How Fair is the East from the West???

I was listening to Casting Crowns and reading Psalms 103:12 and I started wondering how far is the EAST from the WEST????

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How far is the east from the west?

"Picture the globe. If you were located at any point on the globe and then began to travel in a northerly direction, eventually you would round the north pole and then be traveling south. Likewise, if you were located at any point on the globe and then began to travel in a southerly direction, eventually you would round the south pole and then be traveling north.

However, if you were located at any point on the globe and then began to travel in a westerly direction, you could continue in that westerly direction for infinity. At no point in that journey would you be traveling east. Likewise, if you were located at any point on the globe and then began to travel in a easterly direction, you could continue in that easterly direction for infinity. At no point in that journey would you be traveling west.

East does not meet West and West does not meet East!

And so it is with our sin. No matter where you are on the globe, once you accept Jesus Christ as being the Son of God and confess him to be the Lord, you can leave your sin right there, head in the opposite direction, and never have to cross that path of sin again!" Michael More

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Casting Crowns
Here I am Lord,
And I'm drowning
In your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind,
Keeps me awake tonight

I know you cast my sin as far as the east is from the west
And I stand before you now as,
As though I've never sinned
But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me
Just how far the east is from the west
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest,
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other.

I start the day the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
And time and time again your truth is drowned out
By the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away,
From you leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me,
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
'cause you know
Just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other.

I know you've washed me white,
Turned my darkness into light
I need your peace to get me through,
To get me through this night
Can’t live by what I feel
But by the Truth your work reveals,
I'm not holding on to you
But you're holding on to me,
You’re holding on to me

Jesus you know
Just how far the East is from the West
I don't have to see the man I've been,
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
'cause you know just how far the East is form the West,
From one scarred hand to the other.

Just how far
The east is from the west

From one scarred hand to the other

Restaurame Senor

Storm

What's a storm, according to www.dictionary.com a storm is a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.

En Mark 4:37-38, Jesus les dijo a sus dicipulos que fueran al otro lado. Yo me imagino que cuando el Senor nos dice que vayamos al otro lado, es porque algo "NUEVO" viene a nuestras vidas.

Los dicipulos estaban contentos y ansiosos de llegar al otro lado, pero nunca se imaginaron que en medio del mar, se iva a levantar una tormenta con vientos hurracanados. Ellos sabian que al otro lado estaba la bendicion, pero en ese momento los invadio el miedo, fueron a despertar a Jesus, me imagino que El los vio con ojos llenos de amor y luego se dirijio a la tormenta y la mando a callar.

Despues volvio a ver a sus dicipulos y les dijo que porque no tenian fe. Hay dos momentos excitantes en nuestras vidas, al saber que Dios nos dice que pasemos al otro lado porque sabemos que viene una bendicion y cuando llegamos al otro lado porque alcanzamos la victoria. Pero que de la travesia de un lugar al otro, en ese momento es cuando devemos de ejercer la FE. Y es en medio de la tormenta que podemos saber cuanta fe en realidad tenenmos. O le creemos a Dios o le creemos no nos queda otra alternativa.

Dios es Dios en todo tiempo y lo que a nosotros nos toca es SABER que el no nos deja solos en medio de la tormenta.

life goes on.....

This past week, my family and I toke a "mini" vacation; even though, my dad still in our thoughts every day, I was able to see how life keeps going on. My children were happy visiting Disney and believe it or not our minds were not set on the sorrow that we have in our souls. I would like to say that everything is "OK" and that we are doing fine. We are not fine and we are not 100% fine, I know that my dad is in the glory of the Lord; however, his physical presence is missed in our lives every day. I decided to start blogging to ease my pain, and put my thoughts in writing. Also, about a week ago, my brother's sis in law, Angelica, did an awesome painting of my dad and a lion. Not long after my dad passed away a very good friend of mine asked me why was I crying over my dad's death, and it ticked me off, I told him "Because is my DAD!" and he said, Mariela your dad was lion and he left like a lion. This brought great confort to my life, also when I arrived to Guatemala, I learned that the day of May 2 my dad saw a picture of a lion and told my aunt that that was him. A LION....

Lion: a man of great strength, courage, a person of great importance, influence, charm (Dictionary.com) This describes my father........

De Oidas Te Habia Oido

Job 42

Job respondió entonces al Señor. Le dijo:
«Yo sé bien que tú lo puedes todo,

que no es posible frustrar ninguno de tus planes.

"¿Quién es éste —has preguntado—,

que sin *conocimiento oscurece mi consejo?"

Reconozco que he hablado de cosas

que no alcanzo a comprender,

de cosas demasiado maravillosas

que me son desconocidas.
»"Ahora escúchame, que voy a hablar —dijiste—;

yo te cuestionaré, y tú me responderás."

De oídas había oído hablar de ti,

pero ahora te veo con mis propios ojos.

Por tanto, me retracto de lo que he dicho,

y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.»

Daddy I miss you, it's been 3 months since the last time I saw you alive in the flesh; however, I know that you are more alive than ever. I cannot even imagine the most insignificant part of heaven, even if I tried. My human brain cannot picture the glory of God and how it should to be in his presence.