I once was leading a class discussion forum for university with two classmates. Among the “formal” questions we had posted and had our classmates discuss about, I posted a question that said something like, “What Makes Me Smile”. People were welcome to share about what made them smile during their week in their internship in schools.
I once was talking with a friend about the importance of remembering what God had done in our lives so we would trust Him for our present circumstances and not depend on ourselves and keep worrying. My friend thought I could use this as a topic for my blog sometime (or at least, that’s what I understood). So here it is.
This page is literally in “loving memory” of the things God has done for me. Small and great. Daily stuff. Things I must remember so I rest in God and do not lose heart . If you wish to add your own “God’s Winks”, please leave a comment, it would be delighting.
46. Joe!
45. Summer Job 09
48. Sin confrontation
47. Ludovic
46. Collège & Carrières!
45. Youth meetings
44. Sherby Summer 2008
43. God’s Forgiveness
42. The end of the 2008 strike.
41. Shaking my wet hands and lose my ring in the metro – lost forever.
40. The “quiet strength” my unbeliever friend noticed in me.
39. Friday night with Jess.
38. Coffee with Ryan.
37. All the new young kids at the youth meeting.
36. Christmas in BC.
35. 2nd ESL teacher’s “spirituality”!
34. My CT’s “spirituality”.
33. Getting an iPod as a birthday present.
32. Micro teaching!
31. Praying for an unbeliever, getting a phone call from this very person, being asked what I was doing and… answering I was praying for her.
30. Rachel’s car.
29. Getting money from a complete stranger.
28. Jessica and her mars bars for me.
27. What’s the meaning of life? – Jasmin
26. Fisherman’s Friends with my agenda?!
25. Three people praying for musicians at prayer meeting, in the face of Rachel.
24. Mark’s desire about inter youth groups ; answer to my prayers.
23. Working and realizing the blessing it is to know Christ and the tangible hope I have in Him.
22. You should see the stars tonight – David
21. “Madame… Vous êtes très gentille.” – little girl at VV.
20. Talk about creating inter youth groups…
19. Phone call from Laura.
18. The only Saturday off I got for the whole summer fell on the Saturday my family got together a last time before my sister and her husband moved to BC.
17. Diane’s face when she realized I was one penny over.
16. Being “kept” from being a cashier by supervisors.
15. Nice people around me.
14. Success on the SEL exam.
13. Finding a Bible in Claire’s car.
12. Going to the bank with Claire twice in two weeks.
11. Appartment paint: all paid by the landlord when we were supposed to pay at least a part.
10. Having Muslim ask me about what Evangelicals believe.
9. Good times worshiping Jesus in the company of angels.
8. Anne coming by.
7. Receiving money for no reason.
6. Finding a “new” type of milk crates for building shelves when I was sad I couldn’t find milk crates any more.
5. My grandparents moving out earlier than supposed and me being able to stay around longer.
4. God is always very smooth with me, giving me time to take new events and seasons in.
3. Finding an appartment way cheaper than we allowed ourselves to hope for.
2. Finding a mars bar in my back pack that I had not bought myself.
1. Getting marks that are surprisingly higher than what I had expected.
Posted by do on April 12, 2007 at 3:25 pm
recently getting a hundred dollar gift card to buy food when i had no money to do so!
Posted by Gabrielle on April 27, 2007 at 1:06 am
650
Posted by Gabrielle on May 5, 2007 at 3:51 pm
This is for Do,
Getting more hours and a new jobs all at the same time!
Posted by do on May 28, 2007 at 7:50 pm
why thanks gabe.
i have a new one.
having a really needed eye-opener conversation with coco while she was driving us back from montreal.
Posted by do on May 30, 2007 at 9:11 pm
gabe?? l’espece de langue qu’on voit en haut de la page?? is it like iian on your legs upside down?
Posted by Gabrielle on June 5, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Well, it was Iain and… Dustin’s shorts.
