The Yes Man ( Are you one?)

About a year ago (?) a movie called the Yes Man came out starring Jim Carrey. Quite hilarious really and based on the true story of a young journalist who following a break up with his girlfriend, had made saying "No!" to invitations and opportunities a habit. Until one day, he met a man on a bus who told him " You should say Yes more. People who lack passion are people who say No to things."

It had a big impact on my life as socially I was a bit of a No Man! An offer for tea or a drink would often find me nervously looking at my watch and saying , " So sorry but I think I better get on!"

I decided to become a Yes, Man and say "Yes" as much as possible to all invitations and possiblities!

Since then I have seen the tremendous benefits of being a Yes Man.

It has improved the quality of my life 100 no 1000%. Two recent events lead me to writing this post and coming out of the closet , so to speak, to confess that "Yes, I am a Yes Man!!""

We have a project in Malawi working with a church that has a big emphasis on missions to the rural areas and has planted 26 churches so far. However they lack a central church for meeting and for gathering. All resources have gone into the rural areas. We wanted to build them a church, but it is sooooo expensive to build a big church, (thats what they need) so that despite raising some funds we were ready to give up. Yesterday I went to a church to pick up some donated shoes and we were invited to coffee. (in the past I might have looked nervously at my watch and said, " I think we had better be going.") This time I responded with enthousiasm and we sat for a coffee with a nice lady called Sally. We talked and shared together and she mentioned that theyhad just built a new church. They used to be in a tent she said. "A big tent that could hold 450 -500 people. It is sitting outside right now. Someome had said they would pick it up but they had never come."

I believe that this tent is for the work in Malawi and we will transport it up there.

If I had not said yes to the coffee it would not have happenned.

Secondly the once in a lifetime trip that Natasha is on now is because we refused to say no to an invitation even though it seemed ridiculous for us to get all the way up to Kenya to answer it.
It was absurd to think we could do it but we wrote and said we were interested and would like to come and since saying "Yes" to that the Lord has opened doors, supplied a camper and made it happen.

So Just Say Yes today and watch your life change. God is going to open doors today! He is going to provide oppotunities today to make your life an exctiting ride rather than a dull monotony. Will you sign up for the ride of your life by becoming a YesMan!! or a YesWoman!!

I hope so!!!