Here I am again with lots to say, full heart and not sure were to start. Have been thinking of writing for a while but had not time to sit and think about what to share. So today I decided, it's about time and realized I have not written a word on this blog since 2011. Where has time gone?
Once again, I am near the end of a year and thinking what great things will be on the future. 2018 is around the corner and I feel like this will be a new year of change and positive life. What should I do? Where should I start? Well, I decided this new year, I was going to start with me. I need to be more conscious of me and what I love. I feel like life has been so busy that I have not taken care of me and the ones I am close to.
Today, I got to visit a friend that once before had inspired me to live life to the fullest when I had a very low moment in life. He talked to me and encouraged me, he just always shared wisdom and encouragement, even though he just thought he wanted to share a little bit of life and cheer. Today, once again, I was inspire by the love this man can share by talking to you. Even though he is bit under the weather and life has given him some sour lemons, he has managed, next to his beautiful wife, to move forward, to stay strong and to see what is ahead. Even when doctors give them not so great news, he is faithful and knows that God is in charge of him and no one else. He has fought some battles already and won. Today, he is fighting another battle and stands on the believe God will do it again. This man has so much more joy to share, some more people to encourage and so much love to give. There is lots of love for him.
JD, thanks again for waking my fire and inspiration to live every day full of joy and love. Thank you for always encouraging me with your words of support and wisdom. I hope tomorrow is a better day and that we can have deep conversation about life like we used to have in the Dairy cooler. Angie and Annie are so blessed to share life with you everyday. Stay strong my friend, even on the difficult days, remember God is right there next to you. Friend, you have gotten me to write again, to pray harder and to love everyone just were they are. God is amazing and I can't wait for you to be another testimony for Him. Thanks for sharing life with everyone! There is lots of love for JD!
Once again, the year ends and we write new goals and ideals because we want to accomplish great things. Sometimes is hard to even plan ahead, but today, I decided 2018 is going to be my year. I am going to write more, read more, live more, share more and most of all love more. I know God loves us sooo much and gives us Grace everyday. Today, I choose to be His child once again.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Listening to God
Well, it has been a while since I posted anything in this place. Today is a beautiful day and I thought it would be great day to share my experiences with people and God. Last week I was asked by a very special lady to speak at their luncheon in front of some very pretty and smart ladies. During the week I was trying to come up with the topic and I really could not come up with something. I was asking God to please give me something to talk about and of course God did not give me anything right away.
Today, was the day to share with the ladies and in the morning, I had no idea what I was going to talk about and I figure the Holy Spirit would take care of it.
I was so excited that I had the opportunity to share with the Seniors. They are such a group of inspiring women. Today it was so inspiring what God had to share. We started talking about the way God communicates with us and talks to us through music, notes, etc. We had a special exercise that required us to sit in quiet time and listen to God and write, draw or just do something God had hinted you to share. We collected them, shuffled them and passed them out again. Amazingly no one got their own note, but all the notes were sweet and inspiring. I hope they meant something special for the people that received them.
As we closed in prayer. God really touched my heart and inspired me to pray for healing, and for grief. I stand and believe God has performed another miracle today. But after all this talk and a very inspiring poem Vivian, one of the lovely ladies, wrote. I felt inspired to write something myself.
Going with the poem theme...this is what I wrote:
JUST FOR YOU!
This special note is just for you
because God told me
He misses you.
He says He loves you
no matter what
His grace is bigger
than all of that
Time is precious
don't waste time
Grace is yours
at no prize.
He gives us grace
He gives us love
He also gave us
His only son
Today is the day
to start over
to work in your love
for one another
God is saying,
"Give me all of you
and I will show you
who you will be."
I hope this few words will help someone out there! Thanks for reading and looking at my blog. Love you all!
Today, was the day to share with the ladies and in the morning, I had no idea what I was going to talk about and I figure the Holy Spirit would take care of it.
I was so excited that I had the opportunity to share with the Seniors. They are such a group of inspiring women. Today it was so inspiring what God had to share. We started talking about the way God communicates with us and talks to us through music, notes, etc. We had a special exercise that required us to sit in quiet time and listen to God and write, draw or just do something God had hinted you to share. We collected them, shuffled them and passed them out again. Amazingly no one got their own note, but all the notes were sweet and inspiring. I hope they meant something special for the people that received them.
