I gave him sodas, juice, soups, canned spaghetti,  canned ravioli, other canned food, vegetables, noodles, cereal, TV dinners, other frozen food, bread, and meat.

He was speechless that someone would help like this.

I am continuing to pray for him and his economic situation.

The company my friend works for started laying people off in September. But he was one of the lucky ones to keep his job. But to stay on the payroll he had to take a 50% cut from 40 hours a week to 20.

Now it’s taking it’s toll. He
can’t pay bills or upcoming rent.

I know it’s all in God’s hands. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t help, Right?

I want to help my friend but he’s too prideful to ask for help or accept a giving hand.

I can remember when I was laid off my job in 2008 some one from church came up to me and helped me out by giving my family food from their overstocked garage.

Three years later it’s
time to pay it forward. We are fortunate enough too have extra food we had stocked up for a possible strike at my wife’s work in October that never happened. So we have this food in our garage not being eaten. So I want my friend to come over Tuesday night and take some of the food away.

I just have to get him over there to take it. That might be the tough part. I have a plan that just might work.

My heat is broken almost every day when I hear and see people that are struggling in our great country America. We are so rich and some are becoming richer.

Let’s just not forget where we came from. And if ever given the chance lend out a helping hand.

I am thankful for…

1. God….Being able to worship freely and able to read the Bible.

2. My wife. She is my best friend.

3. My son. He is in college (culinary arts institute).

4. My daughter. She’s in high school, on the honors roll and on the water polo team.

5. My friends.

6. My church.

7. A roof over my family’s and my head.

8. Food in the refrigerator and in the pantry.

9. My wife’s job.

10. Health insurance.

11. My health, my family’s heath.

12. Hot water.

13. Electricity.

14. Having a car to drive.

15. Living 20 minutes from the ocean.

16. Living 30 minutes from the mountains.

17. Having a computer, cell phone, and other electronic items.

18. My neighborhood.

19. Social media

These are just a few things that I am thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

God Bless

For the last two years we have been using a special account, our Christmas fund account, that we saved money throughout the year so we could pay for our Christmas presents by cash or debit card. And with the last two years we have been able to achieve the unthinkable. Getting our Christmas shopping completed before Thanksgiving Day.

Last Thursday went to the mall and got my wife half of her presents and the other half ordered online Saturday and Sunday.The first package already arrived today.  Achievement Unlocked.

This past Saturday and Sunday ordered online some presents for my daughter and yesterday went back to the mall and got the rest of my daughter’s Christmas presents. Achievement Unlocked.

This past Saturday and Sunday ordered online some of my son’s presents and today went back again to the mall and got the rest of my son’s Christmas presents. Achievement Unlocked.

This past weekend ordered online a Christmas present for my wife’s mother to be delivered by Friday December 16. Achievement Unlocked.

My wife has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Since her family is so large we only have to get one of them a Christmas present. It is decided on a rotation basis. So, this year we have my wife’s oldest sister. So, this past weekend I ordered online her sister’s Christmas present to be delivered by Friday December 19. Achievement Unlocked.

So now we don’t have to worry about the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping. We can just kick back and relax and laugh at all the others fighting for items in the huge crowds.

2008 was a horrible year for us with my dad passing away and me losing my job. And people out there helped my family get through a rough spot. Now we can also use some of the extra time to help others. Show them and give them the Christmas spirit and love that was given to us.

Christmas shopping 2011 fully complete. Achievement Unlocked.

Now here I am breaking the news to you guys.

I have 6 different blogs, 2 on Tumblr, 2 on Blogger, and 2 here on WordPress. I know I am crazy to have that many blogs. And I know as well  I am a perfectionist to have that many blogs. So, being unhappy with my situation and my way of going about writing posts I just gave up for awhle and haven’t posted much of anything worthwhile.

I know it sucks I haven’t taken my blogging seriously in the past year. It does suck. There’s no denying it.

