Another Miracle?

How To Know If It Is A Miracle?

Miracles happens every day and in so many ways. The real question is not how to know if it is a miracle but rather, can you see the miracle with untainted faith. We all go through season (Ecclesiastes 3) and for every season there is a purpose behind it (Jeremiah 29:11). 

I have been writing about my personal experiences giving some personal details but mainly allowing you to see the great work of the Lord in my life. Yet, many might think that I am just complaining or just venting some of my life storms. However, the real purpose here is to remind myself that there is a Higher Power and that I can't do nothing without that power. It is more like my very breathing, my DNA,  my ALL which is what matters the most. 

(And by the way, I so love this song by Hawk Nelson.)

Then I disappear for some time and then I come back again. Silly, right? Perhaps not. We all need time to verify and complete our storms and then be able to come back after we are all nice and dry from that wet weather we had just gone through. 

The importance is that we should be able to have a solid faith and know that we receive more often than we get taken out.

Last year, I posted about the victory in court. Well, it was God's victory, I just didn't know it until He released it into my life. I was finally able to get my son for Christmas 2017-18 and it was amazing! Last Christmas I had spent with him was in 2009. 

However, we must also know that we have a common enemy who is very persistent in ruining our lives using all kinds of tactics, deceit and lies.

Two months after the wonderful Christmas I had with my two boys and family, he caught me off guard. Had a bad fall and had four fractures on my right ankle. One in the fibula, two on my tibia and one on the back tarsal bone. OUCH!

So, here I am unable to walk, before nor after surgery. Financially going down and bills piling up. There went all of my expectations of getting my son back all summer of 2018. No, I was not able to see nor spend any time with my son. But God has plans too. He has opened my eyes to new ways of thinking. I have been reading a lot more on my Bible and other books as well. Needless to say, I became a Netflix and You tube best watcher. I learned on you tube how to crochet and I have made many things for family and friends. I have colored pictures for friends. I have binged on many series on Netflix. I have learned to be patient. well, I had no other choice, LOL

But I have gain also many things. I have noticed the kind of friends that I now have. They are there just like a rush of blood. I have discovered other family members as well. And even though I had some looses in the family, I have been able to see  my older sister. Of course, one of the purposes she sated, I had no interest in but I wanted her to know that I was here for her. I depend only and only on God. It has been proven more than once that miracles do exist and He loves to make those for me because He loves me. 

I am pretty sure that He also loves you and that you are also His favorite child. So, open your arms and heart to Him and he will open the whole heaven just for you.

Mana Gets Interrumped

New Home with New Headaches

Just days into the new home, legal documents come. Potiphar's and wife wanted more money from me and full custody of my child.

Nevertheless, the Good Lord God Almighty has, as usual, His angels all over. I was assigned a case worker at the local Veteran's Administration Department that was a JAG in the military. So, he helped me on how to contest the legal proposal and all I had to do was to faithfully wait for the day of the hearing and I asked for a phone conference instead of being in person due to the locations. Potiphar is in the Northwest coast of the country, while I am towards the Northeast of the US.

So, my next move? You guessed it...

I waited patiently because I knew that the miracle was coming. I was a bit doubtful but kind of confident. Yeap! Hard to explain. It was a mixture of emotions, feelings, faith and anything you can think of all together and at the same time. 

Then, the time came.....

I called ahead of time. I had to call again. It was finally happening!

By the end of the call, with cell over my Bible...

The final outcome was not mine but the Lord's...

Still shared custody, no higher child support, longer visitation during the summer; yes, the full summer, and every other spring break and Christmas. 

I could have not done it on my own. Many people love to boast about all they can do and have done with such an ease. I on the other hand, I depend and rely and trust God.

The best way to live is under His constant Presence. So, you should give it a try and ......

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD.

(paraphrased from Psalm 46:10)

Do You Know What You Are Worth?

After a wonderful service this very morning (03/05/17), and thinking of how my life has changed and all that is going on right now and researching; I can only write this:

THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS

At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.

