What is Christianity?
January 9, 2012 at 4:34 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: bible, Biblical, But, Catholic, causes, Christianity, Hate, hypocrites, I, is, Jesus, KKK, love, Protestant, racism, Racist, really, Religion, Spoken, teachings, violence, violent, wars, what, who, Why, Word
Is it a religion?
Religion is a “man-made” institutions like school, government, etc.. Anything “made” by man is “not” perfect, which we will always find something “wrong” in it. Thus, there is corruption (e.g. violence, abuse, etc..) in schools, government, etc.. We then shouldn’t give our 100% trust and total dependence on any of these institutions. Who can we trust then?
Is it violent?
Religion has caused many wars. Jesus taught..
“”"Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”-Matthew 26:52
Then why there are “so-called” (e.g. KKK-Protestant “racist” group, Catholic Crusaders, etc..) Christians go against Jesus’ teachings. Isn’t it hypocritical?
Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word
It’s a lifestyle when one “tries” to follow Christ’s teachings through a “daily personal relationship” with Him!
Is it really the “Most Wonderful Time Of The Year “?
December 26, 2011 at 5:10 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Army, Bell, blessings, Christmas, depressed, economic, family, for, greatful, greedy, growing-up, holidays, is, Jesus, joy, joyous, kids, meaningful, most, of, poor, real, reason, ringers, sad, Salvation, season, selfish, shopping, thankful, the, time, times, tough, wonderful, year
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/gFtb3EtjEic?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
Is it really the “Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”? I recently “really” doubted this earlier this month while volunteering to do a shift with a couple of my co-workers for the Salvation Army at a local (Morris, Minnesota) store. I grew up passing those bell ringers all the time before my family went shopping each holiday season. I finally volunteered doing this for the first time last year at a local grocery store. My co-worker and I enjoyed it so much that we decided to do it again this holiday (2011) season. It’s an interesting perspective when ringing the bell watching (staying “still” during the “busy” holiday season is a lot different than “participating” in going with the “busy” and “hustle” of the crowds of people in this increasingly “commercialized” holiday!) shoppers pass by. This year my co-worker and I noticed how “sad” people were this year compared to last year. Is it because of the so-called “tougher” economic times (despite better reports this year than last year when it came to shopping??)? Is it because certain individuals going through some personal challenges (e.g. financial challenges, flood victims in the Philippines, those without love ones due to health, past away, or unfortunate circumstances, etc..)?…
George Bailey’s prayer
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/vRn26I2Bzd8?version=3&hl=en_US
Is it because of the “pagan” origins of Christmas (as we are uncertain the date of Jesus’ actually day of birth, but that doesn’t matter)?…
When my parents immigrated here to the US in the early 70′s, we didn’t have much. We had a small two bedroom apartment in Oakdale, Minnesota. We had one bed that most of us slept together while my younger brother slept in a crib in the other bedroom. As we got older, we got “better” financially and moved to a townhouse in St. Paul. We couldn’t afford a Christmas tree, so I remember finding a big branch of a tree and we took it home to make a “makeshift” (we stuck it in a bucket of toys to stand it easier) Christmas tree. Then as we got older as kids my parents were able to afford to buy “better” gifts. I would look forward to opening Christmas gifts, but would then go “downhill” if I didn’t get the presents “I wanted” (see selfish). Is it because?…
Making Room for the Unexpected – Inspirational Videos
http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/godtube/resource/mediaplayer/5.6/player.swf
Have we lost focus of the “true” meaning of CHRISTmas?…
The Christmas Story – as told by the cutest kids! – Cute Video
http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/godtube/resource/mediaplayer/5.6/player.swf
…Jesus, “He’s” the “real” reason for the season. Find out how He is and this will help all of us find that joy (e.g. “count your blessings” -not just Thanksgiving!-before you go to bed, which I do during my nightly time of meditation) throughout “every” season!
Restoring Relationships
December 22, 2011 at 3:44 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Christmas, family, healing, holidays, past, peace, philosophical, political, prayer, reconciliation, relationships, Scrooge, Thanksgiving
With the Christmas holidays coming, people will be “looking forward” to getting together with love ones -family members. Is this really true? I mean, do we all actually look forward to seeing other family members? Maybe some, but I don’t think it’s true for all based on people I’ve talked with the past 2 months.
