"In Constant Creation"

Picture this, you just got home from a nice day at the... (whatever makes you more relaxed) and as soon you walk through the door, you start to look around, your whole house is a big mess! There's paper all over the place, crayons "art" on your perfectly white walls, shoes, socks, toys, dirty dishes in the sink, on the table, on the floor and... what heck! How did cheerios got stuck to the celling? You take a deep breath and then, your insticve "spirit for creation" kicks in. Spirit for creation?! You must be asking your selves. Yes! I say. Aren't we all daughters of an incredibly creative God? Did He or did He not made us like unto His own image? Did we or did we not inheritage His likeness in body and spirit?



So, what's the point? My point is that you don't give enough credibility to yourself when it comes about appreciating the talent that our Father in Heaven has bless you with. "Me? Talented? Ha-ha!" Hey, stop laughing at yourself! Because God has never laughed at you, if He did, He was laughing with you that's for sure.


Ok, let's go back to the messy house -I know, we do have the tendency to get a little distracted when it comes about house chores, but it always happen because something more important came out, so let's leave on that. We need to stick together on this girlfriends!


When your instinctive spirit of creation kicks in for witnessing such tragical mess in your lovely home, the first feeling you get is... no, no! Is not "let's clean this mess", but "let's create a better environment". That's very godly to think that way.


Remember when our Father in Heaven created the world, what was the first thing that He saw when He decided to create? Let's check it out in Genesis 1: 2 "And the earth was without form, and void..." Hum! I'm sure that was not a pretty sight in the Lord's eyes. And what did He do about that? His creative spirit went into action! He created light, the heavens, the waters, the plants and flowers, and all living creatures, and then, after creating this beautiful and glorious world, He created man and woman, to live and enjoy the bliss of His wonderful creation. Amazing huh? Now, let's go back AGAIN to our messy house, is time to create! And you look around and ask yourself "where do I start?" It's ok, you can go ahead and laugh, now you are figuring it out how normal you are huh? I'm pretty sure that we all have asked ourselves the same question "where do I begin". Now, you start to use your super powers to start creating. You pick one piece of paper off the carpet and then another and another, and all the sudden they disappear! They all safely "invisible" in the garbage bag. Now you move on to the dishes, next is vacuuming the crumbs of the floor, and miraculously remove the crayon's mark off the walls and then, everything begins to take form... your house begins to look like a home again. It is finished! And it is glorious and beautiful! If were for you, you could just sit down and stare it at all day huh? But you can't. :( yeah, I know, is sad. But the purpose of creating all is that so your children can enjoy the beauty of your efforts in creating something so wonderful. Look at our Father in Heaven for example. He created this beautiful earth in such a manner that there's no way we cannot feel the purpose of all that. He did so we may have joy and find comfort and peace even when we don't need it.The beauty of His creations are always there. He knew exactly what we would do to it in the future, He knew how messy we would get, and many of us would care less for many of His gorgeous creations. But yet, He did not refrain Himself for doing it any way, and He still does, He still creates to this day, to this very second. Let's think about for a minute. From now on, when we ask ourselves "why do I keep doing this? When can I enjoy the privilege of having my house organized for at least one day?" think about this, God is constantly creating good air so we can breathe, right? If he did think like us, you know what He would say? He would say "I'm so tired to create clean air all the time for these messy children, they just keep sending that junk in the air all the time with their pollution. I'm just going to quit all together, I'm done doing that. Why should I keep creating clean air for them to breathe if they are going to keep throwing more and more pollution out again" Can you imagine if the Lord would think like that? Oh boy! We would all be in big trouble. Bless His heart that He does not think like we do. But we can think like him.


For the same reason He is constantly creating for our own good, so should we keep moving forward on doing the same with a cheerful heart and with your head held high for knowing that you are not a talentless being. You have the gift of creation! How wonderful is that?! You can create a whole new environment for your family to enjoy over and over again, and especially when things seems to be upside down in your home. You have the super power to make your child feel better when he gets hurt. You are God like. You are a future Queen! Because you are the daughter of a true King and that makes of you a true princess, and someday, you will have the right to claim the throne that belongs to you so you can rule you very own kingdom, and here on earth, we are all just practicing for when that day comes. And on that day he will gently hold your face and look at you deep into your eyes and say "welcome home Princess! Welcome home!"

why you don't like me?

How many of us make the mistake to rely on one person's opinion? How many of us has ever felt that crazy desire to go after someone who has all of the sudden stop talking to you, has change the way they behave around you, and if that was not enough, you started to question the worth of your well being?

