My Week Alone....Time to spend with God Pt. 2

Well its Sunday. Its been a long tiring day!! I cleaned the house and watched some TV and then went for a nice walk to enjoy nature :) I love walking and enjoying Gods creation!! Then I got to go for Tim Hortons Smoothies with some friends. so far this time alone has been good made a flub up on the computer last night. but other then that i've ben good...going to the store tomorrow for lunch and then helping grandma tomorrow :)

My Week Alone....Time to spend with God

Well this week I'm alone. This is going to interesting. I really hope I don't mess up with the computer. I"m actually really scared. This is the first time I'm all alone!! Usually Grandma and Grandpa are with me but not now because they are in the manner. I just need to remember to keep myself busy. I have most of this week off except for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. :) I also need to remember now that I am alone with no interruptions to be with God and to pray and praise Him :) Its been too long since I spent sometime with Him it will be a great refresher :) and I am looking forward to it :)
I know its not a lot to read but this is what I had on my mind.

Love and Blessings
John

Great Weekend!!

Well I haven't blogged in a bit....but first I would like to say "Happy Fathers Day!!" I have had such great influences in my life from my brothers (Dan, Bill). They both have taught me lots and I appreciate them for that! My grandpa was and is a great influence in my life. He has taught me patience and kindness. My grandpa is one of the most patient and gentlest person that I have known. I know he would never raise his hand to me or the rest of my family. Now I know he didn't use to always be like that. But he is now and that's what matters :)

This weekend was also very good. I spent it with Dan and Lauren in Calgary. On Friday night we had supper with mom and Zach. Then we went home and watched a scary movie called "Taken." Then Saturday we slept in till 10 which I haven't done in forever. It was really nice to sleep in :) and then we got up and watched some TV and then went for lunch. usually lunch with Dan, Lauren, and I includes "Sushi" I love sushi! Then we were shopping and we also went to a Salvation Army Thrift Store up in Calgary also. It was way bigger then the one I work in. We also went to "Old Navy" and there I got some Capri/shorts (which I had to return b/c they didn't fit, going to get a size bigger)  and a shirt and a nice hoodie I also got a nice fashionable scarf from "H&M".

After That we went home and I made a YUMMY quinoa salad, and salmon burgers. Then we watched another movie (Bride Wars) and ate a SUPER sized banana split. It was so Good with a capital "G". then we went to bed. We got up at 5:30a.m. and went to the bird sanctuary and saw lots of birds and lots of dear :) Then we went home and I made cupcakes for them and ate some pancakes and then we got ready to take me home. On our way home we stopped at the store and picked up some last minute ingredients for supper and I made "Pirogies Casserole". It was good and then we had "Strawberry Rhubarb Pie" (grandpa's favorite). Now I'm really tired and going to go to bed around 10ish. :)
Anyways that was my really good weekend :)

Love and Blessings
John

                                   I know this is an old picture but its the most recent I have of them

Starting Your Day Right.

Well today I'm praising God!! No reason nothing special has happened to me today. I'm just praising Him because its Him!! Why not praise Him? Today when I was listening to Joyce Meyers, She was talking about praying and spending time with God every morning or at least once a day. Well today i spent time with God and prayed. I feel so much better :) She also said that it makes the devil mad when you spend time with God and pray. I love making the devil mad!! lol You also need to declare it to the heavens!! After you do that your days will get easier and easier!!! Man i really need that!! Why should I put up with all this crap the devil gives me. I dont need to take it anymore! We also need to be selfless, just help someone, give them a compliment, a smile, something stop worry about yourself. Get rid of the attitude of "what about me?, what about me?, what about me?," Joyce also said that angels rejoice in sound when we pray. She also said that we each have about 20 angels assigned to us, she said that some of our angels are board because we don't pray lol. Joyce Meyers is an awesome teacher, she isnt a pastor, she is a teacher. Remember to start your day right.

Love and Prayers
John :)

Update

Hey. Good afternoon. I haven't made an blog post for a while. I've had lots to blog about but no time. Well its been a while since I've looked at anything! I'm very proud of that....There has been bumps along the way. But with Gods grace and love I will get through it. :) Also since my last blog post, Grandma and Grandpa have moved into the Manner. That also makes me the homemaker now :) Which I love. I make the suppers and lunches, and I clean, which means i cant be at the store as often as I would like too. But you have to make sacrifices. I have also started going back to bible study, I'm definitely learning a lot from that. We really pray everyday that our house will sell soon!! I really can't wait to move :) then I won't have as much floor or counter space to clean lol. Well that is all I have for now. Hope you all have a great weekend and a great week next week :).

