Wealthy

Hey Fellas!

Holidays are few days away from now! It has been a great year I must say. In my Language Arts class we were reading a book named "The Cellist of Sarajevo"; simply amazing! It really touched my heart the way people were living in the World War II, and the way a man decided to share hope and peace to people that surrounded him. I could say that the message of this book is for us to appreciate life itself; that life itself is a precious treasure. This message moved me to write this post. I want to share with you about the beautiful gift God gave to every single person; the gift of being alive! Some people don't appreciate this amazing gift and they just throw it to the waste-basket. Some others might believe that they don't worth a thing but the truth is that your life was so precious and pretty for the Lord that He sent His only Son to die on a cross to give you eternal life, and for you to have an amazing time here on Earth. You are important... you matter! Your happiness here on Earth should not depend of the amount of money you have in the bank but it should depend in the satisfaction of having the most beautiful person living inside of you; the Holy Spirit.

In these days I have found so many people that are worried because they don't have enough money in their pockets to buy things they really don't need; in this particular month of the year people waste a lot of money! Because of this, many people believe that their economical situation is going through difficulties. Being prospered or being wealthy is not directly proportional to how much money you have in the bank. The Bible tells us that when we give the first wage or salary to the Lord, He will bless you abundantly. These blessings are not always related to money. The Lord can bless you in many ways, for example, He can take care of your health and you won't have the necessity to go to the doctor or to buy medicines because you have health, meaning that your money will endure a bit more. The Lord can also bring you peace by protecting you; you won't have to spend a lot of money in security. Some people might have a lot of money but they are 100% happy. In fact, the Lord is the Only one who can bring you real happiness. If you have the Holy Spirit living in you, then God is with you, meaning that you have the chance and opportunity of being truly happy.  I'm not saying that money is from the devil, but sometimes people place money in an altar and that's what God doesn't like. He wants for us depend on Him, not on money. I want to tell you a short testimony that happened a week ago. My grandmother is 89 years old but she is an active person who likes to tell jokes and make everyone believe that they are important (which is true). Last week they took her to the hospital because one of her blood-vessels got messed up. She was in the emergency room but she always keep herself in peace and not worried about what was going to happen. Everything went fine, she got out of the hospital the next day and went home. When we went to see how was she doing, she was laughing and telling us her stories. My grandma told us something that her doctor told her: "If you want to live more years you must keep yourself in constant peace". Even the doctors know that money is not a factor that tells you how many years are you going to live. There is a command that if we follow it, God will give us a long prospered life; "Honor your parents". Even if they are not the best parents ever existed you still have to honor them because if you do then God will be pleased and will accomplish what He promised.

I hope you are all having a great time full of the God's presence. I want to bless you all in Jesus' name and declare you will always walk in His Holy Path.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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Motivation

Hello readers!

WOW! It is unbelievable how fast time is going! It has been a while since I wrote my last post. In these days I've been working in so many things at school and at home. I literally was so tired that I couldn't write not even the title of my posts. I asked the Lord for He to give me the strength and the words to share with you people. We are almost at the end of this year and I believe we are all waiting for the next year (2014) to start projects that we didn't finish, or not even started, this year. I can see all the blessings that this next year will bring to us. I must say that for me, next year will determine if I leave the country or not, if I go to college or not, if my dreams come true or not. Even though I have to do many things, my soul is resting in God's Grace. Sometimes I feel that I don't deserve things at all, but our Father who is so merciful loves us because He is love and He can't stop loving us, we are His sons. A lot of things have changed in my life; I don't longer play the piano but the drums at my church. Playing the drums is something you can't take it lightly, I must say that even though I'm not as good as I want to be, I know that because of my obedience I am already honoring my God, I just want to do His will, not mine. My motivation was for the Lord to be glad with me.

I have been thinking a lot in the things that I do as a student, as a son, and as a member of my church, and I asked myself: Why am I doing all of these? Is it because I wanted for people to "praise" me because of my good grades, or for people to give me their respects because I was an extra-ordinary son, or for people to admire me because of my musical abilities. I wanted to find an answer. I first analized my life as a son, I don't like to cause a pain-neck to my parents because I knew they had enough problems and I didn't want to add more problems to their burden. I also behave and honor my parents because there is a promise in the Bible that says that whoever honors his mother and father will have a long life full of blessings. But I still felt that was not a "good" motivation for me to behave. I finally realized that I should behave because I should seek to honor my God. I believe that's more than enough for you to behave as you should. Then I saw my life as a student. I really don't want for my motivation of getting good grades will ever have to do in people admiring me because of how "smart" I am. I must say that without the Holy Spirit, I'm just simply as smart as a mosquitoe. I get good grades because I have the best teacher ever! The Holy Spirit teaches me every single thing that I might not understand and He is the one who keeps me awake, and motivates me to keep moving forward. I highly suggest that if you want to get good grades, you ask the Holy Spirit the privilege of He being your master. I finally found myself thinking of my life at church, what am I doing to spread the Word of God? As I said before, I'm not playing the piano anymore, I'm now the "drummer". I must say that people admiring me is not my motivation of playing the drums, I confess I'm learning how to play the drums. My motivation of playing the drums was that deep inside of me I knew that the Lord was pleased and liked that I was obedient to His command. We should all analize our daily motivations. Sometimes we do things without thinking that God is in the business. All my motivations had something in common; God. When you start a project or a business and your motivation is to please God and to bless people, then, most surely your business or project will prosper. Jesus believed that because  of His sacrifice we were all going to be safe, but what seek the most, was pleasing the heart of His Father.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What Motivates You to Keep on Moving Forward?

I hope you all are waiting for the eternal life with our Creator. For those who believed and trusted in Him there will be a great award. I hope you will do more than great in this week! I bless you in Jesus' Holy Name!
HAVE A GREAT DAY!