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Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:48pm
Ash Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:48pm
Monday, February 16, 2009 11:38am Just wanted to write a little note here to let you know I'm still around haha...I'm actually in the works for a re-design of the site, so watch out for it. God is good soooooooooooooooooooo goooood!!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:43am This is my little Christmas gift to you. I hope it touches you as much it did me. A song with many layers of meaning...in a world today where the phrase "a baby changes everything" somehow connotes something negative, we hear the truth through this one song. A Baby Changes Everything - Faith Hill Thank you Mama Mary.
If you can, watch her singing it live...it is powerful. She might be singing it tonight on CBS, I hope!
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 11:48pm There have been so many awesome things I have been extremely grateful for these past few months since summer. Even though I was hardly home and traveling nonstop, sometimes without my husband, the rewards were far more than I'll ever deserve. Many lessons learned, some the hard way, I would never pick any other life. If there's one thing I've come to realize in my almost 5 years of missionary work, it's that a life given up to God on this earth is not meant to be comfortable and easy. Comfort is just not something we are called to have, it is not even something we are entitled to have. Because if you notice, the moments we do get comfortable, are the very moments God likes to shake things up. Because He's a smart guy. He knows it is in those comfortable moments we tend to forget Him. It is in those moments we start to get selfish, self-centered and complacent. And so it is in those moments He wants to remind us, "Hey, remember you're not really home yet, don't get too comfortable..." He is reminding us this life was never meant to be lived for ourselves, nor for our own benefit. He is reminding us what we have is not really ours, everything is a gift, and should be given back to Him. We were never ultimately meant for here, we are not truly home yet. So that's exactly it. If most people choose to have this world be their ultimate home, it makes sense life is sadly treated in the way it is now. We can definitely choose to ignore those times God tries to shake us up and say there may be something more for us to do here...there may be something more for us to give up. Yep, we doubt that's true for us and choose to stay exactly where we are right now - undisturbed, comfortable, self involved, and basically...the same. But here's the thing - one can't ever really be comfortable in a place that is not their home. So does that mean we're doomed to a dismal and uncomfortable existence as long as we are living in this world? No :). There's the craziest thing of all! That's when we get to see just how much God loves us. We can never outdo Him in genorosity even if we tried. There's nothing we can give up to Him that will not be poured back down unto us in the fullness and abundance of exactly what we've been searching for all along. God loves us so much that He does grant us those times of true happiness, of pure bliss and perfect moments here on earth. And without us even knowing it, it is in those perfect moments that He's trying to show His face to us in the most profound way. He gives us a taste of Heaven, a taste of His presence, a taste of home. Man! So that's why we are always yearning for something more! Because we are not yet where we are meant to be. Let's be thankful for those awesome perfect moments where all just seems right with the world, and also for the uncomfortable ones where nothing seems to make sense...for it's in both that we realize where are true home really is. Things I am Thankful for:
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 7:38am Just got back from mission in Panama...coming from what many would call the jungle, back to the richest nation on earth...my spirit aches for this nation that casts their votes today. We will be held accountable, not by intelligence nor ability to argue the sides, but by humble simplicity, nobility of heart and purity of intention. Sometimes we complicate things. Off to mark my ballot for McCain/Palin. Please fast and pray. There is still a long fight ahead of us after today. May God's will be done. Reading 1 "Brothers and sisters:
Monday, October 6, 2008 3:18am
"This November, everything you hold sacred will need your vote." Today, I will not fear my pen. I will write for there are words in my heart placed there for me to let out and live out. I know the election is a controversial subject, with many different analyzations of every issue. but just as the video shows, there are just some issues that hold more moral weight than others. The truth is our Church, the Catholic Church, will not come right out and say to vote for one or the other because of the separation of Church and State. And of course, neither side is perfect and as ideal as the Church would hope them to be on every issue. BUT we all know that out of the two presidential candidates, there is only one who supports most of the issues the Catholic Church is against. Though Obama is very inspirational to some people on the change he will bring, the truth is his liberal stances will bring some changes that counter the things in government we have been praying so long for as Christians, and change the things we've been fighting for to keep sacred. There are two very important bills that we as Catholics should be aware of:
