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I have to apologize from now. I can't give you up lifting words because I am in need of them myself. Let me just leave you with a couple quotes I've read in the book I'm reading "The Diva Principle" by Michelle McKinney Hammond.

• "Remember medicine never taste good going down, but you're a whole lot better for taking it." MEANING: You have to make decisions in life that you WILL NOT like, but you'll feel a whole lot better after it gets done.

• "I will celebrate the blessings of other and allow them to increase my faith, believing I, too, can receive the desires of my heart."
  That's it for now. My boss thinks I'm working, but I'm really writing to you. Even though I'm going through, allow me to tell you to BE ENCOURAGED!

-Until Next Time

♥ La C ♫

Message To All WOMEN!!! You Need To Know Your Worth!!!

I spoke to a friend of mine last night, and she is going thru a difficult time right now in her marriage and God gave me the opportunity and honor to speak to her. We cried, laughed and cried some more. That's why I'm sending this message to all the Ladies.

It's not easy being Single so I know Marriage is a difficult task. I was Single, then Married, Divored and now Single again. I'm not going to be negative about Marriage because I believe marriage is a Beautiful thing. But it's only Beautiful when God puts the Man & the Woman together. Our emotions and feelings can get the best of us and that can lead us into situations that we would have never thought that we would be in. As a Christian Hispanic woman, many Christian women and especially Hispanic Christian women feel that we have to be "Low". Yes Men are Head of the Household but not Better than US!!! Many Christian men forget that women need to be LOVED not LOWERED. Physical abuse, Verbal abuse or any abuse for that matter should NOT be tolerated by Any Female. We have to understand that If a Man must Love his wife as God Loved the Church, we must stand by those standards. I was in a marriage where my ex-husband was not physically abusive (I know he wouldn't dare to anyway cause I would hurt him with any I got hands on and my dad would of Killed him. LOL!!) but he was Very Very verbally abusive and if you mix that with his fake Brady Bunch family and especially a mother-in-law that thinks that her son is god's gift to women, that is BAD NEWS!! Constant sayings that you are Not worth it, or You are not Christian enough for my son, you come from a dysfunctional family, or you're getting fat, or I can find someone better. Believe you me Enough is Enough, Take Charge of Your Life and Put it in God's Hands!!!! If you are in a Abusive relationship no matter how Big or small you need to appriciate your life and think to yourself "Is he worth me starving myself to be skinny, is he worth popping depression pills everyday, is he worth me crying every night because only sees you as a piece of meat to just have sex with or Is he worth Killing yourself over?" I DON'T THINK SO!!! If he tells you "I don't Love you anymore" just remember that Jesus Loves You More and You are Worth IT!!! If you are planning to get married in the near future, Pray for comfirmation that it's His will. Pray for over your Mind and your Heart cause that's what satan wants to destroy. I don't want you to go thru what I've been thru!!! Keep your head up cause You Are and Will Always Be a WOMAN OF GOD!!!

Love,

La D

Why Do Good People Get Stomped On!! It Stops Here and Now!!

What A Weekend!! That's all I have to say about that!!

Many times I think to myself, Why Do People Have To Be So Mean To Others? Especially in the Church? Many times I think, did they really & totally give their lives to the Lord? The preaching in the youth service on Friday, Feb. 15th talked about how the church is the body and we need eachother. Everybody in the church has a special calling and they all connect like the body and the body's purpose is to help eachother and reach out others in need and give God all the Glory. But why does your own body (Church, Family, even Close Friends) wants to hurt you? We may never know that answer, but we still need to stay focus and keep our eyes on the Lord Jesus.

If I were to tell you the things that I have gone thru, You would never step your foot in a church. But God is greater than any problem and any situation. And we must realize that the Blood of Jesus Christ is stronger than anything in this world. And we are ALL working to get into one place which is Heaven. That's Why I'm still a Believer and I still go to church. People are always going to let you down, but God will never let you down. He is the same ALWAYS and FOREVER!! Those people that have hurt you in the past, back stabbed you and put you thru the mud, DON'T WORRY! Stay faithful to the Lord and Be Humble. Guard your Mind and your Heart, cause those are the main things that Satan will try to go into so that he can put negative thoughts and feelings.

Remember!! The Last shall be First and the First shall be Last!! God will put your enemies, problems and your situation under your feet. And when that Day happens, Give God All the Glory!!!

Positively Yours,

La D

The Plan...

There are times when we need to be reminded of how wonderful our God is! I can sit here all night long counting all of my blessings. However, it is extremely hard to see those blessings through our most difficult times. We tend to make our problems huge! Our problem goes from the size of an ant to that of an elephant! We make it so huge and focus so much on it that we fail to see beyond this problem. We fail to see that there is someone so much bigger than this problem. We fail to see that HE love us. We are HIS children and why would our FATHER ever want to see us in such depression. HE will help us wipe those tears.
Do not think that what happened to La C is a coincidence. God knows why this man confided in her. I beleive that HE, God, wanted La C to understand that there are people out there in this world who are facing worst problems than hers and she should count her blessings and not her problems.
It's extremely hard to only see the problem as an ant. I have been breaking down so much lately. Thankfully, I am surrounded by wonderful people who open up my eyes and tell me that everything will be just fine. They encourage me; motivate me; and make me realize that I am also seeing the problem as an elephant and not an ant.

