Many Blessings!
Well, it has been a long time since I have posted! I have spent the past two weeks away from my house. THe first week I was at music camp... which was an awesome experience and the second week I spent in Quebec with my friends Beth and Crystal. Both weeks were filled with many blessings. Music Camp was filled with many ministry opportunities and it was the most refreshing week that I have experienced all year. I am so thankful that I was able to go to music camp and be a witness to many kids!
Well as I have said the past two weeks have been great but...
Let me tell you about one blessing in particular.
Last summer, I had the opportunity to go to Montreal for 5 weeks. One night while I was doing my devotionals I heard God speak to me to follow the cross to St. Joseph's Oratory. I did just that on that beautiful evening. I went to the church and entered the most beautiful prayer garden I have been in and I watched the most amazing thing... people lined up to pray at Jesus' feet at the Crucifix. Yes, it was moving.
Well on Friday night I had the opportunity to make my way back to the prayer garden in Montreal and once again I was blessed. God met me right there. As I walked through the garden and prayed and admired each Station of the Cross I could feel God's presence moving. By one station a wheelchair had been left where a person had been healed earlier in the day. That was a blessing. However, when I got to the last station of the Cross where Jesus was resurrected I had an amazing experience as I looked up into the eyes of Jesus. Throughout my walk through the prayer garden I had focussed my prayers on many different things but one thing that I kept coming to my mind was something that I had been struggling with. So at each station I prayed about that. When I got to the last Station of the Cross and looked to Jesus a wonderful peace came over me and God spoke to me. I finally got it as tears welled up in my eyes. No matter what is going on in our life GOd is always going to be with us and He is right there looking down on us. I was ever so blessed but my blessing did not stop there. As I left the oratory I decided to make my way down to St. Catherine's Street... Downtown Montreal. As I was walking to Indigo books, where I spent a lot of time in summer 2005, to purchase a Christian book to read on the plane I was handed a pamphlet. The pamphlet looked much like a pamphlet for a visa or mastercard. On the cover it read "I can't get no satisfaction" - the Rolling Stones. Very interested, I opened up the pamphlet and was fascinated to discover that it was a Christian ministry pamphlet. So I decided to try and find the booth and I had the delightful opportunity to watch young teenagers stand in Downtown Montreal with Bibles in the middle of the homeless, lost, and prostitutes sharing the Good News with anyone who wished to listen. I was blessed and I was even more blessed when I was able to share with one of the teenagers. I pray that you will all pray for the teenagers who are standing up for what they believe in. As I walked away with the pamphlet in hand I headed to Indigo where I picked up a book that looked interesting and guess what... when I started reading it later that night the first chapter started with the words on the pamphlet. I really believe that God places us in places for a reason. God blessed me on Friday night in Montreal and He used me to witness for Him. I thank Him for this opportunity and I pray that when you hear God tell you to do something that you well indeed get up from wherever you are and go do it.
Here is the chorus of the song that I wrote in July 2005 after I had left St. Joseph's Oratory.
Follow the cross, don't turn away
Walk in the faith, to conquer the day.
Let Jesus lead no matter how you feel
Follow the cross, go pray and be healed.
If you ever have the opportunity to go there... make sure you do!
Many blessings
Rebecca
Well, it has been a long time since I have posted! I have spent the past two weeks away from my house. THe first week I was at music camp... which was an awesome experience and the second week I spent in Quebec with my friends Beth and Crystal. Both weeks were filled with many blessings. Music Camp was filled with many ministry opportunities and it was the most refreshing week that I have experienced all year. I am so thankful that I was able to go to music camp and be a witness to many kids!
Well as I have said the past two weeks have been great but...
Let me tell you about one blessing in particular.
Last summer, I had the opportunity to go to Montreal for 5 weeks. One night while I was doing my devotionals I heard God speak to me to follow the cross to St. Joseph's Oratory. I did just that on that beautiful evening. I went to the church and entered the most beautiful prayer garden I have been in and I watched the most amazing thing... people lined up to pray at Jesus' feet at the Crucifix. Yes, it was moving.
Well on Friday night I had the opportunity to make my way back to the prayer garden in Montreal and once again I was blessed. God met me right there. As I walked through the garden and prayed and admired each Station of the Cross I could feel God's presence moving. By one station a wheelchair had been left where a person had been healed earlier in the day. That was a blessing. However, when I got to the last station of the Cross where Jesus was resurrected I had an amazing experience as I looked up into the eyes of Jesus. Throughout my walk through the prayer garden I had focussed my prayers on many different things but one thing that I kept coming to my mind was something that I had been struggling with. So at each station I prayed about that. When I got to the last Station of the Cross and looked to Jesus a wonderful peace came over me and God spoke to me. I finally got it as tears welled up in my eyes. No matter what is going on in our life GOd is always going to be with us and He is right there looking down on us. I was ever so blessed but my blessing did not stop there. As I left the oratory I decided to make my way down to St. Catherine's Street... Downtown Montreal. As I was walking to Indigo books, where I spent a lot of time in summer 2005, to purchase a Christian book to read on the plane I was handed a pamphlet. The pamphlet looked much like a pamphlet for a visa or mastercard. On the cover it read "I can't get no satisfaction" - the Rolling Stones. Very interested, I opened up the pamphlet and was fascinated to discover that it was a Christian ministry pamphlet. So I decided to try and find the booth and I had the delightful opportunity to watch young teenagers stand in Downtown Montreal with Bibles in the middle of the homeless, lost, and prostitutes sharing the Good News with anyone who wished to listen. I was blessed and I was even more blessed when I was able to share with one of the teenagers. I pray that you will all pray for the teenagers who are standing up for what they believe in. As I walked away with the pamphlet in hand I headed to Indigo where I picked up a book that looked interesting and guess what... when I started reading it later that night the first chapter started with the words on the pamphlet. I really believe that God places us in places for a reason. God blessed me on Friday night in Montreal and He used me to witness for Him. I thank Him for this opportunity and I pray that when you hear God tell you to do something that you well indeed get up from wherever you are and go do it.
Here is the chorus of the song that I wrote in July 2005 after I had left St. Joseph's Oratory.
Follow the cross, don't turn away
Walk in the faith, to conquer the day.
Let Jesus lead no matter how you feel
Follow the cross, go pray and be healed.
If you ever have the opportunity to go there... make sure you do!
Many blessings
Rebecca
posted by Rebecca @ 4:38 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:18 PM,
Heather Colleen said…
Great to read some of your blog. I'll be sure to link it with mine as soon as I figure out how :-)
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