Love and Blessings
John

Very Proud!!

Well today my mom got the accountability email and in 10 days it went from 20 or more times to 2 I am very proud of myself and so is my mom :) It hasnt been easy but I have made it 10 days and that is a big acomplishment for me!! thats all I wanted to say today :)

With Love and Care

John

Was it Worth it?

Well yesterday I realized that I need to re-evaluate my Facebook friends list. Some people dont know how to be quiet or to keep things to themselves. I'm just thinking is honesty the best policy? I was honest but I ost my job beause I was honest. By the way its been 5 days!! im proud of myself for that. and for as whoever told Elaine about this. YOU DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY!!! So whatch what you say!!! Thank you!!! I wrote that post to ask for help and for you not to hold it against me but that is exactly what you did!!! and that makes you not my friend and you are not worthy of my friendship!!
With Pain
and Someone Searching.

John

My Story. Pt. 3

Well I am pretty proud of myself it has been 2 days with out going on any websites. now I know that doesn't sound like a long time but that is for someone who looked at them every day. I need to celebrate the small victories!. It hasn't been easy but nothing is easy. I have had cravings and temptations to go on the websites but when that happens I go and listen to the radio or watch some TV. I separate myself from the computer and the computer area.

Like I said there wont be a lot to write but that is what is on my mind today.

Love and Care

John

My Story. Pt. 2

I am writing this as a journal. today I have been craving to go on a site. But I need to show resistance. I need to show I have selfcontrol. Its just like a smoker when they quit cold turkey they have cravings to light anouther one and it is very hard but that doesn't mean that you cant quit. I will quit!! I will! It wont be easy but it will be done and I will finally be free from my addiction. But I still need to stay away from the things that can help me access the websites. If you think of an alcoholic, if you just quit drink and you know you have an alcoholic past, you wouldnt go into a bar because that is just asking for trouble. I wish it could be easier but it will get easier as I go on.
I know its not alot of reading today but thats whats happening today so far.

Love and Care

John

My Story.

Today when I was watching Joyce Myers, she was talking about her horrific childhood. When Joyce was a little girl she was raped by her father time after time. She said it was atleast 200 times. I thought that was horific, if you dont feel somewhat like that then there is something wrong with you. The reason that she told this story was so other people could learn from her experience and to trust God through the whole thing that he is there. She said one of the biggest black eyes you can give Satan is to giv your problem to God and ask him to turn your pain into gain and your mess into a message I thought that was profound! One of my problems is porn sites and I am here to tell you its not easy to get out of. It is a vicious cycle but with Gods love and grace and friends support I will quit. Now I am not tellng you this to show that I am a terrible person but I am telling you this to show you that there is a God and because of him I will quit this addiction. Its a groose addiction and it is consuming and yet when I reach for help no one is there. Why if you need help I will be there to help now when I need help the right thing would be to help me. But instead I get shunned and no one talks to me and I feel like an outcast. The right thing would be to accept me and help me and love me for me not for what I have done. Now I am taking a leap of faith by telling all of you this, now please dont use this against me.

Someone reaching out for help

John.

Racism

In our english class we watched a movie called "A Time To Kill." It talks about how two white men who raped a African American and they were shot dead by the father of the girl. Now if it as me i would of shot them too if they raped my girl and threw her into a river. Unfortunelty they were trying to get this father to be hung. Now if it was a white father it wouldnt of been tried. Unfortunetly our society and our world we shoose whites over blacks. but i am more then will to e a friend with a black man then a white because actually alot of white men are jerks and are very rude. Black men are really nice and caring and compassionate. That is because they have been through a lot. if you have ever heard a chior of black women sing and a chior of white wemon sing, the blacks sound a lot more full and happy because they have been through alot and know what it means to have freedom. Now the whole meaning of this post is to say why be racist we are all Gods children and deserve love.

Love and Cares

John

My Awesome, Amazing, Fantastic Weekend!!!

