My Father came through me

I remember this incidence just like it was yesterday, the story of how my Father in Heaven came through for me during my preparations for the Medical Entrance exam here in the University i study.

Before I came here, i always wanted to study Medicine and do it for the good and benefit of others. I remember vividly telling God that I would be His servant and always serve Him if He took me the UAP. In my promise, i forgot to tell Him that He had to allow me to enter Med school to have the whole desire complete and finally when the time came to be here,i took the Spanish lessons that were a requisite for my studying here because I am a foreing student and spanish is not my first language.

Arrived here in September and begun my Spanish lessons and at the same time, begun studying for the Medical Entrance Exam that was coming up in February, both had to be in Spanish and I remember that almost eveyday I would tell Jesus how much of  a challenge it was to do this but many times God would remind me of how much He loved me and that He was with me throughout that tedious journey. I trusted, I studied His word, clinged on to His promises and left the rest in His hands and I told Him that If it was His will I will definitly enter the Faculty of Medicine

Februaury finally came as I did all I possilbly could to sum up my studies and keep relaxed and focused on Jesus because I knew that He was with me at that point. During that time, many of my friends showed their support and love by praying for me, speaking words of encouragment and they also sent me verses, just what i needed at that crucial point. God sent people, i love to call them blessings because they are, He sent new people that i now call friends to be by my side during that time, He positvely spoke through the mouths of human beings as they told me me with a doubt that would enter the faculty and be a good doctor. He even sent one young lady to give me the books and materials for the first year of Medicine..........., now that was amazing, One other young lady and friend gave me her lab coat as a gift, but that was after i received the news.
I wondered and thought deeply just how God communicated to me duting that time, He used so many mediums to tell me and show me His will and i was really humbled, but sometimes i would seat down and think to myself "what of i dont make it?" So many questions run through my mind and heart as I saw just how much faith and support i received during that time, my family prayed for me as the days approached to the exam, my Spanish teachers prayed too. So many times, i told God that i didnt want to disappoint my parents and waste the money that they had invested in just to ensure that my dreams came true, i told Him that above all things i didnt want to disappoint Him and bring shame to His name because almost everyone in this place knew that i came all the way from Africa to achieve this and knew me to be a God fearing person,not that i glory in self but Christ's light is inevitable to see wherever you go even if the people speak a different language from yours. Those are some other lessons that i learnt, will share more on that. I knew that i had to do my best for God, do my best for His glory, i knew that His name was at stake if i didnt glorify Him appropriately especially in my academics. So we talked openly about the situation and He assured me through His word and i felt His blessings everyday through the mediums that He used to communicate to me His will.

The day for the exam arrived,it was on a Wednesday. I wasn't really nervous because that morning Jesus and I spoke and I surrendered everything in His hands, that His will may be done. The morning session was quiet a challenge especially with Physics, and well, knowing my personality, i just couldnt hold back my tears, i needed to cry and that made me feel better,a dear friend and sister of mine prayed with me and i felt much better, the interview was good, thanks to God, before i went in to be interviewed, i asked God to give me the right words to say because i was really being sincere and honest and my intention for entering the faculty are purely unselfish and are to the benefit of others. The second part of the exam was way better than the first and i wrote the exam knowing that i was going to receive an email form the faculty on their final decision.
The days went by as we all anxouisly waited for the results, they told us that they would be out on a Wednesday the following week. During the wait, rumors had been spreading that they would be out  a little bit earlier than Wednesday, and as soon as i heard that i begun to e anxious. Friday morning was the day that i had to sum up with the Spanish courses and prepare to seat for my final paper for the Spanish course, and by God's grace i aced the Spanish Final Exam. I had to sent an email to my coordinator Romina Rivarola, so i opened my mail an found 2 new messages, one from Romina and another form a new contact, I opened the one from the new contact first and found that it was from the Faculty. I MADE IT IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I screamed and jumped for joy, i immediately sent an email to my Mother who had been patiently waiting for the response too.I praised my Father and remembered that Psalm from Psalm 43:5 that says "Hope in the Lord, for i will yet Praise Him..."

Me during my first weeks here in Argentina.

That marks my testimony of how God my Father in Heaven came through for me. And now i know that this is His will for my life, this is the path that He has set out for me and i will gladly follow it, knowing fully well in my heart that the road is not easy and  i will definitely learn so many things while in this profession and that's what i love about it. It will teach me to utterly and wholly depend upon my Father in Heaven, my friend and Savior Jesus Christ. 1 John 4:14,15!

Celebrating with the girls after receiving the good news.

True benevolence 2

Here is some quotations form the book that i read
" In the providence of God we are placed in different positions to call into exercise qualities of mind calculated to develop character under a variety of circumstances."

