The Tongue

 ¹ Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. ² We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check ³ When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. ⁴ Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.⁵Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. ⁶ The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. ⁷ All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, ⁸ but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. ¹¹ Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? ¹² My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.      James 3:1-12

Your Love is Amazing

Just when I thought True Love was not real, but only in  Fairy Tales,

Just when I wasn't even opened to it... 

It was just when God chose you for me, and put you right in my path, to show me that true Love does exist.

A Love as the one described in Corinthians 13:4

Thank you Lord. You always know what's good for us. 

Your plan is always Perfect. 

Thank you for choosing such an amazing and blessing man for me, beautiful on the inside and out. 

May you always guide us lord, keeping us under your grace, showing us the right path. 

May we always walk with you Lord, and always have your blessings. 

May we always love you, follow you & obey you.

May you always be our priority in our lives.

Thank you baby for your continue Love, Patience and support. Thanks for being sweet, kind, loving and special. 

Thanks for showing me what Love is. 

May our love continue to grow and always be strong as we continue to grow in Christ. With God, Anything Is Possible!

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  ⁸ Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

The Vine and the Branches

 ¹ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

   ⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

John 15:1-8 

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

 ¹ Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: ² “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. ³ He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.

   ⁴ “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

   ⁵ “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. ⁶ The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. ⁷ The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

   ⁸ “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. ⁹ So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ ¹⁰ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

   ¹¹ “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. ¹² He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.

   ¹³ “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

   ¹⁴ “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 22:1-14 

God’s Righteous Judgment

 

¹ You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. ² Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³ So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? ⁴ Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?                                                            But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. ⁶ God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. ⁸ But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. ⁹ There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; ¹⁰ but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. ¹¹ For God does not show favoritism.

 ¹² All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. ¹³ For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. ¹⁴ (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. ¹⁵ They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)  

¹⁶ This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares. 

   Romans 2:1-16

"A Time for Everything"

  

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal,

 a time to tear down and a time to build,

 a time to weep and a time to laugh,

 a time to mourn and a time to dance,

 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

  a time to search and a time to give up,

  a time to keep and a time to throw away,

  a time to tear and a time to mend,

  a time to be silent and a time to speak,

  a time to love and a time to hate,

  a time for war and a time for peace.

 What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.

Whatever is has already been,

and what will be has been before;

and God will call the past to account.

  And I saw something else under the sun:

  In the place of judgment—wickedness was  there, in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

    I said to myself,

   “God will bring into judgment

   both the righteous and the wicked,

  for there will be a time for every activity,

  a time to judge every deed.”

 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.

All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.  Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them? 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

"Are you Jesus ? "

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner.

In their rush, with tickets and brief-cases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.

All but one. He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.

He told his buddies to go on without him, waved goodbye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.

He was glad he did.

The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping, and no one to care for her plight.

The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $20 for the damage we did. Are you okay?"

She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."

As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.

She continued, "Are you Jesus?"

He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"

Do people mistake you for Jesus?

That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.

If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.

You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall.

He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.

Speak to Your Mountains

Scripture:

“And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done” (Matthew 21:21, AMP)

"We’ve all had seasons when the challenges of life feel overwhelming. During those times, it’s easy to be tempted to talk about how bad things are. Maybe you received a bad medical report, or maybe you’re facing a financial obstacle. But the more you talk about something, the bigger it becomes in your mind. Instead, you’ve got to dig your heels in and say, “No, I am not going to give life to that defeat. I am not going to speak sickness over myself. I’m not going to speak lack. I’m not going to speak fear. I’m choosing a different report. I believe the report of the Lord which says I am blessed. I am favored. I am prosperous. I am healthy. I am whole. I’m a victor, not a victim.”

Remember, even if you don’t see how things could ever work out, God does. You’ve got to speak to those mountains in your life and declare favor over those situations. Instead of talking to God about how big your problems are, talk to your problems about how big your God is! As you speak to your mountains, they will be moved, and you will move forward into the victory God has prepared for you!" 

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

"Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word which is life to my spirit. I receive Your strength today and choose to speak to the mountains so I can move forward in the victory You have in store for me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen." (Joel Osteen)

...in the boy's Heart

The surgeon sat beside the boy's bed; the boy's parents sat across from him. "Tomorrow morning," the surgeon began, "I'll open up your heart..."

"You'll find Jesus there," the boy interrupted.  
The surgeon looked up, annoyed. "I'll cut your heart open," he continued, "to see how much damage has been done..."  

"But when you open up my heart, you'll find Jesus in there." 

The surgeon looked to the parents, who sat quietly. "When I see how much damage has been done, I'll sew your heart and chest back up and I'll plan what to do next."  