Well I had a great weekend wiht Dan and Lauren. We went out for sushi on Friday night and then went to a movie at 10:30!! I couldnt believe that they showed movies at 10:30! But I still liked it. Then on Saturday we went for brunch at Denny's and they were having a "Bacon Fest" I thought that was funny, they had bacon pancakes and then i saw they had a Bacon Sundae!! That sounded disgusting. I sure didnt have the guts to try it! After brunch we went to IKEA to look for furniture for Dan and Laurens new place that they will be getting. After we wondered around IKEA for a bit we decided to go to the mall and get some clothes, Dan got a bunch of polo t-shirts and I got a new hoodie and a new shirt. I was really happy with that. Then we went to the Keg to have supper with mom before we went to church. At the Keg I had a salmon which I didnt want but i ate it anyways, and then mom couldnt eat all her steak and Zach couldnt eat all his steak so they came to me because Dan and Lauren are vegetarian. Well that was my exciting weekend.....now im just waiting for my ride to go to school :)

With Care

John Arndt

Moving!!

We are moving!! I know we are not to hate stuff but...I really hate moving!! I dont like the stress of it. I really dont like dividing up the things and then doing it behind someones back. I think that is really rude!! Sometimes the stress is unbarable. Also lastnight I found out that I need to get rid of some of my furniture in my room and all the pictures off the wall....
which includes:
- Pictures from my childhood
- Pictures from art class
- Pictures from the internet i thought were cool
I really dont wantto get rid of these but mom said we can put them in the storage unit until we move. I really wish we werent moving. its to stressful for anyone!!! Well thats whats happening in my mind today.....

With Care

John

Thoughts for today from "MY" Teenage life

Well today is another day. I'm praying that it goes well. I have a lot of catching up to do considering I only went into school two day last week. I really hope the teachers are understanding about it. I was in Subway the other day, and as I was standing in line I was listening to the radio station and thought these are songs I know I thought that's funny most places I go I don't understand the songs unless its country and only some country I know. I was very surprised to hear them playing 88.9 Shine FM. If only every store and restaurant played christian music then I would be in heaven!. I can only dream. But as the saying goes "dreams without action." I don't know how I would do it but i will try to get most restaurants to play christian music even if its only on a Sunday that's a start. :)

Blessings

John

⌘ Happy St. Patricks Day! ⌘

Happy St.Patricks Day everyone. Here are some facts about this religious holiday. For one did you know it was a religious holiday? I for sure didn't know that. Did you also know how it started? It started when Christianity was brought into Ireland.  It is commemorates Saint Patrick , but is most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland. It is celebrated as a Catholic holiday but the Anglican church took part in it too. the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official feast day in the early 17th century.Also on St. Patty's day people would meet in the church and dress in green attire especially wearing shamrocks.so next time you think of St. Patricks Day as drinking and having fun. It is a religious holiday and is to be spent in the church.

Just some thoughts for today.

Blessings

John

Our God is an Awesome God

Today on the radio came the song "Our God is an Awesome God" it made me think about that song because when you really think of it our God is an "Awesome God" I really never thought of this song and never thought of the meaning or really listened to the words but the words are very profound when in the song he says the judgemeant and rath he poured out on sondom means that if we going to the way some of us are going like sinning coninually and doing stuff we know are the depths of sin and if we dont ask fo forgivness from "Our God" then we wont get into the kingdom of God. hope you like this song. let me know with your comments either on facebook or on here for those of you who are followers.

Blessings

John

If Jesus Came To Your House

If Jesus came to your house, I wonder what you'd do.

Yes, if Jesus came to your house, to spend a day or two,
If He came unexpected, just dropped in on you.
I know you'd give your nicest room to such an honored guest,
And all the food you'd serve to Him would be the very best.
And you would keep assuring Him you're glad to have Him there,
That serving Him in your home is joy beyond compare.

But when you saw Him coming, would you meet Him at the door
With arms outstretched in welcome to your heavenly visitor?
Or would you have to change your clothes before you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines and put the Bible where they'd been?
Would you turn off the radio and hope He hadn't heard?
And wish you hadn't uttered that last loud hasty word?
And would you hide your worldly music and put some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus just walk right in, or would you rush about?

And I wonder if the Savior spend a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing the things you always do?
Would you go right on saying the things you always say?
Would life for you continue as it does from day to day?
And would your family conversation keep up it's usual pace?
And would you find it hard each meal to say a table grace?
Would you sing the songs you always sing, and read the books you read,
And let Him know the things on which your mind and spirit feed?

And would you take Jesus with you everywhere you'd planned to go?
Or maybe would you change your plans for just a day or so?
Would you be glad to have Him meet your very closest friends,
Or hope that they would stay away until His visit ends?
And would you be glad to have Him stay forever on and on?
Or would you sigh with great relief when He at last was gone?

Oh, it might be interesting to know the things that you would do,
If Jesus came in person to spend some time with you.

