Day 17 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today was a blessed day and i'm thankful God gave me a lot of joy and laughter. It started off slow because I left my lunch at home and I was tempted to be come sad and frustrated. It was because I made myself 2 sandwiches chips fruit the works and I was really happy for myself that I was able to get to school to in time but to my surprise my lunch bag was missing from my backpack. So I just decided to not blow up but to instead just trust in God to be my strength of the day.

To make a long story short my dad showed up with my lunch and I was very thankful to him :). After that it was lunch time and the lord blessed me with a lot of laughter and fellowship. After Lunch I felt like sharing this so I decided to spend the rest of my day with one of my friends I haven't really talked to in awhile. It was really nice talking to her and I was thankful to just fellowship and reflect on life. Fellowship can really bless one another and its something we should get in the habit of doing more often.

I had to write a poem for my English class and so I wrote this and I wanted to share it with anyone who was reading this blog. The spirit was truly present while i was writing and its funny because at first I didn't want to write a poem. Thank you Jesus for sharing your love with me through this poem.

To Be Called Out

We did it in front of the mirror

As there was no more space left in the church

Christians from all over came to pray

All because of the one named Jesus who has shown us the way

We have been called out

And there is a path to walk

It’s because of his love we can’t help but talk

About how great he is to be the one to sacrifice

He did it for our sins which sometimes we ask ourselves twice

Were we really worth it to him, all this pain?

Yes indeed his love, mercy and glory will continue to rain

Upon us everlasting and to the end of the earth

Because to him we are his one and only and for what it’s worth

I know without a doubt

That I’m thankful for his everlasting love and to be called out

So now it is time for rejoicing and singing

Yet to him our savior I will never stop

clinging

Day 16 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today I woke up looking forward to what today may hold. As usual I didn't really get the chance to speak to anyone all the way until lunch because I had work to do in class. However once lunch came I was eager to jump on any opportunity that came my way. I asked my friends how they were doing and so on and we began to chat. A little later one my friends sitting next to me I asked how his weekend was and he said it was ok. I asked what he normally does in his spare time and he replied nothing.

So I told him I had a solution to his problem and suggested he come to church with us sometime. He replied that he didn't go to church and I told him it was ok because one of our friends who wasn't Christian came to our church about a month ago. I told him if he was bored and he wanted something to do he could always come, and so he responded if he is SUPER bored he will think about it. This made me realize just as I once did that church and worshiping God is boring and theres way better things out there to do.

However this is the exact opposite, but I thank God for the chance to speak to him today and I will pray for God to use me to paint a picture of what its like at church and to bring him closer to Christ. Its funny but the way he feels about not having anything to do and always being bored, is the same way I felt before I came to WPCA and my life was changed by Christ forever.

After this I went to ceramics and talked to a friend of mine about the 1040 movement and how over 40,000 people are accepting God everyday. It was good to see her interest and I hope to share more things with her about Christ and what he means and has done for me. A lot of people believe in God and a lot of people don't, but not a lot of people really give themselves to him and they don't know that in return they will receive an everlasting life of bountiful blessings.

Day 15 of " A Quarter of Love"

I woke up this morning feeling excited and longing to witness about God. After being convicted the previous night I now understood witnessing doesn't have to be as straight forward as "do you know Jesus well if you don't you're gonna go downstairs". Not that I said that but just as an example. I realized just speaking anything about him to someone is witnessing. So I went into this day with excitement.

First period through third period I didn't really get to speak because I had class work to do but however I still would not get discouraged and I continued on searching for an opportunity to just share a piece of Christ with them. I got to share with one of my friends and at first I didn't know how to go into it. Because I had asked if she wanted to come to bible study but she was busy and so I didn't know if she wanted to talk about God. Yet I trusted in the spirit and he opened a door for me to walk right on through.

I began to talk to her about Christian songs, and how once I started listening to them I began to listen to it more than anything else. I told her I would make her a Cd that she could listen to and she said shed be glad to listen. After I brought up how amazing God is when he takes our previous situations and uses them to shape our lives and make us into stronger Christians. We were still talking when we walked past my car and I realized I had the first Christian Cd I ever got in my car. It was Jesus Culture with some Leeland and Hillsong Revolution, and it really reeled me into Christian music so I went and gave it to her. We continued to talk more about the spirit for awhile longer and then we parted ways, with farewells.