Now I believe I have figured it out and this is the decision I have made….I will keep all 6 of my blogs. BUT I will focus heavily on my two blogs hosted on WordPress: BJ Hewitt’s Blog and BJ Hewitt Ministries.

Hope you like my decision.

Happy Reading

Writing is supposed to be good for the soul, right? Writing is supposed to be a cleansing and healing of the mind and heart, right?

But when the words do come to mind they come so fast and furious that I can’t type fast enough to keep up with my thoughts, plus I am self conscience about whether or not you actually care what I have to say.

Lately I have been wading in my self-pity. Feeling really low. Have I turned to writing? No! Have I turned to God and given Him my all? No!

You see, in the past 10 years I have lost 4 jobs, 3 to being laid-off. I lost 2  jobs in management, a job in a school district, and a ministry job. The only conclusion I can come  to is God didn’t want me to be where I was at that time being apart of those jobs and wants or wanted me somewhere else. But where? With my thick headedness I guess I don’t see the forest through the trees.

But it becomes difficult when you have bills and a mortgage to pay. So, I take the first thing that comes to me thinking that is the door that God opened up for me to take and I take it. Only later to lose that job. And then I take it personally.

So, now I am haunted not sure where to turn to and how to react especially when I can’t pay my mortgage or my bills.

Need to have more faith. Trust in God and have faith the He will once again come through.

So, changes are on the way.

I want to be able to understand God’s Word more so I am taking an endepth study on the book of Galatians. Why? Because I want to know more about that book. I am also studying Greek. Why? Because I want to become proficient in word study of the New Testament.

So is that good? Yes, it is, but it still doesn’t answer the question that rattles around in my brain on a daily basis.

I don’t feel like I am where God wants me to be. I don’t know if where I am is the place God wants me to be or if I am running and hiding from Him.

I don’t even know if I am not in the place God wants me to be if I am ready to go there, to that place, or will it take a big fish to spew me up on the shoreline in the direction I am supposed to be headed.

To be honest I couldn’t even tell you if I am in that place I don’t know what my next move is to be.

I have always had these problems but it’s been weighing more heavily on me now. Bringing me down.

Maybe another lap in the wilderness is due.

I’m trying to do more work in the ministry. I am trying to find where God wants me right now. I feel so out of place. Don’t feel right where I am at the present time.

Ideas swirling around my head.

There is also this novel(well actually triology) and a men’s devotional that God has placed on my heart to write. I get started on it but quit it as fast as I open it up to work on it.  It festers around in my head. I need to work on these. Because you know what will happen. If I don’t do it, God will get someone else to do it. And I lose out on His blessings.
So I need help in getting the hang of balancing out everything in my life. You know what I do…I get home from working or doing whatever and I would rather spend time with my wife and kids, watching sports on TV, reading, than being disciplined to sit in front of this computer and write my books. It always doesn’t happen in my life. I make excuses. I am tired.

But also I feel I am not talented or good enough to write nor worthy to write something for God. Yes, I am messed up.

In my first novel I already have three chapters written and in my men’s devotional I have 5 completed days and nearly 150 days of notes that I now need to put together. But I don’t work on it.

I have found out I write better late at night rather than in the morning or afternoon like most people. That’s kind of funny because I am more awake during the day than at night. I would rather get my sleep rather than work on my writing from 10:00pm to 2:00am. I want sleep so I can be wide awake and so I can feel refreshed every morning   when I get up.  I’ve already been up for 18 hours, so, I would rather be in bed than staying up late to write.

Lately though several things have been flowing through my mind all day long and I have been writing notes whenever I can. A lot of it doesn’t pertain to the triology or to the men’s devotional. So I write down the notes anyways. But when I have time in my life I just don’t have the motivation to write a few pages or a chapter.

So I asked God, what does this mean? Should I move on to something else? Should I keep on trying? Should I rest until  He reassures me to keep pursuing and write.

So I need to press on. Need to trust God.