Community

I always have say; that is better give than receive. This past weekend, I was serving in a retreat at my church and was just great! It is good feel that you are helping others. I spend some time alone with Jesus, thing that I never did before; I mean just Him and me. I thought that will be boring or even scary because of the time of the day, but was just perfect! Even that I did not hear Him literally speaking, I did feel His presence in that room. I still try to understand how I could not notice Him before??? I guess because He was waiting for my invitation. 

I can understand why people feel alone, desperate, depress, and other sad feelings. When you feel that you are part of something that make the difference, when you participated of community activities, and people see you and they are happy to see you and they know your name, that is just amazing! I have to say that I am terrible remembering faces and names (my mom’s fault), but with the same joy they talk to me I talk to them. I learn that people need to feel that they are part of something to feel happy, and now I am witness of that, feels good be part of a community, feels good that when you feel sad, alone or desperate you have options available for you, specially in a good community that listen to you, help you, and just share good and bad moments with you.

It is amazing see how God work in some people and how they shine in His name. They are the kind of people that I will make sure be around all the time, that kind of people do not still your peace, they contagious their light and joy to you. If you feel that you are not part of something good I encourage you to try, I bet that there is more to win about being part of something than lose.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: ¹⁰ If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. ¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? ¹² Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.


Big Hug,
MRM

Positive

This morning I took the bus with my “favorite” driver. As I was walking to the bus, I could not find my wallet, and I just turn around but then I found it! So I go back to the bus before she takes off. The driver has a really mad look and face. I say good morning twice to her and she don’t even mover her eyes! How people can be so mean? Why people prefer being mad and angry at everything and everyone? It is not easier and better be happy? It is not better try to find the positive things in life instead being complaining about every single thing that we do not like?

Yesterday, I was doing homework late night again! The homework was about positive psychology and how it helps clients be more positives. The topic was about the importance of having hope in life, have meaning in life and feeling the connections with our community, work, church, and other institutions. Also, talks about the importance of forgiveness, which I think is a powerful tool for people move on with their life.

The presentation that I was watching present one exercise that I really like among others that are very helpful to live life at the fullest. The exercise consists of everyday before go to sleep think about your day and recall three things that you believe were blessing that day. My three blessings from yesterday was, a conversation that I had with a good friend, a cake request for this weekend, which is great financially speaking, and have the courage to cut a not pleasant conversation that I had with somebody. Everyday we receive blessings from God all you have to do is receive it, enjoy it, and being thankful!

 Numbers 6:24-26


24 The LORD blesses you and keeps you; 25 the LORD makes his face shine on you 
 and be gracious to you; 26 the LORD turn his face toward you
 and give you peace

Big Hug,

MRM

Time

 Time is something that some people have extra and others are missing some extra hours for be able to finish their daily activities. These past weeks, I have been so busy that I even do not make time to do what I like, write some words. Last night, I went to bed late, trying to finish things that I did not finish because of the lack of time. When I put my head in my pillow I have 5 minutes before fall asleep and I think, I do not read the Bible, and then I realize that I have not read the Bible in long time. Why I stop doing it? Time is my answer.

Life can be challenging some times, and if we do not take control of it, life will start living us and we will start missing important things, like doctors appointments, a game of our kids, a recital, maybe we loose the opportunity of a job, or miss the company of a good friend. I remember my mother telling us there is time for everything, and now I am telling the same to my oldest son that want to live too fast. There is time for love, for work, for forgiveness; there is time to cry, and to be happy.  There is time for everything. Our job is make sure that we make that time to accomplish all that things in life that we want to do. Time is something that sadly is not reversible once that minute pass you will never get it back.

I recently start organizing my time which is very hard for me, because I tend to live day by day, but I know that I need to organize my time to be able to fulfill all my goals and be able to enjoy every moment of my life. The good news is that God is always there for me no matter the time of the day, He is always there waiting for me to talk to Him and spend some time with Him.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

1There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

² a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, ³ a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, ⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, ⁵ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, ⁶ a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, ⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, ⁸ a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Big Hug,

MRM

Listening

Have you ever feel that you are going in the right direction? Or that you are in the right place? Or that you are doing something that feels the right thing to do? Well, I have that feeling yesterday when I was arriving to my first day of class at LU. When I was arriving to the campus I feel a big thing inside of my chest telling me that I was doing the right thing.  I don’t know if was because the  college have a big mountain with the big LU on the top, or because it feels like I am part of something or because the place is so pretty that you do not want to leave or maybe because God was telling me that finally I was doing what He wants me to do. 

People keep talking about be still and listen God, but I really do not understand how to do that or how to hear Him, but yesterday, I really felt something. When you hear the stories that I hear here, you realize that you are bless for all the things you have, and that there is a God that manifest Himself in every person in this planet. It is my call to choose to think that there is a God that love us and protect us, and guide us in our life. A God that gives us hope to keep living and give us strength when we go through hard times. But, I also can choose not to hear Him, not feel Him. I can choose think that He is too busy doing other more important stuff, I can think that he is not real. I can live in negation of His present in my life and just keep living without living. That is ok too, but I think is kind of sad and hopeless. 

Yesterday, I learn that this new profession where I am going into it is not an easy one for several factors, money, people, law, and many others big rocks, but still I have the feeling that I am in the right place, so I guess I am going to trust in God and trust in his plans for me. I can tell that this feeling is not always in my heart and I do not always feel this way, but I will enjoy it until last because feels really good.  

Isaiah 40:28-31

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.  Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Big Hug,

MRM