Who is St. Patrick, and why do we celebrate this day?

this is an email i wrote for St.Patrick's Day 2009 (last year)...

(just some thoughts i had, cause i was curious to know what it was all about. i had no idea.)

so as i was sitting in class today and noticed many ppl in my class wearing bright green to promote St. Patrick's day, it occurred to me that i had no idea who St. Patrick was, so i went to my good friend Wiki and looked him up...

if you don't wanna read a lot, that's ok, you can probably stop reading at the end of this paragraph with my tiny lil exec summary, but i have attached the link and some parts from wikipedia if you want to read more. this is just what i learned and what i interpreted....

i've learned that St. Patrick and his celebration is really for his death and his cause,
being a Christian missionary in Ireland, he went around baptizing, and preaching the gospel, despite being kidnapped and made a slave in that same land in his earlier years.
St. Patrick's Day celebrates and remembers a missionary who died living out the call of Jesus to go out and spread the good news

let's not forget that we also need to live a life that follows in Jesus' footsteps!

***one cool fact that i learned, is that the Shamrock (3-leaf clover) associated with Ireland and the Celtics (not Boston and the big 3), was used by St. Patrick as a symbol to teach people of the concept of the Holy Trinity!


so i guess despite all the drinking and partying going on,
we can reflect on what one man did and how we can apply it,
whether in big ways, so we can be the missionaries in our world today, preach the gospel among our friends,
or even in smaller ways, to share and be a testimony of God's work and grace,
this day should remind us to live a life striving to glorify God,
and ultimately, to reflect Jesus in our lives so that others may come to know Him as well.


if you wanna know more, keep reading, otherwise you could stop here if you want.

peace & love,

jono
unlimited in Christ



this is what i found... the following are just snippets from the Wiki document
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick

Saint Patrick (estimated AD 387 - AD 461)(Latin: Patricius,^[2] Irish: Naomh Pádraig), said^{[by whom?]} to have been born Maewyn Succat (Latin: Magonus Succetus), was a Roman Britain-born Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. ...
When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken from his native Wales as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After entering the church, he later returned to Ireland as a missionary in the north and west of the island, but little is known about the places where he worked and no link can be made between Patrick and any church...

Patrick was born at Banna Venta Berniae.^[10] Calpornius, his father was a deacon, his grandfather Potitus a priest. When he was about sixteen, he was captured and carried off as a slave to Ireland.^[11] Patrick worked as a herdsman, remaining a captive for six years. He writes that his faith grew in captivity, and that he prayed daily. After six years he heard a voice telling him that he would soon go home, and then that his ship was ready. Fleeing his master, he travelled to a port, two hundred miles away he says, where he found a ship and, after various adventures, returned home to his family, now in his early twenties.^[12]

Patrick recounts that he had a vision a few years after returning home:

I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: "The Voice of the Irish". As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea—and they cried out, as with one voice: "We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us.^[13]

Patrick in legend

...Legend also credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God' (as opposed to the Arian belief that was popular inPatrick's time).

Missionary Legacy

As one of the earliest Christian missionaries traveling abroad to spread the Christian faith, Saint Patrick is important because he serves as a testament to the overall missionary legacy of the Church. His example afforded later Christian missionaries the opportunity to assess the best methods to employ when confronting pagan groups abroad. Perhaps the most significant aspect of Saint Patrick’s missionary efforts in Ireland was that he transcended the boundary between Church hierarchy and prominent Church Fathers in terms of the viability of missionary pursuits. Saint Patrick proved that any Christian could live out the Scriptural commandment to spread the word of God while “exalting and confessing his wonders before all the nations that are under the heavens.”^[39] Patrick’s example would inspire later missionaries to undertake great missions to evangelize abroad in later years.

Methods for Conversion

Surely Saint Patrick openly preached the gospel message while among the Picts and Irish peoples, but that method does not alone account for conversions to Christianity. In terms of numbers, Patrick himself suggested that he baptized and converted “many thousands,” to the faith. It is true that Patrick had some success converting the sons and daughters of Irish Kings to Christianity, but actual figures of the numbers of converts among the entirety of the Irish population remain unknown....
...One way for Saint Patrick to ensure success for evangelizing opportunities while among the Irish was to live in solidarity with those whom he was trying to convert. Approaching the Irish as an equal while showing no pretense of superiority allowed the Irish to become more receptive of Christian teachings. In fact, Patrick himself avowed in his Confession that he “sold this nobility of [his],”^[40] to enhance the commonality between himself and his Irish audience.

