!
The coolest thing lately has just been enjoying life, it is really beautiful. I love the snow and freezing cold of home, it's just reminds me everyday of all that happened in my life in this place growing up. For the first time I think I really love going to family reunions because I care about these people and want to get to know them better, before I was just always thinking about everything else and was too shy to get to know people. One night I was feeling kind of sullen and just blah. Then I pulled out the little chest of encouragement notes I've recieved in the course of my life and just these simple words written many years ago at times were so encouraging, so life-bringing. It totally changed the way I sent emails, I always tried to include something encouraging about the person. Because words are cheap in a sense, but can be really powerful to take the risk to say something really nice about a person. I remember when I was 16 the director of the christian camp I worked at wrote on an encouragement sheet "Your love for the bible and God is beautiful", just a simple sentence but I felt so at home at that camp and encouraged to love God and the bible even more. I've never gone a summer since then without working at that camp because that encouraging atmosphere is so conducive to growth.
In Hebrews 3:13 it says
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Have you encouraged someone today? Take a little risk, and say the nicest thing you can think of to someone, it might just change their life, help them to dream bigger dreams.
I guess that's the main thing that God has been training me in, not finding my identity in what I do for him but who I am in him. "Who you are, is always more important than what you do." It's still tough sometimes to compare and find my identity in that but when it all comes down to it I am a son of God, loved accepted based on the blood and righteousness of His Son and nothing that I have done. I am just as justified before God as Paul, or Todd Bentley or whoever. The veil has been torn just as much for them as for me to enter through and experience the glory and holiness of God on earth. What possibilities await us in this life if we take a hold of the opportunities that God has given us.
That's another crazy thing, as I spend time worshipping God it feels like everything just works out. He is always so much bigger than any problems in my life so worshipping really helps stop me from worrying. Also things just seem to work out in crazy circumstances. I've had at least two radical coincidences where everything just came together with supernatural timing and ease. Now I definitely don't think we should worship God for all of the benefits it brings rather just because he is worthy of it but it is neat to notice all the things that happen as we worship him and be grateful for them. Thank you God!
The coolest thing lately has just been enjoying life, it is really beautiful. I love the snow and freezing cold of home, it's just reminds me everyday of all that happened in my life in this place growing up. For the first time I think I really love going to family reunions because I care about these people and want to get to know them better, before I was just always thinking about everything else and was too shy to get to know people. One night I was feeling kind of sullen and just blah. Then I pulled out the little chest of encouragement notes I've recieved in the course of my life and just these simple words written many years ago at times were so encouraging, so life-bringing. It totally changed the way I sent emails, I always tried to include something encouraging about the person. Because words are cheap in a sense, but can be really powerful to take the risk to say something really nice about a person. I remember when I was 16 the director of the christian camp I worked at wrote on an encouragement sheet "Your love for the bible and God is beautiful", just a simple sentence but I felt so at home at that camp and encouraged to love God and the bible even more. I've never gone a summer since then without working at that camp because that encouraging atmosphere is so conducive to growth.
In Hebrews 3:13 it says
But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
Have you encouraged someone today? Take a little risk, and say the nicest thing you can think of to someone, it might just change their life, help them to dream bigger dreams.
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