LOVE

Patty suffers long and she is kind;

Patty does not envy;

Patty does not parade herself, she does not puffed up;

Patty does not behave rudely,

Patty does not seek her own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

Patty does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

Patty bears all things,

Patty believes all things,

Patty hopes all things,

Patty endures all things.

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7

4 Love suffers long and is kind;

Love does not envy; Love does not parade itself,

is not puffed up;

5 does not behave rudely,

does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

7 bears all things,

believes all things,

hopes all things,

endures all things.

The greatest Commandment Jesus gave us was to "Love one another"

Even though this just doesn't come easily for any human been, doesn't mean we shouldn't try to love one another.

I changed the word "Love" for my name to see how it will sound, I was laughing so hard when I red it back because it sounded so ridiculous to me! because it doesn't even come close to who I am.

After reading and laughing, I thought about who are the people in my life that I need to love more, a couple of names came into my mind, even though I know that these people have never like me because of who I am (Latino) I have decided to reciprocate with LOVE.

If I'm going to try to love these people, I would need to love them for who they are and not for the things they do. These things are the only thing that had prevented me for loving them, specially when it comes to God's name, I won't tolerated people using God's name to cover up for their mistakes...So this is no gonna be easy! But I believe that is for God to judge and not me.

It's all about Marriage

I found a great page on Face Book that I want to share with everybody.
It is a Christian base page which give you advices and prayers for husbands and wives.
I want to share on of the prayers written by the Smith's

Dear Lord, May your peace fill the hearts of husbands and wives from all around the world! I pray that your Holy Spirit speaks to all of us in such a personal way that we are compelled to respond, confident that it is you who called us! I pray a blessing over both husbands and wives, asking that you allow them to experience a fulfilled marriage that glorifies you! May your power sustain them, and may your wisdom lead them. Thank you for the gift of marriage and everything that we encounter. We trust you to do a good work in our marriages in Jesus Name AMEN!  ~ The Smith

 

Spiritual Warfare

Scriptures of encouragement when the enemy is upon us.

My God, my Rock, in Him will I take refuge; my Shield and the Horn of my salvation; my Stronghold and my Refuge, my Savior--You save me from violence. 2 Samuel 22: 3

Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. Ephesians 6: 11

Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. 1 Peter 5: 8-9

Your Beauty

Your beauty....should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit , which is of great worth in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:3-4

Beauty that exalts the mind and spirit comes from God.
We are made beautiful by Christ’s perfect love for us, love made visible in the beauty of His cross. As we consider that love, the Holy Spirit shapes and transform our hearts so that, little by little we become more like Jesus in love and service.

If you ever get judge by your looks, think of God...think that you are His creation and that you are His precious daughter/son.....Outside beauty is temporary, but inner beauty is eternal.

I Don't Want to Remember

The memories came back :(
I don't like when I wake up in the middle of the night and I start thinking about things.
Many times I go back to my country and the civil war that went on for so many years. I don't like to think of the fear I got to live with for so many years. I don't like when the thoughts comeback they don't go away for a few days.

Two nights ago I started thinking about the long days at school, when I say "long" I mean 'long'. I was in high school (Bachillerato) in Spanish. I was living in a town far away from my Catholic school. I used to take two different buses back and forth from school, one will take me from my neighborhood to downtown and the second one from downtown to school, I guess total travel was about an hour.
I saw so many bad things that only happen in a war.

My first class started at 8:00 am and the last one ended at 7:00 pm. for a seventeen year old girl that was dangerous and very scary.

This particular night I remember one of the nuns prayed to the virgin Mary for our safety travel.
I was glad that she did that, even dough it was to the virgin Mary and not Jesus, at that time I didn't know any better, but my God is so merciful that no matter what He was there with me.

I  remember getting off the bus in downtown and walking a few blocks down to the next bus stop. I was always walking kind of fast that way no one will talk to me or try to get my attention for the wrong reason.
I was getting close to the next bus stop and I could see a lot of people waiting for the bus...as I was getting closer I can see sitting on a door step these two young boys, I knew they were bad news, but I needed to pass next to them, then I can see that at the end of the building was a dark ally. I saw the older boy getting his friend's attention with his elbow and they both looked at me...I passed them and I can see them with the corner of my eyes getting up and started following me...I thought "this is it, they will push me into the ally take my watch and rape me" I started praying for protection within a second...I felt like a warm embrace and like if an invisible shield covered me, with that my body felt warm and I felt peace in my heart, but I kept my steady pace, they didn't do anything, I got to the bus stop and went straight to a girl who was standing by her self, I told her that those two boy were following me, she recommended that we should stay together until the bus arrive.
These two boy went an yanked a wrist watch from this woman who was standing in the meddle of the crowd, she started screaming saying "those boys stole my watch"....I can still hear her screams.

Now that I'm a follower of Christ I can see that He was the one walking and protecting me all my life. God is so loving and understanding, that even dough I was miss guide in believing that the virgin Mary was the one protecting me, He still loved me for my ignorance. I'm so thankful that God has giving me the opportunity to see that Christ was the one walking those streets with me, making sure that I was protected at all times.

THANK YOU FATHER FOR GETTING ME OUT THAT PLACE AND BLESSING ME SO MUCH ❤ ❤ ❤