Thursday 29 November 2007

TEARS

I usually deal well with some difficult circumstances, but lately, I feel I have been very sensitive.



Well, probably for the fact of being distant of my children for eleven months, and with the festive of Christmas season very close, I have been thinking of the ones I love so much. My daughter, my son, my sister, my brothers, my nieces, friends...how I miss them so much.

Most of the time, I feel I can cope with my feelings.



Anyway, when one thing goes wrong, and another, ufa...it is like a drop in glass of water. It is difficult, isn't it?

Yesterday I cried all the tears I had in my body. It was the result of so much emotion in my life. Simply, I couldn't stop crying. I cried one day, literally 24 hours. I just got calm, when I had applied it all.


That is it. Everything is fine. Raise your head, look at the horizon, for the best.

Wednesday 28 November 2007

TIME

My busy days haven't given me lots of free time lately to do things I really love doing. I have missed a long walk in the nature trail, and smell the nature, to feel the "chilly" fresh air on my face, and some silence during the day.

The days are very short now. About 4pm is really dark. So, when I come home from my jobs I want to get home, where it is warm and cosy, very quickly.

Today, I walked in the dark from the bus stop until home. It was so so good! I need it!

I want to thank Lord for the challenges of this day. It was not an easy day, but glorious, because it was one more day.

I worship Lord to be so kind with my life and with my family.

I want to thank Lord for the gift He gave us yesterday. My daughter passed the first big test to enter at the university. It is His gift. Thank you Lord so much!

Sunday 25 November 2007

GIVE THANKS TO GOD

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

"Colossians 3:17"

Sunday is a special day for me, because I usually go to the church at 11:30am. I can tell you that in Brazil I used to go more often, not only on Sundays, but some other days of the week as well. Unfortunately, I have noticed that it is very hard to find an alternative time to be at the church in Scotland. Most of them are opened only on Sundays for the time of the service. Few people have attended regularly the service and rarely I meet young people. It upsets me in certain way. I always wonder how children have been brought up lately, if they know about Jesus. I miss the happiness and the good time we Brazilians have together before, during and after the service. It is a day to meet friends, family, and always to have a snack all together, at least that short coffee after the service.

Good remembrances make my day.

I have a mix of feelings from the past and the present, but what I need to worship God is to be conscious about who I am, and for what I am here.

"Give thanks to God."

Saturday 24 November 2007

TRUST IN LORD

One morning this week God gave me these words from PSalm 20.

It was a beautiful moment full of love when I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit.

The strength comes from Lord through His words, His love, His care, His guidance, His light...

I hope you get the same when you have this minute to read, meditate and leave Lord works in your heart. Just open it, because He knows you more than you can imagine. He knows your past, your present, and your future.


1 May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
3 May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.
4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
5 May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your requests.
6 Now this I know: The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
9 LORD, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call!


Thanks Lord for everything you have done for me, in my life. I am what I am because you have work in me.

I love you my Saviour.

Tuesday 20 November 2007

LIVE THE WORDS

"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other."

Galatians 5:22


These are the words my son has recommended for the previews post.

Just a note. These are the words on the top of the page.

Make it your way of life. Spread love, it doesn't matter what or where. Be patient, specially if you are the person who wants everything for yesterday. Be kind, even when someone is rude with you. Stay in peace!!! Keep your faith in Jesus Christ.

Just live it, simple the way it is. True and wonderful...

Saturday 17 November 2007

ONE NATION

There are some distinction differences between one nation and another. It is a perfect distinction that makes unique as a people with our habits, culture, and language.

What makes one nation?

As a Brazilian living in Scotland, I have experienced in my daily life through people's behaviour what is a nation. It is the union for one ideal. Ideal of life, respect, prosperity, peace, happiness, and joy...

All the best. But I can't see a future without God. Because GOD is only ONE. He makes a nation.

15 Blessed is the people of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the LORD.

PSalm 144

Wednesday 14 November 2007

CHILDREN WHO NEED PARENTS, NOT PILLS

I try to be an up to date person reading the newspaper everyday. I don't read only the headlines, but also the articles that catch my eyes.



Today, my eyes were caught by the headline above, "Children who need parents, not pills", and it starts like this:



"As BELIEF in God is declines, so children have become our new religion."



Agree or not, I had to read the whole article. Allison Pearson is brilliant and she brings us an idea of how protective we are as parents;

"We don't send nine-year-olds up chimneys like those nasty Victorians, do we? Hell, no."

We are better parents and our kids have the voice, they are heard when they are required, it means, all the time. I would say that we are there to serve them.