And how about that feeling of trying to get somebody's approval that we are a good person? Yeah... I do know this feeling very well.
I have been going through some trials of my own on that. And my first temptation of action that came to mind was, to go the person who I am having issues with and try to get out that person's mouth to say that I am a good friend and that there's nothing wrong with me. And I felt like that if that person did not change her mind, her thoughts about me that will ruin my life because I won’t be able to move foward until that person tells me that I am a good person! Especially, if I don't know what the heck have I done wrong? And with all that going on in my head, Satan steps right in to say "the problem... is YOU!"
That was the last drop! I won't allowed my self to be bully like that! I was determinate to take measures into my own hands. I had to prove to whoever, that I was not the problem, because if I don't do that, I will go throught the rest of my life thinking "yes, satan is right, I am the problem". But then, another person came to my mind. How could I have forgotten about that person? I asked my self. Maybe, he is mad at me too! Oh boy! I need to call him and invite him over to come and talk to me before I do anything about that other person. And so I did.
At first, I was very scared of face him. However, I knew I had to.
In my thoughts, I called him “Jesus, are you there? Do you have time? Or are you mad at me too? Can you come and talk to me? And this picture popped out in my mind.

Is from the book “You are special”… then I knew He was listening.
I told Him how I was feeling about the situation with the other person and how was I letting that bugging me. After I finish telling him everything that was in my heart, I started to feel him so close… and I in my mind I saw Him, touching my chin, making me look into his eyes, and as I did, I heard him asking me “why are you letting them put dots and stars on you?” ....Oh, boy! I knew at that very moment why He wants me to remember the story "you are special".

I felt ashamed… how could I forget that the most important opinion of all came from him, my Savior.
With that, I want to cry, but I fell asleep.
In the morning, when I woke, I was feeling pretty sad, thinking, that Jesus, was very disappointed at me. But as soon as I opened my eyes I start to hear this song in my mind by “The Pretenders”.
"Oh! Why you look so sad? The tears are in your eyes
Come on and come to me now.
Don't be ashamed to cry, let me see you through
Cause I've seen the dark side too
When the night falls on you, and you don't know what to do
Nothing you confess, could make me love you less
I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you
Wont let anybody hurt you, I'll stand by you
So, if you're mad, get mad! Don't hold it all inside
Come on and talk to me now
Hey, what you got to hide? I get angry too
Well, I am a lot like you
When you standing at the crossroads. don't know wich path to choose
Let me come along, cause even if you're wrong
I'll stand by you
Take me into your darkest hour, and I'll never desert you
And when the night falls on your babe, and you feeling all alone
You wont be on your own... I'll stand by you
And as that whole song played in my mind, I knew that he wants to make sure I would be alright and that I would know for sure how much he loves me.
I’ll try to always remember this>>> NO MORE DOTS AND STARS FOR ME! Because all I really need to care is that I am living in a way that pleases him. And as long I know that to be right, I will be happy.
I am not the only one he feels that way, is for every single one of us!

My dad's killer got out

The Debt




My dear friend Joelma, came over to see me at my sister’s house when I was visiting Brazil couple of weeks ago. Joelma is a very dear friend to me, she is a member of the church like me and she wants to introduce me her new boyfriend, Mauro.


We all sat down, and she looked at me and said “Cris, I am very disappointed today”. I asked her why was she so sad and she said “ It’s because the killer of my Father is getting out prison today. And I can‘t believe Heavenly Father is letting him get out of prison after only two months! That‘s so unfair. I want him to die! So he can pay for what he had done to my dad”. So looking at her I tried to explain that was not worth to stay angry, it would only make her miserable, and that’s why Jesus Christ died for all of us. She looked kind surprise after what I had just said, but I told her she has to let go what happen and that she must forgive. Joelma asked me “how can that be done? He did something horrible and I want him to die!” Than came to my mind the story of Elder Paker about the boy who owned a lot money to a lender. So I asked Joelma, just imagine, that every sin that this man has committed against you and your father had turned into money. Let’s say that the total is a $1.000.00.00.00, and he cannot afford to pay you the total amount. And this man comes to you and says “Joelma, I only have a dime to give, because there’s no way I can pay you the amount I owned”. However, you Joelma, you want the full price to be paid and you know you can not afford to let go of his debt, because of your immense lost. But just imagine this for a moment… you are furious, and you want his debt to be pay immediately, you want justice! And than, comes Jesus, with a sac full of money, with the exact amount that needs to be paid for, and he offers it to you with one condition “Here is the money for this man’s debit. Now my daughter, only one thing I asked of you, whatever this man has owned, he wont own you anymore, now whatever blame or demand that you may hold against this man, you may ask of me now, because his debt is now paid. And now, me being his debtor, he will have to deal with me for anything that may own against any of my children. If you would like to accuse him, accuse me.” Joelma, with tears in her eyes asked me “how can I accuse him Cris? Jesus has not done anything to offend me.” I look at her and said “that’s the reason why he died for all of us.” That’s what forgiveness it’s all about. It does not mean that you have to accept the wrong that has been done, but it means to let Jesus Christ’ sacrifice work into heart… to let the healing begin. Then she said “but what if I am not ready to accept his offer?” I told her that Jesus Chris will never force anyone to accept anything, that’s why He whiling volunteer to give his own life in offer as a sacrifice to redeem man kind from their sins.


