When I lose joy and when I lose hope I find that the common denominator is that I have lost the presence of the Lord.

When I am abiding with him I feel safe. I feel protected. When I feel safe I have joy and I have hope. When I have those things I want to shout it from the rooftops. I want to share this good news with my friends and neighbours. When I feel hopeless I want to hide and be alone. I dont want to ruin someone elses day, and I dont want to bring anyone down.

What I need is Him. To be in his presence again. For within His presence I am safe.

How? Worship. Worship. Worship.

I know this, and it is so simple. Worship.

Meet Him at His feet. Bow down and worship the almighty. Becuase when we worship we dont bring this junk and these crap feelings with us, beucase its not about us and not about how we feel, how I feel....its about him and that is what worship does - honor him, and only him - none of me.

When I worship I forget about me - and thats what I need to be in His presence and to feel safe.

The answer is always worship.

AND A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOUTOUT TO CHERIE WHITE!
MANY BLESSINGS
LOVE YOU

The police love me these days.

Yesterday I got my first speeding ticket. I wasnt even going that fast. And I was in the states which only makes it worse.

Then tonight I was driving and got pulled over becusae they ran my plates and my name came up with "wanted". So he pulls me over, confiscates my keys, amung others and then clears my name and lets me go. (For the record I dont have a warrent out for my arrest)

I wonder what my next copper expierence will be!

When I read the Bible I sure read a lot about angels. Angel encounters, angel conversations, wrestling with an angel - and I don't think I give enough credit to the angel role. And I surely don't want to give too much credit to their role either.

Throughout the Word there are many mediums the Lord uses to speak. Dreams, prophecy, visions, his voice...those I don't tend to doubt much. Yet one of the more common things I read about the Lord using is angels and I doubt that more then I should.

I have been taught to be wary of the whole angel thing, mostly I believe because of the way angels have been perverted to be these things to be worshipped, or are the center of most new age religions. But other things (like dreams, prophecy, vision and his voice) that I do trust have been perverted too (into nightmares, phycics, hallucinations and schizophrenia). So why am I so skeptical of this angel thing?

I'm not very skeptial of demons though. I know their existence. I see their role. I have been spoken to by one.

I've never had a conversation with an angel though. That is where my doubt rises from I suppose...

Could be because I am so ignorant about it all - I know very little about angels. I know their role, some of their names and even have seen a couple. I'm not doubting their existence or their holiness at all - I'm just thinking I don't think my eyes are open enough to how great their presence is.

Throughout the Bible there are clouds of angels surrounding us. We are promised that the Lords angels will guard and protect us. An angel of the Lord appeared to Mary and Joseph to just name a few.

This comes up because last night I was hearing the Lord over and over in so many different ways (it was an intense night) and today I was sitting in the car while Jacynta was reading Hebrews out, as we do, and it mentioned something about angels and I began to wonder if I was talking with angels last night, thinking I might have, but very doubtful I did.

So all this to say - I want answers. I want comments. I want you all to tell me everything you know about angels. Or recommend me some good authors - as I'm very skeptical about books about angels too. Why is it that we think dreams are more common then angel armies? Are they? I do know that angels are not to be worshipped and I'm not looking to do that - I just think they are around speaking to us a lot more then we realise and I want to recognise more of this - so I can glorify the Lord in all.

I realise this post is all over the place but it is only because I am confused and looking for answers.

Are angels as present today as they were when written about from Genesis to Revelation?

I actually have couple drafts of meaningful blogs saved. Some thoughts on intersession, freedom, advocacy, the presence of the Lord, hope, joy, safety and faith - but until i get those out i thought I would do another one of these lame surveys i see all the time on facebook....


JANUARY
1. Who kissed you on new years? Absolutly no one!
2. Did you have a new year's resolution this year? Ya, lots - ill tell you about them later
3. Does it snow where you live? sort of - the country yes - vancovuer itself - not so much
4. Do you like hot chocolate? not my first choice of hot beverages
5. Have you ever been to Times Square to watch the ball drop? if watching it on tv counts then no
6. Do you ski or snowboard? never skiied, the last time i boarded i broke my nose...you figure the answer out

FEBRUARY
1. Who was your Valentine? no one - do you see a patern here, cuz i sure do
2. When you were little did you buy Valentine's for the whole class? i think it was mandatory
3. Do you care if the groundhog sees its shadow? used to
4. What did you get for valentines? nothing at all

MARCH
1. Are you Irish? like a quater or so
2. Do you wear green every year on St. Patrick's Day? i actually do
3. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2007? i was at Sanctuary - and it was my friends bday too
4. Are you happy when winter is pretty much over? yes and no - i really like the winter but i REALLY like the summer.

APRIL
1. Do you like the rain? i love walking in the rain and getting very very wet
2. Did you play an April fool's joke on anyone this year? not at all - i actaully kinda despise them
3. Do you get tons of candy on Easter? no
4. Do you celebrate 4/20? no.
5. Do you "love" the month of April? no

MAY
1. What is your favorite flower? sunflower
2. Finish the phrase "April showers" - lame question
3. Do you celebrate May 24th: never have - but i might start this year
4. Is May anything special to you? yes

JUNE
1. What did you do for Fathers Day? worked
2. Did you do anything fun during this month? nope - worst month of my year i think - it was my birthday though - worst birthday ever...
3. Have a favorite baseball team? no

JULY
1. What did you do on the 1st of July? moved to vancouver
2. Did you go to the fireworks? i dont remember
3. Do you tan in the day? i dont remember - hopefully

AUGUST
1. Did you do anything special at the end of your summer? again my answer is no
2. What was your favorite summer memory of summer '07? dont have one - it was a bad summer
3.Did you have a sunburn? i think so...slightly
4. Did you go to the pool a lot? i didnt go once

SEPTEMBER
1. You be attending college/school? nope
2. Do you like fall better than summer? not really - but i like the feeling of the busyness at times - but over all definetly not
3. Anything special about September to you? yes

OCTOBER
1. What was your last Halloween costume? no idea - too long ago to remember
2. What is your favorite candy? anything chewy - hard candy blows
3. What is your favorite thing about this month? wouldnt you like to know

NOVEMBER
1. Whose house do you go to for Thanksgiving? no ones
2. What is your favorite thing about November? nothing really

DECEMBER
1. Do you celebrate Christmas? only a lot
2. What are you thankful for? A LOT (why isnt this a question for October?)
3. Have you ever been kissed under the mistletoe? and to continue with the theme my answer is again no
4. Get anything special last year? many!
5. What do you want this year? nothing