The Secret Revealed

Hey, Hey, Hey!

What is up? Hope things are going well. I have 6 more days in Chile and I'm pumped. If you reread previous posts, you can tell that I was not so pumped before, but I think I am mentally and emotionally ready.

Today, after too many distractions, I'm here. The devotion (Josué 1:1-9/ Joshua 1:1-9) talks about Joshua's new post as leader of the Isrealite pack. God really talks to him about it and encourages Him to not be scared to take up where Moses, one of the greatest men in the Bible, left off and do better than that. Not only is God encouraging him, but reveals to him the secret of success. The secret to doing well and being prosperous:

"El Libro de la Ley [la Biblia] nunca se aparte de tu boca. Antes medita en él de día y de noche para que guardes y cumplas todo lo que está escrito en él. Entonces prosperarás, y todo te saldrá bien." vs. 8

"Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth. Meditate on it day and night so that you will be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." vs. 8

This is my favorite verse in the Bible because it is indeed the key to success. It is the root of what needs to be done if I want to be successful in God's eyes and in this world because God doesn't want us to be poor Christians. He wants better for us. Personally, I struggle with just reading the word in general. If I spent more time reading God's word and memorizing what He has to say to me, then I could talk more about true this passage is. I know for sure that it is very true, but I know that it's not what I have done or how obedient I have been, but His grace alone that lets me be prosperous, but since I want to grow in my relationship with God, I feel like this is the next step...to spend more time just reading His word in general.

 Meditate on it day and night.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am off to continue with my day. Please pray that I get all that I need to get done today. Tomorrow begin the last of presentations for our program.

Love you all and can't wait to see you!!

Much love, peace, and elbow grease,

     Ife 'Quipayan' S.

Taking it back...

Hello friends, family and everyone else!!

Today, I'm writing in my phyical diary for the first time in a long time so sorry, I won't be writing an entry today, but here are the links for the daily breads (en español & English) and the verses for today. Enjoy, read it up, soak it up, and talk to you later.

 Nuestro Pan Diario (NPD)
     -(Vivir con humildad) 2 Crónicas 26: 3-19

Our Daily Bread (ODB)
     -(Living Low)    2 Chronicles 26: 3-19


     -P.S. One more week till my flight back to the United States of America. Chuta...it's almost over.

Aight.
Much love, peace and reading grease,

           Ife 'Quipayan' S.

Announcement, Announcement, Announcement. RA-RA Ife

Hey ya'll (yep. I said ya'll): I've decided that this isn't going to be just a one month blog. I want to keep doing this as long as God leads so, enjoy the rest of the blog!!

Aight.

Where to start? Okay, short story. On a semi-long car ride with my cousin-in-law to Con-Con (a small little city in the greater city of Valparaíso), she basically tells the whole story of her life and how she is stressed and when she is stressed she can't function and suffers panic attacks and fears having another child because of the traumatic experience she had with her first.

Whoa. What a life..and she bears this burden with her husband but their schedules are so different that they rarely see each other. So I share this story because the devotion today talks about comforting others.
2 corintios 1:3-7/ 2 Corinthians 1: 3-7.

I have to admit, I've never been really good at comforting people and you would think that...what..Ife? Yep. Me. I have to make a very clear effort to put myself in their place and then try and help them from there because honestly, things like that don't come naturally (I guess I can ask Santa Clause for this for Christmas...). So, listening to all that and finding it hard to say anything of comfort to her was painful for me. I had it on the tip of my tongue to pray for her but since she was driving I didn't want to distract her (which was a bad excuse seeing how she had rattled off her life story on this ride (45min. long). At the end of the day, I was a complete failure. I didn't give any help (because I naturally don't do that well) and I didn't pray for her (because I wasn't sure).

The above paragraph should not be happening in my life. Honestly. The devotion talks about how we go through trials and God comforts us so that we can comfort others. I have been comforted many times in this life just by reading or recalling God's word. Why was it so difficult to share this comfort and peace with someone who could have had a panic attack while driving ( I mean seriously, she was also freaking out about what to get her husband for his cumpleaños/birthday. I know that's not easy)? It's not. It's my selfish self thinking that God word isn't for everyone so why bother. It's my worldly self thinking that she'll be fine, just take deep breaths. And it's my wrong self thinking she probably doesn't want to hear  it. But these are just so untrue.

I've seen God work in people's lives and I know how all kinds of people have come to Him because of the peace they find in God.

I know  that breathing exercises and short vacations don't do the trick. They just cover temporary issues.

I am sure that she wants to hear it. She wants to hear that there is an answer to her problem. She has a God-spot that needs to be filled....and I passed up that opportunity.

Don't have much time left in this country, but I want another chance, God. I lose perspective when I start focussing on my and what God does in my life. I was put here for a reason, and that reason will be fulfilled, Amen.

Aight ya'll. I'm out. Deuces and God bless you. May you do better and live better than this, Amen.

Much love, peace and comfort grease,
    Ife 'Quipayan' S.