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Saved by Grace

Ticket to Heaven?

Exciting to move to the city of Rush which is in the great plains of Colorado. It’s not Minnesota like the t.v series, Little House on the Prairie with Laura Ingells Wilder. As a child, I learned about families and unity from these family movies. As an adult I enjoy these family t.v series with a different perspective. The Walton’s are an awesome t.v. show as an adult. The religious perspective or mindset helps when sharing the Gospel to the world, none believers. It’s a to relationship, not a religion. Life changes such as attending college, leaving home to go off to war being a part of a community. The truth about religion, now we know that it’s a relationship with God. Check out the Navigators website about God Almighty.

https://www.navpress.com/bible-studies?sort=featured&tab=all&zed=tab-all

Women’s Ministry has written inductive Bible studies!

Calvary Chester Spring in Pennsylvania their women’s Bible study has been around for years, please check them out

https://www.youtube.com/https://www.youtube.com

https://www.delightinginthelord.com

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Jesus is the Savior

check out my home church home with Pastor Ed Taylor and Marie in Aurora, Colorado.

https://calvaryco.church/live

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Sinner saved by Grace

Eternal Life

Do you know where your going?

I know Catholics visit the graves to their dead relatives. Jesus is alive and takes us to heaven. We don’t visit empty tombs. We are new creations and Jesus is the King who returns for His Church.

We are the church. He will come and get us. My friend Lois modeled Christianity by her character nature was alot like the Biblical reference Galatians 5:22-25

https://www.biblegateway.com/search=Galatians%205&version=NKJV

My missionary girlfriend is a pastor’s daughter and she knew how to live by the Spirit because that was how she was raised. T to desire people to know who Jesus Christ the Son of the living Christ.

The world needs to know He is their savior. Savior, to be saved. You might say save from what. I grew up knowing Jesus loves me, so I thought was good enough. I didn’t know I needed to be redeemed from my sins as a fornicator and murderer. Having the abortion means I killed my baby and did not allow it to have a life by growing nine months, a full term. My mindset at the time was the baby returned God and went to heaven. I knew Jesus loved me as a child but did not see myself as being saved from my sins.

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 [g]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Living a Christ centered life is not only to follow Jesus but to become more like the Son of God. Becoming more gentler and kinder, more like Jesus showing empathy and compassion

  • Heaven is real
  • God is judge, not me nor you.
  • Forgive people
  • Show compassion to everyone!

Attend a local church my home church is in Aurora, Colorado:

https://calvaryco.church/live

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IT’S NOT FREE

Not taken for granted

Don’t take it for granted.

So rich in benefits. Only in the “land of the free and home of the brave” can I state we are rich and well taken care of by gencies federally funded, to take care of individuals such as myself. Matured citizen in society for granted disabilities or not. The government knows we need help after working many years in society. Not all people, throughout this world, live in a country which citizens intentionally pay into health benefits. The anticipation that health needs to be maintained. One body for life until. We terminate. We expire. We come to the end of our journey. Working during in our younger years allows us to prepare as we age in the days to come.

Don’t forget about where our tax dollars are spend. Health, housing, schools, parks. The list goes on and on but it’s to you to be mindful of the investments. This allows us to collect what as many benefits when we reach a senior age with modifications.

To have a husband who can help. Not everyone is married. Some have care give who are adult children who can help with day to day tasks. These are taken for granted some days but not all. I’m grateful to have a husband that can drive us to the grocery store and or doctor appointments as needed. Going to the Veterans Administrative hospital to me is like a bonus. I’m alive and get to breathe another day of life with my husband. In our home since we relocated from California to Colorado. So it’s not a home I have lived in since I was married. It’s home and I’m grateful to have a home. Serving four years in the military was a blessing in disguise. The driver’s license states I’m an Air Force Veteran. I still have a government picture I.D. which states the branch I served. The house I live in pending federal funds in order for the mortgage to be modified. Time is on our side, no complaints with the process of the review and completion of the timing.

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Unity

I love my sisters but marriage makes it a unique dynamic. My husband keeps his relationships simple. He is an only child. He knows my sisters are not religious, nor spiritual. Well, only one sister is a practicing Catholic, her husband married her in a Court in California they will celebrate a one year anniversary in May. Hopefully a spiritual wedding will help them see themselves as one team. Just the church is one body in Christ, one spirit, one God.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%202&version=NKJV

I love my sisters and it breaks my heart when one of them is being mean to the other.

