Thursday, March 25, 2010

Hard life?


About three consecutive months ago, every Tuesday I have visited the people who are sick in a hospital that is in the city in which I am in. And every day that I go there, there is always a different situation, but there are 3 that caught my attention very much: a lady whose entire family was there, simply waiting for death to arrive because she had cancer in all of her body, and us trying to teach her that there is a cure through the power of the faith. And another young man who has problems in his bones, he is only 25 years old, but his appearance is of a man of 50 years old, very defenseless, weak and couldn't even speak a word, he was condemned to that bed. And another man who didn't have any family members to take care of him, and when we entered the room, I looked to his face and saw a great despair and he pointed to a cup of water that was next to his bed, signaling that he was thirsty. And I called the nurse, and he told me: 'Now I cannot go, you should help him.' I was very surprised with the relaxation of a professional in front of such a weak and very dependent person who simply wanted to drink water, and I returned to the room and gave him good and water in his mouth. He drank water with so much despair that he even dropped it on his body, in other words he asked for water for so many hours since he didn't even have the strength to hold a cup of water. And in front of situations so sad, I thought my God how wonderful the Lord has been in my life. And with so many people that see, walk, eat, drink everything they desire, speak when they want and even dare to think: my life is very difficult, when in reality difficult is:

- Not being able to hold a pen to write, because of the arthritis in their hands.
- Not being able to feel their feet touch the sand in the beach, because of a wheelchair, due to an accident they suffered.
- Have the desire to use the bathroom, to do one's basic needs of life, and have to wait for the good will of a nurse or family member to become available to guide them to the bathroom, because they cannot move their body alone.
- For many women who cannot comb their own hair, or put on make up and have to depend on someone else to do it, due to some sickness.

Difficult situations for us, but for God everything is possible .We have seen many people with physical deficients and yet they are able to overcome problems and make the difference in this world in their social life, conquering a good job, in sports, reaching happiness and even with their examples they bring happiness and strength to other people. Imagine us, who are perfect, we have health, can walk, dance, run, why can we not make the difference? Because of the complaints and we constantly think, "Why must life be so hard for me?"

There are things so simple: put the foot on the ground, use a bathroom, brush one's hair, look at the colors, write a letter, type on a computer, things that we do every day, and we only value them when we cannot do them anymore.

In reality the life created by God has no limits. He created the world in 7 days and with his power he made so many marvelous things to that we make enjoy now. But unfortunately a lot are not able to look at life in this manner and are always complaining, in front of situations so small and simple to resolve, some have even taken their own lives, even though they were perfectly fine in their health, forgiving about the sacrifice that God did for us, He gave your life for each one of us have life.


Keep on loving each other as brothers. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. Hebrews 13:1-3

Thursday, March 11, 2010

What´s your priority?


Constitution: Chile (Reuters)

Just as he felt the land tremble, Mario Leal threw himself into the water and swam desperately 300 meters to the other side to look for help. Behind remained his wife and two of the children, of whom he never saw again. According to witnesses, at least 200 people that encamped like them in the Island of Orrego, continued to be disappeared five days after the earthquake and the violent tsunamis that swept in the morning of Saturday, to the center and south of Chile.
“All who were there were killed. There were complete families 10, 12 people. Everyone was encamped. I lost everything. All of my family and my house,” said Reuters Leal, still shocked and with a lost look. The shouts for help from the island kept resounding in the head of the 30 year old fisherman, that never managed a boat to rescue them. The man buried his wife on Wednesday. His sons of 7 and 9 years old continued to be disappeared. To be confirmed, the deaths of hundreds of farmers on the island would say that the official toll of deaths would be 802 for each one of the most powerful earthquakes in the recent history and the mortal tsunami, with waves up to 15 meters, that preceded them.

Another survivor in the Island Orrego was Mariela Rojas, that who saw the sea grow, placed his only life-vest available to his son of 2 and ½ years. “I held on to him and I did not let him go and we let the wave take us,” said the women of 23 years old.

The violent sea left them 20 kilometers of distance, under the bridge where they were rescued. Since then she found refuged with her son Tommy in the peak of a hill in the devastated city of Constitution, in front of the island, and she denies to get down.

The survivors of the Orrego Island, in the opening of the river Maule, said that the zoned marines did nothing to help them.
Witnesses said that the three big waves hit the island, the third occurred 3 hours after the earthquake.

With the last world happenings, tsunamis, earthquakes, catastrophes and big tragedies, many people that were passing through problems that they never imaged to encounter, and others that die without every imagining that it would be there time to die. And that it would be so fast, and in a catastrophic way. We se in the news, that many fathers of family that destroy their families, so many dreams that are lost within minutes and sadnesses that stay forever.