Sainthood and remembrance

March 17, popularly known as St. Patrick's Day, is believed to be his death date and is the date celebrated as his feast day. The daybecame a feast day in the universal church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding, as a member of the commission for the reform of the Breviary ^[42] in the early part of the 17th century.

all or nothing.

no, not the o-town song. please.

and you're right, it HAS been a while since i lasted posted, but this has been on my mind a lot as of late, and i just wanted to share this with you.

before i go on, i highly recommend checking out
Daily Challenge
http://www.dailychallenge.org
it's a cool site that has a new challenge everyday, whether it's giving someone a hug today, or tell your parents you love them, or drink 1L of water today, or in a coffee line, pay for the person behind you.
check it out, and do some of the challenges and/or post some of your own!


if you're questioning christianity, or you aren't feeling how 'christianity' is running or how it is, and you are looking for something more or something different, i highly recommend picking up this book called, The Irresistible Revolution. trust me, i am NOT someone who enjoys reading much, but this book is simply inspiring and challenging, and it's hard for me to put it down. in fact, i am actually in the process of reading through it a second time! yeah, me. go figure.

anyway, this book has been really challenging me.

this faith that we have, or want. what do we believe in, exactly? we claim to follow the teachings of the bible (or of scripture), but what does that mean?
we'll do some things, but ignore others?

i think the thing we need to realize, is that following Jesus, is a whole, life-time commitment, asking for all of you, not part or some of you.
it's all or nothing.
i think oftentimes, we, as humans, like to pick and choose, what we like and what we prefer and what's easiest, or most convenient. whether it be picking and choosing the newest phone, gadget, computer, home decor, clothes, a place to travel to, or even a spouse/significant other. we like to pick out the things we like and not choose the things we don't want.
but when it comes to following The Way, i don't believe we have that privilege or luxury of picking and choosing. there is no compromise in our faith.

i don't think we can love who we want to love, or give to people we choose to give to, or show hospitality to those we know, but we also need to love even our enemies, give to the poor and broken, and show hospitality to the forgotten. not just the people who we want, know, or choose.

i was just reading a part in the book, saying that some one the author, Shane Claiborne, met, was telling him that Jesus says we need to be reborn, so we should be reborn. but the author also says that Jesus says a lot of things, and we can't just highlight, in our bibles, the things we like and the things we are capable of doing, but there is a lot of stuff we need to be doing. he told another dude in the bible to sell everything he had and give to the poor. so then i guess why are we excused from that?

if you still don't see my point, or if i haven't made what i'm trying to say very clear (that's fine, i probably didn't do a good job), but i'm saying that the bible has a lot of truth in it. and there is a lot to follow, yes, and it's difficult, yes, but
we can't choose to love God but not show compassion to the starving.
we can't choose to love our friends and family (our neighbours), but do nothing about the single mom in the ghettos, the victims of typhoons and hurricanes, the third world families without clean water, and child slaves (our global neighbours). that defeats the whole command of 'love others more than ourselves' or 'love your neighbour as you would love yourself'.
we can't keep spending money on things all the time at our very disposal, when it's not necessary, like constantly going out to eat, buying that new bag or pair of shoes, or that shirt, or that new phone, or that new laptop, or that new car.
i'm not saying we can't have these things, and can't enjoy them, but i'm saying, examine the reasons why you need them.

do you NEED them? could you hold back on it for just a bit, and use the money to help someone in need?

can you save that one meal going out for dinner with friends and
instead cook for your friends at home and use the money saved to help feed someone without a meal?
rather than buy more clothes, when your closet has enough for you to last a week,
give some clothing to someone who has none.

what i'm trying to say is that we are so blessed in our lives. we have everything we need physically, emotionally, and spiritually (most of us reading this anyway), and with God on our side, there is nothing we can't give up. there is also no reason to have and attain more, when we should only have what we need, and we don't really need to have what we want.

a quote i read, goes like this...
"there is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed"

if we shared what we had, there'd be a lot less greed, and more people getting what they need. there are very simple things we can do to help our neighbours both locally and globally, and it starts with simple acts of love.

but it starts with us. if we just
spend less,
consume less,
give more,
love more,
and live simply.

that basically sums it up, but if you really wanted some more detail or more hints,

• try holding back on spending, cut down on shopping, just do without that for a bit longer, or at all!
  
• if you really need something, try buying the cheaper,
  
• donate more (but be wise to who you donate to).
  
• spend time with the homeless, start with maybe half an hour a week, and just chat with someone on the streets,
  
• offer to buy someone a meal and sit down and share stories.
  
