By: Gabriela Yareliz Recently, I was walking in front of a stair case when I saw her. She was intensely familiar but at the same time very different. She had a phone in her hand. She was animatedly talking to someone. A look of confusion flashed on her face, and then, she spotted me. AContinue reading “It’s all in the family”
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Bearing Fruits
By: Ellen G. White, from Testimonies for the Church, vol.1, chapter 81 “I saw that it is no light thing to be a Christian. It is a small matter to profess the Christian name; but it is a great and sacred thing to live a Christian life… The question will never be asked, How muchContinue reading “Bearing Fruits”
Quotes of the day
“Those who have grown the most spiritually are those who are experts in living. And there is yet another joy, even greater. It is the joy of communion with God.”-M. Scott Peck “The world breaks everyone and afterwards many are stronger at the broken places.”- A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway (the last page) “AndContinue reading “Quotes of the day”
It’s possible
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27
This Week’s Picks: Nov. 17, 2013: The simple life
By: Gabriela Yareliz The temperature is heatin’ up! Okay. A 60 degree high isn’t so hot, but it’s better than 25 lows. But the weekend is over. We’ll see how the temperature fluctuates now. It has been a fabulous couple of weeks. We’ve been so busy, here in the law school world. I am inevitablyContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: Nov. 17, 2013: The simple life”
This Week’s Picks: November 10, 2013
By: Gabriela Yareliz Frosty morning to you. That is what this morning was. It has been so incredibly cold. We’ll all be drinking Barley drink (Kaffree Roma-substitute for coffee) and our (eye) glasses will be fogged as we seek warmth. We are now condemned to months in tights, boots, gloves, coats and wind. On theContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: November 10, 2013”
Consecration
From Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, by Ellen G. White Form a character for heaven. Sleep not at your post. Deal faithfully and truly with your own soul. – {1T 241.1} The daily study of the Scriptures will have a sanctifying influence upon the mind. You will breathe a heavenly atmosphere. Bind this preciousContinue reading “Consecration”
Designed to live by choice
From Life’s Greatest Lessons or 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know, by: Hal Urban “We can’t choose what happens in our lives, but we can choose how to respond. We have the ability to survive hardship and overcome handicaps. We have the capacity to rise above negative circumstances because we have free will,Continue reading “Designed to live by choice”
This Week’s Picks: October 27, 2013
1] Demi Lovato’s best song: 2] How to stay warm now that it is freezing (wink) By: Gabriela Yareliz (me) 1] Tights/leggings (the very hated elements of winter that help) 2] Laugh 3] Gloves that are not knit; that have no holes where the cold seeps in 4] Grow your hair long and wrap itContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: October 27, 2013”
Self-denial
From Ellen G. White’s Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1. Chapter 30, The Rich Young Ruler “I was shown that the young, especially young men, who profess the truth, have yet a lesson of self-denial to learn. If these made more sacrifice for the truth, they would esteem it more highly. It would affect theirContinue reading “Self-denial”
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