Where does freedom lie in us?
Is it something we continually fight for and willingly die for?
Yes!
What can we do to move Heaven's Door?
Pray and be kind to one another...
And be ready for Jesus is coming soon.
I ended up watching a Christmas movie while waiting for the countdown. I have my champagne glass with pumpkin cinnamon juice. I could hear the excitement from my neighbor to my right side of the fence. They know how to party hard. They have their props for the New Year. They have a long table of food, munchies, drinks, hot soups and desserts. How come I know? They invited me to get a plate but I said, "No Thanks" because I was already full and I couldn't handle any food for that matter.
As I thought about the invitation, I would have been more intentional with my words if I just filled a plate and eat for the next morning. That would have been a better scenario I think because this is the third time now that I refused to their invitation.
Well, we all have our resolutions or goals to attain this year. What comes to mind is making better judgment on others. Our judgment unto others should not be an indictment just because they failed your expectations. Your ground rules may not be applicable to them. You just have to be intentional. There's no profit in rushing things. With that, I will no longer multi-task especially at home. You can never reach the ceiling of your goals if what you're doing is just the minimum worth of things. That's why we're prone to heart attacks, panic attacks, high blood pressure and many more health issues that could have been prevented if we just know how to prioritize ensuing good sanity.
Don't be afraid to unfollow many of your friends, acquaintances, and even family members in your social media if all they do is proclaim vanity. You need friends that will propel your faith in the Lord gaining new heights of wisdom and helping you be a good steward of God's given gifts to you. You know who they are... It is time to take control of the things that you can control but the things you can't, leave it to God. It is also time to render our obedience to God and not do things that would compromise them.
Let's all do better this year...'2022'
Now I know how my mom feels beyond exclusively overjoyed especially @ Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day & Birthdays when she's surrounded with her children. There is nothing more perpetually important & beautiful than having your loved ones, your family, enjoying the blessings of health, the abundance of food, the sentiments of love, and the shared challenges that made us stronger and wiser--all because we believe that "the deepest wounds can be the very catalysts that cause us to reach toward Him and that He is for us and not against us...
It's Christmas Eve...In less than two hours it's Christmas. It's funny that I'm writing this post in my garage table where your thoughts could be hovered with images of special kind of junks that are stored...For the first time I wanted to try the unorthodox setting to write not jut writing in your most special niche, the master bedroom all the time. Tonight, it feels natural, more like organic, down to earth atmosphere. Beautiful weather, too, for a wintry December. What about 68 degrees, my kind of weather.
Let me share with you what happened in the wee hours of this morning. My son's new sport's car was broken into. His passport, his ticket to Amsterdam for Monday were stolen. His Master's Degree graduation money from last week and his 6 valuable watches were also taken. And for all we know, it could have been a more than one man's job. One grabbing for stuff and one on the look out. The Ring captured a man sitting on the front passenger's side but it was blurry. You may be wondering why the alarm did not go off.
There are many speculations. May be even tremendous warranted guilt of what ifs' and should haves' suppositions on my son's behalf. I'm so sorry for this to have happened and I love you son were the only things I told him. Did I have any inkling? No, but at this time of year especially at this Christmas, I've heard so many car thieves, home invasions and packages getting stolen even in broad daylight.
However, these suppositions may seem irrelevant now. I thank God that my son had a very strong sense of moving forward and getting over unprecedented event rather than mulling over it senselessly. It's just money and physical valuables that he worked for diligently. I pray that the culprits be convicted and will return the passport and everything that was not theirs. Is that a dreamy, farfetched prayer? No, because God does miraculous transformations on the human heart. And if not, the valuable lessons alone outweigh the evil deeds. God has a way of returning it back to you what was taken. Never leave valuables, cash, or any electronic items in your car no matter how tired you are. Deposit your checks and money the day or the next day you received them. And never forget to mutter a prayer, silent or unspoken on your way out...
Most of all, don't let the devil sway you from celebrating the greatest gift of the Heavenly Father to us, His son, Jesus...
God will promote you, will protect you when you don't let circumstances circumvent or beat you.
