Thursday, December 30, 2004

aladdin

i just watch aladdin and there is some bible truth in it. there are three scenes that stood out to me.

How aladdin took the bread and then gave the bread to the two little kids that was looking in the trash can for food. Isaiah 58:7:Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood

Aladdin in general: he is overcomer, he got the girl at the end

When aladdin uses his last wish to set the genie free: Isaiah 42:7:to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness


Tuesday, December 28, 2004

online labyrinth

This is an online translation of the Cathedral Labyrinth created by London alternative worship groups Grace, LOPE, and Epicentre. It is currently touring UK Cathedrals during 2001 - 2003. Youth For Christ are running/hosting the tour. The original is described as 'an interactive installation for spiritual journeys'. It consists of a pathway mapped out on the floor for visitors to follow. During this journey participants pause and listen to a piece of music and a meditation. They also undertake some symbolic action or ritual.
http://www.embody.co.uk/labyrinth/online.html
my crop officer send this link to me and i did it, it is a pretty cool thing:) check it out

Monday, December 27, 2004

desire to be like jesus

I tried to walk on the water and found myself under the sea So with water up my nose I felt your hand come close to save me I’ve tried to cast out the demons I’ve gone to the darkest of regions When fear has me shaking you suddenly break in to save me I desire To be like you Like any son or daughter I want to be like my Father I desire to be like you You promised to never forsake me So I’ll risk it all if you’ll make me like You You stand beside me just waiting while I try to go it alone Smiling You say son come here won’t you let me just help you But frustrated I try to make it cause I’ve just got something to prove Not knowing it is my weakness that perfects your power
Jason upton- just like you



Sunday, December 26, 2004

boxing day

i just put boxing day into goggle and this what i got which i find very intersting:
The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.

Friday, December 24, 2004

none

today, i got to be involved in lunch& friends program in my church, i did it before i went to the war college. it was cool to do it again and to see the people i saw all the time before i leave.

Thursday, December 23, 2004

willing and able

Luke 5: 12-13:While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

It is sweet how Jesus responded to the leper's request to heal him: Lord, if you are willing.' of course Jesus was willing and able to do a miracle for this man . There is no question that jesus can also meet all our spirtual and physical needs, yet we still worry about what clothes to wear or when we're going to get something to eat. Jesus is willing to help us in everything we do but are we willing to let him to take the pilot seat of our life, completely surrounding to him?

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

classic christmas story- my sister wrote it a few year ago and it is very funny.