Before Thanksgiving last month, I ran (location is anonymous to protect the privacy and identity of this lady) into this lady and I asked her-”Got any big plans for the up-coming Thanksgiving holiday?”-with a smile eager to get a “positive” answer. She responded, “Well, I won’t call it big, but just getting together with family”. Then she went on with a unhappy (less enthusiastic) voice, “We just plan to get together and eat, then can’t wait to we just get out!”. She explained to me that family get-togethers are not really something to “look forward” to due to the “hostility” amongst her family. I can understand where she’s coming from as I too have seen similar “hostility” amongst my own family-relatives, which is sad to say. If you read this, I would love your prayer for peace-reconcilliation within my family-relatives. Salamat (thanks)! A close of friend of mine, who is now deceased, once shared with me about how his family don’t get along because of different beliefs on some “philosophical” (e.g. political) issues.
A couple of weeks later, I chatted with another lady about her own family. She has a sister that just brings up the “negative” in family conversations. We talked about there seems to be at least one in every family. The family gets together with all smiles and there seems to be just one that brings up the “negative” (e.g. past ) that majority just want to not bring up!
I then was reminded of the recent theatrical performance (“Gospel According to Scrooge”) I saw earlier this month in Alexandria, Minnesota. Scrooge “bah hum bug” people during the holidays because of his traumatized past-father was sent to jail because of financial bankruptcy before Christmas ..
Song: “People”
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/8Qo6w_wyy9E?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
I’m learning in life that individuals act the way they are because of past circumstances and they take (e.g. grudge) that with them; thus “negative” behavior towards others around them. We “positive” people need to learn how to understand their situation and be patient with them (e.g. take time to listen to them). Just by doing this can bring healing to them to have them just “open-up”. Then I highly recommend praying with them for healing afterwards.
There was a scene in the play where the family was all cheery and happy until a relative (Uncle Scrooge) shows up, but was changed because of prayers of his family..
Song: Wha-Da-Ya-Say
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/bHjX0tV8OFo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0
Relationships can be restored through prayer (e.g. healing from past wounds) and hard work! It’s not going to be easy, but don’t give up!
Dream Deja Vu Experience: Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota
October 13, 2011 at 3:02 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Deja Vu, Dreams, Fargo, intercessory, interpretation, ND, North Dakota, prayer, prayering, prophecy, spiritual, warfare
Ever had a dream and clueless of what it was all about? … Then some time later, you experienced it in “real life”? Well, I had this type of “deja vu” experience…again! I’ll share my other experiences sometime later. I’m currently looking at my dream notebook (I try to write down as much as possible on the dreams I have on this notebook that I “try” to put besides my bed) and feel the date of this dream was on Tuesday, September 13th of last month. I started to realize this “deja vu” experience this past weekend. I was invited by some friends to volunteer as an usher in this youth event a week before this event as I told them I was looking at going to Fargo, North Dakota. They told me about this youth event last month, so I wrote this on my calender. When the event was coming close, I wanted to schedule a time to visit some friends while I came to this event. Well, my schedule somehow worked out for last weekend to drive to Fargo. I haven’t been to this city for close to over a year, so I was very excited to come. When I drove up this past Saturday (October 8th of 2011), I began to see my dream come to “real life”. I took this route (32nd Ave.) and began to see things that were in my dream. I started to get more sensitive and focus more on this area (Great Plains). Several block later, I reached Scheels Arena. I was first amazed of the new place as I haven’t been to Fargo for a long time. As I was scouting the place to look around the arena, I started to see another (not sure now if these two different locations were the same or different separate dreams) dream come alive…
“Located west of the arena, which the back of the arena was very familiar”
I quickly started to prayer (intercede) as it matched this dream I had. There were shootings going on in this particular area. I couldn’t fully remember what was really going on, but I just felt I needed to prayer. It then came to me that going to this event was very key and that this youth event was not just an ordinary get-together. I started to prayer “a lot” more than usual as I came in to the arena.
Here is another “key” moment: I came to volunteer as an usher and got together with some folks from a local church I was invited to help out. They told us to get into groups of 7, so we decided to team together. The organizer began to assign groups to particular sections around the arena. I believe we were the 4th or 5th group to be assigned and we ended up in Section 116. ..
