God is greater

Many times in my struggle I asked what is life to live? But God has blessed me to see beauty even in disappointment. I had to learn to tell the devil in my weakness, is my strength. In my weakness I learned how to lean on God and I become strong in him.... Don't let go, God promised us he will never leave us nor forsake us.  I know your heart is heavy but when the word says "earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal", it is true! So I say to you don't give the devil any more power, he wants you to turn your back and remove your hand from God's unchanging hand.  

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;  Proverbs 3:5

Lord, thank you...

Today, I was baptized and realized that I had been baptized not only in the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit but with the fellowship of Christians who strive for the Lord.  At times I have felt like God wasn’t there and that He had become distant. But I've been shown that God is never distant, WE are.

Today, I'm walking with the guarantee that I am not alone and that I'm never alone, and that I have Christ alive in my heart. It was by far one of the most amazing things I have ever done!! Please pray for me in the days to come, that I may continue to walk closer to the Lord in every step I take.

Lord, thank you for NEVER giving up on me... little ol' me.

Life...

Life is good… There are hard times and there are beautiful times.  One thing is consistent through it all… I am alive. I love being alive. I love the opportunities I have to grow. . I love seeing others smile. I love those questions you sometimes have to ask yourself…the hard ones. I love that life isn’t easy. I love that sometimes it gets a little complicated. Sometimes I love being complicated…haha =D

I love experiencing new things every day… I love the summer although the humidity aggravates my asthma. I love the fall/winter because I get to wear cute boots even though my bones ache. I love the spring with all the new flowers, grass and trees even though they aggravate my allergies. I love red meat although my kidney does not process protein properly.  I love going to the doctor so that my bone marrow might be able to reproduce more blood cells. Ok, ok so maybe I really don’t love the cons of those things, but I do LOVE the fact that GOD allows me to get up every day to either endure or enjoy. Granted, life has dealt me a challenging hand at time and I don’t always do the best, but I don’t have to do it alone. God is there. God has given us all so much so that we CAN enjoy life.

I am blessed beyond measure with the fantastic family, both in genetics and in Christ that the Lord  has put in my life. When I’m happy, they cheer right along with me. When I’m discouraged, nervous, or upset, they lift me up. That’s love. They put up with me and tell me when they are proud of me. I can’t help but smile when I’m around them, and when I’m not smiling, they do their best to help me smile again. And despite any of my ailments none are greater than having the opportunity to see my family and friends smile again and again…

"Getting through the tough stuff"

As I was reading this book I decided to share this with you...

Adversity has a way of cutting us down. After the initial blunt blow, we’re left stunned, wondering what hit us. It’s the tough stuff that tests the core of our beings, leaving us with contrasting results. It will either strengthen our deepest beliefs or unravel the fabric of our faith. Everything depends on our response. Occasionally the blows are so brutal they alter life as we know it.

Here’s an example from the book… You haven’t had a physical for a couple of years and you decide to visit your physician for a thorough exam.  After days of testing, poking, scanning and listening the physician doesn’t say much, until your home and phone rings. Your physician would like a follow up consultation, at this time she is told she has a tumor and needs surgery.  She has an aggressive form of cancer that leaves little hope of survivor past a year.  Weeks later her husband utters “there’s someone else in my life, I just don’t love you anymore.” This after 30 years of marriage… Haunted with thoughts of financial ruin in a time when she would have enjoyed retirement not endured.  Her now grown son is in the military and as she waits anxiously for word of his arrival…. Scattered news bulletins begin delivering sketchy details of a downed helicopter somewhere in the desert. What are the odds? Surely he’s safe. God wouldn’t let him be taken! But a call from a somber-voiced chaplain confirms your worst fears. Your son is dead, in an unexplained crash. Nothing can prepare you for such devastating circumstances.  Life is a coat that never fits right. We are forever cinching up here, taking in there, letting out over here.  Life doesn’t fit our plans. We exist in a continual state of maneuvering, adjusting, shifting, believing, often doubting. Getting through the tough stuff requires it.

Thankfully God has provided us with the right perspective. He wants to take the blows for you, to help you through the tough stuff. Truth be told, He can become the rudder of your life when fierce winds blow, your reliable compass when your e lost your bearings, your harbor when sailing on isn’t possible. He’s the answer. He intersects you at life’s most critical crossroads and makes all the difference.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

Dust in our lives...

God does not "allow" bad things to happen to good people. First, we live in a VERY imperfect world. The law of sowing and reaping, is also in effect. Now, you may be the most "perfect" human on the planet; but that still doesn't mean that someone's wrong doing will not affect you or me. ("no one is perfect") The earth is kind of like a very dusty room(dust representing wrong). We are going through this room and will get dusty, whether we like it or not it is a part of life. In I Peter 5:10 it says that our suffering in this present world is only for "a while."…

For those that have gone before us, Enemencio L Garcia, James Brian Garcia, Mary Juanita Lam, Raul Medina, Jesus M Marroquin... though your deaths may have been untimely and even very tragic, I pray that we will meet again in our Lords presence.
So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.(John 16:22)
The Lord Jesus Christ, who was the only truly “innocent” and righteous” man in all history, nevertheless has SUFFERED more than anyone else who ever lived and he did it for us!

“Christ died for our sins” (1Corithians 15:3)