As we closed in prayer. God really touched my heart and inspired me to pray for healing, and for grief. I stand and believe God has performed another miracle today. But after all this talk and a very inspiring poem Vivian, one of the lovely ladies, wrote. I felt inspired to write something myself.
Going with the poem theme...this is what I wrote:
JUST FOR YOU!
This special note is just for you
because God told me
He misses you.
He says He loves you
no matter what
His grace is bigger
than all of that
Time is precious
don't waste time
Grace is yours
at no prize.
He gives us grace
He gives us love
He also gave us
His only son
Today is the day
to start over
to work in your love
for one another
God is saying,
"Give me all of you
and I will show you
who you will be."
I hope this few words will help someone out there! Thanks for reading and looking at my blog. Love you all!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Just another day...
Today was a kind of day you wish you could go back to bed and start over. Nothing in particular happened, it was not a bad day at work or bad emotional day but just the weather and the way i totally fill was kind of blah.
As I seat on my bed and think about my day, I think how wonderful my life is and the many blessings I have. Then again why is it that no matter what we have or feel, sometimes we just feel like we do not have what we need. Don't get me wrong, 99% of the time I feel pretty good about my life but today I am feeling like I am missing a big clue, an answer, a connection...I don't know but I guess is time to sit quietly in a corner and let God just inspire me, talk to me. Let the receiving begin! I just love the fact that He loves me no matter what and I can count on Him to be there for me.
As I seat on my bed and think about my day, I think how wonderful my life is and the many blessings I have. Then again why is it that no matter what we have or feel, sometimes we just feel like we do not have what we need. Don't get me wrong, 99% of the time I feel pretty good about my life but today I am feeling like I am missing a big clue, an answer, a connection...I don't know but I guess is time to sit quietly in a corner and let God just inspire me, talk to me. Let the receiving begin! I just love the fact that He loves me no matter what and I can count on Him to be there for me.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Favorite Place!
Have you ever been somewhere that you loose track of time? You enjoy the place so much that 2 or 3 hours seem like minutes? Where you get lost into another world that makes you happy? Some people feel this way about their home, or a park, some others at friend's houses but for me is this little coffee bar in Glenway Avenue called Refuge. Yes, Refuge! I feel so at home there. I can spend the day hanging out or even working on stuff and my day seems to fly by. I almost feel refueled when I leave.
Refuge Coffee Bar was an idea placed in someone's heart and mind few years ago. It was someone's dream and today is a great reality. God is so amazing, how he gives us dreams and then gives us the tools for us to build those dreams. Sometimes they are not easy instructions or tools to use or put together those dreams together but God does gives us the gifts and talents for those dreams to get accomplished. We doubt that God himself gave us the power to accomplish anything on His name but we need to believe it. Anyway.... over two years ago the project of Refuge got started. Much sweat and tears have been shed for this place to be up and running. I am glad the people working on this project never gave up and persevere to get this project done. What a blessing for this neighborhood and for our community. You don't only get a great cup of coffee but you get a place which is peaceful when you enter the building. The decor ts awesome and peaceful, the staff is amazing and the atmosphere is heavenly. People come to work, to study and even to relax from a day's work. I pray for this place everyday and I thank God that it gave me a place where I can clear my head and connect with God. For me, this is the place where I can share stories or just listen to others share. My day does not seem as long or hard when I come in. But if I am having a bad day, this is the place I want to come in and forget about what happened and move forward to what God has for me. I love to help behind the bar and just serve people and listen to them tell me stories of their days.
Don't get me wrong I like walks in the park, quiet time with my husband and nice clear fall nights but this place is awesome! Is there a place for you or an activity that takes you in that joyous place? Where you don't want to leave and just stay all day? Will love to hear and maybe visit! Tell me all about it!
