Women’s Month: Marion Cotillard

By: Gabriela Yareliz Women’s month is ending, and there are still so many women who inspire me that I want to showcase. Today, I am choosing a woman who has been such an icon for me. She fascinates me because she is so raw. She has that “stunning” factor. And she uses that power toContinue reading “Women’s Month: Marion Cotillard”

Monday Inspiration: March 21, 2016

By: Gabriela Yareliz Greetings! Ready to not only survive Monday but to thrive on Monday? It’s Holy Week and officially spring. SPRING!!! *Spring* (Spring) Spring make us feel like no other season. Autumn is cozy and romantic. I love it. However, there is something about fresh new air, soft rains and flowers. Rebirth is moving. LifeContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: March 21, 2016”

Women’s Month: Maryam Rostampour & Marziyeh Amirizadeh

[Image from World Mag] By: Gabriela Yareliz How many of us believe something so strongly that we’d die for it? How many of us have an integrity that allows us to stare death in the face and not flinch? Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh met in 2005, while studying theology in Turkey. After completing theirContinue reading “Women’s Month: Maryam Rostampour & Marziyeh Amirizadeh”

Radiance

“Undaunted radiance is not built on anything passing but on the love of God that nothing can alter.” Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest: March 7 “Those who look to Him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.” Ps. 34:5 I want to be undauntedly radiant.

Monday Inspiration: March 14, 2016

“Beauty is fleeting, but a rent-controlled apartment overlooking the park is forever.” Carrie Bradshaw By: Gabriela Yareliz I walked 10.17 miles, on Sunday. You can think of me as a champion, a crazy woman– or both. Have your pick. But it felt good. The day was cloudy and fresh, and I was walking around inContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: March 14, 2016”

Friday Glee: March 11, 2016

By: Gabriela Yareliz “God, finish the work you started in me before I got in the way.” Hannah Brencher “As you move forward in pursuing your passion and dreams for the future, don’t forget to be grateful for the many ways God has already shaped your life. It’s absolutely necessary for living and leading withContinue reading “Friday Glee: March 11, 2016”

Wings

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today was a beautiful spring-like day in NYC. Thank you, Jesus! I wasn’t outside for very long, but when I did step out, without a coat, I felt the sunshine on my arms. It was magic. I haven’t felt like that in forever. Thoughts of future warm, dark blue New York CityContinue reading “Wings”

Monday Inspiration: February 22, 2016

By: Gabriela Yareliz Happy week, friends! I pray you are excited to live out another beautiful week of life. I know that marvelous things await us this week; Victories, love, laughter and the satisfaction that comes from perseverance– it’s coming. This week, I hope we can impart true love. I hope we feel that communionContinue reading “Monday Inspiration: February 22, 2016”

Bus Stop

By: Gabriela Yareliz Last night, I was talking to Feliz as she was driving home. We were having our classic drive-home convo, when she saw a girl at a bus stop. “Keep her warm, Lord!” Feliz exclaimed into the phone. When she kept driving, Feliz said, “Oh, the bus is right there. It’s right aroundContinue reading “Bus Stop”

Eyes on You

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, I was studying the passage in 2 Chronicles 20, when Jehoshaphat receives news that there are armies coming to kill him and take the kingdom of Judah. In verse 2 he was told, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom…” We often receive this kind of warning in our lives, whetherContinue reading “Eyes on You”