At this point it was lunch and I was thankful for God being with me and speaking through me. Yet I didn't want to satisfy myself so I went to my group of friends and chatted with them for awhile. I then saw one of my friends sitting and just staring off into space so I went to go talk to him. We asked each other how our weeks were going and he replied that it was good that he had rejoined praise team. Hearing this gave me joy, because we immediately began talking about God. I shared with him how I am doing acts of love and also how my walk with God has been. After talking for about 10minutes the bell rang and it gave me joy to see he was interested in showing love and also his growth in Christ.

Today was a true blessing, and encourages me to continue on not looking at this as a chore in anyway but instead looking forward to it as a chance to share in Gods love, and joy which is irreplaceable.

Day 14 of "A Quarter of Love"

So today I was in Korean talking with Daniel and we were talking about what would happen on Friday since he is leading worship. Hes excited and yet a little anxious about how everything will flow and just wants worship to be good. Normally I type up power point for worship but since I or anyone else who normally types power point wont be there I told him that I was type up power point for him.

I could see an instant relief once he knew I was going to type up power point and that was one less thing to worry about. Leading worship isn't easy and power point is one of the most stressful yet essential parts to worship. So i was happy to take care of that for him in hopes of easing his stress level. Something as simple as easing someones work load can make all the difference to them and can affect a congregation of people.

Day 13 of " A Quarter of Love"

This morning I woke up early to head to church because mission team was going to help out with serving food and cleaning up. It was good chance to really server many of the elders at my church and to assist the people who do so much work for us every Sunday that don't get much recognition.

We got to server water while food was being served and then we got to wash dishes and tables. We all had our parts in fundraising and mission team raised money. We were very thankful and mission team is beginning to bond more and more through spending time with one another and serving not only others but each other.

Day 12 of " A Quarter of Love"

Today was a good day I started it off by working on a project I had due for school and at about 12 o'clock I was almost done when my computer shut off. I was confused at first but then once it came on i was relieved. I re opened power point to see that none of my work had been saved. Frustrated yet not defeated I stopped face booking and got to work. Thank God I was able to get all my thoughts back together and complete that section of my project.

Any who later on that day I went with some friends to go shop for sadies shirts. After we found our shirts half of us headed to church for praise team practice. Praise practice was a blessing because we were worshiping and spending time with God instead of just worrying about the music which is something Sean preaches all the time haha. We then finished our praise practice and decided we would go out to get dinner so we headed for cross roads.

I dropped off Sean and Brian at McDonald's and headed to L&L to drop off Anna and Daniel and to pick up Lindsey who wanted to eat Inn-n-out like I did. I pulled up in front of L&L and Anna and Daniel began to hop out while Lindsey was waiting to get in. Just then a White BMW on my left was gonna pull out but they stopped waiting for me to move. Lindsey hoped into the car and right when I was about to pull away this man in the White BMW was outside of his car and next to my window.

I thought he needed help or something, then he motioned for me to roll down my window so I smiled rolled down my window and said hello.His responds was for me to hurry up, and that he was waiting to get out. It had taken about 20seconds for my friends to get in and out of my car. I replied that I was sorry and that I was just waiting to get my friends real quick. His response was that he didn't give a F*** and for me to move out of the way. At this point I was a little confused but I told him I was sorry again and pulled off.

At this point I was gonna tell Lindsey something about Inn-n-Out but she was in shock by that mans response. She asked me how could I be calm and not do anything and asked if I was alright. At this point I started to laugh not only at her shock at me but at the whole situation. I explained to Lindsey that, for one we do not know what situation that man was in. He could have gotten a emergency phone call and wanted to go somewhere right away. Also he could have had a bad day or its possible he could have just been rude.

However what ever his reason theres no reason for me to get offended by it because things like that happen. Also retaliating in a situation like that wont solve the problem but will only prolong the chaos. So after explaining all of this to Lindsey we laughed and continued on with our dinner.

It was a blessing showing kindness to that man even if he didn't care about me. I was in the wrong for making him wait and true thats no reason for someone to be rude but I'm thankful that God kept us away from hurt harm or danger and hoped that that man got home safely.

Its not easy to show kindness to your enemies but thats what Love is all about.

Day 11 of "A Quarter of Love"

So today was an easy day, we had a chalk walk at school which was very fun. At about 1 o clock I went with a friend of mines to visit a college in PV and I drove while we went talked and go to just talk about our lives and how great God has been to us. After that we headed back because we both were going to go to church. After dropping him off i met up with my friends from church and we ate and talked about our day.

A little later we arrived at church and after being there for about 20minutes David Park asked me if I could go ride with him to go somewhere but he told me there was no time to explain. So I jumped into his car and we drove away. He let me know he was going to sell a gps to some guy and the guy was supposed to bring "a friend" so he wanted to have someone with him as well. We joked around as we headed to there and finally we arrived at the rendezvous spot.

