Love shines in the darkness

Love shines in the darkness

with warmth and acceptance.

He loved the Father,

he was the Son of Man,

the Glory of the Living God.

He loved the world so much

that He gave of himself,

his very life.

A Living Sacrifice,

the embodiment of True Love

Agape

Peace

Surrender

If we follow Him,

we will share his heart,

we will understand.

The True Light

will dawn on us.

He leads us on

To search God and find him

To walk close beside him

To hear the rustling of the leaves

the fresh air in the breeze...

There is a path of life

that leads us on...

Count it all Joy

My dear Father arrived in Heaven in March this year after bravely fighting a pancreatic cancer  for many, many months. Through it all he completed his chemos and treatments dutifully always thanking his doctors and nurses for their kindness. His arms showed the blues of  the times he was hydrated with IV through his veins. He wanted to be with us all as much as he could. He loved his family dearly. He loved God's people. He loved all people. He served in the five continents. He loved and prayed for his 18 grandchildren.

He planned his own Memorial Service and wanted us to take chairs for the elderly. We sang worship songs to God who gave him to us for 73 years.

 We loved him, too!!! 

"We will meet again, daddy, 

We will sing together once more

We are on our way there!!"

The Lord is good

The simple happiness of being just there.
How blessed the afternoon is when I can be home to greet my family as they arrive or cook something tasty for them.

The Lord is good to everyone.
His compassion is intertwined with everything He does.
He cooked breakfast on the beach
 for his disciples on that morning dawn
after they had been all night fishing.

He is always there for us. He is home.
He will listen to our prayers and our heart.
God knows, he cares!
We are never alone!

Build upon the Rock

Hold tightly to the little

strength you have

so that no one

will take away your crown.

Do not let this happy trust

in the LORD
 die away,

no matter what happens.

Do the good things

that result
 from being saved

obeying God with deep reverence.

Shrinking back from anything

that would displease Him.

Press on to know Him.

Through it all, keep true to Him.

His word shines through forever bright

I am but a pilgrim here on Earth

where Jesus is my guide.
His word, my daily bread,
His gentle words so kind.
They comfort and sustain,
Bringing hope and truth , new life.

So soft His healing touch,
shines through, forever bright.

Do not be anxious

In the book of Mathew, our Lord Jesus has told us not to be anxious about our lives, what we shall eat or what we shall drink, nor about our body, what we shall put on. He has said our life is more than food, and our bodies more than clothing. Then he invites us to look at the birds of the air, who neither sow nor reap, and yet our Heavenly Father feeds them. If he provides for the birds will he not provide for the very people he has created?

It does not say here that we should not work, or get busy in earning a living, or keep up with our responsibilities. The birds do work very hard all day long in building their homes and fetching their food. It says we should not be anxious. The root word for being anxious in the greek is "merizo"  and it means to apportion or bestow or disunite; to differ, distribute, divide. When we are anxious our thoughts are divided, our attention is disunited, our focus is distributed. That is why it makes even more sense when He recommends us not to be anxious about tomorrow.

God wants us to be whole and to face each situation with an undivided attention. This will enable us to concentrate in making good decisions, to be efficient in our work, and  it will let us enjoy life and be happy. God wants us to have peace of mind.

Today is a gift,

 a list of things to do,

 people to listen to,

 prayers to lift, 

Thank yous to give. 

Tomorrow will bring

 its own trouble
for us to face;

tomorrow will bring
 its own blessings and strength.

 Now this does not mean we should not plan ahead, or commit our ways to Him, on the contrary, God encourages us in many scripture verses to commit our ways to Him.

 "Commit your works to Jehova,
 and your thoughts will be established" 

Proverbs 16: 3.

 "Acknowledge Him in all your ways,
and He will straighten your paths"

 Psalms 3:6

 "Commit your ways to the LORD, trust Him,
and He will come through

 (or He will do it, in Spanish "El hará").

Psalms 37:4 

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything let your petitions come before God in all kinds of prayers and supplication, with thanksgiving. And the peace that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christs Jesus."

Phillipians 4: 6 and 7