Monday, November 30, 2009

Persistence

© And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.- - Genesis 39:10


®Everyday you face the choice of making the right decision. What you’re wearing, saying, doing, pleasing God? Joseph’s choices landed him in prison the first time. He always wondered if it was worth it. But when he became second in command of Egypt, he could see that his decision to honour God was the right choice.

®Using your God-given abilities now will prepare you for when God puts you in bigger settings. Don’t wait! Take advantage of even the “small” opportunities to serve God.


P.S. Sorry it is short today...


Bits and Pieces

-My friend posted this as her status on facebook and I thought it would be great to share and tell my opinion to this statement.

“What if the best in a person brings out the worst in them too?”

My response- -(feel free to post your thoughts in the comments or if you cant you can e-mail me: cassinky@sasktel.net)

© Well honestly I think that we as people are not perfect, so isnt everyone goin to have "a bad thing"? The reality is that we cant hide everythin. The best is awesome when it comes out, but you arent always goin to see the best in people. I think there is no BEST person in the world, we are all people-- the same. We all show great qualities, but ... See we will never be able to hide our faults.... I would have to say to this statement, "What if the BEST in a person, brings out the worst too?" Accept him/her for who he/she is.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Jesus Freaks

“Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you are living the way you are.” – Peter the Apostle (Martyred in Rome, 65 AD)


I have been reading a book called Jesus Freaks. It had really drawn my attention to see these people who actually won’t stand up for themselves and what they believe all because they want to be alive. When I really think about… if I was in the pressure if I was going to be shot in the head if I wouldn’t deny Jesus, really what would I do? I think now oh yeah I would stand up for Him all the way. It really shows how much belief, trust and faith you have in your saviour. Here is a story that struck me in the heart.

Her Last Prayer- A girl at the age of 16 o17 from Asia in the 1970’s.

The communist soldiers had discovered the illegal Bible Study they were having. These soldiers told all the people that if they denied God and spit on the Bible; as he threw it on the ground, then they could leave alive. All the people did and they were saying I hope you forgive me God, please forgive me. Then the last person reached the Bible, she looked at it, wiped all the spit and dirt off of it. She said, “What have they done with your word? Please forgive them all.” She sat on the ground holding the Bible praying. She knew what was coming. One of the communist soldiers took a pistol and raised it to her head. He pulled the trigger.

Isn’t that how we should be? I am 16 years old… I wonder if I would be like that in that moment. Most people who are facing percicuation today could have escaped if they had denied their faith. The question doesn’t lye where if we are persecuted or not. But are we willing to lay down our lives for our Faith in Jesus Christ? He died for us, don’t we owe him that?


Bits and Pieces
“I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Struggle of 2009

I wanted to speak about my life in this past year to show you a little about me and my struggles; how I went down the hard way instead of letting God direct my path.


My dreams were to be a pilot, but I had glasses so that was out of the question. I wanted to go for my privates anyways. My dreams crashed down in January 2009. At the age of 16 I had the first signs ever of epilepsy. I had little pauses/ shakes that I was conscious during; it was the scariest thing I could ever imagine and knowing I couldn’t do anything. I was waking up sometimes with a swollen and cut tongue; at that point I knew I was starting to have seizures not shakes. My parents didn’t really believe me, they thought I just bit my tongue while I was sleeping but the cut was so deep the pieces of everyone’s thoughts didn’t quite fit together. I told my parents about this, it didn’t really affect them until they actually saw me have one in the middle of February while playing a family game; they instantly called 9-1-1. I couldn’t have imagined it getting any worse, the dizziness/ tiredness and waking up to me being on oxygen. My heart sunk, I had no clue what had happened. That night being escorted to the hospital in an ambulance was terrifying. I started having more seizures, the doctor didn’t believe my family and I. He thought it was just the ‘hormones’. You think that after I have had more than one seizure and the countless times I had a cut open tongue and you would have thought it would explaine it all, but what I described to him he didn’t think sounded like a ‘true seizure’. My family was shocked so they tried eliminating some things that might have caused it, just in case. At that time I had braces, I got them removed 3 months early and I couldn’t eat/ drink anything out of cans. Well I kept having seizures. Finally they did some testing- it was for only 30 minutes. Nothing showed up it said my brain waves were not abnormal. I thought it would never end. The doctor told my parents that the next time I had a seizure, which he doubted, they were suppose to tape it. Yeah my parents walk around the house with a tape recorder all the time… yeah no. They finally got it over time. By the time I had had 10 seizures they found out that I was epileptic. They put me on medication 2 pills twice daily. It was tough to function and get used to the fact that I wasn’t really ‘healthy’ anymore. I got diagnosed with epilepsy in July. Through all of this I was struggling with the fact that my Uncle and Auntie were in a car accident in December. Everything was fine until that same ambulance escorting my Uncle and Aunt to the hospital got in an accident as well. It crushed all my Uncles vertebras and made him paralyzed… around the time of my diagnoses my Uncle got triple pneumonia and passed away. He will always be remembered by his favourite song, “It is Well With My Soul”.


Everything was in a jumble. It was so aggravating… frustrating… I got in fights with my family all the time, almost seemed like I just didn’t care anymore. My schooling went down in marks; I had gotten homework but never did it. I just wanted to give up, just to be done with all the crap in the world. So many people asked me if I was “ok”… why do people ask that when it’s obvious I am not. I am a very outgoing person, I don’t like it when people worry about me constantly, I always smile and laugh at things so randomly- - just because I need it for me. My friends who know my struggles ask me why are you laughing and smiling when your life is going down hill. Just because my life is tough others don’t have to suffer for it.


I dreamed of a fantasy, but I got reality. Through all of this I just couldn’t do it on my own but I thought I could. God is there all of the way. I went to a youth retreat and the pastor spoke about ‘riding the fence’. He asked a deep question by asking if we were leading a double life. I started crying it seemed like I was. At youth I just loved being there and would worship like I always had by growing up in a Christian home. Felt like I got away from what had been happening. When it came to school it was like all my problems had just rushed back into my head. I acted like a totally different person. Are you on the good side? Riding the fence? Or the atheist?


The thing learnt.

© God will ALWAYS love you no matter what condition you’re in! No matter where you are in life. No matter how far you wander off the path. No matter how much you sin. God sent his son Jesus to die for OUR sins. (John 3:16) He loved us so much he didn’t want to see us suffer.

© Life isn’t easy. It isn’t a fast track. There will always going to be obstacles; I believe those are tests from the LORD. He wants to see how much you believe, how much trust and faith you have in him. We as people are not perfect we are going to have our faults. This was one of mine.



Bits and Pieces

“Our saviour, He can move the mountains, our God is mighty to save, yes he is mighty to save. Forever author of salvation, he rose and conquered the grave, Jesus conquered the grave. Shine your light and let the whole world see. We’re singing for the glory of the risen king.”