A classic Christmas in the Barnum’s house

I count down to the days until Sam and Dan come home. It seems like only yesterday I was counting down the years until they were out of the house and my torment would end. Maybe it was only yesterday… Time is a curious thing . They arrive and the family leaves to pick out a tree. Sure it’s last minute, it being the eve of Christmas but a little on the late side is just how our family does things. Beside it just wouldn’t feel right if we didn’t all do together. Of course, by this time all the good trees are gone. We bicker about how we should of gone looking earlier but well, the bickering is all part of Christmas too. We argue about which tree of the few left is the least ugly and should have the honor of coming home with us. If mom get her way, and we know mom always get her way, we’ll end up taking home the ugliest tree in the lot. We pay for it, put it on the roof and are on our way. The males lug our little tree up the stairs and we begin to set it up. Well that is what we would do if we could find a tree stand. Where did we put that tree stand? After much rifling about we find it, but of course the bolts that hold the tree in place is missing. You would think after all the years we would get some new ones but we never do seem to learn. Everyone tries to recall how we had overcome this problem last year . Pennies maybe, did pennies work? Or was it bottle caps? I think bottle cap was it. Dan take one for the team and guzzles some beers so we can use the caps. It works. I hold the tree while the try to get it perfectly straight. I hardly see the point. It ‘s not as if the cat isn’t going to knock it over anyways. When impatience and frustration finally take over and the stupid tree is as straight as it’s going to get we start to decorate. First I fill it with water. Nobody else seem to care about the welfare of our poor Christmas tree. Sam, that brave brave boy , is in charge of the lights . It never seems to matter how neatly we put them away the previous year they still seem to find a way to tangle themselves again. He work diligently until they are untangled then begins the daunting task of making them work. He, like Dan, is our hero for making this sacrifice. Although our hero is heard screaming some less than saintly term at the top of his lungs at the lights, who don’t seem to take his treats very seriously because it’s another hour before they decide to light up. He has been to electrocute himself once or twice in his attempts before he manages to get them all working. Although, truth be told, I think he kind of enjoys that. So with the lights finally up we start to throw the ornaments on the tree. Yes, throw not put. Placing them doesn’t seem as much fun. Is it just me or do we seem to have fewer ornaments than last year? We have to actually put some heavy ones on the branches above the gaps to make an attempt at camouflaging them. It doesn’t really work. Its not all disorderly. We have our themes. Last year was gold, the year before that was umm well gold too. I can’t remember what the year before that was but I’m guess it was something truly spectacular and original. Mom has not been in the room all this time. I think the chaos is a little too much for her. She always returns at the end though to tell us what a beautiful job we’ve done (such a convincing liar my mother is). She also has the oh so important job of hanging the angel on top. We all stand around to marvel at the wondrous thing that is our tree, even though the skinny thing looks like it might fall over from the weight of all the heavy ornaments. It’s our tree though so we stand in awe of its beauty for a moment. Not long though. Its only a second before we can’t stand to hear the musical Christmas tree lights play its irritating tunes any longer and we all wander off to do our own thing.
Nothing eventful happens until the next evening when mom and dad take it upon themselves to drag us to church. They use every line in the book to guilt us into submission. Eventually we concede begrudgingly. We arrive and they give us all candles to light later. We’re a step ahead of them though because Dan has a lighter. We, being such rebels, light ours up and agree to blow them out on the count of three. 1... We look around to realize all our candles are already out. We try again. 2...3... They are all out again. We laugh at our inability, give up, and sit down. The time comes to light the candles. Rebekah tips the lighted one getting wax on the floor (shhh). We all stand and sing Christmas carols. Sam shouts out the lyrics to the songs as loudly and inaccurately as possible; noAL noAL. I nearly die of embarrassment. I’ll have to remember next time to make sure I don’t sit by him. After what seems like hours it’s over and we return home. I get home and relax. This doesn’t last long before I hear yelling and rush to the kitchen to find out the cause. I see Rebekah lying on the floor pounding her fists on the ground and hear her screaming “I want a drum! That’s all I wanted and you couldn’t even get it for me!” I see Sam and Dan laughing. I think they are insensitive until I realize that mom did in fact get Rebekah drums and join in the laughter. After a good half hour of Rebekah’s screaming we agree to let her open one present; the drums. She opens them and is ecstatic… until she remembers her screaming and becomes a little on the embarrassed side, silly Rebekah. After these antic the males (and Bek too) turn on yulin with the page. I try to enjoy it but well sports aren’t my cup of tea so I wander off to bed and eagerly await the presents to be unwrapped the next day. As I pass the kitchen I have to avert my eyes. Mother is frantically wrapping the presents. Well the ones that she actually remembered where she had hidden them. The rest will be left until next June when she finds them then puts them back in the cupboard in hopes that she will find them again next Christmas. When will that lady learn?
The next morning we awake to open our presents. Everyone is pleased with what they get. Well ok is less than pleased with the leather jacket but who can blame the guy? Sam and Dan got us silly string. Oh the havoc that ensues. Sam with his cleverness saves the last bit till no one had any left and ambushes us all. He’s a crafty one that Sam. We spend the rest of the day just relaxing and enjoying a Christmas video or special; The grinch that stole Christmas “BUT WHAT WILL I WEAR?!?” or maybe a Christmas story. “Ra ra ra ra ra’ If I have my way we play a game of monopoly but well I never get my way. Its probably best though since we’ve yet to play a game that didn’t end in a screaming match. I can say, without any bias, that its ALWAYS all Sam’s fault because h is a big cheater head! Finally the time comes when mom has completed dinner. Usually about 8 o’clock but hey like I said a little on the late side is just how we do things. Mom’s annual temper tantrum is all part of the holidays too. I would have thought she would calm down eventually, after all things always work out in the end and food is always good. Dad says a prayer and by the time he is finished we are all starving. We all dig into the spread of turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing (you can’t have Christmas without a whole lot of stuffing). We all prefer the brown meat (except one outcast who will remain nameless) so you got to be fast if you want some. If your not you can always steal Dan’s. He’s easily duped. Another classical the table is the egg nog. Each member must receive their fair share or a riot WILL break out. There are even disputes even when it is measured to the ml. In the end someone always ends up with more. We all know who that someone is. Don’t we?? Its all worth it though. Eggnog just wouldn’t taste as good if you didn’t have to fight for it.
When everything is over we all go off to bed and are glad that we had this time together. Who knows what our lives hold for us and how many more Christmas’s we will have together. Heck Dan will probably be off on some crazy adventure in who knows where by the next one. But when we are old and gray (in mom and dad’s case older and grayer ahahaha) we can always look back at those classic Barnum Christmas’s and laugh. I hope you guys liked my little story and had yet another very Merry Christmas!!! I love you all!!