• help out at a drop-in centre, or youth centre. help out at a foodbank, or a soup kitchen,
  
• do some fasting,
  
• don't support big corporate brands, but be content with the simple and necessary things.
  
• donate some clothes to a clothing drive, or to a homeless shelter.
  
• be part of deedz (www.deedz.ca), and just go hangout with some folks on the streets,
  
• spend your friday night with people who have no company,
  
• invite friends you don't know too well over for dinner,
  
• invite classmates or colleagues over to watch a sports game.

and these last 2 things, i might say are really important things, and that is to

• read the bible, and pray, regularly.

but more than that, is to not just read your bible, but live it out. bring the Word alive. live out your faith,
do what it says, love others more than yourself,
give without expecting anything in return,
be humble, be patient,
pray for those who hate you or persecute you,
share your possessions with the least,
give to the poor, feed the hungry,
clothe the naked, comfort the sick, lonely, and weary.
care for the widows and the fatherless.
preach the good news,
and live a life of love.
be an example of Christ in life, love, faith, purity, speech and action.


no matter who you are, or where you are in your life journey, there is a lot we can do, and a lot that needs to be done in the world. it starts with us, and starts with very simple acts of love.
we love because God loved us first.

not only are we the body of Christ, but we are also the flesh and blood of Jesus. He is alive in us, and we are His hands and feet.
we are Jesus today. (that's right, i typed it like that purposely!)


remember,
"...even commit to doing the small things with great love." - Shane Claiborne

deny yourself

day 2 of lent, actually.
i think lent is not solely a christian act, but just an act of sacrifice for discipline, practiced by catholics as well...
k dont quote me on any of that.

but anyway, lent, according to Wikipedia, is the 40-day long season of prayer and fasting which leads up to Easter, and the Resurrection of our savior. the 40 days, representing the 40 days of Jesus who fasted and prayed in the wilderness just after being baptized and acknowledged in front of everyone that he is God's one and only son, sent and loved.

if you don't already know, the act of fasting, as defined by me, is giving up something, or sacrificing something whether a habit, or an item, or actually i cant properly explain this, but giving up something that hinders you, or distracts you, or something you claim that you 'need', or even just giving up something to acknowledge that nothing in this world can satisfy, or bring joy in your life, or sustain you, except for the power and love of God.

my personally motto is this. 'if you feel like you can't give it up, it probably means you should give it up', otherwise there'd be a lot of excuses and compromising and such, but for many people i know, they are partaking in this time of lent and giving things up, whether it be swearing, msn, facebook, tv shows, movies, shopping, pornography, meat, games, music, brand names and status symbols, spending money on food, or even driving/getting driven when walking would suffice.

for myself, i am fasting instant messaging, both msn, and gchat, as well as raptors games on tv/online, as well as basketball highlights on tv/online, all of which i always find myself getting distracted by and wasting so much time with.
by giving these things up, the idea is to free up time, especially time that normally would've been wasted or just less productively allocated, and use that time to spend with God, and devote more towards God, whether it be praying and meditating, or reading the bible, or worshipping in some way, the idea is to use this time to cast down these things and idols and get closer and more intimate with God. i am also trying to rid myself of saying and using offensive terms in my normal course of speaking, more specifically terms that really shouldn't be used.

the common fast back in the day was food, and not eating. Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness without food and water, and when it comes to fasting things of the physical realm, such as food, we, as humans, will naturally start feeling hunger pains and such. the hope is that when times of hunger emerge and arise, one can deny itself, and deny one's own flesh and body, but to be obedient to it's spiritual being, in an attempt to control and heighten the spiritual self, and letting the physical self diminish to achieve the intimacy with God that He offers, and that we desperately need to fill us.

here is a passage from the book of James.i have found that it often speaks of encouragement and perseverance to help us get through times of trials and temptations. the latter portion of the passage speaks of truth and a simple yet challenging call for 'anyone who considers themselves religious'. in other words, if we consider ourselves lovers and followers of Jesus Christ, this is part of the deal. 

James 1

 ¹James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
      To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:
      Greetings.

Trials and Temptations

 ²Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. ⁴Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ⁵If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. ⁶But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. ⁷That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; ⁸he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

 ⁹The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. ¹⁰But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. ¹¹For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.

 ¹²Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

 ¹³When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. ¹⁵Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

 ¹⁶Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. ¹⁷Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. ¹⁸He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Listening and Doing

 ¹⁹My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, ²⁰for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. ²¹Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

 ²²Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. ²³Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror ²⁴and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ²⁵But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.