“Getting ready to greet the crowd before they came through our section”
As we got to our section, we realize this was the “main entrance” where folks will be entering. Wow, we felt very privileged. I then shared my dream with some folks and said we weren’t put here by accident. I then began to pray more and then they started to open the gates for the people to come into the arena. I started to “try” praying for each individual that came through our section. Well, here was the result…
Impact World Tour Day #2 (Fargo, ND on Sat, Oct 8th 11)-GX International: Life of Purpose Part 2of2
The next night was also “impact full” as the them or group was “Island Breeze”. I wanted to go to Fargo to visit a friend of mine that I met last summer when he worked in Morris. He attends school at NDSU and invited him for last night’s event, but he couldn’t make it. I persistently invited him to the local church I’m connected with in Fargo, but he wasn’t able to make it. Another friend (Aric) and I decided to go at least visit him. I wanted to at least see him in person before heading back to Morris. I met him along with his housemates (also from India in their residential apartments (International Village across the Fargo Dome). After hanging out, we (Aric and I) went back to Scheels Arena for tonight’s event. I wanted to go earlier because I found out there was a prayer group from IHOP…
… praying 10am-10pm during these 3-day outreach events underneath the stands of the stadium. Right after praying, I got a text from my friend that he was planning to come, which I was very excited!
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Impact World Tour Day #3 (Fargo, ND on Sun., Oct 9th 11′) -Island Breeze-Hawaiian Performance
My friends and I had to sit back in the arena because I wasn’t expecting all 3 of them to come. I was expecting only 1 of them, which I saved a seat for him up front by the stage with folks from the local church I attended earlier in the day. They seem to enjoy the event and I was able to introduce them with the friends from the local church…
for more…
http://travel.goodnewsusa.info/northdakota.html
*please be in prayer for the follow-up of this “city-moving” event and feel free to contact me on any feedback (e.g. input, prayer requests, etc..)
Where did your name come from?
September 27, 2011 at 2:31 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: baby, bible, destination, Jesus, life, meaning, names, orgins, originate, purpose, Savior, significance, significant
Where did your name originate, like how did your parent(s) choose to name you? This was a question that has been popping-up lately in conversations, which is the reason I decided to do a topic on this. I have been asked this many times what is my full name and what it means. I’m always excited to share this as it’s very meaningful and personal to me. Before I share this answer, I would like to bring up the history of names. I found this great site…
Origins and Meaning of Names, from mayrand.org
“…Historically, names have served as a fingerprint of life, perhaps a basic clue to one’s personality. Knowledge of naming practices in our ancestral country of origin can help us trace our respective families back to a village or a place, tell us their occupation, or it can give us an idea about what our ancestors looked like..
That is what I did one day. I searched my last name “Monteagudo”, which originates in Spain. This is where my great-grandparents immigrated from to the Philippines. It means “pointed” (agudo) “mountain” (monte) according to ancestry.com.
People ask how I got my first name, which is Salvador (sal for short)! I told them that my parents got it from a Catholic Calender (see other Philippine Baby Names) in the Philippines, which they have names for each day throughout the year. I saw this as a kid and thought it was cool. I hold dearly the meaning of my name, which is “savior” (see wikipedia & babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com). I don’t deserve the capital “S” in “savior” as that belongs to Jesus Christ Himself, who is the true “Savior“!
With this, do you think your name serves a purpose or destiny in your life? What do you feel is yours?