The man pulled up and the friend he had with him was his girlfriend which made me chuckle because then I felt me being there possibly made it look like we were gonna do something to this guy haha. Anyways after the transaction they traded smiles and we parted ways. Mission accomplished and no one got hurt thank God. It was a pleasure for me to go with David, even if it was just to get some snacks, and what made it better was knowing just how much us being there for our friends no matter what the situation can make things better. Sometimes we forget that our friends rely on us or long for our presence not always for protection but just sometimes to share fellowship and the Love that God has given us

Day 10 of " A Quarter of Love"

Sorry if there are a couple grammar errors I'm pretty tired.

The last two days it seemed very difficult for some reason to find acts, but I realized in a way I was still looking to do things large when there were small things right in front of me. Today was a blessed day, and I got the chance to pick up some trash that a girl threw on the ground an walked away and I also picked a couple other pieces up just because I knew someone would have to eventually.

After picking up trash i got a message from a friend that an app turned into Torrance high wasn't signed by the dean of west high and they asked if i could go to Torrance take it to get signed at west an go back to Torrance so i did. I blasted Christian music the whole way there, and at first i was thinking wow this is gonna own my gas, but then i realized that, thats not what its about. When i accepted i did it with a smile and just wanting to help a friend and so as much as the gas factor tried to pop in my head i spent that time with God and was able to successfully return the app to Torrance high in the nick of time.

God is so faithful and loving, and he teaches us new things everyday. Sometimes we want to move on to things too fast, and he just wants us to pay attention to whats around us.

Day 9 of" A Quarter of Love"

Yesterday, in the morning before I headed off to school. I sent my mom the link to this blog because she asked about it when i mentioned it. I went through my day pretty tired and with a headache, thats what happens when you don't eat ahaha.

Anyways once I finally got home for good around 9 p.m. my mom came and told me. That she was inspired by my blog and shared it with others as well. At first this may not seem like much, but then I realized earlier that day I was thinking how great it would be if more people got involved in showing love in their life. It was great seeing God move and knowing that his word and love will only continue to spread .

Sometimes when our family or friends ask us about something we are doing we shut them out or dont give them much detail for what ever reason we have. However just doing something as simple as letting someone know what you're doing can have an affect on many people.

Day 8 of" A Quarter of Love"

Today was a nice day and service was very good and convicting. I've actually been convicted a lot lately thank God but thats another story. Anyways I went with my friends at lunch time after service to crossroads to get some Jamba Juice. Once we arrived Aaron decided he wanted L&L and so we walked over to L&L to wait for his food.

I am beginning to see how God moves and how I just need to be willing and the opportunity will propose itself. While waiting outside L&L and talking and laughing I saw a girl on crutches with her boyfriend walking towards us. I had a feeling that they would be heading into L&L and so as they got about 10 ft. away I walked to the door to hold it open. It was kinda funny because her boyfriend didn't seem really joyful about it haha but she said thank you and I heard a muffled thank you under his breathe as well.

I was thankful for God giving me the opportunity to assist someone even if they had someone perfectly willing to help them by their side. Love isn't about satisfaction or recognition, but instead its about sharing,caring, providing and expressing the qualities that Jesus has instilled in all of us.

Day 7 of "A quarter of love"

Today, I woke up excited because I knew I would be watching the 1040 later on in the evening. After going to work out with Aaron in the morning and then waiting at church finally it was about 3:30 and it was time for us to head for UCLA and the 1040 screening. We were on our way to the 1040 listening the TNB and talking about things we had expected in the trailer when I realized i had missed my exit on the freeway.

So I followed my gps which lead me into the right direction however some how I continuously drove too far past a street which would make me have to reroute and take another route. After that happening about 3 times finally we were about to be back in the right direction, except we were waiting at a turn signal. We happened to look to our left and there was a middle aged man named Charles with a sign. His sign read: Hi my name is Charles, any help you could provide would be appreciated thanks. Aaron began to talk about how veterans came back from the war to nothing. I looked into my wallet and pulled out a $5 and once I looked to the man he looked back at me with a smile and a stuck the money out the window.

He walked over very thankfully and took the money and began to joke around with us. He asked us if we were going to go pick up some girls which was funny because my car was full. Anyways I was thankful he asked that because when I handed him the money I wanted to talk to him about Jesus even though we only had a limited time at the light. I replied that we weren't going to get girls but instead we were going to a christain concert at UCLA. He was very surprised by this, and his smile grew wider. He told me they should have more christain concerts and that he was happy for us. The light turned green we traded smiles once again and I told him to have a blessed day.