Remember, I’m not God, therefore I’m not the judge between them. I remind the sister who’s been disrespected/hurt that God is omniscient, and that he sees everything.

Matthew 18:21-22

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

Jesus is the Savior

Are you spiritual? Do you believe in God? If you were in a car accident going home from work and your taken to the hospital and asked if you need to speak to a priest, Rabi or have you any last requests? Do you have a written advance directive? I want you to have eternal life. I want you to go to heaven. Think about it. Say these words. “Jesus forgive me for my sins, you know all of them, I believe you are the Son of God. Please help me and help me follow you. Tell someone if you have accepted Jesus as you Lord and Savior. Get baptized. Click on my home church’s link. I attend Calvarch Church in Aurora, Colorado.

https://calvaryco.church/live

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Walking Forward

How do I walk forward?

Every three years I participate in a nine year CADASIL study

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/cadasil

Common symptoms of CADASIL include:

  • Migraine headaches with aura
  • Multiple strokes progressing to dementia
  • Confusion or coma (caused by acute encephalopathy, which can accompany CADASIL) 
  • Progressive decline in memory and thinking skills 
  • Mental health issues, including apathy, depression, and bipolar disorder

Less common symptoms of CADASIL include:

  • Seizures
  • Vision problems
  • Slow movements and tremors (parkinsonism)
  • Numbness or weakness
  • Rapid onset of vertigo, nausea/vomiting, and abnormal gait

The stroke I had in December 2024 was memorable and a reminder. I’m not God and He is in control. I’m surrendered to whatever He wants to do with me to testify and keep volunteering in the children’s ministry as He allows me to walk (mobility), talk(speech) and see (vision/sight).

I got double vision. It really gave me a scare I thought what next? God is in control of my anatomy. Yes, God allowed me to regain my sight. The double vision lasted one week. Crazy but humbling. He let’s me see. I got new glasses and the ophthalmologist said my eyes were like normal. Nothing negative other than having CADASIL. God! CADASIL! That’s sums it up. Brain is in control of my vision! Of course I had a stroke. The MRI, CAT scan were physical images that state I had a stroke. No argument there. The evidence are the images.

God is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent. Definition of omniscient he knows everything. Omnipresence means all-present. This term means that God is capable of being everywhere at the same time. It means his divine presence encompasses the whole of the universe. The word omnipotent is having unlimited power and omnipresent and is the Great almighty God. Why underestimate Him? He knows your situation. He is real. He does exist. You are not a mistake. He created you with a plan and purpose. Testify why you believe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_of_God_in_Christianity#:~:text=Sovereignty%20of%20God%20in%20Christianity%20can%20be%20defined%20as%20the,of%20God%27s%20self%2Dimposed%20limitations.

He is sovereign. The reminder that He can do whatever He wants. I’m the daughter of King Jesus. I’m a child of God. You can also be His child just accept Him as the Lord of your life. He’s in control. He created the universe and you in it.

This stroke shook me up! Psalm 119 is the longest scripture which describes the God of the universe.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119&version=NKJV

Salvation is believing Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He died on the cross to pay for our sins. No one is perfect. No matter what the diagnosis. You are not perfect and this is why Jesus died on the cross for everyone. No one is perfect. We all need a savior.

Psalm 139:8 New King James Version

8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in [a]hell, behold, You are there.

Read and pray daily. Open your Bible daily. Talk to God daily and thank Him for the life He allows you to live.

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1 John 3New King James Version

The Command to Love

3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of [a]God! Therefore the world does not know [b]us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 

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Glorify Him Daily

Easier said than done. How do you glorify Him, God daily? Can you wake up and be thankful? God created each of us with a plan and purpose. Do you believe it?

President John F. Kennedy state,”What can you do for your country? Or the country can do for you? ” Something like that.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-F-Kennedy

I ask you, “What can you do for God today?”What glorifies Him? How does He get the glory in your life? What is glory? Oxford definition: take great pride or pleasure in.

