THE INSPIRATIONAL HOPE-FE BLOG
How to increase my motivation when hope and faith are weak- Como aumentar mi motivacion cuando la esperanza y la fe estan debiles
Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, “Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?” Mark 4:38
There are moments in our lives and everything around us that we ask ourselves, Is it that God cares that we sink or perish? Continue reading “Don’t you care if I drown?”
Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, so you will be able to resist in the bad day, and having finished everything, stand firm. Ephesians 6:13
As time goes by we reflect on what we did or stopped doing. Continue reading “Resisting the bad day”
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Isaiah 42:9
I was reading the book Fish by Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, and John Christensen and my attention were drawn to this passage that read:
The past is history
The future is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why it is called present.
How many of us have stayed in the past, others analyzing how the future will be, and there are also others who wasted the present. Time runs and does not stop. We want to stop time, give it back or even accelerate time. But, we really waste time and energy thinking about so many things running so fast that we lose every moment of our lives. We lose the details, we lose the caresses, and we lose seeing what is around us and so many other things that are small but essential in our lives. A gesture of kindness like a good morning, a hello, a how are you…
Valuing our present is a beautiful gift, it is a day of life. It is an opportunity that is given to us. It is not a day to stop time but to stop ourselves to see, smell, touch every essence that happens in our day by day. Time to laugh, time to love, time to forgive, time to talk, time to express what we feel without hiding who you really are.
You are … a beautiful being, full of life, full of dreams, and hopes. A being who knows how to love, who knows how to fly but also knows how to rest. Time is yours and you know it. There is no time to lose. Your moment is now, it was not tomorrow, nor is it the future, it is now. Our current moment will determine your future, the past taught us life lessons, and we reflect to improve each day and not make the same mistakes.
Live fully, laugh, and dance because your moment is beautiful, it is your present.
Reference: Christensen, J., Harry, P, & Lundin Stephen (2001). Fish: The effectiveness of a team lies in its ability to motivate. Ed 2nd. Empresa XXI.
Lord Jesus, I am before your presence asking for your forgiveness. I am in front of your presence to ask you to help me with my present because I know that my future will be much better if you are in my life. I ask this in your name, Jesus, Amen.
My dear friends, it’s time to stop for a moment. We live so fast that we have lost the essence of life. Breathe and exhale, what do you see? What do you feel? What do you smell? It is time to activate your 5 or 6 senses. It’s time for … (Write, execute it) don’t think too much, remember that today is your day. But above all, keep God in your life.
Thus Jacob remained alone, and a man fought with him until daybreak. Genesis 32:24.
Many of us get tired and exhausted. Our powers are no longer the same, fighting physically is not enough to fatigue our body, but mental and emotional struggle are two factors that overwhelm and weakness us day by day. Continue reading “FIGHTING”
“Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43: 18-19.
How many of us are carrying in our hearts and memories of a past that torments us? Society often puts a label on us, but today I want to tell you that our past does not define who we are. Sometimes our environment, our family life, education, culture, and other factors delineate our identity, but this should not be so. Today, I share with you that we can move forward in the present with hope for a future full of renewals in our lives. Continue reading “Facing the past”
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not [a]fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17: 8
Many of us have experienced drought, not drought, by a shortage of rain, but the drought that we live in day-to-day circumstances in our lives. Continue reading “DROUGHT”
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord will keep me safe. Psalm 4: 8.
We live so busily, full of both professional and personal work, and we walk alone thinking about how to solve all the things we face every day. Perhaps you think that time is not enough, that there is much to do, and we see everything impossible to solve. Continue reading “Sleep”
But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! Luke 10:41
Many times we are busy in so many things as it is the tasks of the home, tasks of work and in so many other things that we lose the perspective of what is really important in our lives. When the day is over, Continue reading “Do not worry”
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; Psalm 103: 13
I want to congratulate all the fathers in this Father’s Day. Men who have given all for their family and who remain on the battlefield to face adversities of life. May God continue to bless you, father. Today, I share an acronym written by A.L., who has previously shared its writings with us. The following acronym is dedicated to you, father. Continue reading “Man, the father”
For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you; as the husband rejoices over the wife, so shall your God rejoice over you. Isaiah 62: 5
The man, the husband, who left his parents to join his wife and start his own family. The man who marries his girlfriend, and who as a husband enjoys the company of his wife. One day, the man swear before God and the witnesses to take care of the wife and surrender himself to her. Continue reading “Man, the husband”