Difficult to hear...

In the beginning God created us to live...to live forever a life without suffering, without pain and without death. That was His original plan for us. An amazingly beautiful plan. But He also gave us freedom. He gave us the freedom to love Him back or to run away from Him. And we chose the latter. 


Since that day, our lives have changed from joy and happiness to pain and suffering. But we weren't made for that, so we cry and cringe when we are hurt. Still in the midst of all the suffering we have hope and we cling to that hope with all we can until...

Death...it seems the end of it all. The end of hope. That's it! The ultimate pain. It hurts so much we don't know what to do with ourselves. We don't like it, we don't deal with it well...it's unnatural. We weren't made for this.


Just a couple of days ago I heard the news that is so difficult to hear. A dear friend of mine has passed away.  Tears have flown down my face as I think of not having her in my life anymore. This coming week when I go to church she won't be there to greet me in the morning. This separation is extremely uncomfortable.


But still in this experience there is hope. Yes! Because that God who created us and gave us freedom to choose had a plan. He had a plan just in case we decided to run from His love. He knew we wouldn't like it. He knew we would be sorry about our choice. And more than that. He loved us so much that He made a way for us to love Him back again...if we so chose. 

So love, in the form of God's Son, came to earth, lived among us, like one of us, and died the death we so rightly deserved. Eternal death. And because of that, we don't have to die that death anymore. We can choose to accept His plan, His gift. And this we can only do once we recognize His amazing love for us. 


So then the death we die right now is a temporary one. The Bible calls it a sleep... and like when we sleep we don't realize the passing of time, so when we die right now we don't know that time is passing by.


My friend is just resting...as if she was sleeping...and waiting. Waiting because one day soon, oh so very soon, Her creator will call her back to life. To eternal life...

And there will be no more separation...

Mommy's kisses...

" As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you." Isaiah 66:13

I think it is fascinating how a mommy's kisses can fix almost anything. The child falls and scrapes the knee, or the child hits the head on the table while playing underneath it. Mommy kisses the owies and everything is ok. And a mother's kisses can fix more than these little physical pains. Problems with friends, inability to reach the goals...a mother's loving arms and soft kisses can calm the emotional discomforts of the lives of her little children. Anyone who's a parent can testify of this. It's incredible and I believe this is part of God's healing comfort to us.

My Heavenly Father is like this and so much more. His loving embrace can heal any wound. He is Powerful to heal any physical pain, but mostly He heals the wounds of my soul. He lifts me out of the darkness and places me in His light. He removes the heaviness from my heart and replaces it with His peace. My God can fix anything! And I have the assurance and comfort that everything He does is for my well being because He loves me!

And He loves you...

Two are so much better than one

Yesterday I came home with a heavy heart. Things were just not going the way I wanted. And when you don't feel well, it's easy to get those around you sad and unmotivated too. And things can just go down from there making life even more depressing and stressful. But praise God for friends, and family. Godly friends and family who allow God to work in them and through them. 

So I told my husband how I was feeling and he had words of encouragement for me. And as he shared his thoughts, I could hear God speaking to me through him and I felt peace. My problems were still there, but I had peace about them. I knew God was going to take care of me. 

And He did! :)

Time at the fair

We were planning on going to the fair today. After work I ate something quickly, changed into more comfortable clothes and of to the fair we went. We arrived just as the firetruck was leaving which was in itself a let down. I like seeing that red truck. The fair was packed with people and things. There's something happening constantly, non stop. As we walked through the fair, the booths, the rides, my senses started to become overwhelmed. My senses of sight, smell, and hearing were being overstimulated and I left the fair exhausted! We were there for 2 or 3 hours, I don't even recall but I was tired. Even at home I could still hear in my mind the screams of the people riding the rides.

I thought it was interesting that a couple of weeks ago we had gone on vacation and spent the days hiking, climbing mountains, following creeks and waterfalls and we would get to the hotel and not feel tired. Our muscles would be sore but we were mentally relaxed. And re-energized. It was great!

I was thinking about that this evening and I came to the conclusion that this is the difference between the entertainment provided by God and the one provided by men. After a couple of hours at the fair, men's creation, I felt worse than after a full day at work. After a week in nature, God's creation, I felt great, ready to return to my daily activities. I came home motivated for life!

Amazing how God knows exactly what I need and what is good for me.