From my Family to Yours, Merry Merry Christmas to you All!
God Bless
In every circumstance, challenge, and ordeal that we go through this life, new revelations and learning experiences walk our path. We just have to wear the right lens of God's perspective, what He says about all these events, chartered and unchartered territories in our lives unexpected, uneventful...
My best friend was in ICU on a ventilator, in a dormant state for two months. Visitations are only for families so I was excluded. I was left in the dark that the only thing I could do was to pray for God's miracle. I do believe that God still performs miracles for "He is the same yesterday, Today and Forever."
While waiting for God's heart to move from all the prayers and fasting from hundreds of saints everywhere, there are moments when the enemy encamps my mind showering me with doubts, fear, insecurity so I may be led astray from going to church to praise and worship the Lord Jesus. The devil whispering those lies in my soul that my best friend has long been gone in the physical realm did not pull a string in my heart for I know my God, what He's able to do... But you know, when satan starts to bewilder you with accusations and try to reframe your thoughts, please know that He is the father of lies, and don't you ever forget that he is "the devil that wants to devour our lives keeping us from the joy of living in a relationship with Jesus. His plan is obviously to steal, kill, and destroy one's life. And God calls us to be alert and of sober mind, watching out for the schemes of the devil who prowls around like a lion looking for someone to make his move."
So, last week, my prayer was answered; not just mine but many of those who prayed for healing over my best friend's situation. She woke up cognizant of her surroundings and her family by her side. I may have not witnessed such an incredible move of God but it gives me overwhelming joy that I still have her to continue this friendship that God bestowed on us. She can't speak yet but I know that in God's marvelous ways of loving us, that day will come very very soon.
November is my birthday month...and it's around Thanksgiving week. My heart is full of gratitude...
May you see what I see; may you feel what I feel and may the Grace of God abounds in your life because it's only through Him that we truly live...
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After contracting Covid 4 months ago, I swore that I will get the vaccine. But let me tell you some things I experienced physically and spiritually: it was very dreadful to face it knowing I got it on Mother's Day and also my mom's 86th birthday, both of which I planned to celebrate with family but life had other plans for me. I have had gotten so many narratives about how Covid turns into a death sentence, a horrifying and debilitating affliction it is to you if you get it. But until you experienced Covid which I never wish for my worst enemy to have, you don't have an inkling what sickness or disease means.
Before the inception of Covid, I was very confident that my immune system is strong enough to battle the virus. Never in my life that I was so wrong about my physical health. I thought I would be spared from it, maybe even an exception but I did get it even with ardent prayers to God every day. I had chills and fever that stayed with me for 72 hours; I had pinching-like pain and pressure in my chest for a night and lost my sense of taste and smell for a month. My energy was very low that all I wanted is to lie down and sleep. The weakening of my body was too much to endure. And when I was about ready to go back to work after 10 days of quarantine and with a negative Covid result, I sprained my left leg by doing strenuous body exercise. Thus I stayed another week. Another lesson learned: learn to take it easy and be patient and be accepting that growing old entails simplifying your life.
But even then that I was so sick experiencing all the symptoms listed if you have Covid, I know somewhere deep down in my soul that this virus is not going to be my cause of death. With the help of my very supportive and loving family and friends and most of all God's covering on me, I knew that I will regain my strength, recuperate with fortitude and run this challenge with the ingrained promise of God in my life. Amidst the precipice of things, I wasn't about to give up on the path that God has led me to take. Because only in God's presence you can have joy forevermore.
So, this morning, I finally got my first dose of the Moderna vaccine. I was adamant about taking it for I still see it as an experimental drug but some things just corroborated into making me decide that it's okay to take the chance for a lesser risk to be in an intensive care unit. I prayed that this vaccine will serve me right and to those who put their trust in these vaccines. So far, I only have a mild sore over the spot where they put the needle in. Praise God.
Oh God, I pray that this Covid 19, Delta variant, and any other virus that the enemy will plague us will cease and will have no power over us. In Jesus' name.
Amen.