God can turn any situation from bad to good if you just believe!

Well today is Sunday. Sundays seem to be hard right now to go to church, to worship, and to fellowship. Sometimes its really hard to worship when the people that are the cause of all this mess go to your church, worship infront of you, and try to fellowship with you and act like nothing happened! also right now its been a year since the Loners left. today would be the first Sunday that Steve Wiseman preached and would preach for the next few months. Last week is what would of been the last Sunday Jennifer and Paul were here. I really hate that all this happened but I have to keep remembering that even though satan got his hand in it and messed it up God is going to bring it to someting beautiful. Just like the fire at the Thrift Store. Satan had his hand in starting that journey that seemed to be a long one at the time and God put his hand it and it turned out to a beautiful thrift store and a beautiful church :) God can turn things around in any situation. I originaly called this blog posting "Sunday" but I thought that didnt fit.

Amazing Grace

I absolutly love this video :) its so inspirational :)

My thoughts on "Homosexuality"

The other night my grandma and me had an argument about homosexuality. For me i dont condone it but if someone I knew came to me and said they were gay then i wouldnt see them any differently or judge them. If you had a homosexual come into a church i bet 90% of the church would think "what the heck is he doing here" "get the heck out of my church." But as for the pastor I think they have a responsibility to accept them in the church and to love and care for them. If we push these people away then we are saying that no one loves them. That is not true God loves them. They are Gods childeren just like you and me but God doesnt love the sin. It really makes me upset when people judge people and say that people that are gay dont love christ and havent excepted Jesus Christ as there Lord and Saviour. I believe when a gay walks into a church they are saying i need help and i ant to change my ways. Now that doesnt mean we swarm them and start shooting scripture at them that means that we love them and accept them. When someone comes out and says they are gay they tend to be forgotten and left in the background and not wanted. For me I will take it as my duty to help homosexuals to see God. Now dont take this blog posting as me saying I condone it because I dont but that doesnt me that I cant love the people that participate in it

"I Believe God Is Working!!"

Today when I was watching Joyce Meyers she was talking about believing in God for everything! Now that doesnt me for you to just put your feet up and let God take it all you have to do your part. When you have Debt its your responsibility to take care of that debt here on earth, which could mean spending less, not going out to eat as often, whatever it maybe. You cant just pray to God and say God take the debt away because tht would just like our parents giving us money and not earning it and learning from it, we created the debt we need to fix it, God will be there right beside us through the whole thing. Another thing that Joyce talked about was that we must forget ourselves and disown ourselves and pick up his cross and go. It takes alot of thinking of this one for alot of people because they think this sounds the worse and not fun because it also says that we are to loos sigt of ourselves and forget ourselves. But we need to remember that God is our healer he is way better than any drug we can get over the counter. we also need to remember that we can help someone else but can we help ourselves. Sometimes it is ok to put ourselves first but dontmake it a habbit. if we are broken how how can we help someone else?.

"Mondays"

Well today is Monday. Mondays for me are good for the most part. I hear all the time from kids at my school complain "oh my goodness its Monday" "sigh." Now I'm not saying I don't say that. But I don't say that every Monday. But I'm not blogging about this to complain so. Today is the day that Jennifer and Paul left to go to Ontario one year ago.

I really miss them allot! I really wish none of the crap that happened didn't happen!! some people really need to shut up! they don't know everything!!

Also today at school I had to deal with a lazy butt sitting beside me and a noisy girl who has to put her input on everything I really don't like people like that!!

I really wish that people wouldn't make up lame excuses for why they cant have the realtor come in to take pictures!!

Anyways that was my Monday and even though it sounds like I'm complaining I'm really not I'm just stating some facts.

Blessings

John

Life Calling...

Today my class went to Bow Valley College. we went around the college and im pretty sure that I know what my life calling is to be. I would like to be an interior decorator. i love matching things such as pillows and wall colors and stuff like that. After I go to Bow Valley College I feelig that I am called to become an Officer in the Salvation Army. Another reason I would like to become an interior decorator is that if anything was to happen like what happened to my friends (previouse Officers) then I will have something to fall back on if being an Officer doesn't work out then I have something to fall back on. I'm hoping that I dont have to go up against something like what they had to. But sometimes people are ignorant and controlling. I really hate people like that. Some people just really need to shut up!! But I'm going to stop talking about them because I have forgiven these people for what they did andtalking abut is bring up some anger and I dont want to be angery right now. That is what my day was like and I'm sure this is what God is calling me to do.

Blessings

John