happy thanksgiving!
October 15, 2002
i ended up going to rexdale alliance yesterday for service. i enjoyed it a lot. the worship was farily contemporary, but the mix of the sound wasn't too great, and the speaker was pretty good. i think rexdale is really set! they've got a lot of prayer focus which is great - i think that really shows how healthy a church is. i basically see rexdale as the church that 'has it all' so-to-speak. they've got lots of ministries outreaching to the community, their service is great. things couldn't be better! i could see myself going there. i really could! i wonder if their saturday 6:30 pm service is a younger one. i might check it out next week!
i really think God's trying to tell me something about evangelism, and just getting out there and spreading the Word. like He's not backing down on this. everywhere i go, i hear something about evangelism or faith or something related. on sunday, the guy was talking about missions. and i was just sitting there, thinking, oh dear. but something he said really stuck out to me, and it was this: we should be witnessing in that style that God created us in. we shouldn't be going around being 'intellectual' if we're not intellectual. it wouldn't make sense. and he was talking about a study that they'll be doing on the book called: becoming a contagious Christian. basically the book helps you find what style you are. and i'm like. hey, that's so for me! but i don't think i can make it to those sessions, but coincidentally i DO own the book. so i'm going to dive into that, to read up about things. but yeah, i have no clue where God's gonna lead me on this whole evangelism deal - i know it's part of every Christian's life, but somehow it never seemed to be a big thing on my heart (like actually doing stuff like random evangelism cuz i'm not onboard with that kinda stuff). but God seems to be leading me there, in that direction perhaps. i think reading the book will help me understand things better!
we also threw a surprise party for sharon yesterday. it was fun :) auntie rose makes such great food! she's such a nice lady. i love her. she's so funny :) that's where sharon gets it from!! but it was really nice to see her. i haven't seen her in a while, so it was cool! i didn't get to talk to her too much because everyone was there. but i'm going to give her a call or something soon - we gotta catch up!
i've been thinking a lot about world hunger lately. and the reason for that is because i'm doing my design project, using world hunger as my social issue. the facts are just so shocking. i'm so fortunte to have this wonderful privelege of eating food at any time i desire and having the ability to choose the food i want to eat. people in the world would give anything to have a mere morsal of food. and here i am, being picky about what i decide to place in my mouth. i have no idea what i'm suposed to do in response to knowledge i have. it's just something that's been weighing on my heart lately. do people even realize how lucky they are to eat? or is it something they take for granted all the time? do people realize that 24,000 people die each and every day because of hunger? do they realize that 96 billion tons of food is wasted annually in the US alone? it's so scary.
have you ever thought about the way our society is structured, with only regards to food? we have people that train to be CHEFS, waiters, waitresses, etc. we have supemarkets, convenience stores so we can purchase our foods. we have tons of restaurants so we can eat "good food". we have food critics that rate these restaurants to tell us where we can eat "good food". we have cooking books, magazines, shows, websites to show us how to cook our own "good food". and all the while, people die everyday because they're starving. because they have absolutely NO food at all and people like us could care less or are simply ignorant to what is going on in the world. it kills me to know that i'm one of those people. what can i do? what can i do?? i really don't know. :(
this weekend is thanksgiving. i have so much to be thankful for. and when i think solely about this whole food issue, i mean, that in itself is such an amazing and wonderful blessing. that God's given me food to eat every day and the means to attain food. i'm also thankful that:
1) i have a wonderful loving Savior who died for me
2) i have a Father in Heaven who is control of everything and knows what's best for me
3) God is my strength, despite all my frailities and weaknesses
4) God is my Friend that cares for me deeply
5) God is my provider - food, shelter, family, friends, life, EVERYTHING!!!!
6) God's breathed life into me, so that i have this entire life to get to know Him and love Hiim
7) i was able to see my friends this weekend - it was really great spending time with them - especially jon, jer, justin & sharon - all the waterloo/laurier people! (i should just go there.. lol)
i think we all could write an unexhaustive list of things to be thankful for because God has given us so much! so off to bed i go! g'nite!
Posted by Leo Chan at October 15, 2002 12:02 AM