"But you'll find Jesus in my heart. The Bible says He lives there. The hymns all say He lives there. You'll find Him in my heart."  

The surgeon had had enough. 
"I'll tell you what I'll find in your heart. I'll find damaged muscle, low blood supply, and weakened vessels. And I'll find out if I can make you well."  

"You'll find Jesus there too. He lives there."  
The surgeon left. 

After the surgery, the surgeon sat in his office, recording his notes: "...damaged aorta, damaged pulmonary vein, widespread muscle degeneration. No hope for transplant, no hope for cure. Therapy: painkillers and bed rest. Prognosis:" here he paused, "death within one year."  
He stopped the recorder, but there was more to be said. "Why?" he asked aloud.  
"Why did Thou do this? Thou put him here; Thou has given him this pain; and Thou cursed him to an early death. Why?"  
The Lord answered, "The boy, My lamb, was not meant for your flock for long, for he is a part of My flock, and will forever be here, in My flock, he will feel no pain, and will be comforted as you cannot imagine. 
 His parents will one day join him here, and they will know peace, and My flock will continue to grow." 

 The surgeon's tears were hot, but his anger was hotter. "Thou created that boy, and Thou created that heart. He'll be dead in months. Why?"  

The Lord answered, "The boy, my lamb, shall return to my flock, for he has done his duty: I did not put My lamb with your flock to lose him, but to retrieve another lost lamb."  

The surgeon wept. The surgeon sat beside the boy's bed; the boy's parents sat across from him. The boy awoke and whispered, 
"Did you cut open my heart?" "Yes," said the surgeon. "What did you find?" asked the boy.  
"I found Jesus there," said the surgeon. 

Self steem ... You Matter!

Having a low opinion of yourself is not "modesty". It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not "egotism". It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success. ~Bobbe Sommer

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.

We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light. ~Mary Dunbar

When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. ~Norman Vincent Peale

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Don't you dare, for one more second, surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are. ~Jo Blackwell-Preston

There is a Divine and Infinite potential within every soul, an intimate access to the mind of God and the passion of the Universe ~K. Allen Kay

Yours is the energy that makes your world. There are no limitations to the self except those you believe in. ~Jane Roberts

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. ~Robert Collier

You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.
~Yogi Bhajan

The kind of Love I want in my life

Nurse: "It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 am , when an elderly gentleman, in his 80's, presented to have stitches removed from his thumb.

       He stated that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am . The nurse took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him.
       I saw him looking at his watch. While taking care of his wound, we began to engage in conversation. Asked him if he had a doctor's appointment this morning somewhere else, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
 

       I then inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer Disease.
       As we talked, and I finished dressing his wound, I asked if she would be worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. 
       I was surprised, and asked him. "And you are still going every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?" He smiled as he patted my hand and said. "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is."
       I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life."

Love ...

Blessed....

"Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:6-7

No matter What comes against us we are victorious not victims.

Thank you! Everything in me says "Thank you!" Angels listen as I sing my thanks. Psalm 138.

     

“Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.”

Quotes

  

 “What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”

     “Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”

     “It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”

     “She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.”

     “I believe in God, and I'm afraid Of him

     

“The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.”

     

“The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.”

The cure for your emptiness

If you can buy it with money, it can't cure that feeling of emptiness.

When that sickening feeling of emptiness fills your heart, only one thing can fix it: Jesus.

Nonbelievers would rather go anywhere than the True Source.

When it comes to curing the feeling of emptiness, all that other stuff drugs, alcohol, parties, promiscuity, exotic vacations, even your career are not solutions. They're just distractions. They take up time and they keep you occupied, but they don't address the root cause.Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, you have a connection to the Divine.The connection you have is that you were created by God. That's why God, and only God, in the form of Jesus Christ, is the answer to your feeling of emptiness.The current Lie is that Jesus is restrictive, that he'll impose all kinds of rules on you to spoil your fun.The exact opposite is true: Jesus Christ will give you the greatest freedom you've ever known. God created that feeling of emptiness in you. He wanted it there. The only thing that can fill it perfectly is God himself. He designed you that way.The more of Jesus you let in, the less of a feeling of emptiness you'll have. Lots of Jesus, little emptiness. No Jesus, lots of emptiness.

Life is a Journey...

Noone seems perfect until you fall in love with them.

Life can be tough sometimes, but You are stronger.

The opportunities are not waste; the ones you let go others take advantage of it.

When you have room for negativity and rancorous; you leave no room for happiness.

It is better to be kind and gentle; you don’t know who you might need tomorrow. Everything comes back to you.

