golden age

yesterday, I was preparing to go to church and I thought about these two words golden age. Of course, I thought of myself being in that category and time of life, but, as I was mulching over that thought, it seemed like the Holy Spirit gave this revelation to me, any age is golden. Why? well, when you think of it no one knows how long a person lives, except God. So, from infancy to 100 or so yrs old we should think of each one of those years as a golden year and live the best of it to please God.

have a nice day..

make the time...

woke up this morning and thought about many things, the one thing that stands out in my mind is for me to make time for God, for my family and for me. The truth is we gotta make time for many things, did you know that you also gotta make time to forgive a person? yes, we do! so how do we do that? well, in John 4: there is a beautiful story of how Jesus made time for himself, I believe that although many people preach and say Jesus took time off so he can meet the woman at the well, I kinda have a different take on that. I believe, of course, this is mine alone, HE made time for himself to rest a bit and catch his breath from the long trip, he must have sat at the well, closed his eyes for 5 minutes and just rest. When He was ready to go again, He saw someone approaching the well, and by the way she hung her head low and even the time she was coming to the well, let Him know that she was in need of some kind of help. Oh yeah, I don't doubt that Jesus knew everything about her, but, the truth of the matter is, Jesus who is God, also was human. He was tired from the trip and He rested because He knew the trip took some great big chunk of energy out of Him. He needed rest to recuperate and then go again. By Jesus making time for himself, one woman found forgiveness and got a new start. One instructor said, and I am totally supportive of this, he said, when you are tired do not go out and try to minister to someone, take a 10 minute break, breathe, breathe, breathe, close your eyes a bit, hey, it's okay if you take a 10 minute power nap.... then, when you feel refreshed, get up and get going again.

Am I doing this now? yes! at the cost of people misunderstanding my actions, I do it because I know I need it.

that's not mine...

went out early this morning to rake the leaves in my yard, as I was raking the leaves it suddenly dawned on me, I don't have a mango tree and I do not smoke..whose leaves are these? and whose cigarette butts are these? Well, the answer the leaves belong to my neighbors mango trees bordering our houses and the cigarette butts are from people driving by our homes and throwing them out of their cars. So, whether I like it or not I have to clean it because the grounds they dumped on, God gave it to me.
That's how our lives are sometimes, we end up cleaning somebody else's mess that has attached itself to us or they have unknowingly dumped it on us. I am so thankful to God for the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from everything that affects us each day.

have a great week-end to you.

resources we have

came home from our church prayer meeting this afternoon and found our kitchen a meeting place for flies...honest! flies! some smart head in the house opened the door, and left it open with an uneatened piece of watermelon in the dirty dishes and an eaten cut mango. I was irated but anyways, we sprayed raid all over the kitchen and got rid of the flies, but my heart is sad because of wasted food. I remember what my grandma used to say, o le tagata faatauga i mea ai, ole tagata mativa lena." If it's rotten food then throwing it away is right, but if it's fresh food.....tsk,tsk, tsk.....maybe there's something to what my grandma said, you know the Lord's Spirit is reminding me of the 5000 that Jesus fed, He told the disciples to pick up all the leftovers and do you know how many basketfuls they got out of the leftovers? 12 in all. Watch how you are using your resources, I will my best with ours also. .....

a hui ho.

burning the midnight lamp

are you like me that when the clock strikes 9pm one eye could barely open and then suddenly the other eye closes and your mind is saying go to sleep, go to sleep...no matter if I want to study or just read, come 9pm it's like lights out for me, but the interesting thing is, when my eyes close I doze off to sleep but my brain is like thinking, thinking, thinking, so tonight, I'm gonna start burning the midnight oil to do something useful and productive. wanna join me?

have a nice evening..

just thinking

why is there so much noise in our neighborhood? why is it so warm today? why can't I seem to change habits that I want to change? why do people say we need to come together all the time? why? why? why? ....hmmm

just thinking...have a nice evening.

ask for the right thing

I was just thinking this morning about the man Elijah. He was full of the Spirit of God. He did have some flaws, but the man was so greatly used of God that anyone following him had to make sure that when the man asks him something their answers had to be correct. Look at the units that were sent by the king Ahaziah to tell Elijah to come to him. The first 2 units probably rode up to the man fearlessly and commanded him to come to the king, and Elijah like the man of God he was, used their own words to bring fire down from heaven that consumed them. But the third unit, the commander of the unit knew that this man was special, you don't mess with him, so he rode up to where Elijah was, got off his horse and bowed before him and ask for mercy first before telling what the king wanted and the angel told Elijah to go with the unit to see the king. As we read further we find that Elisha was asked by the Prophet Elijah what does he want, you know Elisha's answer was right on, he did not ask for power like we do today, Elisha knew his master and if he could get just a portion of the spirit in his master that's enough for him. So, Elisha just asked for a double portion of the Holy Spirit in Elijah. Man, what a thing he asked for, even Elijah said it is hard but, it is not impossible to get. So, my take on this is, let's not ask for too much of this or that, but let us ask for more of the Spirit of God so we can do what God has given us to do in this world that is not our home.

it's a matter of obedience

have you had your breakfast yet? if you haven't, I recommend this super breakfast. It's a gourmet one. and you can order it SuperSize. You can't buy it at McD's or L&L or Zippy's, but what you need for it, is in your own house. All you need is:

1. The Bible
2. a pen
3. a notebook
4. cup of hotwater and lemonjuice in it

I tried this breakfast this morning and found out something great while I was eating it. So, in my notebook I wrote the title of this post. There was a king who ruled Israel named Ahab. He was given a chance by the Lord to kill an enemy of the Lord and his people named Ben-hadad but Ahab compromised and made a deal with the guy, God became upset with Ahab and cursed Ahab. As if that wasn't enough, Ahab wanted something that was not his, he wanted Naboth's vineyard. Like a spoiled brat he pouted until his evil wife Jezebel did get the vineyard for him at the cost of Naboth's life. Again, the Lord sent his prophet Elijah to tell Ahab the curse that is going to happen to him and his entire household. When Ahab heard the curse that will come upon his household, he humbled himself before God and fasted. And, just like our loving Father, he forgave Ahab but, sadly what Ahab sowed was reaped by his children and their children and I believe the whole family. You see, it's a matter of obedience. God's word will not come back to him void, it will do what the Lord said He will do. Like Ahab, we can repent and God in His mercy will forgive us, however; we will still reap. Like the Lord laid in my heart today, it is a matter of obedience.

cost of following Jesus

This morning I read about Elisha and what he had to do to follow God. He had to burn some major bridges in his life to follow Elijah, the Prophet. You see God told Elijah to anoint Elisha as Prophet in his place. Elisha was minding his own business, working in his daily job, just plowing the field, then one day while he was working, Elijah just happened to pass by their field and went over to Elisha and cast his mantle on him, at first Elisha must have been surprised, but he left his oxen and ran after the man of God, probably trying to ask what's going on, but somehow I believe deep down inside of him, he knew that the man of God don't just cast his mantle on any tom, dick and harry. He yelled, please let me go kiss my dad and mom and then come back and Elijah said, what did I do? go back and do that..Elisha knew he had to burn some bridges. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that will never come back again. Elisha had to tear down 3 bridges: (1) his past, he broke the yoke and sacrificed the oxens (2)his family, he took the meat and probably the fat of the oxens, prepared for his parents a good and last meal from him and served them (3) he fed with the same oxen his friends and neighbors. Then he got up and ran hard after Elijah to minister to him. That I believe is what it would cost us to follow Jesus. The greatest example of that is Jesus, himself was told his mom and brothers were outside coming to take him home and he answered back my mom and brothers are those who do the will of God. That's why a lot of our forefathers were able to be used of God in the olden days....it was because they gave up the most precious things in their lives to gain an even better and more magnificent future for them and their families who were at home, many died not seeing that, but if we go back to do research on families with connnections to these forefathers, they are the most blessed and the most tenacious of all families. A hui ho.

Renewing my mind

I was going to say what I have in my mind now, but, I am thinking that if I do then I will probably have a lousy day. So, I am going to practice what the apostle Paul said, whatsoever things are true,pure, honest, and good I will think on those things. Excuse me if I am not quoting that verse right. See, right after I say that, you know what the apostle said, the fog that was on my mind cleared up, the fog was caused by my thinking about something that is not encouraging at all. There are many things that are not worth mentioning at all so I will not mention what almost gave me a headache. lol

aligning with God's purposes

There are changes coming your way as well as mine's. We do not have to see it to believe it, when things are happening out of the ordinary to you, what I mean is things that you know only God could do, stay very close to God and say Lord if this is of you, please take care of all the details down to the most minute one that people don't think of but you know I am concerned about. No matter how many well meaning advises you hear, lay your head on the bosom of God the Father and just listen, he will tell you what to do and he will place people in your path who are the shakers and movers for the things you are going to do, they will help you. Pray more I say because as you do, you will be aligning yourself with God's purposes for you. good nite.

a season of fasting and prayer

Lately I have thought about using this time of summer vacation to fast and pray. I am sad to say, I have not done any of that. Here we are approaching the middle part of June and I still have not done it. Lord, help me to be disciplined in this area of my life. Oh, Jesus lover of my soul, lead me and guide me to do this. Have you ever felt the need to draw near to God in a time of fasting and prayer. Call me, I need a partner to be accountable to.

a pleasant evening to you.

Need an answer from all who reads this

what do you think, should we celebrate Passover?

Passover was the last Israel feast that Jesus celebrated before He was crucified. Now, he told the disciples do this in remembrance of me, could he have been talking about celebrating Passover and instead of using the elements from the O.T. like bitter herbs and so, we are to use the communion elements but on Passover? Remember, Jesus is the fulfillment of the law. So what is your opinion on this?

Now, do not get religious on me, just post what you think. I for one and this is my own opinion, I believe we should celebrate Passover as Christians, but because Jesus saved us from sin and He rose from the dead to make us right with God. I think that we should celebrate Passover with a communion.
(here's what you do if you want to post, click on the word comment and type your response in then save it.) manuia le aso

how's your morning?

if you ask me about mine, I'll say, the clotheswire broke in the middle of my hanging laundry. I put 4 quarters in the dryer to dry the clothes and the dryer won't budge. Someone put trash in our kitchen trash bin without putting a trash bag in. I'm not being petty, but my morning is great! It's time for me to take a shower(pardon me) and catch some tv for a bit. I'm wishing for better but blessed be the Lord God who put me here on this day, right? a hui ho

sugary tongues

did you know that there are those who have sugary tongues? they can sweet talk someone and when they ask questions if you are not careful they will turn what you said around and make it sound different then what you meant to say? God help us all for the ones with sugar on their tongues are in churches, schools and in our homes. Now, this is an exercise everyone of us must try, listen when these sugary tongues start moving...a. they will start off by asking an innocent question about something they already know but just want to know what you say about it. (b.) they will drill you and just push you to the wall where you will almost not be able to get out of the conversation (c.) if you are not wise, what happens is they might have been the ones who started the conversation and say the comments but in the end they will point their finger at you as the instigator. These are the ones the Word of God warns us about. The one you think is a best friend could be the very person you need to avoid. Believe me, an enemy sticks closer than a friend sometimes, be prayerful, be discerning and be bold to stop a conversation when you realize that it is going the wrong way....you won't be hurting them, you will be helping them.