So what gives God pleasure in your activity? Are you enjoying nature. Did you know God created everything? Do you believe what the Bible states about Genesis?

Genesis 1 (NKJV):

 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NKJV

So what! Who cares, what’s the big deal you might ask? The woods, great plains, beaches, lakes, streams? All living creatures? Creatures in the ocean and land? Are you shut indoors by choice, or are health issues limiting you to move physical? How about a window view? Please forgive me, I’m not judging. I’m simply asking the question.

I don’t know what holds you back. Desire to want to move and check out your surroundings? Desire or not the choice is yours. So what are you doing today for his glory?

How does God get the glory in your daily activity? Do you question you plan and purpose? Self reflection question. As a Christian my identity is in my Savior, Jesus Christ. God sent Jesus to die on the cross for our salvation. Believing Jesus is the Son of God and that He died just to save me from my sins. Sins.

Are you a good witness to the world around you? Can they see Jesus in your behavior?Easier said than done. How do you glorify Him, God daily? Can you wake up and be thankful? God created each of us with a plan and purpose. Do you believe it? I believe it

Jesus is the Savior

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

However you live your life today, think about giving God the glory.

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REFRESHED

As new creations we know that we are new in Christ Jesus. As creations we need to believe in His Word. Our humanity says, yes, I know. Yet, my question to you is as a new creation do you believe that you are a new creation? The past is past, laid at the cross. Leave it at His cross, the Son of Christ has renewed you.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

This is how I feel after God had restored my vision. From double vision to normal.

He allows me to see, walk and talk. Thank you Jesus for restoring my sight.

Praising God for the ability to volunteer in the Sunday School classroom. To testify in the women’s Bible study for His glory, not mine. I get no credit for volunteering. I just want to still have the ability to function and serve in the body of Christ. Praising Go that I can volunteer!

https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/715/nih-stroke-scale-score-nihss

I had a stroke prior to new year December 27th 2024. In the form of double vision. Yes the brain controls vision. I didn’t know it was a stroke. I was very fearful that I would have to live with this new vision. I praise God who healed me of the vision and to be able to see and still use my reading glasses and distant glasses.

My husband insisted that I go to the ER. So I agreed to go to the VA and was seen by their ER staff on 12/30 and stayed overnight for a CAT SCAN and an MRI for images of what was causing the double vision. My husband was hopeful and positive. I was reluctant since CADASIL has no cure, no treatment. So I got to spend the night at the VA and was dismissed after 7 pm Tuesday night. The New Year was brought in by sleeping in our own bed comfortable. Home sweet home. Now I can wait till 3/24/25 for optomology to check out my optic nerves. Just in case there might be more to help me maintain a quality of life.

God is in control of my anatomy. He created me with a plan and purpose. This is why I testify about Him. This is why I believe in Him.

Jesus is the Savior

Are you a spiritual person? What do you believe? Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus is my Lord and Savior. Check out my home church in Aurora, Colorado.

https://calvaryco.church/live

Your choice. Are you going to heaven? Or are you going to hell? Talk to the Creator, who created you with a plan and purpose. You have free will.

Salvation is FREE.

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What’s next in this life?

The great plains of Colorado life at higher elevation is quite unique.

Daily hydration becomes normal. Aging and taking one day at a time has become the mindset. God’s promises are yes and amen but tomorrow’s not promised. What do I know. God let me go swimming today and I noticed my left leg doesn’t synchronize with the right leg as I swim the breast stroke. The back stroke the same. My arms need a lot of work.

At least my friend was well enough to go to the pool this morning. We lasted an hour in the pool. So if and when we go back Friday we know how long we lasted. I miss swimming underwater with my eyes open. Ya, I’m near sighted but I like to open my eyes when I swim under water. I can at least see the blue line at the bottom of the pool. The brain has to relearn how to swim. I haven’t gone swimming since 2014. That’s ten years ago! I didn’t realize how long it’s been. So I guess I need to give myself a break. Oh ya, brain fatigue took two years before I could stay awake at church for the service and attend prayer meetings, and socialize with friends at church. So staying alert to go swimming is a blessing. I really shouldn’t expec

God gives me His grace daily. He gave me life today. Thank you Jesus for the life I breath and the progress I’m making.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2033%3A4&version=NKJV

Job 33:4New King James Version

4 The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Today I praise Him for life. Tomorrow I will praise Him for life on earth or in heaven with His Son.

