"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