Ben's Blessing Blog

This certainly is going to be one weird blog post.... I'll just leave it at that

Hey everyone I was able to steal a video copy of my testimony from last night. I messed up the beginning, but anyhow. For those of you that would like to see it, here it is :)

BenH

Well today I was able to share a testimony to my church about the trip
to Thailand. I was so glad to have the opportunity to speak. I had an
awesome time meeting with the Langes, Gaudets, Anne, Berm and Pookie!
I really am hoping to come back to Thailand. I just talked to a Thai
friend of mine the other day and we are going to try to have regular
conversations. I'm going try my best to help him and his wife learn
English and they want to help me learn some Thai. It sounds great,
hopefully it will all work out. Well, Im going to leave off with this
short blessing tonight, because believe it or not I kind of feel
tired. Have a good one y'all!

BenH

It's been a little while since I've posted a post. I am back from Thailand now and I will have to write more about it in an upcoming post, because I have something which I thought was interesting in my devotions. :)

Here it is, It's the story of Paul and his companion Silas and they were just cast into jail. After being cast into jail the jailor in this story was given a strict command. He was told to keep them safely. Upon having been given that charge it says he "thrust them into the inner prison". So Paul and Silas were busy getting cast and thrust around. As you all know there was then an earthquake at midnight and I find it interesting that the first words out of the jailors mouth are "Sirs, what must I do to be saved." There was no questions about the present situation, and he paid no attention to the other prisoners. There was not a prisoner in that prison house that night which had a fetter or a door closed on them. They all had the possibility of running away. However, you never hear of any of that. You simply hear the prison guard realizing that he needed salvation. How did he know of that term?

It's just my thoughts, but I think that many of the prisoners if not all had got saved. I believe that he had preached to them and revival broke out and they concluded their service with singing and when God shattered that prison open those prisoners knew it was not their place to run away and the prison guard realized by all the prisoners being there, there was a change in their life which he needed as well. These were all hard criminals in jail. They all would have probably ran away at a moments chance, but once Jesus came into their life they became submissive to their authorities. The first though to the jailor was that everyone was gone. Everyone including Paul and Silas returned to their jail cell. Obviously the jailor couldn't have got people in their to start fixing the doors right after an earthquake before all the prisoners left. In fact he took them to his house to get them cleaned up and probably didn't even have much security for the prisoners. They could have still run away, but you never hear of that. Paul and Silas returned back to their own cells and were later released

Paul and Silas made the best of out of their situations. That jail experience was very painful, they were cast into one prison and then thrust into an inner prison with stocks. The pain didn't silence them though, they started preaching salvation and I believe the prisons started repenting and once they began leading in songs the earthquake disrupted things, but the revival kept on going with the prison captain who had fallen asleep during the service then getting saved.

There are a lot of lessons to be learned from this passage. It was interesting to me to just think about the revival which most likely happened just because Paul and Silas were faithful to preach the Word. We need to remain faithful, you never know what may come out of it.

BenH

I got this very funny email from Brother Nadaskay the other day because of our trip to Thailand. We will be flying Korean Air tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 PM

Have fun reading this, Hopefully this will not be the case :)