You would shudder if you knew the repercussions that would happen if FOCA was in effect. Basically, the Freedom of Choice Act takes Roe v. Wade to a whole new level by establishing abortion as a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT and privilege. And would in fact nullify every legal limit on abortion, state, federal or otherwise. Abortion will then be a federal law that ALL states will allow. In short, there are 3 sets of state laws that are in effect right now that will be taken away: Parental Involvement Requirements, informed consent laws, and restrictions on government funding of abortions. If the law for Parental Involvement Requirements is lifted, teenage girls can have abortions without any need of parental consent. Even parents who happen to be pro-choice wouldn't wish not knowing if their daughter was having an abortion or not. 80% of the males who impregnate teenage girls are 20 years old or older. This means if they have sex with minors and if they get pregnant, they can bring them to an abortion clinic without any of their parents having to know anything ever happened. AND (this blew me away), FOCA would abolish state laws that protect doctors and nurses from losing their jobs if they refuse to participate in abortions. This bill gives all the rights to the abortion movement and gives no rights to us who are pro-life. They in fact will be the ones imposing their will on us, when they say we are the ones "imposing our pro-life will" on them. And legally through it all, FOCA will prohibit us from doing anything about it. Now as for the Defense of Marriage Act, it is a bill that we do want. DOMA defines marriage as “a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife”; it defines spouse as referring “only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.” Why is this important? We as Catholics deem marriage to be something sacred, as a holy sacrament. The family is the basic unit of society from which life is created and formed. And sadly, our society is numbly distorting it and gradually veering it away little by little into nothingness. You see, we ourselves are creating a world where the goodness and innocence of family life has lost its meaning. And it's even worse to have laws that govern us to do so. If robbery and embezzlement were legal, maybe we all wouldn't partake in it because of our own conscience in knowing it is wrong, but it sure as heck would make it A LOT easier for us to do it if we wanted to, and may even tempt us to do it if we needed some extra cash. If we are not told it is wrong, we might not think it is wrong, and more so if there are laws to PROTECT me so I can rob someone, it actually gives me the feeling that it's my "privilege and right" to do it, even if i'm hurting others in the process. This is exactly what is happening with allowing women to hurt themselves and to kill their own babies, flesh of their flesh, a precious little living breathing baby - giving them the "privilege and right" to do it. Laws protecting them to do so, and everyday someone partakes in it because most of the world does not know it is wrong, because the laws say it isn't wrong. Some people say they are sick of hearing a vote to be based on the "one issue" of abortion, when there are so many other issues to take into account. I agree that there are many other moral issues to consider and be educated about. But we also have to agree that there are some very intrinsic evils in existence in this world today. One of those by far is abortion. There has to be some ethical distinction between the issues. This is the world and society that we are creating for our very own children to be born into. Who is to say that if Obama or McCain were picked, there will be less war with one or the other? Or that the economy will be better and the middle class will benefit more with one or the other? No one can really predict that. But I can say factually that I know almost 4,000 babies are aborted each day in the United States alone, because of the society WE are creating. And only one candidate will be passing laws to allow "more of the same" killing. The argument that the Obama/Biden ticket will be the ones who are most effective in creating an environment that will make abortion increasingly "unnecessary and rare" is GARBAGE. They can use words to say things for you to believe, but intelligence will tell us differently. The truth is that Obama promised Planned Parenthood that his first order of business would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act into effect.
And the fact is that taking away these 3 laws through FOCA will enable roughly 125,000 more abortions per year. Studies show that Parental Involvement Laws reduce abortions from 19%-31% and that law would be dissolved under FOCA. Source: Heritage Foundation. Know the facts. If Obama is elected, this is exactly what he promises will happen:
Though Obama has many great characteristics, we cannot deny that the Obama/Biden ticket may very well be the most liberal ticket to ever run for presidency - in history. Their stances are as far left as one can go no matter what other pluses there are to say about them, and they will make change i'm just not sure America really wants. We have a decision to make this November. And your vote counts. I don't presume to know everything in this life but I do know this is all about something greater than just a vote... This is about our call to living the gospel of LIFE in a world that is dying. -------------------------- If you're 18 or older and an American Citizen, register now and vote (Some deadlines are today). And spread the word: catholicvote.com.
