Restoration
11:49 PM
Today, I visited Isaiah 40, this Christian counseling center in the NDG neighborhood.
I was accompanied by some lovely peeps from my family church. The reason for the visit was to discuss about our partnership with the center in hosting this conference on the topic of boundaries in the coming month of Feb. So we had some light breakfast with the director of the center, who happened to be this wisdom-oozing and long lived woman with silver lining hairs. After the meeting, in which I slept through a good chunk of time,
#ibringshametomyfamiry
she gave us a lengthy tour of the building while recounting her many incredible tales of her favors-laced life. I mean just the fact that the big hotel-esque building was given to them as a donation seemed kinda crazy to me. I asked her how she felt about all the blessings that she has received in her life. She told me instead how she initially never even wanted to open this Christian counselling center. One Sunday though, she got several consecutive phone calls from six different unrelated people who all pleaded with her to consider the idea of bringing a Christian counselling center to Montreal. I believe she must have felt pretty nagged by them. She refused all of them and then got into bed in order to avoid thinking about what had just happened. Shortly after, another person called. Her husband picked up the phone this time. After the call, he came in to tell her about the conversation. He told her that the person on the phone wanted him to ask her if supposedly, God called her to do something, would six phone calls be enough for her to say yes. A conspiracy? Or a sign? She still didn't want to have anything to do with this whole project. But she agreed to meet up with them the next Tuesday morning at 7am in order to pray and to get this whole thing over with. But after the meeting, she knew exactly in her heart that she had to open this center and that she could not run away from her destiny anymore. The seven people gathered around the table all agreed, if she was to consent, to become the board overseeing this charity. Among them, there were two lawyers, two doctors, a social worker, a governmental worker and an accountant. Talk about the perfect team to have on your board. Thus started her journey as a minister/counselor for the Kingdom. And the cool thing is that their first 7am prayer meeting became a tradition. Since the past 23 years, they have never missed a single Tuesday to pray and to intercede for the people they knew from all around the globe. She said you can never really know the outcomes of your prayers, but that shouldn't stop you from claiming and believing the things you ask for.
I was accompanied by some lovely peeps from my family church. The reason for the visit was to discuss about our partnership with the center in hosting this conference on the topic of boundaries in the coming month of Feb. So we had some light breakfast with the director of the center, who happened to be this wisdom-oozing and long lived woman with silver lining hairs. After the meeting, in which I slept through a good chunk of time,
#ibringshametomyfamiry
she gave us a lengthy tour of the building while recounting her many incredible tales of her favors-laced life. I mean just the fact that the big hotel-esque building was given to them as a donation seemed kinda crazy to me. I asked her how she felt about all the blessings that she has received in her life. She told me instead how she initially never even wanted to open this Christian counselling center. One Sunday though, she got several consecutive phone calls from six different unrelated people who all pleaded with her to consider the idea of bringing a Christian counselling center to Montreal. I believe she must have felt pretty nagged by them. She refused all of them and then got into bed in order to avoid thinking about what had just happened. Shortly after, another person called. Her husband picked up the phone this time. After the call, he came in to tell her about the conversation. He told her that the person on the phone wanted him to ask her if supposedly, God called her to do something, would six phone calls be enough for her to say yes. A conspiracy? Or a sign? She still didn't want to have anything to do with this whole project. But she agreed to meet up with them the next Tuesday morning at 7am in order to pray and to get this whole thing over with. But after the meeting, she knew exactly in her heart that she had to open this center and that she could not run away from her destiny anymore. The seven people gathered around the table all agreed, if she was to consent, to become the board overseeing this charity. Among them, there were two lawyers, two doctors, a social worker, a governmental worker and an accountant. Talk about the perfect team to have on your board. Thus started her journey as a minister/counselor for the Kingdom. And the cool thing is that their first 7am prayer meeting became a tradition. Since the past 23 years, they have never missed a single Tuesday to pray and to intercede for the people they knew from all around the globe. She said you can never really know the outcomes of your prayers, but that shouldn't stop you from claiming and believing the things you ask for.
There were of course many other crazy stories. I mean when you hear about these kind of testimonies, it does make you think about your life in a way. For me, I thought about the people that I got to meet and will get to meet and that somehow gave me a boost of adrenaline aka I was freaking excited. Anyway, after the visit, we got to talk a bit among ourselves. My sis Elodie said how wonderful it would be if we can all just cuddle around the director for one day worth of time in order to listen to more of her stories. I totally agreed with her. I mean there are so many things that we can learn from our older counterparts. And it is just so inspiring to hear their stories. But another thought also popped up in my mind.
"When are you going to start living your own story?" #aninterestingquestion
I feel like the dry seasons of my life have finally reached an end. I am looking more and more forward to the future. I think I can finally stop in my quest for inspiration before acting or doing something with my own life and my own hands. The story that God has in store for me has been and is being written. I am truly starting to see what it really means to have life to the abundance when I contend for His Kingdom. I am just so grateful of my life and I can't help it but to shed some tears of joy thinking about everything that has happened so far. It is so true. I was once lost and now I am found again. I just hope I never lose again this passion and excitement that is burning feverishly inside of me.
#innerpeace
"When are you going to start living your own story?" #aninterestingquestion
I feel like the dry seasons of my life have finally reached an end. I am looking more and more forward to the future. I think I can finally stop in my quest for inspiration before acting or doing something with my own life and my own hands. The story that God has in store for me has been and is being written. I am truly starting to see what it really means to have life to the abundance when I contend for His Kingdom. I am just so grateful of my life and I can't help it but to shed some tears of joy thinking about everything that has happened so far. It is so true. I was once lost and now I am found again. I just hope I never lose again this passion and excitement that is burning feverishly inside of me.
#innerpeace
Photography by Aaron A.
