Author Archives: Gabriela Yareliz

The lights of the world illuminate your path

By: Gabriela Yareliz It’s nice to walk around the city. Today, I walked by fancy brownstones decorated for fall with orange lights. A bored middle aged woman looked at a globe standing in the corner under a soft glow, and a man with a water bottle walked into the room toward her; a young womanContinue reading “The lights of the world illuminate your path”

Talk of faith

By: Gabriela Yareliz Excerpt from Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, by Ellen G. White. “Brethren, God is dishonored by your long, faithless prayers. Look away from the unworthiness of self, and exalt Jesus. Talk of faith, of light, and of heaven, and you will have faith, light, and love, and peace and joy inContinue reading “Talk of faith”

If the heart is right

By: Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1 “If the heart is right, your words, your dress, your acts, will all be right.”– {1T 158.1} “How are you to know that you are accepted of God? Study His word prayerfully. Lay it not aside for any other book. This Book convinces of sin.Continue reading “If the heart is right”

Friendship, Love, You–all the elements

“You silly little girl, you think you’ve survived so long that survival shouldn’t hurt anymore. You keep trying to turn your body bullet proof. You keep trying to turn your heart bomb shelter. You silly thing. You are soft and alive. You bruise and heal. Cherish it. It is what you are born to do.”Continue reading “Friendship, Love, You–all the elements”

Chris Fabry Live! Crazy Commitment

By: Gabriela Yareliz I really enjoyed this program. Marriage is not having the tingles, it’s crazy commitment. It’s getting down in the mud together. This commitment can only come from God.-Chris Fabry Live! (paraphrase; Oct. 10, 2013 program) Click here to listen to the interesting program.

This Week’s Picks: October 13, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz So, last week, I was all about not getting sick. Well, I got sick. It was like black plague, plus cold meds. Despite the craziness, it was such a blessed week. I can’t even explain. This week, I had some really meaningful moments. 1] “Honesty is a very expensive gift; don’t expectContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: October 13, 2013”

How do you measure a year?

By: Gabriela Yareliz What strangeness, the concept of time. I think it’s the ultimate science. Who can decipher time? Time is interesting. It can serve as a warm blanket that makes us feel safe, healed, comforted; or it can leave us like a broken bottle that’s been shattered in an alley that no one willContinue reading “How do you measure a year?”