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  • (🇺🇸English/🇪🇸Español...👉🏻 desliza a la derecha)⁠⠀ I am sure you've felt fear because things were out of your control. If you're like me, you've mapped out how things should be and what would be best for you.⁠⠀ I am in this predicament. I have no control over what will happen once I submit paperwork for future plans I have.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I am praying that everything turns out well. I know that I would like it to go in one direction, but I don't know if that is what God wants. If that's not the direction God wants, it won't hurt me, but I feel it will make things more difficult if I had to go with another option.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ You and I have to remember this: God is in control of our situation. We've done our part to our best ability. We've prayed. We've asked others to pray. On Him we wait all day and on Him we trust.⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ ✿If we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. 2 Timothy 2:13.⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ ✿And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28.⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ ✿For “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ Acts 17:28. 🌸Is there something you are surrendering over to God?🌸
  • My Relationship Testimony, Part #3.⁠ ⁠ I left off letting you know that I received confirmation from God through a couple I didn't know at church that it was best not to have a list of expectations of how he should be or look. In other words, let God have control.⁠ ⁠ Well, my now-fiancé and I were friends at the time and had been for years. We were in the same group of friends and would do group things together. He asked me out multiple times throughout our friendship! So many times that we both cannot recall the number of times.⁠ ⁠ Each time, I kindly turned him down. My reasons were these: "we don't have the same beliefs (him-Catholic, me-Christian), it would ruin our group of friends, you are one of my best guy friends, I don't think I'm ready for a relationship right now," and those were all that we remember because I would reuse these with him lol.⁠ ⁠ And I never treated him differently or weird afterwards. (It really matters how we treat others always, especially as Christians.) He eventually had a girlfriend and that distanced us a bit. Keep in mind, we were friends for 7.5 years before starting our relationship.⁠ ⁠ And the reasons I gave him were honest, but the most important one was that I didn't want to be unequally yoked even if the Catholic and Christian beliefs are somewhat similar. I wasn't comfortable being involved with someone whose beliefs weren't the same because I felt that it would make things harder and put a strain on our future. I knew God understood that about me and would send someone with my Christian beliefs and values. I knew God knew these things because of the relationship God and I have had. It is so important to have a stronger bond with God so you can discern His voice in your life.⁠ ⁠ Eventually, I began inviting some of my friends to youth group at church. Thankfully, he'd go, too. He started to go almost every sabbath day.⁠ ⁠ To be continued...IG doesn't give me enough space to add more so I will have to continue on another post. I apologize.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ ★flashback to 3 years ago in DC.⁠ ⁠
  • (🇺🇸English/🇪🇸Español...👉🏻 desliza a la derecha) I can't help but ask this after #hurricaneDorian because we were spared. Completely spared. Barely any rain and I can't remember if there was wind.⁠ ⁠ Meanwhile, the Bahamas is so devastated. That would have been us too. That hurricane lingered over them. It has destroyed so much for them. And we are perfectly fine. A part of me wishes it would have been better if we had faced it instead of them, but just typing that scares me because I don't wish us to have any harm. But why us? Why not them, too?⁠ ⁠ Usually, we ask this question when harm has come our way instead of when we've been blessed. If we lose our jobs, we may ask "why us, God?" Or if we lose our home or a family member, "why us, God?" Or if we don't accomplish our goals in the way we had in mind, "why us, God?" And you see that everyone keeps on living. Sometimes we don't realize the tragedies that our neighbors, whether nearby or far away, are going through. We tend to stay in our lanes because hey, we all have something we are going through, but a part of me doesn't think that is how God intended us to be and live.⁠ ⁠ Sometimes I think we've become calloused to the hurts of others and we'd rather not look their way because helping them or doing something for them may make us uncomfortable or put a strain on our finances. We want our quiet time. We have our finances delineated and we are already giving to other ministries so there's room for nothing else. We need our fun and relaxation time.⁠ ⁠ But once we put Jesus into perspective: the way He lived and the way He told us to live, doesn't it tear down those perspectives?⁠ ⁠ I think we are so blessed. We may not realize how blessed we are. We may not feel blessed, but God is with us. He hears us. He loves us. I may not understand why were spared in this hurricane, but that is one of the questions I'd like to ask God once I see Him.
  • A pause from my relationship testimony to share this weekend’s adventure with the young ladies group I mentor with 2 friends. Yesterday, we went sunset paddle boarding on Singer Island. In all transparency, I was a bit scared because I respect the ocean. I know its power and that I have no control over it. I love it, but from a distance! Lol. Thankfully, it was not as deep as it looks and the water was perfect: calm and warm. We got to see stingrays and turtles. The girls with us were younger and they were FEARLESS. I love their bravery and how happy they were. We hope and pray these friendships they are building will last for eternity. Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. 📖Ecclesiastes 4:9-10. I encourage any young lady to pray and seek godly friends who will have your best interest at heart and will never lead you astray. (But this advice goes out to ALL women!)
