Do Not Lie

Well I will share another commandment with you today. “not bear false witness against thy neighbor” In simple words do not lie. In this one I think 100% of the population is guilty, in some with or another. White lie, dark lie, brown, or red, does not matter of the color that we call it still a lie. Ouch!

Sometime we lie without even notice, other occasions we lie to protect our-self or our family or friends.  Sometimes we lie to our-self, I think this is the worse one. Because when we lie to us we believe in something that is not true, and this can turn us to do not accept our mistakes, which can lead us to another sin or lead us to hurt somebody else.

I know that we can lie to everybody but God; he knows when we are lying or when we are been truthful. One day I was picking up my son from his day care and I always tell him put your buckle up, that day he didn’t do it, and I see through the mirror. I ask him “ did you put your zipper on? He said yes, and I tell him, “don’t lie to me I know you don’t have it on, put it on!” he ask me how I know, I tell him that I am his mother and I know it. The same way, God is our Father, and he knows everything about us, He knows when we are good, and when we are not that good.

I know it is really hard not to lie, but I think that if we really truly try not to lie that at least count (I hope).  I’m very grateful that our nose doesn’t grow like the Pinocchio’s one when we said a lie.

1 Corinthians 5:8

so let's celebrate the feast with the unleavened bread of honesty and truth, not with old yeast or with the yeast of evil and wckedness.

Big Hug,

MRM

Thou Shalt Not Kill

I have been reading an interesting book “One Heartbeat Away” and find out that is a very interesting one, especially for people that have some trouble believing in unseen things, like me.  Mark Cahill explain with reference (proof) why God is the only creator of the heaven and earth, why we should believe in the bible as a true book, and many other interesting subjects that probably I will write another day.

The chapter that I am reading now talks about the 10 commandments, how interesting way of explain it, how terrible I found myself not following them, even the most obvious one.  I will just going to take one since they are 10; I guess I will have 9 more “Good Morning My Friends” to talk about the others J 

The sixth commandment that Mark explains is “Thou shalt not kill.” If you ask me today if I had kill someone I quickly will responds NO! Of course I have never kill. Now let me explain you how Mark clarify this commandment.  He said that “kill” and “murder” are two different things in Hebrew language.  He explains that the bible give us the right to defend ourselves from people who attacking us. Meaning, to defend our family, homes, our life or nations. Until now that is very simple, easy, and I am sure that we all agree with that.

Mark cited 1 John 3:15 everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Now how many people you have murdered? Especially If God is able to hear our most inner thoughts, He wills knows whom we hate in His eyes, which one we are murdering.

Now I am going to make the question of 54,000 cents (an expression in my country). Have you murder somebody? Or do you still murdering somebody? I think honestly I have murder, not many, but some. Thankfully I considered myself a person that forget easily (I think), but still at some point I fail to follow this commandment.  I have to keep this in mind for my next confession!

Matthew 5:21-22

    ²¹ “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ ²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the Supreme Court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Big Hug,

MRM

Light

Today, I did not have an interesting subject to write something until a good friend send an email about a dream that she had and wala! There is LIGHT!   She explains about a dream that she had and she was “enveloped in darkness" and she was trying to find the light. That light that she was looking is the light that must of us search everyday when we feel that we are lost, deep in a trouble, or when we need to make decisions, and do not know what step give.

How we can find that “light?”  Honestly, I think that we only can find it through God. Now the problem comes when we feel far or apart from God.  How we can find that light when we are distant from Him? Will He show us that light, even when we forget Him? I think yes, but we are so blind with anxieties that we cannot see it.

Friends that shine, scriptures that caught our attention, angels that come and go from our life are some simple, but bright lights that God turn on in front of our eyes, even when we are not that close to Him.  Is up to us seeing it, and follow that light to get out of the darkness. Today I will try to seek that light around me to feel closer to God, and will do my best to be a shine friend.

John 8:12

 ¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Big Hug,

MRM

So Easy...

Yes, definitely, I am back to reality!  This morning I wake up dizzy after a shot of NyQuil last night so I could sleep. I jump to the shower took me longer than usually take me get ready.  I wake up my kids they do the every morning routine. We rush to the car, I forgot my phone so ask my son to go back to the house and bring my phone.  I drive like crazy to my youngest son school bus stop.  When I get there the bus past in front of me! ARGH!!!! Of course I could not hide how mad I was that I miss his bus.

As I was driving back to take my son to his school I tell my-self “stop that! It is your fault not theirs!” so I calm my-self and feel better. Then I start reflecting how easy is for us to blame others for our mistakes, how easy is point at others to make us feel better that we are doing the “right” thing, and the other person is the one that make us do it the wrong way.  How wrong we are!

Do you know what you are doing wrong? Do you know whom you are blaming for your mistakes instead of take the responsibility? As I drove to the school I turn on the radio in “the fish” is a radio station that play Christian music, definitely that relax me a lot! Even that I do not blame my kids directly today, I know my reaction at the moment was wrong.  But I reflect, and talk with God, and ask for patient and humbleness to accept when I am wrong.

Galatians 6:4-5

 ⁴But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

 ⁵For every man shall bear his own burden.

Big Hug,

MRM

Family

Well, back to reality!  It is so sad when all craziness of the Christmas season is over, at least for most of us.  This morning I was wondering if God forgot to turn on the heater in this side of the world? It is a really cold morning, and looks are going to stay just like that.   I take out my list of my resolutions for this New Year, and I have way too much to do already to fulfill at least the first month!!! What I was thinking? So let’s see how will go. At least I think I am close to finish most of my house renovations, I think!

The first day of this new year was a lazy, fun, and for an instant gray, but just for few minutes. My youngest sister with her family, and my family spend the night at my parent’s house since New Years Eve.  I think this is the first time that we stay for so long together without major troubles. We spend a full day with the pj’s on, was really nice spend time playing with the kids “Uno,” chatting, and just be there. Kids really enjoy when we do things like this. 

I remember when I was a kid, my parents use to get together with my uncles, and I love it, because was a happy time. I get to play, and share time with my cousins without care if they were older or youngest or female or male, we just play together and have lots of fun. I remember even sleepovers with them, especially when we go together for vacations. That are the memories that I had from my childhood, and is the kind of memories that I would like my kids have. Those are happy moments that stay in our minds and hearts.

It is important that we try to be humbles as Mary, Joseph, and Jesus, they show us the meaning of what is a true family.  We need to create more family bounding, I am sure that bounding will help us to become better people, and have a better society for our world.

1 Timothy 5:8

⁸ But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Big Hug,

MRM