Understanding gratitude.

1 Chronicles 16:8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

To give thanks to the LORD is much more than just to say: LORD, I have received so many things from you. Thanks a lot...
No, it is more than that. It means to recognize WHO the LORD is, WHAT HE has done; WHAT is HIS name!
The LORD is the Almighty GOD. He is the Creator of heaven and earth! He is the only ONE who deserves our worhisp. HE is LOVE. He is Wonderful, and Prince of PEACE.
Whoever wants to be a peacemaker, have to know HIM.
What has HE done for you? Start counting on the blessings! Start thinking how wonderful HE is to you everyday.
To give thanks to the LORD is much more than to say something. Is to be someone who knows who GOD is! To have relationship with HIM will help you to understand gratitude.
Blessings.

Sunny day

Looking through my window I can see the beautiful mountains north of Vancouver. What amazing experience and this reminds me: "I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth" (Psalm 121:1-2).

God is the maker of everything and also my best friend. How wonderful is to understand that! He is open for relationship. Actually He took the initiative giving us JESUS, His beloved Son. He died or death and He rose from the grave to open the gates of heaven for us.
I look at the mountains but I am not afraid asking about my help. I know my friend is taking care of me daily.
Blessings to your heart...

Watch this video from youtube

A beautiful story of a man with a purpose!
Watch and be challenged...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR8apSr3m9U&eurl=http:/

Obey, even if you do not understand...

"The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, (...) 'The word of the LORD came to me: Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, 'Buy my field at Anathoth, because as nearest relative it is your right and duty to buy it". Jeremiah 32

What a so strange command! The land was surrounded by the enemy... the price of the land has no value anymore... everybody will lose the right of their properties... And God says to Jeremias to buy a field?
Jeremias, an obedient servant, bought it! Afterwards he asked theLord for explanations about it.
The God's answer was that the nation would be restored again! So the land would come to the hands of His people. "Once more fields will be bought in this land"(v.43)
The obedience of Jeremias was a testimony that God loved His people and would give them, again, the right of the land. But it happened again more than 70 years after that purchase!

The principles of the Sacred Scriptures are to be obeyed, not questioned. Even if we don't understand, we should give to God all of our obedience.
Read all the chapter 32 of Jeremias and find the marvelous answer of God to the prophet.
Be blessed!

The Lord is my Helper!

So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper;

I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Hebrews 13.6

The fear is an inconsistent feeling that freezes our actions. It is always related to our unknown and uncertain future, by that the anxiety is installed destroying our forces. The confidence declared in this verse is not self-confidence. It is total dependence on God. He is my only one Helper and, consequently, I will not fear!

I will depend on HIM even if I don't understand nothing about what is happening today or will come tomorrow. Today I am going to depend on HIM with my whole heart, with all my force and understanding.

The next part of the text goes further and asks: What can man do to me? Interesting!
The fear of everything takes us to fear our friends, relatives, parents, companions of work, pastors, leaders, rulers, etc. What of worse someone will be able to do to me? Kill me? Therefore the confidence on HIM declares that "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." (Philippians 1.21).

What can man do to me? If they will do me the worst, I will be still in the hands of God.

Trust on HIM.

Today it is a pretty day that HE gave to you!

"I am He who will sustain you..."

"Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you: I will sustain you and I will rescue you". Isaiah 46.4

This year I will turn 50 years old. It seems like yesterday the day I became Christian giving my life to Jesus Christ. I was 18 years old! These almost 32 years of faith I have seen my Lord taking care of me day by day. Each moment of my life I have received protection, wisdom, the daily bread, health, everything. I believe that all I need comes from the Lord Jesus.

He does not change like shifting shadows said James (1.17). Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13.8).
In all of my Christian life I have seen God sustaining, taking care and rescuing my family and I. Now, with some gray hairs, He is the same. Even when I will be older, He will continue to be my God, my Father, my Savior, my Lord, my friend.

"Thanks Lord for your promises so clear and so close to me".

God's grace today...

Today the love and mercy of God was renewed over us...
Those blessing gives us the opportunity to chage our way of life everyday! Today you can be a better person blessing your family and friends. Today you can say thanks to God for everything that has come to your life. Today you can pray more and trust more in Jesus!
There are two days that we cannot think: yesterday and tomorrow. Yesterday is gone! Tomorrow will come and we don't know nothing about it.
But today is the day that the Lord has made! Enjoy it!
Be grateful! Be friendly. Be gentle. Be a real Christian!
God bless you today!