Cool dreams.

So I had my first obviously biblical dream a few nights ago, and it's not exactly hard to interpret.

 So I'm standing there, and I have this bag in my hand (I don't know what was in it, not important), and some guy comes up, shoves me, and grabbed a handful of whatever is in the bag. I wanted to go in a rage and ruin that guy day, and then in the dream I thought to myself, "Jesus wouldn't do that". 

 So I turned to the guy, offered him the bag, and said, "if you wanted it, you could have just asked. I have enough for us both." He immediately became relaxed, the conflict stopped, and the dream ended.

 This is actually so significant, and here's why. I have been so unbelievably bitter, so upset at different people in my life for the way they treated me, the way they lied (My parents, my ex, and a few leadership figures). I have basically been bent on revenge, the method being just loathing these people, making them know how much I hate them. 

 God has been working my heart over the last few months, and I can see the way that I cause my own pain to multiply, how I prolong suffering. 

 Jesus took all our hatred, our accusations, our blades on his back, watched us turn from him and cast him away,  and as we were turning our backs from him, he turned to God and said

 "Forgive them, they know not what they do".  

 I'll be seeking after that kind of forgiveness in the coming weeks.

Kyle Jenkins

Centred YA

So, I've been hanging around a young adults group at emmanuel in barrie. I've been searching for a group for a long time that meets regularily and does worship, and this group has that. But here's what's awesome. 

EVERYONE is fantastic. I came to centred on my own, and after the first night I'd pretty well spoken to everyone who was there. It's been cool to meet so many genuine people. The worship is great, the messages are relatable. If you're a young person looking for a place to hang out, I highly reccommend Centred young adults. 7pm Sundays @ Emmanuel.

New friends

So lately I started hanging out with some people. Actually, I started hanging out with loads of new people. I met a whole group of people from a young adults group and like everybody plays guitar, it's fantastic. I met a bunch of peeps from another young adults group, and they're all super on fire for God, and I've had the honor or leading some worship for them. I went to a Pentecostal district youth rally with a youth pastor I used to serve under, and met even more awesome people. Not to mention I seem to be running into christians randomly in really odd ways, every day.
God is super encouraging right when you need him to be. I was about ready to accept that there aren't a lot of people around here who actually give a damn, and then God just pulled me right out of it. I'm so thankful for the lessons I'm learning, and how patient God is through everything that's going on.
Never more than I can handle, but he pushes me just close enough to the edge of the cliff, so that I run back to him.