Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, the, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. - NIV
Today it snowed. Takes me off the scooter and puts me on foot. Jesus still provides. I can walk to the post office to ship my stuff. I have a part-time job shoveling the snow at my apartment building. I can even walk to a supplier and get stuff to sell online. Thank you Jesus for providing me with what I need.
I walked to church tonight for a meeting. The regular addiction meeting was cancelled, but there was a men's Bible study going on. One guy there was very cool, offered me coffee and a ride home and let me hang out and listed to their study.
I was a little pissed off at the Jr. Pastor who was just like your meeting was cancelled see ya. I get what he was thinking in that he needs to protect the integrity of his group. So I can imaging what was going through his head, but I needed to be away from my house tonight and the walk isn't short. Just over 30 minutes. I am very thankful that D invited me in. Seriously, I had thought earlier in the day when the snow started about who I could get some weed from. Snowy, lock up in the pad, smoke up. I needed this walk to church to be successful. I am thankful that it was.
Refering back to earlier posts: Relationships. Get one with God. Relate with others. I do want to be careful and start relationships only with the right people. I need to be around strong Jesus lovers who believe and live trying to do good. I am at a good starting place as I have killed all my old friendships. I really am alone.
Sounds strange especially if you are young because my friends used to be everything to me. But where I went with my life obviously wasn't the right place. I am lucky that I have this chance to rebuild and do it right.
What this has to do with this passage is this: I am asking Jesus to help me start a new life. Even before I was asking, he was helping. I believe this. I worked by going out and finding stuff to sell online and now my apartment is full of stuff. Almost 700 items between eBay and Amazon. So when it's night or when it snows I can focus and take the time I need to read the Bible every day. I can go to Church. I can go to meetings. I still have to go out and work every day. But I don't have to stress about it every minute of every day. I have the time to do this and it is critical to my renewal.
My new life is about reading the Bible and trying to apply it to how I live. To be a better person. To build my business with equity. To do things right. I ask Jesus every day to help me and he does.
Never would have said this before but glad I went out tonight and got a guy's phone number. D and I are going to pray together on the phone 3 times over the next two weeks. I am going to give it a shot with starting a friendship relationship with this guy.
Have a relationship with God. Have relationships with others. Ask God for help.
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