Korean Airline Rules

Attendant: Welcome aboard Korean Air, sir. May I see your ticket?
Passenger: Sure.
Attendant: You're in seat 12B. That will be $5, please!
Passenger: What for?
Attendant: For telling you where to sit.
Passenger: But I already knew where to sit.
Attendant: Nevertheless, we are now charging a seat locator fee of $5. It's the airline's new policy.
Passenger: That's the craziest thing I ever heard. I won't pay it.
Attendant: Sir, do you want a seat on this flight, or not?
Passenger: Yes, yes. All right, I'll pay. But the airline is going to hear about this.
Attendant: Thank you. My goodness, your carry-on bag looks heavy. Would you like me to stow it in the overhead compartment for you?
Passenger: That would be swell, thanks.
Attendant: No problem. Up we go, and done! That will be $10, please.
Passenger: What?
Attendant: The airline now charges a $10 carry-on assistance fee.
Passenger: This is extortion. I won't stand for it.
Attendant: Actually, you're right, you can't stand. You need to sit, and fasten your seat belt. We're about to push back from the gate. But, first I need that $10.
Passenger: No way!
Attendant: Sir, if you don't comply, I will be forced to call the air marshal. And you really don't want me to do that.
Passenger: Why not? Is he going to shoot me?
Attendant: No, but there's a $50 air-marshal hailing fee.
Passenger: Oh, all right, here, take the $10. I can't believe this.
Attendant: Thank you for your cooperation, sir. Is there anything else I can do for you?
Passenger: Yes. It's stuffy in here, and my overhead fan doesn't seem to work. Can you fix it?
Attendant: Your overhead fan is not broken, sir. Just insert two quarters into the overhead coin slot for the first five minutes.
Passenger: The airline is charging me for cabin air?
Attendant: Of course not, sir. Stagnant cabin air is provided free of charge. It's the circulating air that costs 50 cents.
Passenger: I don't have any quarters. Can you make change for a dollar?
Attendant: Certainly, sir! Here you go!
Passenger: But you've given me only three quarters for my dollar.
Attendant: Yes, there's a change making fee of 25 cents.
Passenger: For cryin' out loud. All I have left is a lousy quarter? What the heck can I do with this?
Attendant: Hang onto it. You'll need it later for the lavatory


BenH

As many of you know, I am leaving for Thailand for eleven days with a
small group of guys from church. I am zoo excited, however, to get to
this day of being able to take off I have been working almost night
and day. I told the different clients I have that I will be gone and
so if they need stuff done they have to tell me now. All of a Sunday I
became swamped with work. It has been crazy wild, my desk looks like a
tornado ripped through an threw papers and hardrives all over. Oh, btw
I just got two new clients from other parts of the world, one is in
Cyprus and the other group is in the Netherlands. I plan to mail the
good person test DVD and a nice note to all the guys since they all
love my work. I love reading their feedback on Elance and in the
emails they send. Another project I finally finished this week is for
Sean Murroney (via the Mission Resource Center). You can see it on my
website portfolio. www.BenH-Productions.com

And yes, someday I will finally change my website from saying, "Coming
Soon" :)

I am so excited to go to Thailand and leave my computer behind. I'll
bring my phone along, so Ill try to send some occasional blogs when I
get some wifi access. :)

Well, since my final project was just completed and it's 12 o'clock.
I'm going to bed!!! :)

Farewell my bloggy friends!
BenH

The messages which Bro. Williams brought to LVBC were challenging and
were laid out so clearly. I've got a blessing which I'll mention at
the end, but I wanted to first tell you the message that most stood
out to me. The message that really challenged me was the one
concerning whether we are bearing the marks of Christ. When Bro.
Williams gave the picture of Christ bearing the marks for us really
pricked my heart of how unashamedly I ought I be bearing his marks.
The verse Romans 1:16 just came into my mind.

Oh, oh I thought my Pastor had such an awesome point about finances
tonight. He basically said that Christ gives us finances and we are to
direct that money into the locations he wants them spent. It's like
the three guys that took care of their masters talents, well, at least
two of them did. Thinking about finances that way really puts a good
perspective on things, because like stewards we are going to be
reaponsible for how we used the money given to us. A man ought to be
found faithful

Ok, the two lessons above are really blessings, however what gets me
the most excited is to see or hear of someone getting saved ...and you
know... what once again God knocked on our neighbors heart door and Mrs.
Lagans daughter, Amanda recieved Christ after completing the fourth
Bible study with my sister Nina. It was truly an exciting day.

Speaking of neighbors. The neighbors in front of us are moved out and
are putting their house on the market. Unfortunately, those particular
neighbors, though extremely nice to us through the years, have never
been interested in anything about the Bible. If you think about me
pray that we get some neighbors who will be receptive to the gospel
and we will be able to lead them to Christ. Please pray for the right
people to come along. Thanks!

Good Night Everyone!
BenH