Tuesday, September 3o, 2008 5:19pm
I cannot believe it has been 365 days since our wedding day. man...time here in this life really is so short. as i recall that day a year ago today, i feel God's presence once again. A day of pure rejoicing...a taste of Heaven. A oneness with the man i love, my dearest loved ones, and with God Himself all at once. A day just in worship of our God, and in turn true bliss that comes from only Him. I imagine that's what Heaven would feel like. dear ray, you are my best friend. the sweetest thing in my life. you make me giddy. you make me melt inside. you are a realization of a dream i've dreamt a million times before. A real man. a man that can stand with honor in any situation because of the purity of your heart. you make me laugh. you let me be...me. i am myself fully and you see me and know me like no one else does. you lift me up and encourage me. you make me want to be better. you are the only one who makes my heart feel like this. i love how you ramble when you tell me stories. i love how you let your heart express what it feels and not hold anything back. i love how you look at me. i love how you protect me. i love how you hold me. i love going on adventures with you. i love how you cook for me. i love how your laugh sounds. i love your composure. how you know what to do in every situation. i love your surrender to God, your love for Him. i love how you lead me to Him. I love how you pray. I love how we share the same passions. i love your creativity. i love how you worry enough for the both of us. i love how you know exactly how to push my buttons to make me mad...ok maybe i don't love that. :) i know you understand my heart, even without me having to say anything. you inspire me more than anyone else has. you are everything i've ever wanted. You are a promise fulfilled from a God who loves me. and i'm thankful to have waited for you, but i'm even more thankful to God to have found someone who believed i was worth the wait too. God knew. and i'm thankful. i love you baby. happy 1st year anniversary.
:)
Monday, July 21, 2008 3:38am This is why I married him... Rock band. love it. Ray, Dave, Wendell, Zante rocking out at Aires (and soon to be Aleah's) place :)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:20am Go to conference this summer! Whichever one you feel called to! :) Both will be amazingly awesome and God filled! Just register already! Always remember, we are one body praying for each other, lifting our eyes and others to Christ, making that simultaneous weekend nothing less than one big worship for God across the US! I'm excited for what God has in store for us all... http://www.cfcyouth-ffl.com (CFCYouth FFL) http://www.cfcyouthusa.org (CFCYouth GMFI)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1:11am Some of you may have already heard that two weeks ago, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 year old daughter of Stephen Curtis Chapman, died tragically in an accident in the driveway of the Chapman home while her brother was driving. This event has been on my mind and has hit home to me in more ways than one. Maria Sue was one of the Chapman's 3 beautiful adopted daughters. Steven Curtis has always been one of my favorite musicians. His music has always inspired and moved me, but most of all i've been moved by his love for his family and his ministry to help the orphans of the world. The week before our wedding, Ray and I were blessed to be given tickets to see Stephen Curtis play in a concert. There, Steven proudly played alongside his two sons who are amazing on guitar and drums, and then he shared to us about his song, "Cinderella" which he wrote for his two youngest daughters, Maria Sue and Stevie Joy. It brought me to tears then, and how much more now...seeing how God inspired him to write those words not even knowing what was to come some time later. If you listen to the words (1st video below), how prophetic and moving to see that connection of the love of a father for his daughter, and the sacrifice of that love. Watching all these videos breaks my heart, but i cannot help but soak in seeing the love Steven has for his daughters, seeing how much love Maria had for him. He and his wife knew and saw the precious soul in her, they introduced her to know love...to know LOVE, Himself. That night I found myself crying myself to sleep at thoughts of her and her brother, and the rest of Chapman family who have done so much good for the world. Then in the morning, i was comforted knowing she was in Heaven smiling down on her whole family she left behind, and at me and the countless others in the