When Your Problem Is A Giant

Difficult times bring sadness to our heart, and I am not different of you. I use to say;

"I don't have a cockroach blood. I am a human being with defects, imperfections, and thanks Lord in my veins run red blood."

So, I am like you. Sometimes, a simple thing that can be easily solved becomes a giant. We have the capability to involve friends, family in some situations that is up to us to find strenght to keep life on.

In the Bible, 1 Samuel 17:41, we can learn with David, a shepherd boy, when he faced Goliath, a man who was over nine feet tall and wore bronze armor that weighed about 125 pounds and bronze helmet. David refused Saul's armor, a bronze helmet, and a sword, because he couldn't walk wearing all of that. Instead, he got his shepherd's stick, five smooth stones, and the sling.

God had saved David and his sheeps from lions and bears. The same God would save him from the giant.

"Goliath said to David: What's that stick for? Do you think I am a dog?...Come on,...I will give your body to the birds and animals to eat. 43

"David answered: you are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty..." 45

"David took out a stone, which he slung at Goliath. He hit him on the forehead and broke his skull, and Goliath fell face downward on the ground." 49

Have you ever thougth that we can face the giants in the name of God, the Lord Almighty?

Friend's Gift

I like the idea to have my blog linked to Mamma's Coffee . It is another blog of my friend Linda, and so I'll have the chance to have my blog exposed for a whole month. It sounds very good to me! Thanks Linda...you always have brilliant ideas.

"Friends always show their love. " Proverbs 17:17

Feeding Your Heart

This couple of ducks has been around our house for a week. The first day we saw them on the patio we gave them some bread. From that day on they come every day to the front door waiting to be fed. They are not scared, and our dog welcome them as well. The male is the one with green head, and on the back is the female. He always gives her a chance to be feed first, and then he eats.

I had never seen this kind of duck before, and I believe we don't have them in Brazil.

As the ducks, we need to be fed.

"Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty"". John 6:35

"Jesus answered him, "Scripture says, 'A person cannot live on bread alone.' " Luke 4:4


How are you feeding your life? Are you living on bread alone?

Grace Like Rain

Grace Like Rain Lyrics
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see so clearly

Chorus:
Hallelujah, grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah, all my stains are washed away, washed away

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

Chorus

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing Your praise
Than when we first begun

Chorus

When We Are Slaves Of Sin

I believe you have an idea of the size of this bird. It is a Blue Tit bird. Unbelievable, but it was in the house. It was terrified as it was in a cage. Hiding under the television, flying against the window, trying hard to get its freedom back. It was not easy as it got in through a very small window in the conservatory.
I had to catch it carefully with my hands, give it some cuddles and through the same window it came in, it flew away in the garden. At last freedom again .

As the bird, we need freedom to live.

How can we live free, if we are prisoners of our sins?

According to the Bible, the sin puts us away from Lord. The sinners, as the bird in the house, are also petrified, scared all the time, with no peace, no freedom. The cage is like the sin that make us prisoners.

Romanos 6:20-23

"20When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. 21What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! 22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

But Jesus is eternal life.

An Eternal Friendship Love

I use to say that my friends are for life. And I have so many, all of them are so special, but different in some aspects. Usually, they all teach me something through the way they are, the way they make a decision to live their lives. There is one that has been my friend for more than twenty years, and as a coincidence we like the same things, she says that I am her sister, that one she doesn't have, I mean, a real one.

Last week, I got an email from her, after a long time without any news. Since we met each other for the first time it has been like this, weeks, months, or years without seeing each other, and now in special concerned to the distance we live...thousands miles away...we can realize how much our heart and thoughts are side by side, connected in so many circumstances. There is one thing that I love in her personality, it is the simplicity and single nature she sees what she has got in her life. I mean, all about material stuff, family, friends, health. It's very hard to see her sad or disappointed for some reason. When something is not good, she says:

" I often look around to understand and see that I am very fortunate , and blessing for everything I have and the way I live. God is generous with me, and so, I thank him for this experience, because I believe He is making me a better person. Even, if I can't understand what is going on right now, I am sure He is teaching me, and I'll understand it in the nearly future. God has always a good purpose for everything, and I know He has one for me too!"

I have heard those words through the time we are sharing our life experiences. It's amazing!! She always has a tight hug, a kiss, and an spontaneous word to uplift my mood.

My friend you have a big heart!!!

In Samuel 18:1-3 we can observe this love between Jonathan and David. It's an eternal friendship love.

"Saul's son Jonathan was deeply attracted to David and came to love him as much as he loved himself.

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Jonathan swore eternal friendship with David because of his deep affection for him."

This is only an example of one of my friends. I am sure you can see something special in your friends as well. Have you already thought about your blessing friends? The ones God has put in your way?

The Idolatry and God's Word

As a Christian I need to mention what the Bible brings about idolatry, and so, we need to understand the meaning of this word.

Idolatry can be defined as "worship or reverence given to any created object or person." It actually takes many forms, not just the "praying to statues" that many people think of when they hear the word "idolatry." Although, statues and religious images are the most common and obvious examples, there are some other forms of idolatry as well as; fetishism; the worship of nature and its power, and heroes worship.

The Bible is the word of Lord, and as Christians we should follow, obey and worship only one, God. Listen to Him:

Leviticus 26:1

Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up [any] image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I [am] the LORD your God.

Exodus 20:4

You shall not have other gods besides me.
You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
you shall not bow down before them or worship them.

Deuteronomy 27:15

“‘Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

In the name of Jesus I ask you my Lord, give us knowledge to understand your HOLY WORD through your HOLY SPIRIT. Amen

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