Favorite Names from Around the World
https://www.youtube.com/v/IyudaBRyO4M?version=3&hl=en_US
Stereotyping a Racial or Ethnic Group
September 13, 2011 at 3:20 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: 9-11, bible, Christianity, Greatest Commandments, Islam, Jesus, Judging, love, Muslim, neighbor, prejudice, racism, Religion, stereotyping, terrorism, terrorists
Why do we tend to stereotype particular racial or ethnic groups? First of all, I don’t believe there are different races, but just one race and that’s they human race. It’s a “jargon” or social mainstream to group each other because of the “status quo”. The danger of grouping each other is we then don’t look at each other as unique individuals. For example, “one” negative experience with a particular racial or ethnic group can can an individual to “negatively stereotype” a particular group. I decided to write on this topic after attending a local community meeting on ways we can service or “reach out” to a particular ethnic group in our area. A community member shared how a landlord verbally told him that he won’t rent to any “(ethnic-group)”. People in the meeting look shocked, but I and some others were not as we’ve heard this before. It happens everywhere unfortunately. Here are some stories, but these are just some of my own personal experiences. In high school there was the Persian Gulf War going on in Iraq. A so-called “friend” jokingly told me I look like the enemy. Yeah, it was a joke, but as a teenager-this remark kind of affected me for years. I was then reminded of this after 9-11 (10th Anniversary was just yesterday ironically). Living in this small rural college town, ethnic minorities like me can easily be group and stereotype negatively. When 9-11 happened, I was very self-conscious. I decided to stay home for awhile and not wanting to go out if I didn’t have to because I was afraid of being a “victim” from an ignorant “backlash” or “retaliation”. I heard of reports where a guy wearing a “turban” got attacked somewhere down south. After hearing of this story, I got a little fear of this happening to me. This is from past racial discrimination experiences (see GoodnewsEverybody.com Issues-Racism, Racist, Prejudice, Discrimination, Bigotry, etc..). Years later after 9-11, I still get that “stereotype” that “I look like the enemy”. Unfortunately, I’ve heard it from people that are almost close to me. A good friend’s step-daughter once told me-”Sal, you look like a terrorist” very bluntly while I was taking a walk-stroll with the family. I then heard this from a “close family kid”! If kids say this, I can’t imagine what older “people” think!! I also have been mistakenly identified with other racial groups, like: “Mexican”, “Italian”, “African-American”, and many other “Asian ethnic groups”. I’ve learned to “capitalize” on this positively as being a peacemaker between different groups in the community.
What now? What can we learn from this? I’ve learned many people’s ignorant biased remarks come from their environment (e.g. media, family, frioends, etc…). We just need to learn now to get “negatively” influenced by others around us and learn how to think for ourselves. Also, after this community meeting last week. I thought of my Biblical knowledge…
“We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.”-2 Corinthians 10:12
, which has really helped me deal with “labeling” by others and not get “mad”. I’ve learned to be patient with understanding of individuals that ignorantly make derogatory remarks. In fact, experiences like this motivates me more on what I”m currently doing in “educating” others and finding ways to “combat” this with love and knowledge->understanding one another. Lastly, we tend to hold bitterness against one another and I feel one of the ways to deal with this is we need to forgive one another.
Here is just some scenarios of American history of the need of forgiveness. The “white” man came and “colonize” the US “killing-off” the Native American Indians. American Indians can hate the “white man” for this. However, over generations, both “races” have been mixed. It’s the same thing with me. My great grandparent is from Spain, whose country “colonized” the Philippines in the 1500′s. Well, I can’t blame the “Spainards” because I’m part Spanish. Then the “American” came and took over the Philippines after the “Spanish American War” around 1900. However, the “Americans” helped the Philippines from getting “taken over” by the Japanese during WWII. What I’m trying to get is that we’ve had a lot of world history and mixing around. We need to learn how to get along with one another as we are one global community-family. One planet!
Here is a movie I highly recommend relating to this blog. Thanks for reading and would love to hear any feedback (e.g. similar experiences, stories, suggestions on what we can do as a society, etc..)…
NEW Tenth Avenue North – Healing Begins [The Grace Card Film] – Music Videos
….more….GoodnewsEverybody.com Issues: Judging, Labeling, Pre-judging, Prejudice, Stereotyping, etc…
Another “Street Sign”- Homeless Guy Story: What can we do to help them?
September 9, 2011 at 11:36 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 3 CommentsTags: Christian, Christianity, Cities, guy, help, homeless, Jesus, poor, poverty, Sign, Street
I live in an area in St. Paul where there is always some guy holding-up a sign or just standing there for a “handout’. I always feel convicted or “bad” when I passed them in my “comfortable” Toyota Corolla driving by. I was in the cities for a week vacation in the end of August (see month’s highlights) and I decided I wanted to something about this before I head back to Morris (we never see any people standing on the corners “begging” for a “helping hand”). I loaded my backpack with extra water bottles and had some food that I can give away in my trunk of my car. Well, as I was doing some errands before heading off on I-94 west to Morris, I did see a “homeless” guy. I then drove to the right side of the road and parked it with my “flashers” on. As I got out of my car, I see a police car coming my way. I didn’t worry as I felt I had some good intentions and thought I was legally parked. Well, I crossed the street to the “homeless guy”. I approached him with a bag of bread rolls and a “fresh” bottle of water. I then introduced myself and explained why I stopped. I told him as a Christian, I wanted to help him. I told him the quick saying “You give a man a fish and it’ll last a day, but if I teach you how to fish-it’ll last a lifetime”. I then pointed to my bread and water, which I told him this will last for a meal or a day. I then gave him a Bible tract (Mana-Bread is the Word…), which I explained to him that this will help you for a life-time. I was worried about parked car on the side of the road, so I told him I have to go and encouraged him by saying God loves him. His name was Ernest. As I went into my car, I noticed him looking back at me with peace and I drove off praying for Ernest as I headed down the entry ramp going west on I-94.