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

old blog

I do not want another ecclesiastical corp cumbering the earth. When The Salvation Army ceases to be a militant body of red hot men and women whose supreme business is the saving of souls, I hope it will vanish utterly." -William Booth"

What is a Salvation Army Corps? - To this I reply it is a band of people united together to attack and Christianise an entire town or neighbourhood. When an officer recieves an appointment from headquarters, it is not contemplated that he shall deal merely with those who are already enrolled in our ranks, or with those who may be induced to come inside them; but it is intended that he shall be an apostle of the gospel to all those who live around. When you reach a station assigned to you, if it has not been done already, you should take your stand in that hall, or theatre, or tent, and draw a line around the breadth of population you can hope to reach, and make that your parish, and aim, with tears and prayers, and the trumpet blast of truth, and the power of the Holy Ghost, to convert and sanctify and enlist and disciple every soul within it." - William Boothwhat are your thoughts about this quote?do you think the founder of the salvation army is happy at where a lot of the salvation army corps are this days, i am guessing probably not, if not then how can we change them for the better?Email me at fuzzypeaches31@hotmail.com for feedback.

Saturday, December 11, 2004
hmm i was out with my good friend, Esther and we had two divine appointments to minstries to people. one of the lady that was giving out cards to the resturant Michael and she ask us to pray for her friend Jordan's mother cause she had cancer so we did and on the way back a lady was having problems going up a hill with her wheelchair so we went over and help her up the hill. It was a reminder this is a lifestyle not just when we do street combat/recrea8 or open airs. let us be more like what jesus did in the book of the mark : whereever he went, he did his minstry.

Friday, December 10, 2004
so in the last two days, we are expericing god's presence in a new way. At Knee Drill( our weekly worship and prayer time) We are overcomers, we will overcome the world for Jesus Hallejuah Danielle felt there was a dreams or something that we gave up on so we got into groups and pray that we will be overcomers in this areas of our lifes and walls were broken down. then got into group and pray for our cells that we will not stand anymore seeing people hurting on the streets and that we will rise up to start to bring people to our cells to multiply them. when we were praying, i just started to go into a prayer fireball, it was different expericence for me and it was very sweet! more lord more. Our group joined another group and that group joined another until everyone was in a large group, everyone was laid down close together to show that in our cells, our lives are connected to each other. It was awesome.
this morning, praying the bible, we pray the shouting prayers and it was very fun. In Class, we were talking about prayer and taking every thought captive, on our short break, josh was stating he was having a big headache so a bunch of people start to pray and it wouldn't go away, so some people stay to pray and some people went into the other room to listening to Ian's teaching but we came up with something to do for josh and we went into the other room and we did and josh got healed and it was cool moment :)

Monday, December 06, 2004
hey all,
i just returned from kamloops and i am very happy to be back to the downtown eastside. the bus on thursday night was supposed to be in kamloop at 7:15 but we didn't get in until 9pm because there was no power steering. we got to the hostel and it was a different experience. went shopping and spent too much money which was not good. the wedding was lovely and i am glad i went to it.

cool story

i was in grade 12 law and one of the thing we had to do was to go to the court's house on the hasting street, at lunch time, i was walking down the street with my friend, Nicole Jone. I start to cry. i didn't think of it at the time, when i got to accept to war college, it made sense to me that god was giving me a heart for the downtown eastside.

god's faithfulness

i was looking through my journel and my entry on may 26
i made a list what i was going to ask god

passion for his word: huge passion for his word and knowing how powerful scripture is
passion for the lost and my friends: huge passion for the lost and my friends
knowing him more inimate each day: getting there
the fruit of the spirit- love, joy, peace,kindness,gentleness and self control: you can see some of them in me but still working on that
praising him in all i do- trying to
memorizing bible verses: I am starting to, has grow in the last 3 months
stop wasting time on watching tv- reading a lot more here in gibsons plus the war college which is keeping me busy.

everything on this list was answered in some way

Mattrew 7:7: Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you.

God is faithful if you ask him, it is one of his promise, anything you ask in my father's name will be given to you.

Monday, December 20, 2004

wind,fire, glory fall

last night, i walking back to my parent's house to go watch spidermen 2 and the wind was blowing really hard and i ask jesus if this means anything and he brought me to the song that Jonathan sang on thursday's night at knee drill. 'let your fire fall, let your wind blow, let your glory fall down' and i sang all the way home and then tears came. it was sweet. Let your glory fall down on the sunshine coast