world who have already been touched by her. This 5 year old girl, who brought love to our hearts just by being who she is...a beautiful child of God. She was brought home. This was the way in which she was led there. We cannot question how or when we are all finally led home, but to just be thankful we have finally made it there. Lately I've been having this repetitive conversation with God, asking Him, why is life so difficult? why does it hurt so much. sometimes i feel like i have nothing left in me. and sometimes i feel like i don't understand anything at all. but then i realize life will always be a longing, an awaiting, a searching...for what is to come. we will never be satisfied or in full understanding of this life, because it is a life to which we do not belong. we don't belong here. our home is yet to come. and we will never be satisfied until we are there with Him, and with Maria. Maria is there. Honestly, I really do not know why God is giving me these realizations right now, from a little girl who I do not even know, but somehow I know He is preparing me for a death and a life to come in the future. I only give it all to Him for what He perfectly has in store for me. This has been a resounding message to me these past few months now, even at the talks I had the opportunity to give at the Revives for the youth around the U.S. in February, God's great message to me was all about life and death, knowing God has a plan for this life...and that's only just to lead us to Heaven. Though we do not understand certain things, though it hurts more than we can bear, though it's not how I envisioned my life to be, though it's not what I wanted for me...God's plan is still more beautiful, it's still exactly what is given me purposfully so that I will one day reach the true and everlasting peace in Heaven that was meant for us all. Everything under the heavens is His, He is in control, He knows what is best...He has never let us go. Thank you for leading her home, Father... May You lead us all home in Your way. through the pain, through the hard lessons, through the joy and realness of You. in your time, Lord, lead us home, bring us back to You, and may we be thankful for every moment, good and bad, that may have finally lead us there. Amen. Please pray for the Chapman family especially Will Chapman. To make a donation please click here.
Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:00pm
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 1:04pm Props to some of my friends who are doing their thing, sharing God's talents with the world and doing it with the freshness online. j13.wetpaint.com | Fr. Francis Mendoza & J.Trece youtube.com/emceemiko | Miko Sy jandeevents.com | Jhoanne Sy (soon to be Gabagat) pipitmusic.com | Jeryl Pipit (soon to be...jk) patreekare.imeem.com | Patrick Rosal Yep. I love positive media. keep bringing POSITIVE to the web. LOVE IT.
Friday, February 15, 2008 11:57pm Long term, in no particular order:
I can't deny that He's already fulfilled about a hundred other lists I've dreamed up before this one. And now I'm striving on my way down this list...(not to mention some other more personal ones that I can't really share out loud). And by God's grace, anything I desire and reach for can happen, if it is part of His will. Who knows when, but it can. Life here is just temporary. But our true home is after this life. While we're alive, each breath has a purpose, each thought and idea imagined is set in our hearts by a God who has made us for a distinct part of a greater plan. A God who takes delight in our innocence, and allows us to feel His presence in unseen occasions. How can life really be lived without Him? It would...have no meaning. It would be all for naught. because any other way of living would lack fulfilling its true purpose. we are created by Him, and for Him...with the purpose to only ultimately be united to Him fully and completely. Life is short. Life is fleeting. Make the most of each minute, and wake up with a purpose. Cherish your loved ones, don't hold grudges, seek forgiveness, don't sweat the small things, trust where He's leading and follow your calling...to be used for great things. For today is merely the next opportunity to get to that place... So...we keep on striving...as we step closer, each number will be crossed off that unending list of dreams to be lived out. Only to see in the end that each one of those dreams just leads us to the greatest dream of all. So...shall we continue on with the list? This is my number 1 for the moment. What's yours?
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:23pm God, thank you.