Notes from Service February 15, 2008

• There is no perfect church. The only one is in heaven!!!
  
• God hates our sin, but he is willing to change that if you ask for forgiveness!
  
• God LOVES you more than you can only imagine
• God knows the door of your heart, but you are so busy with life that you miss that knock.
  
• Maybe you think that your heart is too dirty to let God in. God can change all that.
  

"For I know the plans I have for you...They are plans for good not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope" (Jeremiah 29:11)


La S ♥

What doesn't kill me, can only make me STRONGER

(Sighs) .... where do I begin? What a wknd! Well... on Friday night I was already plotting of what I was going to write. I was going to yell, kick and SCREAM! I was going to write all my feelings and complaints concerning the outcome of "the situation." But yesterday a dear friend confided in me something very sad that he is going through. It's private so I won't be able to share it with you. But it made me realize how precious life is and how we really take time here on earth for granted. Seek HIM, spread the gospel, talk to other about the love of Jesus Christ, that's the main purpose of breathing in this world. I realized I don't have time to wallow in my self pity, and in the hurt I feel. I should brush it off, pick myself up and do God's PERFECT will in my life. So to all of you that have hurt me, brought me down, hated on me, or just didn't wish me nothing but dreadful things... I forgive you and I love you in the Love of Christ. To my dear friend... (you know who you are) I love you and I will continue to pray for strength and a miracle.

-Staying Strong!

♫ the songstress C ♪

I think it's time to move on...

Dear Reader:

The most awkward situation occured today. I think this state of affairs is the sign I needed to move on. To whomever reads this: Remember, that everyone that appears to be your friend, does NOT always wish the best for you. Friendship is very valuable to me. I've been hurt twice in my life and I never want it to happen again. I think I can count with one hand, maybe two, how many people I count as friends. The other 2 women I share this blog with, I consider them family, they're too special to be just friends.

Ok, I attend church (a house of worship I've grown to love and hate) and I am very disappointed in my pastor and youth leader. They totally lost the focus of looking for Christ. Anyway, we're in a complicated situation at this moment that I won't share it because it won't edify you. If you are going through something similar, you are NOT alone. Should I go? Should I pray? Should I run? Or should I just stand strong? Lord... help me make this decision, I can't do it alone.

-Scared, upset, perturbed, concerned

C ♫

Hello it's La D

I everyone, I'm La D. Again as my friends said this blog is to encourage those feel down, feel like there is nowhere else to go. This blog is to help to express your feelings. If there is something that you are going thru no matter how big or small, we're here to let you know that there is HOPE in the Lord! : )

Well to give you a quick run down on who I am. I'm divorced and I'm a woman that has gone thru things that till even this very day I don't understand why I had to go thru those situation. I really know meaning when people say, "Not everything that shines is Gold!" well that is so true. I've learned to let God taking control of my life, cause it was obvious that I was not doing a good with it.

La S and La C are women who I thank God everyday that they are in my life. We have laughed, cried, and shared so much with eachother. They are very special people that have a big & special place in my heart.

All three of us are here to let you know that you are not alone. Thank you for reading and taking a couple minutes of your time to read our blogs. Please comment, share and express.

Staying Encourage,

La D : )

Hi, I'm... ♫ La C

Hello anyone and everyone that is reading this. In a nutshell, my friends and I are writing a blog to help others keep connected with God. We will be writing things and experiences we've been through. We've agreed that this blog will help others that are going through exactly what we're going through. Well... I'm La C... happily married on horrible earth. It's a beautiful marriage stuck in an unfair world, but that's when God comes in and DOES HIS THING!!! Yes, I struggle financially, yes, I struggle in my Christian life and yes, sometimes I can't STAND church, but nothing keep me more connected to GOD than His love and mercy for me. I've learned so much and I am more than happy to share that wisdom with you. Feel free to write us, ask us questions, even if you just need to "write"... we will "read it" and we will be praying for you. Stay strong and don't forget to Seek HIM!!!

-Becoming Stronger!

♫ La C

Purpose

Hiii,

Like most bloggers out there, we also have a purpose for creating this blog. Our purpose is to not only express with words what we are feeling at the moment on this blog, but to also encourage each other with words of wisdom. I once read the following:

Wisdom is the sharing of wise experiences and knowledge, but a lot of it is common sense. The difference is how we apply this common sense - we all have the ability to keep going even when we face challenges in our lives - basically it comes down to your attitude. We can have a positive attitude towards life, or a negative attitude. We can focus on the good or we can focus on the bad. Keeping a positive mental attitude is one of the keys to success. The choice is always up to us! Source

However, there are times in our lives when we fail to maintain a positive attitude during the most difficult moments of our lives. And we therefore need a word of wisdom. We need to be reminded that this is only a moment-it is temporary. Therefore, we must focus on what is eternal-God-and not what is temporary-problems.

The other two women who are updating this blog with me are the most extraordinary women that I have come across. We all have had an interesting "twist" with life and have so much to share or write about. I believe that God has placed them in my life for a reason.

As we continue typing away our thoughts and experiences, we must NOT forget our main purpose. Seek HIM first!

Love,

S