Things are happening!

Woke up this morning with a lot on the mind. So many thoughts float through my mind every minute of the day it almost seems like my life is going at 1000 miles per hour! It seems like as soon as i wake up , its GO TIME!

Devo-

Its not about us it's about God. What kind of sacrifices have we made lately to glorify Jesus? Mark 14:3-9

Sometimes we get so caught up in thinking we are living righteous when in reality we are living right-ish, start to get comfortable where we are in life and start to take things for-granted. We have to wake up and thank God for the basic things in life that we are fortunate to have like : the ability to even wake up another day, clean water, clean air to breathe, ears to hear, eyes to see, legs to walk etc. I think we get so caught up in comparing ourselves to others, when in reality we just need to stop living for ourselves but to live sacrificially for JESUS! sacrificing our time, money and ourselves to serving others and helping those that are in need.

Real Estate-

Had a meeting early this morning with a friend that is looking to buy a home and sell their home. So it was a good experience for me to watch and see how the process worked.  After a while of talking and getting everyone on the same page we went ahead and determined the next few steps that needed to happen. Cant wait to see what takes place.

Work-

The 24 shoe boxes that were supposed to be picked up by the lady that i spoke about the other day ended up going to someone else! There was a miscommunication on my part that took place. I guess what happened was another lady came in earlier and asked for some shoe boxes and my staff happened to give her all of them thinking it was the lady i was telling them about.  NOONE asked for shoe boxes in the past 6 months, what are the chances of this happening???? I had to apologize to the young lady that was supposed to get them for her project and explain to her that this was not supposed to happen. She was very nice about it and understood. So that was the start of the work day. :)

Highlight of work- 

I had a pretty good day at work today, great customers, got some things done, but the highlight of work today was with a customer.  She came in looking for a pair of walking shoes because she was going on a trip with her family to Branson, MO then later i found out she also needed a pair to go walk in when her and her husband go to Niagra Falls for their 40th anniversary! WOW! 40 years? married to one person? in love with one person? committed to one person? dedicated to one person? best friends with one person? argue and fight with one person? man!!!!! i was hyped! i love to hear that kind of stuff, marriages LASTING and TRUE LOVE! you dont hear that much anymore but when i do i applaud that person! i told her i was very encouraged by that. i asked her what the secret was...she said to treat her like your princess, to love her with your whole heart and take care of her. I was like wow! i can dig that. she said that their relationship was not perfect that they fight but they NEVER GO TO SLEEP UPSET! she said there were some long nights! lol! i was like man thats REAL! you know im a little old school i told her, i said when i get married i dont take that lightly, its going to be "til death do us part" you know? ride or die! she was like thats how its supposed to be. nowadays people take relationships lightly and use people as disposable things, "if he/she doesnt work out, who cares, i will find somebody new" kind of mentality.  NEWS FLASH- thats not working, all that turns out to be is a whole bunch of brokeness. broken homes, broken hearts, broken lives, broken dreams, broken relationships. she also said that they both had GOD as their foundation! DING DING DING DING DING!!!! yesss!!!!!!!! a good quote i once heard was, "A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her." wow!!! yesss!!! thats real! but heres the one that i really like its PROVERBS 31. Now that right there.....THATS WHAT EVERY MAN NEEDS ON THEIR TEAM AS THEIR BEST FRIEND!!!!!yezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzirrrrrcuuuuuhh!!!!!! when we were done with the sale, one way or another i just felt like i had to give her my real estate business card so i ran out to my car and grabbed one, gave it to her. i told her that i was also a real estate agent and that if she knew anyone that was looking to buy/sell a home that if she could please refer them to me. She simply said she would pray for me, i said AMEN! yea actually yes i need that! then the HOLY SPIRIT was really speaking. i told her that would be awesome if she could keep me in prayer and that a long term goal of mine is to be a motivational speaker to our youth, young adults and people of all backgrounds.  She said she will put my name down on her prayer list and she will lift my name up to Jesus every day that she prays! WOW! she said she was a prayer warrior and i told her that prayer is what makes things happen! she said she could really feel the joy of the Lord by looking at me and that she knew that i was a follower of Christ! WOW! THANK YOU JESUS! then i was going to head back into the store, i thanked her for her business and reminded her to keep me in prayer, then i said you know what, can you pray for me now? she said yes, and next thing i know she was praying for me RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STORE!!! after that i walked into the store and there was a customer with Dave (one of my co-workers, that is one of the most efficient sales people i have ever met). She was so happy that she saw my customer praying for me right in front of the store! found out she knew some of the people that went to my church (Stone Creek Church). small world! Jesus YOU get ALL the praise!!!!


TRUE STORY STATEMENT- stand firm in what you believe in, be bold and let the HOLY SPIRIT MOVE!


Ramadan dinner-
We had an opportunity as a church to host a Ramadan dinner.  Ramadan, i learned today was a time of fasting for people of the muslim faith. A time where they would refrain from eating, and drinking from dawn to sunset.  The dinner was at the Hub and all the food was provided by the muslim group that came. It was about 45 people eating and learning more about each other! it was awesome! the food was absolutely delicious! Most of the people their were from Turkey and the food were all turkish dishes! it was so good! i finished mine fairly quickly and looked around and then went up for seconds LOL! i hope noone got mad! but the food was soooooo gooood!! it was great to meet everyone there! they were extremely nice! 


Another adventurous day! Friends, family, students, parents, anyone reading this, please keep me in prayer, i realize that im not perfect and that i need Jesus.


(I hope you are encouraged when reading!)