(Thanks Bethany Dillon and Kat Robinos :))
(Ash)Wednesday, February 6, 2008 10:51am Message for Lent 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI Each year, Lent offers us a providential opportunity to deepen the meaning and value of our Christian lives, and it stimulates us to rediscover the mercy of God so that we, in turn, become more merciful toward our brothers and sisters. In the Lenten period, the Church makes it her duty to propose some specific tasks that accompany the faithful concretely in this process of interior renewal: these are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. For this year’s Lenten Message, I wish to spend some time reflecting on the practice of almsgiving, which represents a specific way to assist those in need and, at the same time, an exercise in self-denial to free us from attachment to worldly goods. The force of attraction to material riches and just how categorical our decision must be not to make of them an idol, Jesus confirms in a resolute way: “You cannot serve God and mammon” (Lk 16,13). Almsgiving helps us to overcome this constant temptation, teaching us to respond to our neighbor’s needs and to share with others whatever we possess through divine goodness. This is the aim of the special collections in favor of the poor, which are promoted during Lent in many parts of the world. In this way, inward cleansing is accompanied by a gesture of ecclesial communion, mirroring what already took place in the early Church. In his Letters, Saint Paul speaks of this in regard to the collection for the Jerusalem community (cf. 2 Cor 8-9; Rm 15, 25-27). 2. According to the teaching of the Gospel, we are not owners but rather administrators of the goods we possess: these, then, are not to be considered as our exclusive possession, but means through which the Lord calls each one of us to act as a steward of His providence for our neighbor. As the Catechism of the Catholic Churchreminds us, material goods bear a social value, according to the principle of their universal destination (cf. n. 2404) In the Gospel, Jesus explicitly admonishes the one who possesses and uses earthly riches only for self. In the face of the multitudes, who, lacking everything, suffer hunger, the words of Saint John acquire the tone of a ringing rebuke: “How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses to help?” (1 Jn 3,17). In those countries whose population is majority Christian, the call to share is even more urgent, since their responsibility toward the many who suffer poverty and abandonment is even greater. To come to their aid is a duty of justice even prior to being an act of charity. 3. The Gospel highlights a typical feature of Christian almsgiving: it must be hidden: “Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,” Jesus asserts, “so that your alms may be done in secret” (Mt 6,3-4). Just a short while before, He said not to boast of one’s own good works so as not to risk being deprived of the heavenly reward (cf. Mt 6,1-2). The disciple is to be concerned with God’s greater glory. Jesus warns: “In this way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven” (Mt 5,16). Everything, then, must be done for God’s glory and not our own. This understanding, dear brothers and sisters, must accompany every gesture of help to our neighbor, avoiding that it becomes a means to make ourselves the center of attention. If, in accomplishing a good deed, we do not have as our goal God’s glory and the real well being of our brothers and sisters, looking rather for a return of personal interest or simply of applause, we place ourselves outside of the Gospel vision. In today’s world of images, attentive vigilance is required, since this temptation is great. Almsgiving, according to the Gospel, is not mere philanthropy: rather it is a concrete expression of charity, a theological virtue that demands interior conversion to love of God and neighbor, in imitation of Jesus Christ, who, dying on the cross, gave His entire self for us. How could we not thank God for the many people who silently, far from the gaze of the media world, fulfill, with this spirit, generous actions in support of one’s neighbor in difficulty? There is little use in giving one’s personal goods to others if it leads to a heart puffed up in vainglory: for this reason, the one, who knows that God “sees in secret” and in secret will reward, does not seek human recognition for works of mercy. 4. In inviting us to consider almsgiving with a more profound gaze that transcends the purely material dimension, Scripture teaches us that there is more joy in giving than in receiving (cf. Acts 20,35). When we do things out of love, we express the truth of our being; indeed, we have been created not for ourselves but for God and our brothers and sisters (cf. 2 Cor 5,15). Every time when, for love of God, we share our goods with our neighbor in need, we discover that the fullness of life comes from love and all is returned to us as a blessing in the form of peace, inner satisfaction and joy. Our Father in heaven rewards our almsgiving with His joy. What is more: Saint Peter includes among the spiritual fruits of almsgiving the forgiveness of sins: “Charity,” he writes, “covers a multitude of sins” (1 Pt 4,8). As the Lenten liturgy frequently repeats, God offers to us sinners the possibility of being forgiven. The fact of sharing with the poor what we possess disposes us to receive such a gift. In this moment, my thought turns to those who realize the weight of the evil they have committed and, precisely for this reason, feel far from God, fearful and almost incapable of turning to Him. By drawing close to others through almsgiving, we draw close to God; it can become an instrument for authentic conversion and reconciliation with Him and our brothers. 