A smile can always make you look better :-)

I can’t choose my feelings, but I can always do something about it.

Everyone wants to be on the top of the hill, but the best moments occur when you are climbing it.

Don't miss the little things in life waiting for the big ones, they might not come at all.

Enjoy the ride and don’t worry about the ending. Life is a journey...

Give advises when you are asked and when a life depends on it.

The less time you waste the more things you get done.

Everyday is a new beginning

I lost a toy I gained in my childhood, but I gained the memory of the person who gave me that present.

I lost the privileges and fantasy of being a child, but I gained the opportunity to grow up and live freely.

I lost many people I loved, but I gained their love and the example of their lives

I lost special moments in life because I was crying instead of laughing… but I learned that is giving love how you get love in return.
 

I lost many times and many things in life, but thanks to that

“Losing” today I know the value of winning.

It’s always possible to fight for what we love and there’s always time to start over.

Rest if you must, but don’t give you. It’s always possible and necessary to start again.

Start over, take the opportunity, follow your dreams, keep your faith and your hopes up and believe in you.

Have you gone through hard and sad times? It was time for reflection, meditation, a learning period, for you to grow up.

Did you cry a lot? It was to clean your soul.

Were you rancorous? It was for you to learn how to forgive.

Did you feel lonely? It was because you shot the door.

Did you think all was lost? It was the beginning of your improvement.

If you still feel lonely? Look around and you’ll find many people waiting for your smile to get close to you.

Today is an excellent day to start over. Start a new project in life. Where do you want to go? Who do you want to be?

Look ahead, dream, make your wish, hope for the best of the best and your wish will become true.

If you think small, small things you’ll get. If you think big, big things you’ll get. Be determined, stay positive, follow your dreams, go after what you want, and the best will come to you.

Think of today as the day to clear your mind of all negative thoughts.
 

Leave the past where it belongs… in the past. Don’t let it ruin your present.

Get rid off everything that might hurt you and don’t let you move forward. 

Clear your mind, your heart and let them be ready for a new life, a new adventure, a new love.

We are passionate people; we are able to love many times.

We are the manifest of Love.

Life always give you the opportunity to a new start, a new path, a new challenge, a new place, a new person, a new : YOU, Only you have to believe it.

Today is a new beginning. Go after your goals. Trust in God, trust yourself and make it happen...

LIFE ...

I forgave mistakes almost unforgivable;

I tried to replace people irreplaceable;

I tried to forget people unforgettable;

I already did things for impulse

I have disappointed some people, and I have been disappointed by others.

I have hugged to protect someone

I have laughed when I couldn’t

I have made friends forever

I have loved and I have been loved, But I have also been rejected.

I have been loved, and I couldn’t love them back

I have screamed and jumped of happiness
I have lived on love and made eternal promises, but I have also broke them.

I have cried listening to music and looking at photos

I have called to hear a voice.

I have fallen for a smile

I have thought I was going to die of sadness …

I have felt the fear of losing someone special

And I ended up losing it…

But I have survived and I’m still Living

I don’t pass by life without enjoying it…

and You shouldn’t either… so…

LIVE, Enjoy, take the opportunities.

Be determined, hug life and live with passion

Lose with class and win with courage.
The World belongs to those who face no fear and life is very valuable to feel insignificant.

It is more blessed to give than to receive

 The good and evil are always together so the man can choose. The battlefield where the good and evil fight is in the human mind. It’s your choice !

The bottle is the body. The water is the soul. If the bottle breaks the water will continue flowing. The body comes to an end; the soul will continue flowing.

Do not rush in life; take the time to enjoy it.

We don’t own anything, nothing really belong to us. Everything was given to us. We came to this world without anything and we’ll leave the same way.

Materials things are only temporary.

The truth is usually in front of our eyes, but we don’t see because we don’t want to see it.

We usually don’t listen what we don’t want to hear.

For the one suffering a minute is an eternity.

Time heals everything, but not necessarily erase.

Time does not stop. Everything takes its own course.

Nothing stays static, not on the top like a wave or on the bottom; it might take some time, but eventually everything flows.

When people are dominated by a passion the brain freezes, you don’t clearly think anymore; however you let the desire take control over you.

Don’t become a slave of your desires.

Pride is related to Ignorance. Pride takes you high so when you fall the shock is harder.

You only get to God by the way of Truth.

It’s not the path that makes the difference; it’s how you react to everything around you what really makes the difference.

If you don’t control your rage, your ego; they will control you. If you learn how to control them your destiny will be in your favor.

Give without expecting anything in return. You will be rewarded some day.

It is more blessed to give than to receive. Act 20:35