Simply Thankful.

This month has been a roller coaster this year for me, however one of the predominant emotions I’ve had is simply thankfulness. Just a few of the reasons…

• I'm thankful of how God has shown his grace and favor on me in different ways, and how I have not always been able to understand his timing and my time.
• I'm thankful because this month God has given my grandfather another year to live and have him as an inspiration in my progressing life. 
• I'm thankful as well that my little brother Jorge turned 3 years old. I love him dearly and am so thankful that he annoys myself and my parents at times with all the banging he does on random objects in home with anything that represents drum sticks, since he is really growing a passion for it. 
• I'm thankful for my family in general since we are very united and have strong love for one another! I like how we all give each other nicknames and sit at the table at least once a day and pray for our meal together.
• I'm thankful because of the youth at my church keep me going through encouragement and ideas!
• I'm thankful for all my spiritual leaders that have spoken life into me, especially my father and mother since they know me best.
• I'm thankful because of how God is working in me to become more mature in my daily life as well as my spiritual life as well to be able to aspire those in my daily life!
• I'm thankful for what is to come in my life since I remain under construction!

Fell like a Sucka!

Being a 20 year old guy, I have just a little ego and sometimes, and I admit that it may get the best of me! I was remembering a memorable event that took place in my life that has forever changed a state of mind I had of it!

it = PT @ gym (read more)

          So what had happened to me was that I signed up at this new gym a near my home and started doing my own thing as everyone does on their first day. I, however, on the treadmill ridiculously sweating after about 5 min was tapped on the shoulder by a young and beautiful chick that asked me something I regretted answering! She said, "Sir would you be interested having a 1 on 1 workout training session with me to see if you would be interested to sign up later?" She had on a blue shirt that had "PERSONAL TRAINER." I am not gonna lie, but I was really attracted to the girl and...

          As you can guess I said yes, since I had too much pride and ego to say no! Well it was a decision that I dearly regretted. We started getting to know each other as we walked to her office where she would do a examination on me and my stats. Long story short, I went through the full examination in the office and went out to the floor for a, what she said, "short 20 minute workout." Well I can tell you this much, I had never felt so dumb and used in my life by a girl like this before. She had me doing all kinds of work on my thighs only and it was non-stop! Mind you that I had not been to the gym in a very long time and this was also my very first day!

Well I was giving it all I had and was looking bad at it as well, but I couldn't help it! I felt a little humiliated as I tried finishing up some workouts that I knew seemed a little too much for me, but my ego and pride was in the way, so I did not stop at all until the end! Longer story even shorter; after the workout, I went to her office and she was going over the prices for more classes throughout the week and I almost rudely excused myself as she looked at me in shock, I speed-walked all the way across the gym to the locker room and vomited all my breakfast and more! Ew!

RESULT = calling in on work for Monday and Tuesday and shamefully returning back for the rest of the week with a weird looking swagger that gave me a lean when I walked! This lasted 2 full and well counted weeks.

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YOUR TAKE-AWAY FROM THIS:
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1. Yes, although things may look hard and may seem impossible at times, one must persevere and go through the fire to come out gold!

2. The devil appears the same way as this personal trainer does to me, beautiful. The devil sends sin and temptations to you and sometimes we fall for it and look very bad from the effects of falling for the temptation. Sometimes we know how to avoid it, but we still go back to the vomit as a dog does and eats it!

James 1:9 (THE MESSAGE)
Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.

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Time is Going by so Slow! Ugh!

          There is always that time of day in your appointment, work shift, or in school where it just seems that time is not going by fast enough! UGH! Frustrating when those last 30 minutes of work feel like 30 days and you just want time to zoom by! Trust me many times, I have that feeling right when I get into work in the morning barely starting my shift off!

          I have come to a point of gratitude to see that God has trusted me with my job for almost 2 years in Geek Squad phone support since I was 18. Now, 20, I wonder where did TIME go! OMG! It's been 2 years since I graduated and was a bum at home? ( no offense if you still are!) Well, I picked up on the trend that everyday after a while of course, I wanted time to go by fast already so that I could get out of work and get on with my business! 

          Digo eso para decir esto (lol): Enjoy everyday life in whatever it is that you do! Whether at work, home, school, appointments, or driving, or all of these eventually, make it count! For once go to that cubicle of that weird person and yell, "Hi, you're it!," and then runaway! (that would be funny!) Every person that walks past you, say Hi and smile and interact! Many times it may be hard to do this, bu you know what, DO IT!

“Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back."

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Ever asked yourself, where is God when...?

          "In God we trust" has been a slogan that is used for our nation and that is printed in particular areas that at times can be very contradictory! There has always been a BIG question that everyone would love to know the answer to especially if we say "in God we trust,"and that question is "God, where are you?" Many will out of simplicity say that God is in heaven of course, but the question is about where He is in the time of tragedy or catastrophes, or even maybe during bumpy times in our personal lives.

*I would love to share this website that will perfectly answer your question to this:
http://www.everystudent.com/features/tragedy.html

God has created humanity with the ability to choose. This means that we are not forced into a relationship with Him. He allows us to reject Him and to commit other evil acts as well. He could force us to be loving. He could force us to be good. But then what kind of relationship would we have with Him? It would not be a relationship at all, but a forced, absolutely controlled obedience. Instead He gave us the human dignity of free will.
Naturally, we cry from the depths of our souls..."But God, how could You let something of this magnitude happen?"
How would we want God to act? Do we want Him to control the actions of people? In the case of dealing with a terrorist attack, what could possibly be an acceptable number of deaths for God to allow?! Would we feel better if God allowed only the murder of hundreds? Would we rather God allowed only the death of one person? Yet if God would prevent the murder of even one person, there is no longer freedom to choose. People choose to ignore God, to defy God, to go their own way and commit horrible acts against others.

The video above is an awesome and powerful song that is suitable for any tragedy, but in this time, it is dedicated to the people in Northern Japan and surrounding countries that got part of the damage that has taken place. My heart and prayers are with Japan and those that suffered from this recent tragedy.

          I hope you found time to look at or read the website that I shared with you above and really think about. God has been waiting for us to call on him, how can we ask where HE is when He has been there the entire time! Much love! If you're reading this, comment below your thoughts about the website I shared or what you think of what has been going on in Japan.