This Week’s Picks: February 24, 2013

By: Gabriela Yareliz

Hey everyone! I hope this week will be better than last week. It was a frustrating week, last week.
On the bright side, I slept like a boss. I have had a terrible sleeping pattern.

Despite the hecticness, life has always granted me many lessons throughout. So, here is a melange of all that is running through my mind.

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I love these head wraps.

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If anyone of you ever considers starting to belly dance, I just want to give you a fair warning… hip circles and undulations can seriously injure you (and if you are careful it will hurt for a bit). If you begin doing these movements and feel like someone is snapping rubberbands at your lower back-STOP.

A lot of the moves are not hard, but if you can’t perfect one-DO NOT decide to be overly dedicated and repeat the movements for an extended period of time. Even if you feel nothing then, while doing the moves, you will.

The lessons should come with a warning label, so I am warning you.

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Philippians 1:6: Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Whatever He started, He will finish in you.

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Song of the week: If You Believe 🙂 We are goin back in the day.

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“When the sinner sees his Saviour dying upon the cross under the curse of sin in his stead, beholding His pardoning love, love awakes in his heart. The sinner loves Christ, because Christ has first loved him, and love is the fulfilling of the law. The repenting soul realizes that God “is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). The spirit of God works in the believer’s soul, enabling him to advance from one line of obedience to another, reaching on from strength to greater strength, from grace to grace in Christ Jesus.” Review and Herald, Nov. 1, 1892

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Lesson in faith

“Your greatest lessons in faith will be learned in the dark[…] but hold on because when God moves, you’ll know.” -Dr. Tony Evans

“As you are being a blessing, you are setting yourself up to be blessed.” Dr. Tony Evans

“God does some of His best work when when you are asleep; in the dark. God does His best work when you think He’s doing nothing.” Tony Evans

Despite all of the bad

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Even if that is true… Never doubt God’s goodness.

“But my God shall supply ALL your need according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ.” Philippians 4:19

“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.” 1 John 3:22

“And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us; and if we now He heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desire of Him.” 1 John 5:14,15

“And we know that ALL things work together for good for them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose.” Romans 8:28

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By: Gabriela Yareliz

When you look up

“As man is converted by the truth, the work of transformation of character goes on. He has an increased measure of understanding, in becoming a man of obedience to God. The mind and will of God become his will, and by constantly looking to God for counsel, he becomes a man of increased understanding. There is a general development of the mind that is unreservedly placed under the guidance of the Spirit of God.” Review and Herald, July 19, 1887, Ellen G. White

This Week’s Picks: February 18, 2012

By: Gabriela Yareliz

This week has been one of sleep deprivation. In fact… I can’t even type more words.
Get inspired.

1] Passport to Paris-language barrier

2] If things aren’t working out well, tell God to do something amazing with your mess, so He will be glorified.-Tony Evans (paraphrase)

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This is so true. I saw this so clearly between last Thursday and yesterday. Wow. Somethings you wish for you are later glad you never happened.

God pays attention to every little detail. Believe me. Every detail.

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Penelope the Great

By: Gabriela Yareliz

For those who don’t know, I adore Penelope Cruz. I have always been a fan.

4] Tresor Ad.

3]. She recorded and just launched “Decirnos Adios” with Miguel Bose. She sings well. An interesting duet.

2] To Rome with Love-She teamed up with Woody Allen, again.

1]. She announced her second pregnancy with husband Javier Bardem. Congrats Pe!

Letter to India

Dear India,

When the 23-year-old medical student from New Delhi had her life shattered, many hearts were broken with her rape and death.
I hope we meet someday. For now India, please prosecute the men who did this; seek justice; seek justice for each case that keeps getting uncovered. Unfortuantely, she is not alone. Her case just served to open eyes to a widespread problem. This time, it is not just the media painting us a picture. Women everywhere are opening up to share their stories.

Most of all, I ask that you make it so no other young woman or girl needs to have her life broken in this way. As in every place, nothing is perfect. Danger lurks in the most unexpected places sometimes. However, each society’s ills shows a disease that eats at the people themselves. There is something in our societies that enshrouds our hearts in darkness.

Humanity everywhere must stop playing a game of trying to be simply moral and do good things. Change goes deeper than that. Our societies must be transformed starting with each individual heart.

Even if time goes by, this should not be forgotten.
The problem needs to be fixed. The police must stop shrugging, and men must start caring in action and attitude not just in word and philosophy.

Nation, it is time to mend some broken lives, hearts and deep wounds.

With all of my hope for a brighter future and hope for the healing of the women of this nation,

a beti at heart