20 yrs

Last night, a couple of us (Aaron, Johnny, Joy, Sarah, Alice, Sammy, and I) went to the Pre-Call rally at the Angelus Temple Hispanic Church in downtown LA. Boy, was it worth ditching for! Lou Engle was there & so was Eduardo who played Jose in the awesomely touching movie "BELLA." For those of you who haven't seen Bella, do so immediately. This isn't a request, this is a command. xP

Anyways, Lou was talking about Joel 2 and Matthew 17.
Lou has been waiting 20 years for something like the Pre-Call rally last night; where Hispanics unite with the rest of us in fast and pray for this nation, for abortion and many other issues that are going on today that violates what God has promised us. This morning, as I remembered to re-read Matthew 17, I noticed that Matthew 19 was about divorce and that was one of the topics that Lou was talking about last night at the rally. This is what Matthew 19:4-6 says, "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female," and said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." Proof.

As for Joel 2, I don't remember quite exactly if Lou had a specific verse, but I just looked through it again and I highlighted a couple verses that stood out to me and what I remember from last night. I'm actually surprised that I could remember anything since once I got home I slept right away. Ha. Anyway Joel 2:

verses 1-5 (too long, but you can take a look at it for yourself in your own Bible or go to www.biblegateway.com
verse 12 "Even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning."
verses 15-17
verse 20 "I will drive you the northern army far from you..."
verses 28-30 "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy..." (www.biblegateway.com)
verse 32 "And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion..." (www.biblegateway.com)

promises. all have been kept.

then as Joy was driving Sammy, Aaron, and I back, I think it was the area a little bit before the gas station, I saw this billboard. Lou was saying how he's been waiting 20 years for Hispanics to unite, also talking about Mexico. On the billboard I saw "20 years in Mexico" or something like that. I was like, "Oh my God." Crazy.

Oh & yesterday morning, before I headed off to school, I was waiting for my dad to finish taking a shower so he could drive me to school. Parking is a pain. I was having my prayer time on my bed (it actually looked like I was sleeping with my hands in the air, haha) and I was just praying in English and in tongues and I was just so peaceful after a few minutes and then I started smelling this really nice fragrance and I said, "God, if that was You, let it be stronger." So I waited a few seconds and sniffed. (yes, sniffed) Suddenly, I could smell it even stronger than before. But it was only a little bit stronger. Soon, I realized that I was going to be late to class so I just said, "Thank You Jesus. Hallelujah. Amen and Amen."

- Jasypants