 ²⁶If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. ²⁷Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

good luck to all of you, who are going through this season of lent, may you be strengthened and may the power of the Holy Spirit be dwelling in you all to truly liberate you from sin, temptation, and from the physical world, and bring you into a life of love, peace, purity, and intimacy with our Father above.



maranatha, until the Lord returns....

it's beginning to look a lot like...

....a NEW Christmas

http://www.adventconspiracy.org/hope/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqqj1v-ZBU

(this whole post was taken from my xanga post...REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!)

for me, and hopefully many of you, this Christmas will be very different.
after a life changing summer doing ministry at jane and finch, and just having a new perspective and mindset with the months up till now, life is just totally different, like a great 'awakening' (book by Jim Wallis, which i have yet to read)

anyway, here are some challenges that you and I can do this Christmas
(and hopefully the subsequent ones to follow...)

1. don't buy Christmas presents, and ask for no Christmas presents!
it may sound crazy, and counter-cultural... but you save money, and you dont fuel the ever growing culture of materialism, consumerism, and commercialism** :) PLUS you get to be more creative and give gifts of your own time and presence, or make gifts... im gonna try cooking for my family as one of my gifts to them.

2. don't shop on boxing day!
same reason as the first one**.... the money you're spending could be given to people in need, whether locally, such as the homeless who could always use a jacket, or gloves, or socks, or a hat, or more globally, towards the poor, the starving, and the millions without clean water!

3. spend time (with those usually neglected of it)
whether that is your parents, your siblings, or even the homeless downtown, spend time with them, talk, love, hang out, build relationships, hear stories, exchange stories, share hot chocolate, share music, share the awesome story of the miraculous baby born of a virgin who grows up to be the most revolutionary, the most radical and a sweet king and saviour!

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**i also highly recommend watching the Story of Stuff which is a really eye-opening video to show the bigger picture and a lot of what we DON'T SEE when it comes to spending and the products we use, and even the garbage we throw away or bottles we think we're recycling.

it brings up an important point in how our planet is NOT getting any better, and how North America just keeps getting unnecessarily bigger through consumption and wealth, whereas the rest of the world is suffering because of it, and getting poorer and poorer, with terrible living conditions


if you don't think you have anything to give, or if you think you're poor, check this out


Story of Stuff also offers 10 suggestions of what you can do, to make a difference on this planet


what are your thoughts?
how will this Christmas be different for you?

a streetlight... from nothing to something

...the whole backbone of the Streetlights event i created with some friends in May to help fundraise for my local missions trip/internship to the Jane and Finch community.


the reason i came up with that name can be found when you break it up and then you look at it from afar.

street + light = streetlights

the street, or the streets. going back to the community and where the real people are. where people live and where people interact everyday. where people are real. where things go down, but also where Jesus would probably be chillin' at. back in the days of Jesus, he hung out with the sinners and the 'sick', not the righteous... sometimes we may go overseas or to other countries to preach the good news, not that that's bad or anything, but sometimes we may neglect or overlook the need right here in our very own cities... in the streets, where some people may not want to go, where people may be scared, or there may be a bad reputation, but we're still supposed to have the compassion Jesus had, and the courage he had, to just go, and love.

light. in Matthew 5:14-16, we are called to be lights in this world. we are living in a crooked and depraved generation (philippians 2), and we need to be that light in the darkness, to stand out, to be the fragrance in the world that is radically different from the world. to be counter cultural. it's our job, not just the person beside us, sitting next to us, we are all called to have courage and shine before men.... so that they may see God and Jesus in us and take notice, and start asking questions.

a streetlight. something ordinary, something people overlook, and take for granted, and something we never pay attention to, or notice. it's just metal + concrete + a lightbulb. but it's something like that which has a deeper and more meaningful purpose... just as God takes us, as we are, and can use us for things we could have never imagined, to further His kingdom. if you were to walk down a street, or walk down a pathway in a park without any streetlights, there would be nothing, and it would be pretty dark and pretty scary, cause you have no idea where you are, where you're going, but moreso, have no idea where to go. a streetlight gives light and there's help, guidance, gives you direction, helps you figure out where you are and then you can see where you need to go.

if you humbly come before God and are willing, i know and believe that God will take you and use you, fill you and guide you, and mold and transform you into a true follower of God, and will have a calling for you, and there will be many things in store for you....

there shouldn't be any excuse, and there can't be anyone who can't be used by God, to glorify God.


