A Blessing

So I was moving someone's furniture today. It took an hour and a half and it came time to collect the money. I told the guy how much it cost and he said, "oh, i'm ten dollars short." I explained to him again how long it took and how much I charge and he again said he didn't have enough. Then he suggested we could go to the bank. I told him, "you know what, it's not worth it. Don't worry about it." A couple of minutes later I was waiting in line at Subway in a Mac's Store. I looked right beside me and there was four $20 bills sticking out of the ATM with nobody around. I grabbed the cash and right away decided it wouldn't be right to keep it. I got out of line at Subway and went over to the Mac's counter. I said, "I found this money sticking out of the bank machine with nobody around." The lady behind the counter responded, "ok, write your name and number down and we will call you next week if the money isn't claimed." That sounded alright to me so I followed her instructions. I went back in line at Subway and about a minute later this lady came up to me and touched my arm. "Are you Kevin?" I respond with a nod and a "yes." She slipped a $20 bill into my hand and said, "thank you for being so honest," as she was walking away. As I turned around to pay for my sub, the manager told me that she was buying my sub for my honesty.

Isn't God amazing? Out of compassion I took $10 less for a job and in return I received more than double that. Praise God for His faithfulness.

Life and Purpose

Life is a beautiful thing. It's a gift. Everything we do matters. Every breath we take is because of something. Our heart and our lungs work together. Thousands of things all work together at the same time in our bodies. When they don't, our bodies cease to function properly and we die. And this is by chance? This is by some cosmic explosion that randomly happened and produced life. It produced, over time (of course), everything in our bodies that works together so intricately. No. Not this guy. I believe in a Creator God. I believe I was created to fulfill a purpose, as we all were. I won't take no for an answer. I won't listen to your pathetic excuses. Live your life and do as you please but remember, remember this: you are here on earth, your lungs cause you to breath and your heart causes your blood to flow, not because that is what they are supposed to do, no--it's much more than that. You, yes you, were created to fulfill a purpose, a plan. You better find out what the plan is and start living it out.

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
-Jeremiah 29:11-13

The "Why's?"

I've been struggling with a lot of "why's" lately. I could use some prayer. I know that God is good and that He is amazing. He has done so much in my life this year, that could never be denied. But I am human and so I ask "why?" I don't understand everything, "'for my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD." I have no doubt God will bring me through this but I still need to answer the "why's?"

Life

I've discovered a new fad on the internet--it's called Facebook. It's just like Myspace except I know 3 times as many people on here. I still want to keep up this blog but as summer is really busy I won't be posting as often. Hopefully one post a week or so. The radio ad for my business comes out tomorrow on Free 100.3--Saskatoon's only Christian radio station. It'll be playing five days a week during the two rush hours of the day, between 7:30-8:30am and 4:30-5:30pm, so tune in! My life is pretty fast paced right now with work and play. God is teaching me patience (as always) and that He will use me no matter my inadequacies. Pray for me and the people I encounter each day that do not know of God's grace. God is good!