Refuge Coffee Bar was an idea placed in someone's heart and mind few years ago. It was someone's dream and today is a great reality. God is so amazing, how he gives us dreams and then gives us the tools for us to build those dreams. Sometimes they are not easy instructions or tools to use or put together those dreams together but God does gives us the gifts and talents for those dreams to get accomplished. We doubt that God himself gave us the power to accomplish anything on His name but we need to believe it. Anyway.... over two years ago the project of Refuge got started. Much sweat and tears have been shed for this place to be up and running. I am glad the people working on this project never gave up and persevere to get this project done. What a blessing for this neighborhood and for our community. You don't only get a great cup of coffee but you get a place which is peaceful when you enter the building. The decor ts awesome and peaceful, the staff is amazing and the atmosphere is heavenly. People come to work, to study and even to relax from a day's work. I pray for this place everyday and I thank God that it gave me a place where I can clear my head and connect with God. For me, this is the place where I can share stories or just listen to others share. My day does not seem as long or hard when I come in. But if I am having a bad day, this is the place I want to come in and forget about what happened and move forward to what God has for me. I love to help behind the bar and just serve people and listen to them tell me stories of their days.
Don't get me wrong I like walks in the park, quiet time with my husband and nice clear fall nights but this place is awesome! Is there a place for you or an activity that takes you in that joyous place? Where you don't want to leave and just stay all day? Will love to hear and maybe visit! Tell me all about it!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Direction...Where do I go?
God has such great plans for me, people say. Really? Can someone show me where? I am a little lost or am I really? Maybe I just need to be here right now. I wish I could text him or call him and have a little heart to heart. I want to know exactly what He wants me to do so I can accomplish my plans. Wish it would work that way, but it does not. I feel I have to talked to God many times and many times I said that He did not listen, which is a lie from...you know who. God is always listening but we whine a lot.
I decided to take time to listen to God. I decided that when I asked Him a question to give Him time to answer before I ramble on. That if , Iam really looking for His answer not to be surprised I have heard it before or is something I really don't want or am ready to hear. I believe a lot of our days we focus on what I need to accomplish and not what God has on my agenda for me today. I hope that when I am done listening, I can follow and be one with Him.
I decided to take time to listen to God. I decided that when I asked Him a question to give Him time to answer before I ramble on. That if , Iam really looking for His answer not to be surprised I have heard it before or is something I really don't want or am ready to hear. I believe a lot of our days we focus on what I need to accomplish and not what God has on my agenda for me today. I hope that when I am done listening, I can follow and be one with Him.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Questions from my random thoughts...
Have you ever had random thoughts in your head that you wonder where they came from? I have been having some of those this week. Feeling a little overwhelmed and almost confused, can anyone relate? There is so much to do and somehow I find time to waste and not get things done. Then, there is so much going on with rough weather, natural disasters, men made disasters, and so much more we are not aware of that I am just trying to be here and understand. I live life one day at a time and do the best I can each and everyday, but somedays... I feel like I fail at just trying to do something. I know that the best thing God made was another day but sometimes when I am feeling like the worst day ever, the last thing I want is to start over. I thank God it does happen because it gives me a chance to have a better day. Sometimes it is a battle to just finish the day.
I believe to be a pretty positive person and find positive things even in not such good situations. For the past few weeks, I have been feeling like my positivity is almost a negative to other people because they don't even want hear the positive, they just want to dwell on their "problem" or their situation. I understand sometimes all we need to do is listen but even smiling or acknowledging seems to be putting them off. I totally understand but it makes me feel that I really don't have understanding to their situation or makes me unrelatable to their problem. I feel like I cannot help or relate.
I can only say I am very blessed to have my sensitivity, experiences, my issues but sometimes feel that because I have had a "good" life that others don't feel like I can listen, help or understand. Maybe is crap that the "dirtball" its putting on my head but this is how I feel at times. I want to think that I am grateful to God for what he has given me. I hope I never turn my back to what He has taught, shown, given me. So by questioning my "positive" outlook in life, Am I turning my back on the gift that God has given me? Am I not understanding what I need to do?