At the time crucifixion was the "worst" death. Only the worst criminals were condemned to be crucified. Yet it was even more dreadful for Jesus. Unlike other criminals condemned to death by crucifixion, Jesus was to be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet.

Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.

The nails were driven into His wrist, not into His palms as is commonly portrayed. There's a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder. The Roman guards knew that when the nails were being hammered into the wrist the tendon would tear and brake, forcing Jesus to use His back muscles to support himself so that He could breath.  

Both of His feet were nailed together. Thus, He had to support Himself on the single nail that impaled His feet to the cross. Jesus could not support himself with His legs because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate between arching His back then using his legs just to continue to breath.  Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage. 

Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours..

Yes, over 3 hours! Can you imagine this kind of suffering?  A few minutes before He died, Jesus stopped bleeding. 

He was simply pouring water from his wounds.

From common images we see wounds to His hands and feet and even the spear wound to His side. But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body.  A hammer driving large nails through the wrist, the feet overlapped and an even larger nail hammered through the arches, then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear. But before the nails and the spear Jesus was whipped and beaten. The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body. The beating so horrific that His face was torn and his beard ripped from His face. The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.  Most men would not have survived this torture. 

 

He had no more blood to bleed out, only water poured from His wounds.

The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters (just less than a gallon) of blood.

Jesus poured out all 3.5 liters of his blood. He had three nails hammered into his members, a crown of  thorns on his head and, beyond that, a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into his chest.

All these, not to mention the humiliation He suffered after carrying his own cross for almost 2 miles, while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones. (The cross was almost 66.14 lb of weight, only for its higher part, where his hands were nailed).

 

Jesus had to endure this experience, so that you can have free access to God.

So that your sins could be "washed" away. All of them, with no exception! Don't ignore this situation.

JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU! 

For you, who now reads this, Yes He died for You. Do not believe that He only died for others (those who go to church or for pastors, bishops, etc).

  Accept the reality, the truth that 

JESUS IS THE ONLY SALVATION FOR THE WORLD.

God has plans for you to show others what He experienced to save you. Now think about this! May God bless your life!

60 seconds with God...

For the next 60 seconds, set aside what you're doing and take this opportunity! 

All you have to do is:

1.   Simply pray : Lord, you know the lives of all my loved ones.   I ask You to bless them in all things and make them prosperous. Take care of their families, their health, their work and all their future plans.  Lead them not into temptation, but deliver them from evil.  In Jesus' name, amen.

2.Then, tell about this message to whomever you wish.

3. Take a moment to thank and appreciate the power of God in your life, for doing what pleases Him.

If you are not ashamed to do this, please, follow Jesus' instructions.. He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33): "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but whosoever denies me before others,  I also will deny before my Father in heaven".

  

Yes, I love God. He is my source of life and my savior. He keeps me alive day and night.

Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me".   Philippians 4:13.

**Let your light shine so others see the good things and praise the Father in Heaven**
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Mana Begins To Fall Out Of The Skies

So, 2016 started ok but right after summer, I leaped to another land. In this new land, I had spies and met some new people. I had people doing inside work for me and some departments were way more helpful than I had ever imagined. 

But remember that I mentioned my walls of Jericho and lack of provisions?

I can tell you, it is not good to argue with God!

He always wins, and He is always right. Remember I told you that I had found a church?

Well, the devil was definitely not happy about that one, for sure.

Well, before I knew it was that time of year......

So I was in the most difficult living conditions for that "white stuff". I became very sick and I was very cold. Until I could no more and the arguing began. Of course, my argument was valid to me but He just said, wait!

SERIOUSLY!   WAIT IS ALL I GET?

Yes, wait is what I got for real. God knows more than you and I can ever imagine. Doors began to open a little and I began praying and telling Him that I was going to trust in Him no matter what.

So, for Christmas time, God changed something like this...

into THIS!

God is faithful and He knows the plans that He has for all of us. Plans to prosper us and to give us hope.

Jeremiah 29:11

It has been since then that I began to say to my mind that no matter what, I will trust God. I tell Him daily through out the day, every day!

Through The Wilderness Part 2

New Horizons!

