MyDivineJourney

Psalm 25:12 (The Voice)  MAY anyone who fears the Eternal be shown the path he should choose. What a morning!  Today I finally woke up and listened to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. I've been in the valley of the shadow of death for a while and I’m not going to couch it with glamour. It has been deep and dark and my soul was stuck in park. What makes this revelation interesting is that I have a very vibrant relationship with the Holy Spirit … but…well…I was carrying on a very vibrant, one-sided relationship with the Lord!   It’s like telling your significant others that you love them, but it’s only from your mouth! I've  starting the process of digging out of my funk by reaching out boldly and humbly to God and telling him that  I've  been attempting to do it by Blanca’s self! You see, Blanca, is known for doing thing life on her own!   I keep falling back into my old habits. I have to take captive all my own wa...

Ecclesiastes 3:12  I know the best thing we can do is to always enjoy life…  Death comes unexpectedly. It creeps up on unfinished lives; lives whose business may not be finished. Death signals the end of relationships; it leaves memories. The body is extinguished lifeless; the spirit soars away. Death changes those who remain. Death has changed me…yet again…within a span of six weeks. The thing I know for sure is that love matters. That connection…that love tie that binds humans…love never dies. Memories remain. Making memories takes an added urgency after death deals its harsh blows. Death reminds us to be in the moments that matter. Death reminds us to take time for things that make memories. Death insists that we not take those we love for granted. Death takes away time. Time is life. Life is priceless. Love those who matter. Laugh. Hug. Love like there’s no tomorrow. 

Missing mother. For a few years I've been waking up and asking the Lord to take care of Mom. She passed away last month. Walking down the street one morning this week, I thought of her, smiled and said her name softly, "Mi Lalita De La Rosa..." Almost immediately the local church bell rang.  I consider it a sweet touch from God letting me know all is well.

Blanca: "Lord, I woke up!" God:  "Yes." Today I'm going to live each moment purposefully because God has another day planned for me!

Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 Blanca:  "Lord, that person has great qualities and I've known them a long time, but... But they are so hard to love and understand. They are simply too hard to love." God: "Really? Tell me more, Blanca." Blanca: "Wha?? OK! You got me there. I'm hard to like and love as well!" God: "But I love you anyway !" Learned a simple lesson today, a lesson that I already know but that I forget because I want to wave my wand of perfection. God loves me as I am. Why can't I love others for who they are instead of wishing they would change to please me.

Written April-June 2011 Psalm 9:10 (GW) Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help. I know one thing for certain: God will hold my hand. Today I saw how frail human life is. My Mom is ill and if I start to let go of the peace that God gives me, I feel intense turmoil in my heart. Just as I start to fall, God steadies my heart. He steadies my heart by giving me the Scripture that I need to hang on. Those deep times of communion with the Lord have given me the confidence to know that he is there even when times are hard for me. Certainly, I cannot live only for those deep moments with God. But those times when I clearly discern his hand in the everyday-ness of my life are the result of that bond. If I didn't know God, I would not understand his presence in my life. He loves me regardless of the things I tend to do or say. He knows the journey I am on and he also knows when I am feeling tired and overwhelmed... ...

December 9, 2012 Isaiah 41:10   Don’t be afraid, because I am with you. Don’t be intimidated; I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will support you with my victorious right hand. Add your own issue and it becomes your story -- ·         Injury. ·         Hospitalization. ·         Incapacitation. ·         Loss of independence. ·         Long and painful rehabilitation. It’s easy to be overwhelmed when we tumble into deep, unexpected valleys and find ourselves with interrupted lives. Why not write? The journey has been interesting for me because I  didn't  let go of the hand of God. I screamed out in pain, I never doubted God was with me through my trauma. So why did I stop blogging and writing about the journey?   I had not been able to put...