I have written about a friend that has struggled before with issues he cannot control. This is his third battle with cancer and just as he did before he is fighting it. The doctors, of course, gave him all the information they believe to be important. Including that if medication does not work he only has 6 months but if it works 5 years. Ok, how the h*** do they know? What do they know about God's plan? and at the same time how do I tell someone that has been diagnosed that they are "loved" by me and God? Especially, when I cannot explain why it is happening again. How do I stay positive? I know the truth, I know where I am going to be? but it is still a hard news to hear. Yeah, I have experienced a family member battling cancer. (my father) How do you keep a positive outlook? Well, my friend John does. Yeah, the news are not what he wanted to hear but he is handling it as best as he can. His family ( wife and three beautiful daughters) are struggling. I hope that I can be there for them too. I believe that he has taught me more than he really knows. He has "loved" on me even when I did not believed and love on myself. He is a man with a big heart that has positive words and encouragement for everyone and it makes you feel like you are on top of the world. Thank you John! for showing me that God loves us. Thank you for reminding me that no matter what, we can be the support and encouragement for someone else with just our presence and love. God died for us so we can just live and love for Him.
I will keep one thought in mind, even when I do not have the right words to say or understand what is happening or how they are feeling, I do have the love that God gave me to share with them and I can still offer my support and encouragement. In turn, I will show my love for them and God's love through me. Right? Is this why He made me this way?
I believe to be a pretty positive person and find positive things even in not such good situations. For the past few weeks, I have been feeling like my positivity is almost a negative to other people because they don't even want hear the positive, they just want to dwell on their "problem" or their situation. I understand sometimes all we need to do is listen but even smiling or acknowledging seems to be putting them off. I totally understand but it makes me feel that I really don't have understanding to their situation or makes me unrelatable to their problem. I feel like I cannot help or relate.
I can only say I am very blessed to have my sensitivity, experiences, my issues but sometimes feel that because I have had a "good" life that others don't feel like I can listen, help or understand. Maybe is crap that the "dirtball" its putting on my head but this is how I feel at times. I want to think that I am grateful to God for what he has given me. I hope I never turn my back to what He has taught, shown, given me. So by questioning my "positive" outlook in life, Am I turning my back on the gift that God has given me? Am I not understanding what I need to do?
I have written about a friend that has struggled before with issues he cannot control. This is his third battle with cancer and just as he did before he is fighting it. The doctors, of course, gave him all the information they believe to be important. Including that if medication does not work he only has 6 months but if it works 5 years. Ok, how the h*** do they know? What do they know about God's plan? and at the same time how do I tell someone that has been diagnosed that they are "loved" by me and God? Especially, when I cannot explain why it is happening again. How do I stay positive? I know the truth, I know where I am going to be? but it is still a hard news to hear. Yeah, I have experienced a family member battling cancer. (my father) How do you keep a positive outlook? Well, my friend John does. Yeah, the news are not what he wanted to hear but he is handling it as best as he can. His family ( wife and three beautiful daughters) are struggling. I hope that I can be there for them too. I believe that he has taught me more than he really knows. He has "loved" on me even when I did not believed and love on myself. He is a man with a big heart that has positive words and encouragement for everyone and it makes you feel like you are on top of the world. Thank you John! for showing me that God loves us. Thank you for reminding me that no matter what, we can be the support and encouragement for someone else with just our presence and love. God died for us so we can just live and love for Him.
I will keep one thought in mind, even when I do not have the right words to say or understand what is happening or how they are feeling, I do have the love that God gave me to share with them and I can still offer my support and encouragement. In turn, I will show my love for them and God's love through me. Right? Is this why He made me this way?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
I love snow!
There is something peaceful about snow. The cool quiet white surroundings give me such a sense of peace. I feel like in God's presence everytime I stand and look around when the snow has not been removed yet from the street or the cars. Where you can see the way nature blankets all the area. I know it's cold, for those of you who love hot weather, but it really seems to be pure and only God gets to design each flake! What a blessing to be able to see this weather phenomenon. I grew up in a tropical island were snow is non existing. The first time I saw snow I was so excited, now I just feel so connected with God.
In this quiet evening at home, I just want to take time to reflect on how much I have, how blessed I am to have experienced life each and every day and how much more I have to live to be able to share my story the way God wants me to. Don't get me wrong, I am ready for Spring to be here, but during these snowy days I want to enjoy them and realized how wonderful our God is to give us seasons to enjoy!
In this quiet evening at home, I just want to take time to reflect on how much I have, how blessed I am to have experienced life each and every day and how much more I have to live to be able to share my story the way God wants me to. Don't get me wrong, I am ready for Spring to be here, but during these snowy days I want to enjoy them and realized how wonderful our God is to give us seasons to enjoy!
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