And for those who are ready to accept, He’s there ready to give you the “money” to pay for your debit. As much as He will step in and pay for someone offenses against us, so will He pay for us to somebody who we have offended.


In The name of Jesus Christ,


Amen.

What Heaven Sees In You

2010...The most important lesson

You know, I've been thinking about this year of 2010, and what have I learned from all the trials and from the good and the bad experiences.
I'll tell you that, God has really thought me some very important lessons about  FREE AGENCY and many other gifts.
I learned that we do have the free will to choose.. man! Is kinda hard to talk about this for me, because, the Lord showed me in a very sacred way the value of free will. I'll just let you know this, FREE WILL it's an amazing, wonderful gift! And I'm so greateful, very greateful to have and to know how important it is. But there is a limit, there is a moment were God has to step in and make the final choice for you, and is at that point, were your free will don't really matter, you have to live with the consequence of that choice, being that choice good or bad (O be wise: what can I say?- Jacob 6-12).
That's all I can say... be wise.
This year I learned to loose the FEAR OF DEATH. Loosing those who I loved so dearly, and even mourning for those who lost someone that I haven't even met, help me to grow the desired in my heart to be READY when my time comes.
To deal with so many deaths this year, has showed me that it is real, and it does come to everybody and everyone, specially to those close to us... even me. And it can come in the most unexpected way. That's why we have to LIVE our lives, and not just survived.
This year I've learned that GOD's will is more important than anything. He is the wisest of the wisest, and no matter how much we want something, His final decision is the most important... BECAUSE HE KNOWS BETTER! And I have a testimony of that.
This year I learned that God never, never leaves us alone, He is always there, right by our side.
This year I had to learned to reconized when He was with me, I had to learn to read His little daily love notes to me saying "Good morning child! I'm here". He helped me to open my eyes to see Him in my husband's beautiful eyes, in my children's laugh, in a friend's smile, in a beautiful sunny day, in a very storming night (I love the rain!), in a very cloudy day, in the blowing wind, in a bird flying in the sky, in the air I breathe, in the beat of my love's heart... He show me all this by saying "you see child, I'm everywhere. Anytime you need me, I'm here. And all you need to do, is open your eyes to see Me right in front of you". He's is there even when there's nothing to see, even, if I was locked in a completely empty and dark room, He would still be there inside me, in the beating of my heart, in every breath that I take.
I've learned this year, that when I feel tormented, stressed or distracted, and one of my children comes to me asking for something like a glass of water, milk, or for some atention, so I got that as God saying "look at me child, I'm just reminding you, I'm right here" (Suffer the little children to come unto me, because theirs is the kingdom of God).
I've learned this year, what great gift is to have a fisical body. But on top of that, I learned that my body don't make me who I truely Am. It's funny how i didn't really get these things before. We learned over and over again in church about the importance of your spirit well being. But then, satan step's right in makes you forget all, by tell you "your body makes you who you are". And today I looked at my body and thought to my self "man! no matter how hard I try to keep my self looking young, when we are all going to have the same destiny... we are all going to die and leave this body on the earth for while...".
 Look at your hand right now, come on, look! Open and close her. Don't you see? That's is not just your body or your brain doing it... IT'S YOUR SPIRIT! Think about it! You did not have a body before, and now, you have this wonderful gift that you can control, that you can feel, smell, speak, blink, see, taste,  breath... just feel it for a moment... relax, let your spirit enjoy this now... your true self... your celestial self... :) That's who you are... you are celestial... a child of God.
Please, don't look at imperfections right now, just be greateful, just live this moment, let your spirit be joyful about this wonderful gift. And to think that two of us, a Man and a Woman together they carry the ingredients that God uses to create more bodies, holy temples, houses for others spirits who will have this same privilege... it's all a beautiful miracle! This is the perfect word to describe... BEAUTIFUL!
Another very important lesson learned in 2010 is always BE GREATEFUL! Not just in words, but by actions too. I learned that a greatful person keeps a very positive atitude about things. And I had to learned that in a very hard way, but I did get the message ;0)
And the final lesson (for now, because I know I have a lot a lot to learn still), TRUST IN GOD WITH ALL THY HEART MIND AND SOUL! That's a testimony I have very strong is DO NOT QUESTION, DO NOT ASK WHY, BUT WHEN GOD ALLOW SOMETHING TO HAPPEN IT'S BECAUSE HE KNOWS BETTER!!!
I am witness of our Father in Heaven's power. I trust Him will all my heart, even when things seems so dificult and hopeless, I know is for our own good. LET THY WILL BE DONE LORD! I don't know how many times I had to do that this year, but I tell you something, everytime I did, things turned around ok, even more than ok. And there is not such a thing as "hopeless", as long as the Savior of the world lives, there will be hope, because Jesus Christ is hope in the form of a person, and He will live forever, and so will hope.
I leave this testemony with all of you for 2010:
God and Jesus Christ live! And their love for us is infinite! And to trust in God is the greatest gift that someone can seek for. And gratitude can bring peace and happiness to someone's heart.
And don't forget " You are a spirit being having human experiences".
In The name of Jesus Christ,
Amen.

