Merry Christmas!

By: Gabriela Yareliz Hi! Hi! Hi! One more exam to destroy. I want to wish everyone an amazing Christmas season. Spend time with family, reflect, have some introspection, get some safe sunshine, thank God for His amazing gifts and our incredible lives, relax, drink tea, do something new, spend less time on your computer orContinue reading “Merry Christmas!”

Week’s Picks: Dec. 17, 2012

By: Gabriela Yareliz 1] 2] “I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only the past.” -Virginia Woolf 3] 4] Theodore Roosevelt “It is not the critic who counts: not the manContinue reading “Week’s Picks: Dec. 17, 2012”

As a nation

By: Gabriela Yareliz As a nation, we must come together and pray for all of the families who lost loved ones, not only today (in the school shooting in Connecticut), but in all of these terrible and recent tragedies, shootings and suicides. President Obama sums it up so well. Our prayers are with you. InContinue reading “As a nation”

Just Man

By: Elie Wiesel “One of the Just Men came to Sodom, determined to save its inhabitants from sin and punishment. Night and day he walked the streets and markets protesting against greed and theft, falsehood and indifference. In the beginning, people listened and smiled ironically. Then they stopped listening: he no longer amused them. TheContinue reading “Just Man”

Because you’re worth it (wink)

By: Gabriela Yareliz You must give yourself value. The value you believe you have, and the value you believe God places on you. If you do not, the world will not place this value on you. Instead, it pulls you and stretches you. It surrounds you with destructive habits, numbers, labels and beauty, which in the beginningContinue reading “Because you’re worth it (wink)”

Week’s Picks: Dec. 10,2012

1] My little angelic creature, Milica, performs 2] 3]All that glitters-Tout ce qui brille 5] The Devil Wears Prada 6] 7] 8] Heard it on Kidd Kraddick yesterday, live–and loved it. 9] This Pinterest is lovely. 10] KHALED; YES

To plead for your neighbor–God still intervenes

By: Gabriela Yareliz (based on the NY13 rally) Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor! Job 16:21 When we pray for a friend or family member, God hears the intercessory prayer. There are many things in life that happen whether you pray or not. God isContinue reading “To plead for your neighbor–God still intervenes”

Issues of Life: Who we really are

By: Gabriela Yareliz This morning, I was listening to a message by one of my favorite philosophers, Ravi Zacharias, and he was talking about the heart of man. Man has a heart that is evil in nature, it is wicked, and betraying. In John chapter 2, Jesus had just performed a miracle, and the people wantedContinue reading “Issues of Life: Who we really are”

The Mystery

By: James Stewart “He  was the meekest and lowliest of all the sons of men. Yet he spoke of  coming on the clouds of heaven with the glory of God. He was so austere  that evil spirits and demons cried out in terror at his coming, yet he  was so genial and winsome and approachable,Continue reading “The Mystery”