Matthew 5:14, "YOU are the light of the world...let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

so? go and shine....

the beautiful and the wretched...

i was just reading Shane Claiborne's IRRESTIBLE REVOLUTION, which I highly recommend,
and i just thought it was a cool, subtle thing when he was talking about something along the lines of...

when we think of ourselves as beautiful and flawless and exalt ourselves, God humbles us, and we are reminded that we are sinners, and we are unworthy and wretched.
however,
when we humble ourselves, and acknowledge that we are unworthy and wretched, God reminds us that we are His creation and we were made beautiful and are beautiful

ok, i totally screwed up that paraphrasing, and i totally added stuff to that, but that was inspired by what i was reading in Shane's book.


if we aren't coming before God in fear and reverence and awe, then we aren't taking this faith serious enough. often times we think of God and Jesus as our best friend, but we must also remember that He is the Almighty God, the Lord of Lords, and there is nothing in this world or universe that even comes close. When we come before Him, we should come in fear and trembling as it says in Philippians 2, and know that we are unworthy and are in need of much grace and mercy, and we cannot do anything on our own strength.

even for myself, i just need to check my attitude sometimes, and not get settled with the 'best friend' aspect and forget about the 'Great King of Majesty' that is so holy, and we come nowhere close without Jesus.

feel free to leave your thoughts or comments.
peace to the least.

The Revolution and The Movement is beginning...

As i was going through some articles and christian happenings on the internet, i found this article from Relevant Magazine on The I Heart Revolution, started by Joel Houston, band member from Hillsong United. As i was reading this article and what this revolution campaign was all about, it just seemed to match perfectly with what i've been feeling over the past few months, and the fuel and passion behind it, is exactly paralleled with what God has placed in my heart, so i think it's perfect, and God made that happen. So here's a bit from the article i was reading, and after that is Joel Houston's message from his website, urging us all to be part of this revolution.

"...That’s where the third part of The I Heart Revolution comes in. Aptly titled The Movement, part three is practical application. Houston has coined the term “Glocal,” which he says is carried out when we are constantly doing the little things well: engaging the people we come across daily, whether at a coffee shop, a grocery store or elsewhere. It’s also about avoiding ignorance and arrogance. “It’s impossible to ignore that everything Jesus did was about others,” Houston says. The Movement is a call to further put that into practice."

Jahred Schmidt, on Joel Houston's call for a movement
from Relevant Magazine

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"This is where YOU get involved.. part one and two are the story and the mission.. They are united projects aimed at giving us all a global perspective.. Part three is about YOU.. About your projects.. About telling the stories of everyday heroes.. People who are taking it to the streets.. Who aren't just doing Church, but who are stepping out and BEING the Church.. And this is what will decide whether we're a part of generation of hype and good intentions - who sung the songs and talked about making a difference but with little action.. Or whether we can truly say we were a part of global revolution.. A movement of passionate people who laid down our own personal agendas for the good of others and the cause of Christ.. Who stood up and DID something.. With no agenda but LOVE..

I HEART.

It's a locally focused initiative which, if we work together, will have global impact..

Think of it as a GLOCAL project...

Imagine a global online community where at any moment you can see what other like-minded people all around the world are doing locally to make a difference.. It's about being the change.. Locally, and together having global effect..

A social justice hub where the Church can use it's voice and be heard on the issues of injustice that face so many.. And be mobilised to action and operate as the hands and feet of Jesus Christ..

It will work when we as the Church take up the call to act on the "opportunities" that we all have every day to love our neighbours - near and far.. It doesn't matter where you live, or what you have.. There are no excuses.. Everyone can love.. Opportunity is there for anybody willing to open their eyes to it..

Practically it'll depend entirely on all of us choosing to act.. We're gonna do our best to set up a platform and a network where we can be educated on the issues.. Be directed to ways we can help.. Be inspired by the stories of others.. And share our own experiences and challenges... But ultimately this is about YOU taking up the challenge to live your life for OTHERS....

SO THERE IT IS.. I BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE EDGE OF A MOVE OF GOD LIKE NEVER BEFORE.. I REALLY DO.. BUT GOD ALWAYS RESPONDS TO US EARNESTLY AND DILIGENTLY SEEKING HIM!!! SO CHASE HIM!! DESIRE MORE!! BUT BE READY TO NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.. PREPARE YOURSELF TO LIVE UNCOMFORTABLY; TO BE INCONVENIENCED, BUT TO SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY!!! IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS.. THE UNSEEN.. THE SELFLESS.. IT'S TRUE WORSHIP.. IT'S WHAT WE WERE MADE FOR..!!

MUCH LOVE...

jth"
Joel Houston
http://iheartrevolution.com/

you should check out the video on their page too. this is totally what's needed today, and the revolution starts now. turn off your computer, what are you waiting for?
hahaha...
but seriously, let's go.