I was really tired today. You know those days when you wake up with a little headache? For me it usually stays with me for the rest of the day and it did. I had a class that made us reflect on … reflection. Then I went out for coffee with two girls who go to my homechurch but live in Montréal. I’ve been playing with FrontPage and realized I understand how it works pretty well in a global way. I plunged in my batteries so my mouse can work tomorrow. I bought a Jack Johnson cd (In between dreams) and realize how I love this kind of music and wish I could play like him. I’m going bowling this weekend and plan on doing homework for the next three day and take it easy on Sunday.
My life is a bunch of little things happening here and there which don’t have too much importance, but I like it and I praise God for the life He’s given me, seeking to spread His thought around me, having one purpose in life: to make Him known.
I had a neat little opportunity this last Tuesday afternoon. I was in a class and for the first time we were asked to write an argumentative essay on anything. It didn’t need to be related to education or English or anything like that, it had to be on whatever we wanted. What went through my mind was two options: (1) I take the easy path and write on the big paper I’ll have to hand in next week and the issues there, or (2) I write about something God-related. I couldn’t just take the easy way, I had an opportunity to share about Jesus with my teacher. So I thought for a while and then I decided I would write my argumentative essay on this question, “Is Jesus the Son of God”. I had to write no more than 2 pages, double-spaced, so really it was very little. I remembered one of Martin Jalbert’s (administrator or PdVB bible school) speech he spoke a few years ago and the main three points arguing that Jesus is God’s Son. So I used them in my essay, in an incomplete way for sure because of my bad memory and the little space I had. But … I’m privilleged anyways. I found myself praying for my teacher a couple of times since Tuesday and who knows what God can do with this small and incomplete essay? Maybe He won’t do anything that I can see, but I know I did the right thing, even though I feel like I’m a nerd for doing it.
Speaking about Jesus to unbelievers brings joy to me. I hope it does to you… if you dare being a nerd and experience it.
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not often enough, sadly.
vive jack johnson. i own a bunch of his music. how calm and fun. man gabe,be happy, at least you play the guitare..but id love you more if you played like jack for sure.
Really? Would you? That’s conditional love ot a certain extent…
Speaking about Jesus should not make you feel like a nerd. Quite the opposite it should make you feel like a Prophet, a herald, the light of the world, the salt of the earth, a daughter of the Most High. It’s not God wispering that thought in your ear it’s the devil - the father of all lies.
Ray
I feel like a nerd because that’s the way people around me can perceive someone who still believes in those old stories, in religious stuff that they don’t know much about. In their eyes, I am nerdy, not open-minded, vieux-jeu. And I feel like a nerd sometimes in the eyes of Christians who won’t try to take every single opportunity they have to speak about Jesus, because they see me as if I’m doing a little too much, when I should try to take it easy. I know well that both unbelievers and believers have the wrong view anyways and I know that being a nerd in the eyes of men does not make me a nerd at all in the eyes of God. I know that even though I feel nerdy, I know I’m doing what is right and that God wants me to seek to spread His Name around me. I don’t feel down or ashamed because I am a Christian, but it’s the way they make me feel sometimes. It doesn’t put me down to think I’m a nerd, I am actually pretty proud I am one (in their eyes).
ya but gabe, you already knew that my love for you is conditional voyons..genre jtaimerais encore plus si tu venais me visiter bientot.
how funny i am..
non..tu sais ben que je taime pas de facons conditionel voyons..sinon ca fait longtemps que jtaimerais pu..considering your height..i mean common.
hey i see jolyane tonight!! im gonna go sleep over at ji’s house!
im excited.
je taime
doxoxox
Hum…I agree with the nerdy issue. Hey, I have even fallen into being “judgemental” of Christians who try to hard to put God into everything. Well, this guy in my storytelling class did his solo story about an experience he had with God. It took guts and I admire him, but also, I felt embarrassed because I was thinking: “Okay, to my classmates, he sounds like a fanatic and also kind of naive.” And I knew people might think of me like that too, and that makes me scared.
Well, but I do think moderation, or perhaps more precisely, being sensitive to people around you is important when sharing what we believe.
hey! I just got my little bro that CD for Christmas! (shh! it’s a secret)
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