Dear LORD,
Yesterday I remembered some verses I had not thought about in a long time, even though they are some of my favorite verses in Your Word because of their great power and beauty:
Romans 8: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Need I say more, except, thank you, oh LORD, for Your infinite power, and mystery, which is revealed to us in Your Word, and for Your love that surpasses everything in all the universes, no matter how strong and powerful. Your promises and Your Word are, indeed, true.
Your child who marvels,
Zoraida
Dear LORD,
This morning, after sharing our usual time in love and conversation, David asked me to curl up next to him in bed while he fell asleep. As I did so, I remembered the two greatest commandments taught by my Lord Jesus, and once again I thought how perfect Your teachings are.
MARK CHAPTER 12
28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”
29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: `Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one.
30 `And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
31 “And the second, like it, is this: `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.
33 “And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” But after that no one dared question Him.
Of course, I know that when the Lord Jesus talks about loving one’s neighbor as oneself, He is certainly not talking about us being selfish and egocentric, thinking only of ourselves, something that, unfortunately, we see way too often in this world. On the contrary, the Lord Jesus talks about loving one’s neighbor as oneself by giving oneself to the people in our lives, by giving them our time and service. This is another thing that is so scarce! I know, Lord God, how we humans have crafted this world to be super busy, to be super filled with things for us to do, therefore sacrificing time with our family and friends. The saddest part is, these worldly things to which we attach so much importance, the frenzy, the business, all the time we dedicate to meetings and projects and work and things, ultimately, are meaningless. I suppose this is part of the result of our fall in the Garden, when we sinned and became imperfect, flawed, wicked. We have our priorities backwards. Because of this, now we all suffer from loneliness, from being neglected by family and friends. Nobody has time for anybody, our lives are consumed by work and the cares of the world. No wonder You, oh LORD, had to command us to make time for one another, to take care of each other. After all, as I meditated curled up next to David, holding him and feeling him falling asleep, I thought to myself: “What could be better than this?” What can be better than spending time with our loved one, our brother, a true friend? Because, someday, that person may no longer be with us, then that will be the day of regret, of wishing we had spent more time with that person. Dear LORD, I for one, do not wish for this to happen to me. By Your mercy, grant me the time and energy to spend with my loved ones, to do what is truly important in the world, to follow Your second greatest commandment, Amen.
Your servant,
Zoraida
Dear LORD,
Today I read again Psalm 27, my favorite, and decided to post it here. As You know, I posted it on Facebook, in both English and Spanish, but I figured that it is never a bad thing for me to spread Your Word all over my cyberplaces. So here it is, for my people in SAMNET, Psalm 27, my favorite, out of all 150 Psalms You gave us for comfort, worship and encouragement. Oh, and do I need Your comfort, support and protection! I do not know where would I be without You. Thank You.
Your child,
Zoraida
PSALM 27
1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war should rise against me, In this I will be confident.
4 One thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
6 And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”
9 Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the LORD will take care of me.
11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.
12 Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!
Dear LORD,
Reading Your Word today was a reminder that, no matter how lousy I may feel physically or mentally, my spirit continues to live through You by the Holy Spirit who dwells in me, as You state here:
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
My outward man, my body, definitely perishes, my body is not as it was a quarter of a century ago. Yet You, LORD, do renew my inward man day after day after day, despite all the struggles I have to go through. Ah, and here You remind me of the eternal perspective, here You talk to me about these daily struggles of mine, of what they really are:
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Thank you, God, for Your Word.
Your servant,
Zoraida
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Well, my LORD, I am finally here, starting this blog that will be all about You, fully dedicated to You in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior. You know for how many months I have been wanting to do this, but never getting around to it, I guess because I was making things a whole lot more complicated than they need to be. All of my thinking about technical details like: Should I do this blog in SAMNET or in Wordpress.com? Must I write to You every day? Must I write long, deep Bible studies each time? The truth is, every time I read Your Word, I learn so much about You, my soul becomes so much richer. At other times, You guide me concerning Your glory as I meditate about you. So often I wish to share You with others, I want to write it down, put it out there in cyberspace for others to read, but I always think that I have to go about it in some fancy shmancy way. I know that You have commanded me to speak to others about You, to share You, so that others may be drawn by You through Your Word and my testimony. So this is it, I am here, I have jumped into the ocean of blogging and reserving this blog exclusively for You, in Your Holy Name. I hope my little service will please You, King of Glory, I ask You to see me through this project.
Your servant,
Zoraida
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