Tomorrow is not given Do you know where you will be if your life is taken from you? An accident. A health condition? Do you know?

SALVATION

 John 3:16(NKJV)

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

That’s it just tell God you believe in His Son. He created you with a plan and purpose.

Jeremiah 29:11(New King James Version)

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

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His purpose for me

Purpose in life?

It’s poetic, tears in a bottle. The bible book of Psalm has lots of poetry. To think God would collect my tears. What makes me cry? Life in general would bring me to tears. Reflections on my life. At this age, 56, I miss activities with my. Thankful to God for giving me a husband to make wonderful memories of riding our bikes in La Habra, California. As a couple we never took walks at the beach, but I did enjoy the beach with my sisters or my friends. As a young adult I owned a boogie board and road the waves on my tummy. Skinny Maria enjoyed God’s peace at Redondo Beach, and Laguna Beach

Living in peace

My husband doesn’t join me on my walks. He has stated that he would rather stay in doors on his drums or stationary bike. I look forward to a grocery outing and going walk when he decides to join me.

Trials in life bring me to tears. How others struggle and have their limits. In general my heart breaks between for my friends. My aging body will bring me to tears and those who don’t know God the Creator. For those of you who don’t know God the Father who sent His Son to die on the cross to redeem us have a relationship with God.

Attending church in person on Sunday mornings is important to me because assembling together with fellow believers are encouraged in the scriptures.

Going to my Father’s house and worship Him for the breath of life He has given me for the day. Spiritual health is just as important as exercise such as swimming and walking. God created you with a soul. Yes each man and woman have a soul to keep nourished, refreshed.

Jesus is the Son of God, the Holy Spirit, is also known as the Holy Ghost. The Father, the Creator of the universe are three in one. Believe and receive this Truth.

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John 1:13-15New Living Translation

13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

14 So the Word became human[a] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[b] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

15 John testified about him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’”

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SUNFLOWERS

The sunflower turns in the direction of the sun. How fun is that to watch a plant, just like a sun dial move. That’s the fun I have in watching the sunflowers grow from seed. It’s exciting to see them bloom. Currently I see green buds! God gets excited when a new believer learns and grows in faith.

The Son of God sent His Son to die on the cross for our Salvation. Wait to watch how the seed grows. Only fertile soil helps the seed grow and mature.

New believers are just like seeds. They grow because the soil was fertile enough for the seed to grow. Watering the sunflower seeds daily has helped be a better gardener. If I miss one day the leaves which were once green and thriving become yellow or start to brown. Once I water life returns. Sunflowers planted from seed need daily watering. No kidding. I’ll stick with Colorado natives then I don’t have to water my garden daily, only because they are drought tolerant.

The Parable of the Sower describes the word of God being like a seed [Matthew 13]. In my childhood there was a Godly community to witness to me that God is a loving. The message as a child was that the Son of God, Jesus, loves children, were all positive memories.

Amazing how God ministered to me before I believed in His Son, Jesus Christ. Looking back at my youth I can reflect on a loving God protecting me from my earthly father’s perversion. God put fear in my father’s heart to prevent him from harming me through dreams. Nightmares kept my father away from me. God can do anything. Testifying how God protected me during my childhood and youth. Amazing to reflect and testify about the God of the universe loving me so much that he allows me to write about such memories.

CADASIL doesn’t seem too miserable at this moment. CADASIL is described as a brain disease that causes stroke like symptoms. Losing the ability to communicate, speech, expressing by communicating, and mobility, are amongst cognitive ability which may be lost.

Typing about the God of the universe and what He is capable of doing in humanity. Standing by faith and walking in this faith can be considered a miracle. This blog testifies about Him. If you want to believe in this God. Today is the day of Salvation.

Repeat after me:

God I’m sorry for not believing. Forgive me of my sins, addiction (drugs, alcohol, abusive relationships, etc.) Help me believe in Your Son Jesus Christ who died on the cross for me)

Tell someone you accepted Jesus as you Savior and that your going to be baptized. An outward action to resemble the inward change in your heart.

SALVATION

John 3:16New Living Translation

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.