  • My relationship testimony, Part 2.⁠ ⁠ Once I began praying for God to send me my future husband, I created a list of what I would like in a person. I wanted him to be like this, look like this and enjoy this, etc. I can tell you that a lot of those expectations were surreal and not what God gave me.⁠ ⁠ And I will be honest with you...I don't recommend doing this because it's as if we are taking the place of God and fabricating the ideal person in our minds. We set expectations and once they don't come through, we get hurt.⁠ ⁠ It's best to let God bring you the person with no set expectations because He knows the desires of our hearts better than we know ourselves. -- I don't want this to be confused with allowing someone in our lives that can be damaging. If we ask God for wisdom, He will let you know what to pray for 📖Romans 8:26.⁠ ⁠ It amazes me how my future husband doesn't meet ALL the "expectations" I had, but we fit together so perfectly. We express our love for each other in ways that we both love. We are very similar and yet, our differences complement the weaknesses we have.⁠ ⁠ So I threw away the list and kept praying. I don’t know if you do this, but every night I kneel down to pray next to my bed. I've been doing this since high school and I think it’s very humbling to kneel down right before bed. Now, even though we aren’t living together, my fiancé and I do this nightly and we take turns praying over the phone.⁠ ⁠ Around the time I threw away my list and one day after church, an older couple called me over to them and the man told me out of nowhere: “Become the person that you would want to marry. Work on becoming a better you and don't have a list of requirements.” I had never spoken to this guy and his wife about anything. Is this coincidence? No. This is how God works and this was confirmation from Him that He cares and was listening.⁠ ⁠ So that is what I did during my time of singleness. I studied and worked; I stayed active in church and I didn't get discouraged.
  • This week's posts are going to be about relationships.⁠ ⁠ Part 1: I have never shared much about my relationship, but I feel that I should possibly start sharing a little bit more in hopes that it will grow your faith in God upon hearing my relationship testimony. (📖Romans 10:17)⁠ .⁠ I have never been boy crazy. I did have guys ask to date me or for my number, but I never engaged in what would lead to anything beyond friends. I was determined to stay focused on my future plans of becoming a medical missionary. I would pray to God for whatever He wanted and if He wanted for me to be single so I can focus on His work in the medical mission field, I was ready!⁠ ⁠ BUT the time came (towards sophomore/junior year of college) when I started feeling lonely. I would go to church by myself and be involved in ministries by myself and after evening service, I'd drive around the beach and pray to God letting Him know how lonely I felt and that I did want Him to bring someone.⁠ ⁠ I made Him three requests to know for sure that this would be someone sent by Him: first, I asked for someone who I would be friends with for 7 years before starting the relationship; second and third I won't mention because they are very private things that only God and I know (now my future husband knows them, too! lol). --I am not going to say that I asked God for a godly man and other things like that because that is a given.⁠ ⁠ Anyway, in the next few posts you will see how God started working after I began praying for Him to bring me my special someone 😊.
  • (🇺🇸English/🇪🇸Español...👉🏻 desliza a la derecha)⁠⠀ O Lord, our Lord,⁠⠀ how majestic is your name in all the earth!⁠⠀ You have set your glory above the heavens.⁠⠀ Out of the mouth of babies and infants,⁠⠀ you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ When I look at ⚡️your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, ⚡️what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ O Lord, our Lord,⁠⠀ how majestic is your name in all the earth!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Excerpts from 📖Psalm 8.⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ 🌸How did you praise God today?🌸⁠
  • It's not because He answers our prayers, protects, provides, etc.⁠ He is God.⁠ Couldn't have been better said, @yevettegooden.⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #praiseHisname #wordofGodspeak #dailydoseofJesus #faithinfluencer #chasingJesus #Heismyrock #godlyquotes #Jesussaid #loveyourneighbor #prayerpower #shedelights #Heismylight #intimacywithGod #identityinChrist #christianjourney #faithfilled #readthroughtheBible #Yourwillbedone #gospeltruth #talktoGod #bibledaily #digitalministry #bibleblog #faithwords #womensmovement #buildingHiskingdom #beinspireddaily #trustingGoddaybyday #givemeJesus #faithoverfear
  • (🇺🇸English/🇪🇸Español...👉🏻 desliza a la derecha)⁠⠀ I want to devote the next few posts to praising God and I hope you'll join me.⁠⠀ I am following along with #shereadstruth bible study on worship and I am reflecting on how often I praise God. I don't think I praise Him enough. When I think of all that He has done for me, for my loved ones and for those around me, it is incomparable to the attention I give Him.⁠ God alone is worthy. He answers our prayers. He protects us. He heals us. He provides for us. He allows us to enjoy our days. He allows us to walk through trials to develop a Christ-like character. ⚡️He doesn't want us to perish, but wants to give us everlasting life.⚡️⁠⠀ .⁠⠀ 🌸How can we not stop to praise Him?🌸⁠

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