I thought Galatians was my favorite book in the bible, Lord knows I've already read and re-read it..but I haven't read the entire bible so I can't decide just yet. The reason I write this is because I've been starting to fall in love with Isaiah. This following excerpt just fired up inside me, just like other parts of Isaiah has done the same. This is once more one of those power "verses" that just makes me fall in love with God all over again:
Isaiah Chapter 46:5-12 (Read the whole thing)

"To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?

Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.

They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they set it up in its place, and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer; it cannot save him from his troubles.

"Remember this, fix it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels.

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.

I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.

From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.

Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are far from righteousness.

I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my splendor to Israel.

I put in bold all the parts that fired me up. Now hear me out, I know some of these may seem like something a mean, bossy and selfish person would say. But Context, Context, Context. In the old testament God went through a lot of hassles with His people, Israel did a lot of things no one would ever be proud of, but God as merciful as always kept forgiving them and its only fair that God scolded His children every once in a while right? All He wants is the well being of His children, like any normal father does, and so I just picture God gently grabbing His child by the shoulders and looking into that child's playful eyes saying "Look!! I love you!! and all that I want is what is best for you!, and what you are doing is going to ruin your life!!...But don't you worry my child, I always have a plan, I'm in control of the situation and I assure you everything will be ok just as long as you put your faith in Me. I'm the rock that will always stand, everything else is just made of sand."
I used to think wow, such a stubborn crowd these Israelites..but they are no different than us. Ok maybe we wont go to the extreme of following other gods after knowing who the real God is, and we probably wont be burning our children as an offering to some thing. But we do sin everyday, we disobey everyday and God just keeps on forgiving us. But we must not forget that His plan is still running, it hasn't stopped at any time, "it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed." So being ready, and knowing where we're standing on, knowing where we put our faith in as little or as big it may be, should be a daily goal we set ourselves and reach. There is no other like our awesome God!

Blessings to All!!
- Rita

It's really funny how things turn out to be. I feel like that Thrice song, For miles. It goes something like this
The reason why I feel like that song is a recent friendship i've developed with someone who has always been kind of there for me, and it was until she "opened up her wound" and I "stood in her shoes" when I realized what God was putting in front of me, someone to shed by blood for. It's funny how same heartbreaks can unite two people. So I've realized that until I open up my wounds with others I won't be able to develop the kind of frienships i've been hoping for. Behind a frozen smile there are millions of feelings people can't really see, and no one wants to put their trust in a someone like that. It was understandable before when I had no one to lean on and I was target to disappointment everywhere, but now I feel like God is telling me "It's safe my child, you can come out now, you have Me to grab hold of, and you have Me to trust in." And it feels great. :)

Godbless!
Rita

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May the Lord Bless You all!!
- Rita

I've been feeling very inspired these days Praise the Lord. And I've written yet again a Poem to my God. You see I've been through a mini storm this week but its all over now, I'm back home safe and in my Abba's arms. I also finished reading David's psalms today and my bible has these little activities you can do each day and today's activity was to write a poem in light of David's theme for psalm 55. One of the main subject he deals with is trusting in God and knowing that God is his faithful unchanging rock. So I have written a poem about me being hurt and relying one the one and only, Christ. So here goes(Please bear with me i'm a doctor to be so..yeah..read on, oh it's in spanishl):

Strange..

Well Maybe it's me but..really maybe it is me but weird things have been happening lately.
1. I have been having recurring doomsday dreams.
2. Something happened here that had never happened before, a waterspout. (picture included)
3. Due to a storm nearby clouds have been hanging pretty low these days, "scary" kind of low.
4. Last night I dreamt about several tornadoes attacking the Island (highly unlikely, but so was the waterspout we had these days)
5. And To top it all off I woke up to this eerie orange colored atmosphere this morning, which I took the liberty of photographing. (Pictures included)

Now I don't mean to sound look those doomsday preachers, but something's smelling kind of funky. And the stench is getting closer and closer...I mean it has to mean something right?

Blessings to All!!
- Rita

The eerie orange atmosphere pictures:





Water Spout Images

It's in spanish though, and its called
Salvation through the eyes of a doctor (to-be)
"Mi corazón era como aquel corazón de un infartado.
Hipertrofiado, sus paredes necrotizadas,
Sus atrios collapsados. La cronicidad del asunto,
dejándolo sin vida. Sin fuerza para contraerse.
Su sangre desparramada. Sus células isquémicas. Sin aliento de vida.
Pero un buen día. Dios se armo de valor, y mandó a Su Espíritu.
Transfundió a mi corazón con la sangre de Cristo.
Le oxigenó con Vida Eterna. Sopló el Espiritu de Vida en cada una de sus celulas. Reparó sus paredes collapsadas. Eliminó su tejido necrotizado.
Cubrió mis cicatrices. Y me salvó la vida.
Siempre recordaré aquel gran Día."
Rita M.

--------------------Edited.---------------------------
of this is the translated version.

Salvation through the eyes of a doctor (to-be)
"My heart was like that of an infarcted heart.
Hypertrophied, its walls necrotic.
Its atriums collapsed. The chronicity of the ordeal leaving it lifeless.
With no contraction force. Its blood spilled.
Its cells ischemic. Without the breath of life.
But one good day. God dressed in courage and sent His Spirit.
Transfused my heart with the blood of Christ.
He oxygenated it with Eternal Life. Breathed the Spirit of life into it.
Repared its collapsed walls.Eliminated its necrotic tissue.
Covered its scars. And saved my life.
I will always remember that grand day with great Joy!"
Rita M.

God is definitely patient and merciful. Here I am complaining about worthless issues of no importance, ignoring what is really infront of me. The Lord's blessings. I have a wonderful family, sure we have our problems and are as dysfunctional as the next family, but we are together. Living under a wonderful roof, we are well fed, and well clothed. We are blessed. And that is what is important. History is certainly repeating but I believe it to be God's will so that I can finally see the other side of the coin and realize what is important in my life now. As I compare my life back then with my life now  (A life without God vs. a life with God) I can see that amongst the adversities I am truly blessed by the Lord. I'm like that song, the Beautiful Letdown "Painfully uncool, The church of the dropouts, The losers, the sinners, the failures and the fools". But filled with God's spirit, Born Again. Truly blessed. Free of the power of sin, although not of its presence. And finally, Forgiven. So I join my brother in Christ David in his cry out to the lord in psalm 57 verses 7-11:

"My heart is steadfast, O God,
my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make music.

Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.

I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.

For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth."

Bless you all!! and may the Lord knock on your doors each and everyday giving you the chance of a lifetime to answer and be free!

Rita M.

It's 1:00AM it's raining again..looks like God answered my prayers. Here I am, sitting infront of an old computer, waiting. With questions in my head wishing God would answer them. Guess I'll have to join the waiting list. Lots of questions actually. Some are just simple curiosities, others are "why this?" but knowing there's a purpose to everything I should just sit and wait. Thing is, while I wait the anxiety is gnawing at my stomach. There are so many things I'd like to say, but I can't or I wont. I sit and wait, I count the hours, the minutes. I pray. I hope. I wish.

Blessings to all,
Rita