A lot of people prioritize their life, without giving importance to the day of their death, unfortunately the people run behind so many dreams, projects and place everything in first place, except for God. The priorities are many: school, children, the dream of being a mother, reach a social position, the desire to outshine in this world that is so competitive, a house, etc...

Working for our objectives is extremely important, but cannot be our main priority. Because if we have a certainty in life, the only is that one day all of us are going to die. And that one day death will arrive and this is for everyone without an exception. Because of this our priority should be our spiritual life, so that we can reach our salvation, meanwhile we have time.

Everything in this life has its consequences. Every action has a reaction, and the law of life cannot be changed. So we believe in truth without conviction, with humility and the Word of God teaches us “I am the truth,” Jesus did not say “I will teach you the truth,” but He is the truth. And for many not even the truth is a priority, so they live in lies. They do not approach the truth, whom is God himself.

Let us take advantage of the opportunity that is given to us.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

Friday, March 5, 2010

The big Difference


Only God knows the true intention of our heart. He knows when we have the desire to please Him and if we are being sincere or not. But it is only through our actions that we can show God and those who are around us our true intentions.
It is always more difficult to show our intentions with attitudes, because there is a great difference between talking and doing.
Many of us often say many things or try to do many things physically with our the work of our hands, such as: cleaning, evangelism, house cleaning, taking care of the bible school, etc. and of course this is all of supreme importance, because when we are born of God, we seek to do the best for Him. But, we should always remember the story about Marta and Mary, meanwhile one was sitting at the foot of Jesus, the other was busy with a lot of other physical things to do. In other words, one was seeking the spiritual food and the other was more worried about the physical food.
Now, at this moment, both of them were serving Jesus, but which one do you think was more important to do?
It is always more important and fundamental to be of God and seek to practice His word without interest. If we are born of God, we should serve with love and only then will we be a true offering to God. When we give a good testimony everywhere we go.

When we show love to those who are suffering outside in this world because they do not know about God, is to practice our first love. When we show love the love of God to a soul that maybe work’s with us or with someone close, we are showing a true unconditional love and also we are sharing the wonderful scent of the perfume of Jesus.

Even a child is known by his deeds,whether what he does is pure and right.
(Proverbs 20:11)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Learning to serve


There are some people that serve others, and other that like to be served. Truly “to serve” applies to a lot of things and not only in the act of doing a favor to somebody, or being available to someone, or to become a servant of God.

In this week, I read something that really blessed me a lot and I would like to share, what the Holy Spirit has taught me, to you. We always talk about humility and a lot of times we think we know what it truly means, but we do not exactly what it is to be humble. In the Bible it is written, “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet.” [John 13:14] This message has a magnificent meaning and it teaches us a lot “how to serve.” Jesus in the moment that he washed the feet of his disciples, He did it with humility in the presence of others. Not because He possessed a self-esteem. He chose to serve his apostoles because he had the conscious of who he was. He was confident enough to the role of servant. He knew that the status and power weren't going to make Him more important, better than the rest. But what makes a person important is [just to show us] was His capacity to serve others. All of the time when Jesus was with His disciples and also next to the people he was always serving, orienting, helping, curing and teaching.

We can see that Jesus was not any kind of doctor. He did not have any privileged position here on earth where he could simply command; on the contrary, He was always among the people to serve. It's marvelous! And besides giving his own life for ours, we don't have a better example of humility than that.

Unfortunately, the world teaches us, practically, the opposite, we see so much corruption, fights because of the conquer of power, position, trouble, people stop serving God, because they will lose some position in the world. Even though God never had any position in this world, but he turned into an important reference and example because of his condition of servant. That is very strong!

Some people are always ready to help, always with a helpful hand to extend, and not only those people who can give something in return. But also serving tose who have nothing to offer. There are times when we fool ourselves, lose souls, the blessings and opportunities to be blessed. It is very easy and comfortable to serve someone who has something to give. Sometimes in our job, the manager who is superior. When doing the best for someone who has something to give, where is the sacrifice? But to serve a friend that is in the same position, certainly the condition to serve is very different. Sometimes we're in a contrary position, we are the ones with a favorable position and we forget that we as well are servants of one another. And we have to serve and remember that the Lord gave us the example of being a servant.

The true humility is to give importance to the other person, without considering the position that s/he may have in relationship to us. And really have actitudes due to the love we feel for our companions.

Jesus did not want to win prestige or the glory of this world, and neither makes himself better than the rest. But because of his humility He gave the condition to each one of us to be capable of becoming good people and loved by Him. And this we have to learn to do in relationship to the people that are at our side, make them feel loved, and not unwanted. Make them feel capable and not unwanted. And not humiliated, bringing forth the true love for souls.