newfies, lululemon and pimps

tomorrow matt and i are off to newfoundland. the crazy island/province where matt origniates. yes, it is officially part of canada, but they are their own breed. some of you will know what i am talking about. they call everyone 'by's' and shorten everything (in a different way to australians), example, 'like that' becomes 'l'dat' and 'what' becomes 'wha'. but they will be my people. i will be half newfie. or as the newfies say, i'll be 'arf an 'arf!!!

another canadian thing i am thankful for is lululemon. it's a sportswear (running/yoga, etc, etc) store that is the greatest ever. their stuff, while expensive, is made so well and are the most comfortable pieces of clothing i have ever worn. now, i just got a gift ceritficate for my birthday and just purchased my first pair of lululemon pants. i am so excited. unfortunately, the needed shortening, as do most of my pants, so i haven't got them yet, but the best thing is they do it for free!!!! woo hoo.

as for the serious part of my blog. i've been really challenged of recently on my idea about who's 'worthy' of being shown God's love and grace. now, we know, head knowledge, that everyone is. and that we should treat all as equals. but really, that's not how we do it in reality. we are so quick to judge who needs what, and who we should and do help and who we won't. this being said, to cross from our current state of thinking into changing our action is an extremely hard thing to do. if you disagree with this, you are either surrounding yourself with people who don't really need Jesus/who Jesus wouldn't hang out with, or, you are lying. the other week i mentioned about one of encounters with one of the pimps in the area. this is what has sparked my thinking. it would require a huge shift, and coming from a completely different angle, with a totally different mindset, for me to show God's love and grace to him. what do you think?