Category: Life’s wonders

The Keepers of the Mysteries

I love writing these types of posts!

It exemplifies a Christian’s walk.

I love hearing from families who appreciate what their loved ones are doing for them!

Any man can be a father, but only the special ones are Dads!

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—To all men who are responsible for taking care of homes

 —With wives who call them husbands

—Where children & grandchildren are living and calling them Dad

—Those men who are taking care of children who may not be their DNA & yet have stepped up to make their place a Home for them!

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We dedicate this Post to you. Those who are the Keepers of the Mysteries of God. Those men who devote the time teaching their families the power of the Gospel of Christ.

Those men who have gone from being just fathers, to Legendary Dads in their homes!

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FAITH —HOPE —LOVE |Christian Basics

1 Corinthians 13:13

Faith—There is always a danger of getting complacent in our faith. Where people around you don’t know the incredible love of Christ and His atoning (sin cleansing) sacrifice on the cross, we will talk to them about sports, politics, events happening in the community and family, yet not let them know why we are so blessed in knowing Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior.

Hope— other people are needing the hope we have in our future. Not the kind of hope for monetary wealth or health and well being. The kind that says, “I am only passing through this beautiful life, but my hope lies in an even better place at the end of my journey — a place flowing with the real meaning of life. You see, the secret we have here is fantastic. Even with some of the bad stuff which comes our way. Even with immoral people who take advantage of what this world gives. These evil people take and take but don’t give back to the goodness of this life.
Other people, journey through this life and give away more than they get—the incredible hope that I have, the promise of one day entering into a permanent and enriching experience which I get freely.
Nor have I had to earn anything to get to this incredible place. All I have had to do is put my trust in Jesus the Christ (The Messiah or Savior of this world). I did not have to go door to door explaining anything or ride my bike to some foreign land to tell people about the Gospel. Even though sharing the Gospel is the right thing to do, we don’t have to go a thousand miles to share it.

Love— It’s been said that love conquers all. I am here to tell you that love does conquer all. Just look at the Roman Empire. The empire was never conquered by hoarders of marauders warring against it from the fringes of the empire. No, what conquered the Roman empire was love that spread within its walls. Christians were slaughtered and denied access to food and water. They were expelled from selling their things at the local market places.
As long as they rejected the local and Roman deities, Christians were bullied and tortured. Yet, these same Christians would give whatever they had to others. They would pick up infants whose lives have had been found lying in the streets because their families did not want them. Christians would live lives that emanated the love of Christ.
Look at the Vikings. They killed and plundered. They went into all of Northern Europe and took what they wanted; gold, silver, women and anything valuable. When they settled into the lands, they had conquered, something happened. These ferocious invaders started seeing what Christian love for their neighbor, churches, and their community was.
This love wasn’t perfect, but it was far better than the way of the Viking way of life. Decades later, the conquerors were conquered by this love of Christ.

Today, we are seeing all the wrong things that are happening in this world. Terrorists killing Christians with the sword, making it a point for others to fear them and letting the world know that all countries will need to ‘convert’ to their religion.
Political agendas demeaning Christian life and going against their livelihood with frivolous lawsuits and in other countries, not having Christians be able to buy food, water and the necessities of everyday life.
Just like the Roman Empire, the world is also hating Christians for standing up for babies. Christians will continue to do the things we do because Jesus told us that people would know we were his disciples by our love. It is not a fake love. Nor is it a bought love. It is a God Spirit kind of love. Only by knowing Christ can you have this supernatural love,

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We Start Off Where We Left Off |Friendships

Romans 12:15

I remember sitting with the neighborhood young men who would come to our house for bible study and hang out during the week to play video games. My wife and I would host them after work so that they would have a place where they could be safe and untempted from this world’s vices.

It was a usual day; the guys were loud and obnoxious as usual. They were having fun beating up the old guy (in my 30s at that time). I received a call from my younger brother’s wife. He had passed away. The young men knew my joyful face, but they also understood my look of concern. They automatically quieted down. No one had to tell them that I was experiencing a tragic moment. They turned off the TV and video game while gathering around me. I told them what had happened, and they all shed tears with me.

As I look back, the incident is still vivid in my mind. Because these young kids were all in their teens. We had gone through some thick and thin times with most of them. Divorced parents, drugs in the family, and so on.

Some of these young men and women were living with their grandparents because the dads were not around, and the moms were not able to handle their teen male rambunctiousness.

Yet, these young men taught me the meaning of true loyalty. They hung out and protected each other. They protected my daughters whenever I asked them to keep an eye on them. These young men were joyful with my family and me.

  • The ministry my family had, was not a ministry but a joyful fellowship
  • Where we taught these young men and women what family should be
  • How to always lean on God, and to continue on in life, no matter the circumstances
  • Most of those young men have moved on.
  • Some have kids now, with their own joys, problems, and experiences.

Then there was the men and women, our friends and brethren in Christ. They, too, have been a big part of our joys and sorrows. We have all been there for each other. Some, we see often, others, not so often. However, here is the incredible part, whenever we get together with these old friends, it’s like we had seen each other yesterday. We start where we left off, no matter the time passed.