Homeless man w/ golden radio voice in Columbus, OH – Inspirational Videos
http://media.salemwebnetwork.com/godtube/resource/mediaplayer/5.6/player.swf
My question is this, what can we do as a society to help these folks?
more…..GoodnewsEverybody.com Social Issues: Homeless, Needy, Poverty, Poor, etc…
Counting your days: What do you want to accomplish in your life-time?
April 17, 2011 at 7:05 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: A, accident, accomplish, AIDS, B, blood, calling, Christian, death, Diabetes, diabetic, disease, disposed, driven, everyday, fulfill, fullest, God, hazard, Hepatitis, HIV, lancet, life, lifetime, live, near, needle, OSHA, plan, poke, Prick, purpose, sickness, time, used, work
If you knew your life is coming to an end, what would you want to do in the remaining seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc..? Not many people have that opportunity to know the number of how much time they have. I had this thought-provoking question running around my mind the past week during a “freak” accident at work last Thursday, April 7th 2011. A client pointed out to me there was a lot of “sharpies” or lancets (short pointed needles people use to draw blood on their finger for diabetics) thrown in a recycling bin. I didn’t want any of the clients to get hurt, so I put on some latex gloves and hand picked each one by one. It was taking too long as this recycling barrel (4 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide) was half-way full and would take “forever” to sort through this. I decided to dump the barrel into a plastic garbage bag. As I was tipping the barrel, a lancet somehow made it’s way down and poked my right “middle-finger” through the plastic latex glove. I saw the blood gush out inside my latex-plastic covered hand. I immediately finished what I was doing and threw the garbage out in the dumpster, so no one else will get poked. I then washed my hand with water and soap, I took the Coke can where I was throwing the lancets and brought it with me to our staff’s nurse and got medical attention. When I went home, I didn’t realize how serious this was until I “googled” on my personal lab top computer. I immediately called the local hospital and was scheduled to get a blood test right away.
….see GoodnewsEverybody.com LA: Nurse, Nursing, etc..
Through this whole time, lots of questions started to pop on my mind. I even still have them popping-up as I write this. However, my peace grew as I kept giving it to God. I then started to think about the movie “Bucket List”…
… (see GoodnewsEverybody.com Elderly, Old, Longevity, Senior Citizens, Wisdom, etc… Outreach) , which I started to reflect on things (e.g. reconcile some folks) I would like to see done or more importantly-”Do for Heavenly Father“- before I die or when God takes me Home.
Q: What would you want to accomplish in your life-time?
*I’ll be giving-updates on what has happened since getting my 1st of many blood test results (negative so far..for now!) this past Friday (April 15th 2011). Till then, I’m going to “try” to live my life to the fullest for Heavenly Father…
Are You Available?