Tell me about "Big Goals" for a new year. {Ha, Ha, Ha} That was the least on my mind. Had an interesting job but just like the past few years, it did not last. Most were temporary jobs and when the contract ends, so do you. But my faith kept growing and I was so happy and complete that it was. I missed the person who held that "love window" I spoke to you about, but I had to keep living. It became very damaging to my life. So,.....

The time came where the visions and my wrestling with it for three days was pivotal. Finally decided to give it a blind GO and "take a leap of faith".

{It was more like a complete humongous jump}

So asking for directions to the Spirit, packing started. Before I knew it, what had been my place for twelve years. The place of that I wanted it be a new life and had become the darkest days of my life. Where Potiphar's wife (my ex husband) lied, Potiphar became the Egyptian father to Joseph (his back then mistress) and ruled the land (me). Yeap! It had become my Egypt!

I landed on what it still seems like the land of milk and honey. My promise land!

Don't be fooled, I had my battles. Jericho walls that I had to face. I even had my "spy" helping me with information. Finding new directions and places for me to worship and be completely in the "tabernacle". Until I finally found it:

Through The Wilderness

It has been the longest wilderness I have ever walked by. I have been away from bursting my heart, mind and soul on this place. However, I am trying to get back into writing to keep myself sane through my walk in life. 

It was three years ago, March 8th, 2014 to be exact. I have gone around circles I never wanted to go through again, revived my faith and went to a new level, opened my heart to love at a new level and started to try some accomplishments that still, after three years, have not completely flourished. Hey, but who knows? It might be around the corner....

During the painful part of 2014 with how Satan works to steal and destroy every Christian, I have had so many gains. I gained a different level of spiritual maturity. This has been a huge part of me now. The opened window to love was shattered and I might have played a big part in that. As a responsible adult, I have to admit that I was part of it. After the end of 2014 and beginning of 2015, I decided to let go of it and dedicate myself to live my life more in Christ. Besides, not having a computer to spill my thoughts, I began a new journey of pen and paper.



So far I have thirteen superior notebooks full of devotions, Scriptures and prayers.I have no idea of what I will do with them. This year, my goal has been to start the same way with the devotion and Scriptures, but this time adding commentaries as a deeper understanding of such Scriptures. Kind of like a study on God's word. It has not been easy because it is a lot more writing that I have time in the mornings for. So far, I have been comfortable since 2015 by writing and I am not dreading throughout the day anymore. I have to admit that at the beginning it was painful. I was tired throughout the day and would get sleepy however, it became a habit and I can get up at 4:30 am and spend two hours at it and then get ready for work and get on with my day. I definitely noticed that I felt more prepared to face circumstances throughout each day with more peace and sound minded.

How to know when you are persecuted

Persecution has been around since a very long time ago. It has had different shapes and forms. The persecution today might not be as aggressive but there is always persecution if one looks intently. The major persecution comes from Satan himself using all of his demons against everyone. There was the great persecution against Jews since the beginning because they were God's chosen people. There was the Roman-Christian Persecution, persecution of early Christian, the Holocaust and the not so mentioned, the one from our own brothers and sisters persecution which is among different denominations and all over our nation.

The early Jewish persecution in Russia ( Holocaust)

Us as Christians are also persecuted in so many ways. Up to this day, persecution keeps at all rise in many nations.

The most common is the incidental persecution. These are done by people who have really no concrete base to do it but does it because it follows a majority of group. These can be within families, employers and any individual we encounter daily.

Be alert and of sober mind. our enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8

So, Who is persecuting you? Would it be in the form of your spouse, your children, your friends?

Satan uses all that we hold close to our hearts and will begin with making us compromise our faith. Once you compromise your faith, that is not enough for him. You will live in a constant spiritual battle against his demons and your own beliefs. Making it hard for you to make a clear choice. No matter how many times you go around it, it will not get better. You either have to give up to his demons to keep those you love in your life or stand firm in the faith and let those you love go. Hard decision to make but at the end there are the promises of God who will never fail you because he is an unfailing and just God.

"Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, "Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth - everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

Isaiah 43:5-7