Here is the secret to the joyful gatherings even in times of trials. We all have one thing in common. We all have committed our lives to Christ. You see, it is only in faith through our Lord and Savior Jesus the Savior, that we have the strength to be joyfully happy in the good times, and also shed tears with our loved ones and friends during life’s tragic times.

As we get older, there’s a reason why we hurt emotionally but are joyful when one of our friends passes into the next journey. We know that losing a brother or sister in Christ is only a temporary thing. We shall see them again because they have only gone ahead of us. They have finished the race and have completed their journey, reaching their destination. We rejoice in this but feel sorrow for not having them around.

One day we will rejoice and kick back with all of the people that have come through our home, our lives, and once again, we will start where we left off here on earth…

I would invite you to have this joyful assurance of knowing what your next life journey will take you. I invite you and ask that you invite your loved ones and friends on this jpurney too!

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Congrats Grads! |Graduations 2019

Proverbs 23:17-19

As another school year fastly approaches its zenith, I want to take the time to give all graduates just a small piece of advice…

As every single academic year passes by, and I see grads joyfully making their way out of the middle, senior and college institutions, I smile and cheer them on. 

To those kids in middle school going into high school:

Don’t waste your precious high school years stressing over the little things in life. The boy or girl whom you want to date, or the other students in your future school who might pick on you, or the group of kids you’ll hang out with during this time. Trust me when I say this, everything you think is super important, is not. Start off taking a deep breath and then enjoy every minute of your high school experience. Go to the football games, hang out with your friends, study hard and start setting goals on what you may want to be when you get out of school. Don’t worry about the rest of the stuff, because 10 years from the day you graduate from high school, they will not matter. All you will remember is the fun times you had… enjoy the journey into high school…

To you high schoolers, same advise, but I will add this:

You are no longer kids. Most of you will be 18 years old or older.  Don’t waste your time doing the frat or sorority thing. I know for some of you, this is the main reason you want to be in college. Know this; it may be fun to do the frat house experience, but 10 years from the day you graduate, those parties and fun times will not matter. What will matter is that you went in with a set of goals of what you wanted to accomplish, and you graduated doing your best to reach them. What will matter is that you made life long friends who want the best for you and vice-versa. Take the time when you are stressing, do what I always told my daughters (and wife, and myself), stop everything you are doing, look around wherever it may be, close your eyes and take a mental picture of all that you saw. Remember every detail of that picture, and count your blessings. Because even those stressful periods will teach you something for the future. Embrace every situation like it’s your last and enjoy the journey into semi-independence…

For you College grads:

Whether you will continue to post-graduate work or get right into the workforce, I ask that as you are walking down the aisle and waiting to be called out for your diploma, reminisce and be thankful to whomever, it was that pushed you along the way to get to this point in your life. Whether your parents, grandparents, teachers, mentors, or all of the above. Be thankful for those who invested time in you and your well-being — those who encouraged you along the way because you did not make it this far without help. Enjoy your journey into a full-fledged membership to adulthood

Lastly, for all of you:

Don’t forget the most crucial part of your graduations. Whether you believe or not, whether you have faith or not. Whether you see Him or not. As you are all done with your graduation festivities and parties, thank God for getting you this far. He gave you life for a reason. That reason is to glorify Him in such a way that your life will mean something. That something is getting to know God personally and committing your life to do something good for Him. Not to earn your ticket to heaven but to fulfill what God wants for your life. If you don’t know God on a personal level, I urge you to get to know Him. If you already have a relationship with Him, I implore you to stop, look around, close your eyes and ask—Lord, may I take a mental picture of this moment so that I may listen to what awesome things you have in store for me next!…. Enjoy your journey.

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Press On & Don’t Look Back! |Christian Walk

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  • So this morning, I am up extra early.
  • Do my personal devo.
  • I get ready for a big test early.
  • Ace the test.
  • Take a shower.
  • Feeling like a million bucks.
  • Step out the door ready to take in the world (As in absorb all of the Lord’s goodness in this world)!
  • Start my car.
  • I see our recycling truck coming.
  • It’s the last can. I’ve put the trash bins in already.
  • I open my truck door, spring in my steps.
  • Go & grab the bin like it’s my last mission in life.
  • I am passing by my truck, which has been warming up.
  • Ready to go take on my goals for today…
  • Carefully place my trash bin where it belongs…
  • Trash bins put back…check …
  • Turn towards my car, open the door….open the door…open the door…uncheck!
  • It happens to be locked!
    A thousand things about myself go through my mind…call my wife to get second alarm… she rushes to my rescue.
  • Just a small hindrance, I think to myself.
  • Click on the unlock button in second alarm key…dead battery on second new alarm key.
  • Call AAA, they come & open the door… now I’m ready for a nap. Go back defeated with a pillow over my head & a million negative things on my mind.


No, I didn’t do that, I seized the moment & am writing this to tell everyone, don’t give up, don’t give in, setbacks will come, & setbacks will go.
It’s what you make things out to be in life. God has your back so go & make bad situations regret they ever came your way!