February 27, 2011 at 3:08 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentI just arrived home after an interesting drive back home after a 1-2 inch snow fall earlier today (Saturday, February 26th 2010). It was such an interesting drive that I had to write about it right away. I was coming home after a 4 hour drive from Moose Lake (visiting a friend in prison) already planning on what to do when I get home. Well, my arrival time was delayed about 30 minutes after a couple of unexpected situations along the way. It’s actually something to “expect” in Minnesota winter driving. Along my way, I notice a car on the other side of the highway (28) as I was just coming off Interstate-94 off Sauk Centre. I’ve been in that similar situation and I hated it when cars drove by as I needed help. I decided to do a U-turn and drive by and check on them. I notice 3 teenagers and one of them told me that they had a problem with their alternator, but one of their buddies were on their way to rescue them. I was glad I checked and started to drive my way out…until! Doh!! I got stuck on the ditch of the side of the highway as I was about to drive another u-turn back to my destination (Morris, MN)…how embarrassing!! Here I was going to try to help these folks and I ended-up needing the help after wards 
… I was about 25 yards from them when I got stuck, so all three of the young teenagers tried to push my car out of the small patch of snow in the ditch. I had no luck driving out, so I got out of my vehicle and took out my shovel I store in the trunk of my car. Thank God I brought it with me!! It’s funny that I just put that shovel earlier this morning after I had a “inkling” thought that I would need it today. I had the shovel in my garage for several days as the weather has been “good” and I needed the space of my trunk for something else during the week after our 14″ snowstorm earlier in the week!! Being calm and not in a rush to go home, I decided to chit chat with the teenagers while I was shoveling. They told me they were from Browerville (north of Sauk Centre-see map) and we exchanged names (Lucas, Tim?, lady??-went back to the car as she was probably cold). I happen to have some cardboard (box was just given to me from my friends I visited in St. Cloud after visiting their family member in the prison with me) that I used to put under the tires for traction to help get the car out of the small patch of snow in the ditch…it worked!! Hallelluah!! I then drove off and said thank you (If guys ever read this..thanks!!)!!
3/13/2006 Snow Storm Blog Video
“This is the blog video from the 3/16/2006 winter storm that hit the Minneapolis and St. Paul Minnesota area during the overnight hours. Footage of people in the snow, cars in the ditch in the snow, snow plows and tow trucks trying to pull out stuck cars and trucks.
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I thought that was going to be the end of my night, but it didn’t end there!! As I was heading home thinking about this recent highway incident, I ran into a similar situation. It was by the entry ramp of State Highway 28 & 59 (east of the overpass bridge). I see a Pontiac car stuck in a ditch (missing the entry ramp going north on 59). I “rolled” down my window and asked if he needed help and he did, so I pulled my vehicle to the side and checked the situation. The guy (teenager) and I tried to push the car out of the ditch, but no luck!! I decided to run back to my car to get my “handy” shovel…again!! Wow, God is good! I’m glad He reminded me to bring my shovel…probably for this “second” situation within a 30 minute span! I shoveled all around the vehicle and we (teen guy’s name was “Eli”?? and his friend was in the vehicle-from Alexandria, MN)
still couldn’t get the vehicle to drive out!! I even used part of my cardboard, but that didn’t work as part of the vehicle was elevated. I told them I had a tow rope, but my car is too small to pull their “bigger” vehicle out. The gal then suggested that I go to the nearby restaurant (Wild Onion) and see if there is someone with a pick-up truck that can pull them out. I then jumped to my car and drove a block or two (I was a little hesitant at first as a “ethnic-minority” stepping into a bar in this part of the country, but I let God take away that “negative thinking”). I got to the bar and a waitress was right at the front of the door chatting with some of the customers. I then took a deep breath and then told them the situation. The kind nice waitress found a guy that could helped as we drove off to the scene. As we drove back, we saw another pick-up truck pulling the Pontiac out. I got out of my car and said my farewell to “Eli” as he said “thank you”. We all drove off and I then did a little prayer asking God to bless all the folks I feel put in my path during this “longer” than expected drive home. As I was driving home and thinking about all the past 30 minutes, I just looked up to the clear sky (over the truck I was trailing behind as I was going towards Starbuck from Glenwood) and saw a beautiful sign from God. It was some form of light shooting down rapidly…shooting star? (see GoodnewsEverybody.com Science: Astronomy It was going from the north to south in the western sky. Wow, what a beautiful ending to this evening.
As I was driving, I got this phrase that came up to me. Did the “tow rope” rescue those teenager’s “Pontiac” or was it the guy that drove that pick-up? That’s the same as Jesus “the Savior” with the people of this earth..are we available to be used by Him to help others in desperate situations in life? When I woke-up this morning, I was reminded to ask my Heavenly Father..”Lord, show me how I can be used by you today? as I was reminded way back in 1996 (see testimony) when I told Him, “I’ll serve you the rest of my life if you make my leg better” (in a hospital x-ray room in Morris, Minnesota after a skiing accident in Andes Tower Hills-Alexandria, MN-just 20-30 minutes just north of the 2nd scene of the car in the ditch). Don’t forget how God has blessed you in the past…daily? He wants to use you to do the same for those around us!
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