" Professed Christians may live unexceptionable lives so far as outward appearance is concerned; but when a change of circumstances throws them into entirely different positions, strong traits of character are discovered, which would have remained hidden had their surroundings continued the same."

"  I was shown that you have selfish traits which you have need to strictly guard against. You will be in danger of regarding your prosperity and your convenience irrespective of the prosperity of others. You do not possess a spirit of self-denial that resembles the great Exemplar. You should cultivate benevolence, which will bring you more into harmony with the spirit of Christ in His disinterested benevolence. You need more human sympathy. This is a quality of our natures which God has given us to render us charitable and kind to those with whom we are brought in contact. We find it in men and women whose hearts are not in unison with Christ, and it is a sad sight indeed when His professed followers lack this great essential of Christianity. They do not copy the Pattern, and it is impossible for them to reflect the image of Jesus in their lives and deportment."

" When human sympathy is blended with love and benevolence, and sanctified by the Spirit of Jesus, it is an element which can be productive of great good. Those who cultivate benevolence are not only doing a good work for others, and blessing those who receive the good action, but they are benefiting themselves by opening their hearts to the benign influence of true benevolence. Every ray of light shed upon others will be reflected upon our own hearts. Every kind and sympathizing word spoken to the sorrowful, every act to relieve the oppressed, and every gift to supply the necessities of our fellow beings, given or done with an eye to God's glory, will result in blessings to the giver. Those who are thus working are obeying a law of heaven and will receive the approval of God. The pleasure of doing good to others imparts a glow to the feelings which flashes through the nerves, quickens the circulation of the blood, and induces mental and physical health.  {4T 56.2}
     Jesus knew the influence of benevolence upon the heart and life of the benefactor, and He sought to impress upon the minds of His disciples the benefits to be derived from the exercise of this virtue. He says: It is more blessed to give than to receive." He illustrates the spirit of cheerful benevolence, which should be exercised toward friends, neighbors, and strangers, by the parable of the man who journeyed from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Notwithstanding the exalted profession of piety made by the priest and the Levite, their hearts were not stirred with pitying tenderness for the sufferer. A Samaritan who made no such lofty pretensions to righteousness passed that way, and when he saw the stranger's need he did not regard him with mere idle curiosity, but he saw a human being in distress, and his compassion was excited. He immediately went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him." And on the morrow he left him in charge of the host, with the assurance that he would pay all charges on his return. Christ asks: Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise."  {4T 56.3} 
     Here Jesus wished to teach His disciples the moral obligations which are binding upon man to his fellow man. Whoever neglects to carry out the principles illustrated by this lesson is not a commandment keeper, but, like the Levite, he breaks the law of God which he pretends to revere. There are some, who, like the Samaritan, make no pretensions to exalted piety, yet who have a high sense of their obligations to their fellow men and have far more charity and kindness than some who profess great love to God, but fail in good works toward His creatures."

True Benevolence

What does true benevolence mean?
I wondered as i read from one of the books of my favorite author. And as i read, I asked my self, what does Christ require of us as His children concerning our relations with our neighbors, our brothers and sisters in Christ.
As i scrolled down further to read, i was over whelmed by how much we tend to be self centered as human beings especially as God's children, His representatives. Looking very well at the conduct of the priest and the levite in the parable that Jesus told about the good samaritan. During my short stay here, i have learnt and am learing so many things about human relations and how to relate with our fellow brothers, strangers and others that we will cross paths with and i must admit that it has taught me and is teaching me some grande lessons.

Being like Jesus en tells that i have to fellow His example and teachings from His word and that includes not only preaching, healing and baptizing but accepting people the way the are. I thought i had this ability until i came here, so far away from home and interacted with different people from all walks and corners of the world. with different cultures and personalities.
While i embrace and respect everyone's culture, Jesus calls me to stand up and stand out for Him,to represent Him as his servant and friend, and oh what a privilege it is to be part of this experience. But one thing i have discovered is that i will do so day by day as I wholly and totally depend on Him. My friend and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Friends

Ebenezer, Ezekias and I

Chinedu

Yonalda,Rachel,Veronica and I

Rachel

Luisa

Yonalda and I

Pearla and Daniela

Melany and Tiffany

Ellen,Ann-Claire,Gloria and I

Londra Rodriguez and I

Emmanuel,Eloisa,Ciro and Leandro.

Ellen and Anna-Laura

Who do I turn to?

When am hurt and disappointed

I know You are up there Father!

I turn To You dear Father!

Be who you are

Many times in life, especially when we are placed in new situations, we tend to find our selves on the compromising side. Well this has not been an easy experience for me during my short time here in Argentina, I have had to learn things both through the easy and hard way, i asked so many questions and with time i got the answers to my questions. God is teaching me to be me and embrace the God given personality that i have in Him, i cant be some one else or stand in someone's shadow, i have my identity and each day that passes by i am learning more and more about myself and my Jesus.