"They are our hope of the life to come."

Have you heard about ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER? It is ADHD , and children have been prescribed drugs for hyperactivity. Despite the fact that the drug has caused terrible side effects, as the writer, I am wondering about the caring society. Old people and young people have been sedated.

"Sadly, the medicine that both the very old and the very young need is not available on prescription. It's called time. And time is what we simply don't have to give them."

I had a chance to visit a household in Scotland, and now I know how it is, and there are lots of them. It also reminds me the time my mummy was ill and I couldn't leave her in a nursing home. I tried my best to give the attention she needed, all my love, my care, my time, my respect. But I know my attention was divided, because I had my kids, my family, my job. I don't remember just plonking my kids in front of a DVD instead, to carry on my To-Do list. On the opposite, they were with me, visiting my mummy, living my life, learning through my experience, that you can't have everything you want.

I see that as a consequence of the "crazy" routine people are living nowadays. Society is coming in for drugs, drugs to sleep, to eat, to not eat, to be calm, to be active, and for "n" reasons we can imagine. People are looking for quick fix.

I would say that it is really sad that

"BELIEF in God is declining"

As a Christian I just can see and say, it is never late to change.

“For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,”1 Peter 3:18

Monday 12 November 2007

PEACE IN YOUR HEART

Life is a road that we cross with lots of challenges. Indeed, It is not easy.

When we are still little children we usually think about a future that seems to be far. Fortunately, the future comes to everybody, and some facts can put us through difficult decisions at that moment we are not sure about things we think we know. It is a mix of feelings, fears...they come all together...

But it doesn't matter where we go, what we do, Lord is always there to help us.

1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?


PSalm 139

HELPER

18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Genesis 2

I like this verse very much. It is all about a concept Lord has given to the creation of the man and the woman. It is natural they live together. The woman was made so that the man will not be alone, and it is not good to be alone.

It is very beautiful when I see couples together, sharing their lives with true love, respect and companionship. Lord expect a minimum of recognition of what he has done for us. He knows about our needs and priorities.

Respect your wife. She is God's creation

PRAYING

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.”- "Colossians 1:9"


I have wondering why some people take a very different route for their lives. Quite interesting the options I can see around the places I have been. Different culture, different wishes, and different behaviour.

What makes me to be different of you?

What is the distinction character of each of us human beings?

Lets meditate about the word "KNOWLEDGE"...

What kind of knowledge do we need to live in peace in this world?

Wednesday 7 November 2007

LIVE IN PEACE

"I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.”- 1 Timothy 2:1-2

Yesterday, I experienced a feeling of disappointment when I heard a friend using a different tone of voice and with hard authority trying to make her voice very strong toward somebody. That hurt me a lot.

When something goes wrong with someone, I usually have my thoughts concentrated in that for long hours. I pray, I ask for God's guidance and also a response to see a conversion of that situation.

I can tell you that I prayed for the person, for the situation, and I got the response from God straight away. God uses who HE wants to change a situation, and I say that HE did it.

I worship God because HE heard my request, my prayer, and now I can be in peace, and live quiet.

Thank you my Lord.

Tuesday 6 November 2007

MERCY LORD

My Jesus Christ. Please, mercy.

“And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment—to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.”

Ephesians 1:9-10

Serve the Lord, because He will reward. Don't get upset with something, or someone. Probably you are investing in the wrong place.

"Serve whole-heartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does. "

Ephesians 6:7-8

Monday 5 November 2007

I WORSHIP YOU LORD

I worship Lord, because he is with me.

He is everywhere, and in everything. He blesses my day, and everything around me. He forgives my sins, and he gave his only son to die for me, to save my life, to give me eternal life.

Thanks God!!

Stay with me. Guide me. Bless my family, my job, my friends.

I need you for everything I do, everywhere I go. Look after me. Don't let me say what is not praise you.

In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

24 " ' "The LORD bless you and keep you;
25 the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;
26 the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." '

Numbers 6

Sunday 4 November 2007

HOLY SPIRIT

Genesis 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 2

4Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

John16

"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you."

Friday 2 November 2007

Watching the Nature

Watching the nature, watching the beauty all around!

I see the lights, I see the dark,

I see the love, I see the bright,

I see the colours, I see the born,

I see the mountains, I see the chains,

I see your eyes, and through their silence I see your love,

I see your smile, and your efforts to praise me,

I see my road, my steps, and how far I am to reach your cover,

Holy spirit of God.

stay with me,

cover my life with your almighty blood,

every drop of the blood you drop in that cross,

to save my life.

Save me. Jesus Christ....Amen