No Waiting

Do you like "no waiting" express service?: Raul had to go to the doctor for health problems and went to his office, but the Doctor had gone to attend an emergency. Raul did not mind waiting, because he was worried about his health and wanted a medical examination, because he believed the Doctor could heal him. If we are willing to wait as long as is necessary for treatment by a specialist, how much more should we be willing to wait as long as necessary, when we look to God for guidance and help in all our needs. If we care about our problems and we believe that God can guide and help us, why not have the patience to wait for Him to act in His Time? Because we have a bad attitude within us that makes us believe that God is in our service and He is like the 911, that must respond immediately. Tear that bad attitude off you and acknowledge that He is God Almighty, Lord of the Universe and your Father who loves you. Humble yourself before Him and wait for Him in His perfect time.

The Strength Is In The Union

If you want real success, do it as a team with other people, because the strength is in the union. This is what Jesus Taught: If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back. But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses. If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector. I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.  For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them. Matthew 18:15-20 NLT

Why?

Why did she have to die now? A child asked his dad: Why did God take my mother, if I need her here by my side? The dad in the midst of his own pain, didn't have the answer his son needed, and no one else in the family had a clear answer to the haunting question the child had. We may not have answers to the questions about death, illness and adversity, life presents us sometimes. The answer lies in two principles: First, we do not own anything. Everything we have, including life, is provided by God. Second, God is in control of the whole universe and He takes decisions that are for the comprehensive and universal good of all. As a result of these two principles, everything that happens, even if it hurts and we do not like it, is for good. Not necessarily good and nice to me. But good for "all of us" in the eternal and ever-present time of God. We enter into conflict in the face of adversity, because we want everything right, here and now, from the human perspective point of view. Then, if adversity comes, it hurts you and you have to suffer, always trust in God, because your fate is in the hands of a good God who loves you. Though you do not understand it at the time, if you trust Him, He will comfort you and make you understand His Eternal Purpose.

Don't Drag It

Don't drag it anymore, let it go!: My friend Irma talk much about her past and when she does, it seems as if she were still living it. The fact is that she always ends up in tears and that's not allowing her to enjoy and take advantage of opportunities offered by the present. My friend needs to forgive and leave the past behind. This problem hurts a person, a family or a community, as the weight of the past doesn't allow you to go forward or take advantage of all of what the present offers, because dragging the weight of the past with us, everywhere we go, drains our energy . Never believe in political propaganda phrases relating to "do not forget". God invites and motivates us to live each day like a new day and tells us that old things must pass to enjoy new things every day. With God you must let go of everything that hurts you from your past and enjoy the good news of God for your life today.

Don't Worry

Did you get lost or had an accident, no one can help you and you can't move? Do not worry, because help is on the way. In life we often get lost and have all kinds of accidents. For example, we may have health, family and financial accidents. But God is looking for you to save you. Listen to his voice, because he's close to you. Jesus told us this passage: If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?  And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!  In the same way, it is not my heavenly Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish. Matthew 18:12-14 NLT

To Be More Important You Have To Be More Humble

To be more important you have to be more humble. What? How? All my life I have been taught otherwise!: About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.  So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. “And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me.  But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.  So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet.  And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. “Beware that you don’t look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in the presence of my heavenly Father. Matthew 18:1-10 NLT

Will You Deliver?

Will you deliver?: On a vacation trip we made, some friends asked us to take some things for relatives who lived in the city where we traveled. At first, it seemed to us that it was hard to do and considered saying "no". But, because they were our friends and for the love we felt for them, we change our thinking and did them the favour. They did well with their family and we did well with our friends. There is another kind of tasks we do, not because we like it or because we feel confortable doing it, but because our loving God is asking us to do it and we decide to obey Him, although we have no relationship at all with the people whom we serve in His Name. We do it because we have a personal relationship with the Lord and obey Him out of love. This is the principle behind "love your neighbor" and "Christian service". We will never be good enough to do so on our own initiative, we do it for love and obedience to our heavenly Father.