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.
In these times, it seems people are giving into desperation. People are so broken, they not only hurt themselves but others.
Today, the nation lost many bright children, caring teachers and a broken young man. May God help us to always rest in Him. To not give into sadness and anger, but to always hold on through the pain, hoping for a brighter day.

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. The killers went on killing, the wise men kept silent, as if there were no Just Man in their midst.

One day, a child, moved by the compassion for the unfortunate teacher, approached him with these words: ‘Poor stranger, you shout, you scream, don’t you see that it is hopeless?’

‘Yes, I see,’ answered the Just Man.

‘Then why do you go on?’

‘I’ll tell you why. In the beginning, I thought I could change man. Today, I know I cannot.

If I still shout today, if I still scream, it is to prevent man from ultimately changing me.’”

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 beginning make you giddy but leave you feeling robbed and broken.

Week’s Picks: Dec. 10,2012

1] My little angelic creature, Milica, performs

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3]All that glitters-Tout ce qui brille

5] The Devil Wears Prada

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8] Heard it on Kidd Kraddick yesterday, live–and loved it.

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This Pinterest is lovely.

10] KHALED; YES

Never Say Goodbye

This movie was insane. I don’t agree with the plot line, though I agree with the premise of marrying for love. It was suspenseful, and the dialogue was excellent, so kudos Karan Johar. I know I am tardy to the party… this is old.

This was, I think, the best line.

“We only try to find excuses for mistakes.” -Maya

Some study stress relief with good Bollywood scenes

STUDY BREAKKKKKK by Gabriela Yareliz (wink)

A dose from Dil Bole Hadippa: YOU FROM ENGLISH scene, hilarious. Perfectly ESOL.

A dose from Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

One of the best scenes from Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.

Ali Zafar, his voice changes in this scene and throughout the movie kill me, but he is an AMAZING singer. He is hilarious.

Imran’s proposal. So cute.

Rab Ne Bana di Jodi

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 is always in control. Yet when you pray, you unleash the blessings of heaven. You receive that which you would not have received had you not asked. I have seen this proven in my life, and I thank God because He listens to our prayers.

Pray today in a powerful way; pray for someone else.

God is the God of the impossible, of miracles, and He is waiting for you to ask.

“Now this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” 1 John 5:14

“It is a part of God’s plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask.” (The Great Controversy, 525)