5. Almsgiving teaches us the generosity of love. Saint Joseph Benedict Cottolengo forthrightly recommends: “Never keep an account of the coins you give, since this is what I always say: if, in giving alms, the left hand is not to know what the right hand is doing, then the right hand, too, should not know what it does itself” (Detti e pensieri, Edilibri, n. 201). In this regard, all the more significant is the Gospel story of the widow who, out of her poverty, cast into the Temple treasury “all she had to live on” (Mk 12,44). Her tiny and insignificant coin becomes an eloquent symbol: this widow gives to God not out of her abundance, not so much what she has, but what she is. Her entire self. We find this moving passage inserted in the description of the days that immediately precede Jesus’ passion and death, who, as Saint Paul writes, made Himself poor to enrich us out of His poverty (cf. 2 Cor 8,9); He gave His entire self for us. Lent, also through the practice of almsgiving, inspires us to follow His example. In His school, we can learn to make of our lives a total gift; imitating Him, we are able to make ourselves available, not so much in giving a part of what we possess, but our very selves. Cannot the entire Gospel be summarized perhaps in the one commandment of love? The Lenten practice of almsgiving thus becomes a means to deepen our Christian vocation. In gratuitously offering himself, the Christian bears witness that it is love and not material richness that determines the laws of his existence. Love, then, gives almsgiving its value; it inspires various forms of giving, according to the possibilities and conditions of each person. 6. Dear brothers and sisters, Lent invites us to “train ourselves” spiritually, also through the practice of almsgiving, in order to grow in charity and recognize in the poor Christ Himself. In the Acts of the Apostles, we read that the Apostle Peter said to the cripple who was begging alms at the Temple gate: “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk” (Acts 3,6). In giving alms, we offer something material, a sign of the greater gift that we can impart to others through the announcement and witness of Christ, in whose name is found true life. Let this time, then, be marked by a personal and community effort of attachment to Christ in order that we may be witnesses of His love. May Mary, Mother and faithful Servant of the Lord, help believers to enter the “spiritual battle” of Lent, armed with prayer, fasting and the practice of almsgiving, so as to arrive at the celebration of the Easter Feasts, renewed in spirit. With these wishes, I willingly impart to all my Apostolic Blessing. From the Vatican, 30 October 2007 BENEDICTUS PP. XVI© Copyright 2007 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana
Friday, January 23, 2008 3:42pm
Thursday, January 10, 2008 1:44pm I'm not gonna lie. Last year was filled with both the best and worst times I've experienced yet, as contradictory or dramatic as that may sound. it has been a stretch of my emotions like i never knew before. but as Relient K sings, "In the midst of all this ice and snow, our hearts stay warm beacause they are filled with hope." i'm still to this moment discovering meaning to it all. All i know is that my life is not mine. And God can do with it as He wants because His plan is surely better than mine. His plan for me is better than I could ever think up, so why mess with it by putting my own one in the way. There's still more to experience and live. and more importantly, there's still more God wants to use me for, even if I think there isn't. He still wants to use me if i just let Him. He still wants me to know Him more...and be even deeper in love with Him. Lately, i feel like i've been spending my days worrying about the things that i don't need to, which in turn causes me to forget Him and even who I am. right now i just want to hold on to everything and everyone that's dear to me. i don't want it to be taken away from me...but i know it's beyond my control. it just affirms me even more that now is the time to cherish the blessings we have in God, and in each other...even if it's the hardest thing to do, make the effort to hold on to them, because the truth is...there is not much time left for us to live in this life. In desperate times...times when i feel i've been deceived and disillusioned...times when i have lost faith, Jesus with His soft eyes unceasingly looks into me and nudges me to be patient...and just trust. He says, "This is what you have prayed for, and now that I have given it to you, it's up to you...to make it your blessing." I see that when I ask God for things, He doesn't just give it to me in ways that I assume He would. When we pray for love, God doesn't just give us love...He gives us opportunites to love. When we pray for patience, God doesn't just give us patience...He gives us the opportunity to be patient. We all prayed for conviction in our community. He gave us the opportunity to be convicted. We prayed for unity...maybe unity of hearts has a deeper meaning than we thought. We prayed for the whole world to kneel before Christ! He is giving us a reason why we would kneel. We kneel because He is God! He is in control! He is bigger than this and us...and His plan is better than ours. Our future is bright and our glory days are yet to come. The best time of our lives is not in the past...but is yet for us to experience. Heaven on earth is an everyday experience that we have to fight for. i'm not about to give up now, because the best is just ahead. James 5:7-10 Things are different now. But God's plan for us has never changed. He will not forsake us. Today is the day for me to experience Him again, to give my everything back to Him all over again, to surrender my heart in faith and trust once more. For the best is yet to come my dear friends...the BEST is yet to come.
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