What if when Jesus came and taught He would have talked about how hard it was for Him to be here. How much He had to give up. How much He was suffering. What a difficult thing it was for Him….? Would we have thought He was happy about why He came? That He was …
spring
It's spring around here. They do call Guatemala the land of eternal spring... which basically means it drizzles for most of the year! No, not really. We do get rainy season but most of the time we get a nice mix of rain and sun.
Who are we listening to?
We don’t go to German classes to learn French. If I spend every free moment on social media, or watching my favorite shows, reading the news, or listening to podcasts, chatting with friends and do a five minute daily bible devotional, I shouldn’t expect the voice I hear most clearly to be God’s. I shouldn’t …
making the bible… better???
As a person who has done some translation over the years I can tell you some things about translating. Sometimes the translation is slightly longer than what the original person said because a word in the original language doesn’t exist in the same way in the language you are translating into. Take the word “estrenar” …
draw near
What if what God really wants is not that we are happy? What if His biggest desire isn’t for us to be healthy? What if our comfort, political situation, finances, health were possibly secondary or even further down the line of priorities for God? What if He isn’t all about ME? Could we still believe …
your biggest mistakes and failures
It’s a long sad story. Brothers fighting, jealousy, immaturity… I mean let's face it, their parents couldn’t be considered the best examples either… Their dad marries two sisters, one by trickery, one for love and then the women’s feud begins. It couldn’t have been a good environment to grow up in. Their dad, I mean …
friendship with God
We should be cautious , friendship with God is not a friendship among equals. My opinion does not matter as much as His does, my desires do not matter as much as His do, my goals do not matter as much as His do. If they matter anything at all. This is a friendship of …
He speaks words of hope
Today (the day I wrote this) was the dedication service in our ministry where school staff come together and pray and dedicate themselves to a new year of serving the Lord. I had the opportunity to pray with many people and speak words of life and hope over their lives. I told Walter afterward that …
in light of eternity
We are so stuck on the here and now. It’s hard for us to remember that this life is a blip. We say that there is only one life to live and try to cram in all the experiences that we can into it. We need bucket lists because there are things we just …
happy new year! :)
Here's a little video update we made in December! https://youtu.be/6VaBP8WOop8
busyinguate 