I want a Jesus' visit for Christmas

I want to share with all of you a little Christmas story that I've heard when I was 8 years old from a teacher of my from 2nd grade.

"I want a Jesus' visit for Christmas"

It was Christmas eve, and the rich lady was getting ready for bed. She had all the money that someone would like to have, and a beautiful family, and a very nice home. And before she laid down to sleep, she prayed. In her prayer, she asked God "Father in Heaven, I'm very thankful for all that you have done for me, but one thing I ask of thee, please let me have Jesus come to visit me tomorrow, on Christmas day, that would make my life so worth living." And she fell asleep with tears in hear eyes.
That night, she had a dream. In her dream Jesus came to her and said "you shall have as you wish, I'll come tomorrow to spend Christmas with you". And she woke up with her heart full of joy!
She sent the servants to clean up the whole house, and to cook the best feast, because "on this day" she said "we are going to have a very, very special gest. I want everything to be perfect!".
And as the day went on, she hears a knock on the door, she runs to open and to her surprise, there it was, a homeless man baging for some food. She looks at him and says "Oh, I'm so sorry! I wish I could help you today, but I am waiting for someone very special, but if you come back tomorrow, I'll for sure feed you ok?" And the man went on his way.
Few hours later, there was another knock at the door, "that must be Him!" she says, and when she opens, there it was a couple of hungry children baging for some food. She looks at them and says "oh my darlings! I wish I could invite you in, but I am waiting for someone really special today, come back tomorrow, and I give you something all right?" And the children went on their way too.
The day was near the end, and Jesus did not come, and the rich lady's heart was broken... "how could you Lord? You promised me that you would come" and feeling so sad, she deicided to go to bed. And in her dreams, Jesus came again, and she asked him "Lord, why you did not come? I had everything ready for you, but you did not come...why?" And Jesus looked in her eyes and says "My dear child, I came twice to your door and I was very hungry, and both times you send me way".

May the true spirit of Christ will shine in your heart!
Happy CHRISTmas!
Feliz Natal!

Steve died...

Steve died, and went to heaven. When he arrived there, he noticed a line of people in front of a door waiting.
So asked the person in front of him " what is going on there?"
The person anwsers "We are all waiting to be interviewed."
So Steve waited for his turn. And as came closer to the door, he could hear the person who was in front of him being interviewed. He heard the man asking the person "Do you know Jesus?" and the Man says "yes, I do. I know that He preached on the earth, and that He callded apostles to help him on his work". "that's very good." The interviewer says. And then he repeats the question "do you know Jesus?" and the man says "I know that he's our Savior, and that he gave up his life to save all of us." The interviewer looks down with a dispointment expression on his face and tells the man that he could go now, and he calls the next person in line.
Steve enters the room, and when he looks at the interviewer's face he falls down on his knees and says "My Lord! My God! My Savior!

He Lives! My kindly heavenly friend...

He Lives My mansion To Prepare...

He Lives to bring me Savely there.

Do we know Jesus?

I know that My Redeemer Lives!!!