Quotes from one of my most adored writers.-Gabriela Y. Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent. -Virginia Woolf Life is not a series ofContinue reading “Who is afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
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This Week’s Picks: May 12, 2013
Hello Friends! Three exams down and one more to go + writing competition. I do have one thing to say: Yes. I am alive, like Mooshoo from Mulan. Thank God. God is good. It has been a rough set of weeks, but we are almost at the other side. My brain cells are a bitContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: May 12, 2013”
Who is your Shepherd?
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 A Spiritual metaphor from Dr.Tony Evans: If you stare at the lion, he’ll scare you. If you focus on the cage, you can handle him. My sheep hear my voice, andContinue reading “Who is your Shepherd?”
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Out of the depths have I cried unto you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who will stand? But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. I wait for the Lord, my soulContinue reading “[insert name here]”
This Week’s Picks: Last week of class & birthday week
YES– We made it to the end of a semester of classes and another year of life (SUCH a blessing). So, in honor of this special week, here are my top picks ๐ 1] Song of the week: 22, very appropriate 2] 3] MARIA PAULA ROMO I had the privilege of meeting this incredible congressContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: Last week of class & birthday week”
Illumination
“The more closely connected man is with the source of all knowledge and wisdom, the more he will feel that he must advance in intellectual and spiritual attainments. The opening of God’s Word is always followed by a remarkable opening and strengthening of man’s faculties; for the entrance of His words giveth light. By contemplationContinue reading “Illumination”
Ability and purpose
I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. Job 42:2 Every day, we must acknowledge that God can do everything– anything beyond what we ask or think, and that no purpose or plan of his can be withheld from him. God is in control. YourContinue reading “Ability and purpose”
Shakespearean Love: Winter’s Tale
What you do Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet. I’ld have you do it ever: when you sing, I’ld have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o’ the sea,Continue reading “Shakespearean Love: Winter’s Tale”
Quote of the Day: Ravi Zacharias
โMahatma Gandhi made the comment that of all the truths of the Christian faith, the one that stood supreme to him was the cross of Jesus. He granted that it was without parallel. It was the innocent dying for the guilty, the pure exchange for the impure. This evil cannot be understood through the eyesContinue reading “Quote of the Day: Ravi Zacharias”
The Great Controversy-Book
By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, I got an interesting surprise. I received a The Great Controversy in my mailbox. Why is this strange? It is one of my favorite books (and it was in my mailbox). A book that deals with philosophy, current events, prophecy, history and the future. It holds so many answers to thingsContinue reading “The Great Controversy-Book”