I left happily not just because I gave a man money who needed it. Instead that I was able to share a conversation with him no matter if it wasn't for very long seeing the joy in his eyes from giving and even more from mentioning Jesus was rewarding. Something God spoke to me before today was to not just give but to speak about him to people so they will know he is on our minds and in our hearts.

Day 6 of " A Quarter of love"

Sorry I'm a little late on these but here we go. So Friday I had a want to express my spiritual gifts at school. However once again lunch came before I knew it and I felt my self in a need to speak to someone. I walked with one of my friends to get lunch and on my way back I began to look around for anyone alone, or anyone who I could talk to. Ironically everyone was paired up and in a conversation with someone so I sat down and hoped that in 5th period there would be someone for me to speak/pray for.

5th period came and once again everyone was with someone. This made me realize similar to my first day, that instead of going into a day expecting or hoping for something to happen. To be open to what is around me or what God may have right before my eyes. After this I left school, went to church had bible study and really enjoyed my time. After bible study I got to talk with Grace Teacher about her spiritual walk and tell her how mines was going as well. We had a very good talk and enjoyed each others company before we knew it it was about 11 o'clock and she was told there were a lot of dirty dishes in the kitchen.

I felt compelled to clean, so I volunteered myself to help them with the dishes. Strangely when cleaning for someone else I somewhat enjoy it so it wasn't a hard thing to do. After washing for about 10minutes we were basically done and it was nice because it gave me more time to spend with my teachers. Although I expected to use my spiritual gifts at school today, I was reminded once again by God to not expect but to be open and willing for what he has in store for me. Also I got to help lessen the work for others which was a joy to me.

Day 5 of " A Quarter of Love"

So today was a good day, nothing much happened in school so I had a lot of time to think about things besides school. I didn't really know where I was going to go with my act of faith today so I just continued through the day not expecting anything but waiting for an opportunity.

Around 11 o'clock I began to feel hungry because I forgot to pack a lunch this morning so I looked in my wallet and had $4 left. I decided I'd buy lunch from the cafeteria because I had a taste for some pizza and salad. Once lunch time arrived I walked to where my group of friends were and pondered rather I should buy lunch or not. Then I saw a friend of mine named John and he mentioned he was hungry and he might get food. Yet he refrained from going to get any so when some other friends of mine left to get food I went with them.

I got my pizza and salad and while walking back I just had the want to give away my food. However I was hungry so I decided to share my lunch with someone. I returned and my friend John still hadn't gone to get anything to eat so I told him that I would be sharing my food with him today. At first he was shocked and said he would just eat what I didn't want but after I persisted we split it 50/50 and sat down in the shade to talk. I figured if I was going to buy food for myself, why not feed two people for the price of one. Sometimes sharing with someone can have a greater affect on them then just giving something completely to them. We spent the rest of lunch talking about our churches and praise team. Sometimes if we share with someone it can lead to unexpected conversations.

Day 4 of "A Quarter of Love"

Today I was looking forward not only to my act of love but to Wednesday Bible study. I pretty much had an ideal of what my act of love would be today since I had a reason to go to church. My friend Riley told me on Monday that he left his guitar at church, and I knew it would still be there when I got there.

So after a good day at school and a good bible study I decided it was time to pick up Riley's guitar and deliver it to him. I messaged him asking him were he would be and he told me he was at church but he had no ideal I would be bringing his guitar or that I was at church. Once I dropped off his guitar i drove home with a smile, because I know the feeling of wanting to play a guitar especially when you are learning and not having one to play.

Day 3 of "A Quarter of Love"

After yesterday I realized I would just go with the flow, not expecting anything but just wanting to acknowledge any opportunities that come my way. Similar to yesterday my first through third period went by like a breeze, yet I was a bit hungry, luckily though I made my self a sandwich this morning for this period. My teacher happened to have a feeling I would be hungry so she brought me some Lays and Teddy Grams that I was very thankful for. However no matter how much I wanted the lays I realized that I already had my sandwich and Teddy Grams to eat and that I could save them and possibly give them to someone.

Then while working I began to talk with one of my friends who I haven't really talked with in awhile and she brought up the subject about God. We had a very interesting talk that lasted about 45 minutes. I was able to hear from her the many things that she has gone through, and overcome through her walk with God. Also I shared with her things i have been through, learned and my walk with God. Something that really stuck out about her was her hunger for God and how she continuously seeks him out and try's to spread his love. After my talk with her I was thankful for the opportunity to speak with her and share words of encouragement and Love about and for God. This was in fact the highlight of my day and left me feeling happy and excited about God and witnessing how he was moving in her life.