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The Journey With Jesus Is Worth It! |Christian Walk

1 Corinthians 1:29

For those struggling with anything.  Addiction, depression, fear, or stress. 

  • The only way we do this, give Jesus our sins, convictions, altercations, doubts, and worries.
  • Let Jesus take them all so that your burdens become light and the things dragging you through this life become like silk threads flowing in the wind as you joyfully hike from your Death Valley, into the top of the mountain.

  • You will also find yourself on your journey, knowing that the end, will just be your beginning. That the race you finish will lead to a graceful peace and joy, you could never imagine. The connection you and I have with God will be more in-depth,clearer, enormously intensified by His love that some will think overwhelming. But as you get your head and mind wrapped around this incredible peaceful love, you will realize that on your journey getting here, Jesus was doing all the work.
  • The work of cleansing and purifying us through this journey was Christ’s to do. The more we journeyed with God, the less impure we became. Not by our own strength or power, but by His Spirit sho sustained us.

  • By His death on the cross, our wretchedness was hung there. Our impurities, imperfections, worries, etc.,
  • were unloaded, and we were set free to run, to fly into His final destination.
  • The destination of being with God once for all.
  • The only way we do this, give Jesus our sins, convictions, altercations, doubts, and worries. Let Jesus take them all so that your burdens become light and the things dragging you through this life become like silk threads flowing in the wind as you joyfully hike from your Death Valley, into the top of the mountain.
  • You will find that as you continue to walk on your Journey with Christ, your thoughts become more precise and laser-like. This wisdom comes only from knowing and communicating with God. Things that had you dumbfounded or stressed become solvable.
  • The work of cleansing and purifying us through this journey was Christ’s to do. The more we journeyed with God, the less impure we became. Not by our own strength or power, but by His Spirit sho sustained us.
  • In the end, we were bought by Jesus. We were taken from the clutches of Death Valley’s darkness and misery. We were bought by Christ Himself. The God-Creator of this universe
  • By His death on the cross, our wretchedness was hung there. Our impurities, imperfections, worries, etc., were unloaded, and we were set free to run, to fly into His final destination.

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Non-Viable, Impossible & Miracle! |Nothing is Impossible With God!

“”27Jesus looked at them and said, “With manthis is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”“

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Mary and I just met an exceedingly joyful family. I’ve changed their names to be respectful of their personal information.

We came to eat breakfast and sat next to a couple who had a  two-year-old boy. He was playing in the kids’ corner of the place, and Helen was with her son inside the kids’ playroom. Her husband, Ted, was sitting trying to enjoy his breakfast. I said hello, and he answered back with a genuine smile.

Within a few minutes of talking to him, we found out the wonderfully active and handsome toddler’s name was Eggy, who was born 23 years after his sister.

—Now here’s where the story gets incredibly inspiring and amazing.

Ted nearly died of a brain aneurysm about five to six years ago. His family almost pulled the plug because he was not expected to survive. I am thankful to say, they did not, and his wife is the main reason why he is still here, enjoying all of Eggy’s antics.

—Now back to this incredible and real-life story…

Watching this family made Mary, and I smile.

—It is a story of God-given miracles in each of their lives.

Helen came out of the playing area, and it was dad’s turn for him to get back in the cage with his son!

I imagine Ted looking at everybody and saying, “I’m going in! Dial 911 if you don’t hear from me in a few minutes!”

Little Eggy had this great big smile when daddy came in. I thought I saw a slight, here comes the next victim smile, but maybe it was my subjective mind imagining this from the stories Ted had been telling us.

Mom sat down, and there wasn’t a look of dread or fear or relief. It was a genuine and satisfied look of a job being well done.

We spoke with her for a bit, and this is when we found out about her life journey.

She and Ted have been together for about 24 years. She can write a book called— Non-Viable, Impossible & Miracle

  • You see, her oldest daughter who is in Graduate school should not be here.
  • The doctors told Hellen that she would be Non-Viable and that they couldn’t guarantee a productive and viable life for their daughter.
  • Yet, 23 years later, the young lady is thriving, dreaming and achieving what God has called her to be.

—Here comes the Impossible part:

  • The gap as of 23 years for their second child, was an impossibility due to all of the previous problems with their daughter.
  • I imagine that eventual morning where Helen had to tell Ted that she was Pregnant:
  • Ted (with a deer in headlights look):
  • Are you sure?
  • How did this happen?
  • Why did this happen?!
  • Helen: Yes.
  • You know how!
  • I don’t know; it should be impossible!
  • Then they both go through the five stages of grief in five minutes as they sit in bed contemplating that their empty nest lives is coming to an abrupt end.

—God had a different thing for them. A wonderful, satisfying, run the race kind of thing.

You see, from what I gather, and where the Miracle Stage of their lives comes in:

—Ted as I said earlier, almost died. His journey would have ended without knowing little Eggy. Helen would not have had her husband or son.

—Had Ted passed on, they would most likely not be sitting here, and we would not be smiling at this fantastic bundle of joy and epic energy.

—Thye may or may not know this, but God has His hand in all of the extraordinary people in this family. I just hope that God will reveal His plans to all of them so that this wonderful story of impossibilities can continue…

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