I am so grateful to God that this is going on in my life right now, because i am learning not only more about myself but more about my Jesus, its in these situations that i am drawn closer to Him and know my identity in Him. I am learning each day to depend wholly upon Christ and not upon my own strengths and the strengths of humans.

Above all things there is but one thing i desire, and that is to be more like Jesus my Savior so i can better reflect Him even as i serve Him and prepare for my life work and to finally go to Heaven and take others with me as well, that is purpose to me. And i know that the only reason why I'm gong ti study Medicine is for the to relieve people of the physical pain and most importantly to lead them to My God that will save and purify them both physically and spiritually.

Me at the park

But before that, i must learn and i will learn because its God's will that i learn of Him and grow more into His image and likeness.

Will I let You lead?

It is day by day,in  sincerity and humility on our part that God reveals His will to us. As we learn to trust Him and surrender our lives wholly to Him,He directs our path according to His will Prov 3:5,6 and Psalm 32:8. Thus in trust and confidence do we follow the Path that He directs for us.
 Prov 20:21 We all have our dreams and goals,but if truly we are children of God,our dreams and goals will be in harmony with His will, when we plan, we should ask "In what way do my plans glorify God's name? Will my dreams benefit others or will i receive all the glory in the end?"
When we begin to think in these lines and pray for guidance, God smiles on us!

The question is "Will i let Him lead?". Will i give my self wholly to the One that i so claim to love? Will i seek Him with an open and honest heart? Will i listen to what He has to say or maybe will i just ignore His counsel and do things my way? These questions scare me as i meditate and contemplate upon them. Will i be as faithful to Him as Abraham was when by faith he left his land not knowing where he was going,but wholly depended on He that was leading?

Father, teach me to obey!

It must that......i am blind

"Lord show me Your way, teach me Your ways, help me to grow, help me know you more..........." And the list goes on
Its God's greatest desire to answer these prayers, only when they are offered to Him in sincerity, with a broken and contrite spirit Psalm 51:17. So many times in His awesome word has God tried to communicate to us His will and without a shadow of doubt He itches to let us know and learn of Him.

The thing that we can never change is the fact that God is perfect and is never wrong, we are the evil ones, the ones with the fault, the ones in need of salvation here not GOD we are the ones to learn of Him and be conformed to His perfect image and character. Our God is more that willing to share His will to us, but we are never there to sit down, take some time off our so called "busy schedules" and listen an learn of Him.

Could it be that all this time God has been communicating to me His will but yet i don't even take notice of it? I definitely know the answer to that question, and yet i claim to be a representative of this Great and High God that dwells in the Heavens.

I need to see things the way God sees them especially if i claim to be His own and am so glad that He is more than willing to hep me all the way, He promised me in Rev 3:18 that He will anoint my eyes with salve that i may see.
My Hope is in Jesus Christ the Perfect and High God whom i serve. But as long as i keep trying to handle things my way, i will remain blind and without HOPE *viamispensamientos*

Wait.......I am not yet done

This is the part where I wait and see what the Lord has in store, what lesson He has for me to learn this time around. But while i wait, I know that He is definitely up to something, something that is always for my good and that enables me to grow in His grace Romans 8:28.

There's more that what the ordinary man envisions and pictures, more that what the tiny human mind tries to process and that's God's amazing love for us and His ability to always handle things in the right way and perfect way, in accordance to His will that His name may be glorified.

Truthfully speaking, daily I am humbled as I learn each day that passes by a little bit more about my Jesus, the famous man that saved and redeemed me, the one who justifies me and now is sanctifying me and conforming me to his image. Indeed there is more to this christian walk than what we humans tend to think. Its a daily walk, a walk of faith, a walk of growth, a walk of love, of joy, peace, happiness, blessings,humility and so many more precious things that still i am yet to learn. I have some to see a glimpse of what it truly is and who exactly is in charge here.

Therefore, to conclude the matter, although it sometimes gets tough and rough and unbearable in my human form, I am so glad that i get to experience this, its a privilege, its an honor to be taught by CHRIST himself, the battle definitely exists, its real, but in the end, God's will is done as the flesh is defeated and the will of God prevails.
I wouldn't love to trade this christian experience with anything that this world has to offer.
For all is VANITY!

Me and my music

 Music soothes my soul,
It adds color to life,
Its my way of praising my Father in Heaven,
He gave me this voice and i will definitey praise Him.

How i wish i knew to play guitar,
started my piano lessons but i don't have my music pieces, some day hope to learn, some day.