It was now lunch time and I was kind of hungry and had a taste for more pho because it was so good but I decided that I didn't want to be fat and instead would save money and eat at home. While sitting down and playing guitar Eric came and sat next to me and he looked tired and I didn't see any food in his hands. So I asked him how his day was and he told me it was good. Then i told him he looked tired and he said yea so I asked him if he was hungry. He told me kinda and i realized perfect time for some chips, so I asked if he would like the lays i had. He was happy and said yea he would eat him during his 5th period which sounded good to me.

I was very thankful today for the opportunity to not only give but receive spiritually and physically. Speaking about God is one of my favorite things to do, and the opportunity to witness about him to someone else always gives makes my heart skip a beat.

Day 2 of "A Quarter of love"

So last night I was late worshiping and going through the bible verse in excitement for today. Although today isn't day 1, it is the official start of my quarter of love due to spring break being last week. I was very excited and talked with many people last night and got a really good message from Riley in 1 Corinthians 13.

So i woke up this morning not knowing what to expect but ready for what ever would be ahead of me today. I did my QT this morning and was out the door on my way to school. First period went by like a breeze, so did second and before i knew it third and 4th did as well and it was already lunch time. Still nothing, I realized towards the end of lunch that hadn't done anything or experienced anything yet. However I didn't give up and said even though the day is almost over its not too late. I was starving and was about to go eat lunch when one of my friends asked me when we would go out to eat, because we haven't in a very long time so I asked if he was free today after school and he said yes.

I went to my 5th and last period and after the clock rung 1:50 I realized school was over and nothing happened. So I walked to my car just thinking if I passed up on an opportunity in first period. I happened to be reviewing my bible study when one of my friends asked what I was doing thinking it was school work. In a panic I replied nothing and that it was mines haha. she said oh, ok with a relief and walked away. Next my other friend sitting next to me asked what I was working on and I told him it was my bible study and he asked me if it was hard I told him it was easy and continued reviewing it and when I thought to talk to him about it he walked away.

I was waiting in my car and I started to think about a couple things. I realized that today I was awaiting flashing lights and a large help here sign that I could react to, yet i didn't go out of my comfort zone. I stayed in my normal hang out spots and didn't bother to search for what could be an opportunity to show love. I also began to think about what exactly is love. Does love have to be something spectacular? Alex Park told me that love can be something someone would do for you that would make you happy.

We arrived at Saigon Dish the best pho place ever, and stayed there for about an hour eating and talking. On our way home I realized that if someone took me to lunch it would make me happy and even if it was a small way I had showed a form of love to my friend. This day I began with large expectations yet towards then end it was more of a reality check and a realization that there are many opportunities small and large some obvious and some that I might have to search for yet this is what my journey with God will be all about.

Day 1 of "A Quarter of Love"

So after a wonderful bible study yesterday, a talk with Joanne JDSN, Alex and a talk with God i decided it was time i began to express how much God has done in my life. I woke up this morning wanting to qt but i didn't wanna be late to school so i knew i would have to just wait till later. On my way to school i began to listen to "love" by Jaeson Ma and i felt the presence of God and a desire to express my feeling about God to someone in some way but i wasn't sure how.

My plans were semi foiled because i felt as if i started today no one would believe it due to April fools day. However i walked with one of my friends to buy lunch and he had a bunch of change and so i decided to buy lunch for him. He asked me why and i let him know i wanted to begin showing acts of kindness in different ways. After talking with him i had one more period to go and then i was out of my school and on my way home.

I began to once again listen to "love" and i felt an urge to go somewhere so i drove past Manhattan beach and i made a U-turn. I drove to a pho restaurant that i like to eat at and started looking around. I then drove away but after 15seconds drove back there again feeling as if something was there.

Finally I walked inside the restaurant and sat down seeing a couple groups of people then i noticed one man off to the side sitting my himself. I walked to the counter were i am friends with the owner of the restaurant and asked him if i could pay for that mans food. The owner looked at me with a confused look and said no that i couldn't, which surprised me and i asked why not. He asked me why i wanted to pay for his food and if i knew him, and i replied that i didn't know him but that I almost didn't come here and I felt an urge to buy this mans food.

He smiled and said well thats nice of you and that he would take care of it so i smiled and sat down. Later the man walked past me to pay and once he realized his bill was paid for he was shocked. I didn't get to see his face but I was thankful for the opportunity to do something for someone else. On my way home i began to pray and thank God for the many things i am blessed with and the opportunities i have. Day 1 was unexpected however i am pleased and eager to grow in God and witness about him.