Posted by do on June 7, 2007 at 5:13 pm
i knew it was iian.
hey…we might possibly have found our third roomate…
she’s officially looking for a job to come stay with us. guess who..
she’s part of same club as you..go tiny people!!
Posted by Gabrielle on June 12, 2007 at 1:20 am
I don’t know who you’re talking about.
Posted by do on June 13, 2007 at 1:09 am
common gabe.
natou godbout. she’s the one!
lets say the red head and i are happy how god diriged toute cette situation.
Posted by Gabrielle on June 13, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Oh that’s really neat! I forgot that Nathou was short… or I didn’t think of her. That would be REALLY neat if she’d live with you guys! Wow, that’d be a blessing.
Posted by do on June 13, 2007 at 7:32 pm
ya…well it is a blessing..she hasnt moved in officially yet..but she,s been coming to sleep over more often..distribute des cvs a little bit partout et tings like that…
Posted by do on June 13, 2007 at 7:33 pm
oh i have some other blessing to add…i now have a third job. starting tomorrow…réceptioniste au résidence soleil…and karine is gonna form me,..hehehe…fun fun we are going to have!
Posted by Gabrielle on June 14, 2007 at 1:27 am
That sounds like fun. Well, the part where you get to be taught by Karine, maybe not the part where you are a réceptioniste… I don’t like that kind of a job, sorry. Anyways, but will you be working there on Saturdays or what during the summer… because… aren’t you working in a camp 5 days a week pretty soon? This is getting like an email conversation but this is a blog. Oh well, you’re probably the only person that comes on this page anyways!
Posted by do on June 15, 2007 at 10:42 am
i actually write blessings though so its ok non?
my new work is a real blessing, i love the little ladies and the little men…they are so cute! it is starting to be an email looking thing.. yes im working 5 days a week at camps…résidence will be at nights on weekends(i fds sur 2) and im probably keeping cora on saturdays..(im speaking iwht my boss today to see whats happening la) ill just write you an email if i dont see you a ronde gabe.
love love
Posted by do on June 26, 2007 at 9:59 am
another blessing. Starting the summer camps wth chilren again! I love thme so much and it’s only been a day! It’s enat because they are o willing to learn english, and whenever they know an english word they will just stick it in the french sentence..its cute.
Posted by do on July 9, 2007 at 12:39 am
having a meeting with mme jo last night
Posted by Corinne Barker on May 29, 2008 at 4:26 pm
how do you see a blessing in number 41?
Posted by Gabrielle on June 2, 2008 at 1:58 am
You’re right, that does not seem like a blessing and truly is not, but only in a certain way. The moment I realized I had lost my ring I did not feel the normal frustration and/or worry I usually feel when I lose something I value. Rather, I felt totally fine with it – yes, I was sad, but I was simply content anyways because it was simply a ring.
Thus, I want to remember this #41 because it reminds me that things are things and I can rejoice no matter what I lose on earth. Christ is all I need.
Posted by do on June 11, 2008 at 9:50 pm
wow…the list increased! I had not read it for a long while now…depuis genre le #12…
its neat to see how god is blessing you in tiny and big ways.
i have a blessing:
having you in the appartment for the summer!
having you at clic for the summer!
Posted by Gabrielle on June 11, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Hey, we’ve been living in the same place for only a few days now, and haven’t started working together yet so… we’ll see how you feel in a few weeks! But I’m sure it’ll be great, we never had any trouble either working together or living together. I must say that it was always a blessing actually.
Posted by do on September 6, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Funny, I came to read your blessing page, to add to the list:
God blessing me with a little one like you in my life. One with whom I can share anything, one in whom I trust! A little one that I love! Your precious gabe! je t’aime.
je viens de relire nos derniers note, about you being in the appt. and working at clic. It was indeed one heck of a blessed summer. Vive La fidèlité de Dieu!
Posted by do on September 23, 2008 at 12:38 am
Spending this past weekend with you was a blessing to add to the list…