fear the wrong advisor

Do not be afraid; I  am the first and the last .  "  People asked an 89 year old man " why do you regret the most doing in your life " ? to that he answered " Worrying about things that never happened "   yet many of us  make our choices based on what we think it will happened if  we do it otherwise  or what people tells us it will happened . I remember when I  came to the United states and one relative knowing that I was a Sabbath keeper he told me that it was impossible to survive here if I did not work on the Sabbath , well  started working on Sabbaths because i was afraid of not making it here in the states . In 2006 I decided to quit my job and start going to church and  God showed me that I did not have to work on Sabbaths , that he could provide for our needs . When I went to seminary , I have learned the lesson , and when someone said " in order to do good in classes at seminary , you have to sacrifice , your family or your health " by the grace of God  I didnt sacrifice anything , I always made sure to spend time with family and I can say that God was there with me all the time . Jesus tells John in the book of revelation " Do not be afraid " but then he adds , I am the first and the last . So the reason we are not afraid is because Jesus is with us from beginning to end and he has showed us in the past that he is  faithful  and that we dont have to be afraid .Because he is the Alpha and the Omega , from beginning to end , he will be with us . So dont be afraid !  Many of our decisions are based on trying to avoid pain and suffering , but there is no guarantee that it will turn out the way we felt , besides , it is better to do what is right then do what is wrong even if we are rewarded by that , remember that God will take care of you . God bless !

Fredy Reinosa 

wanting to be first

Trying to understand God's plan for our lives is easy , the difficult part is to accept it ! The bible in the book of Hebrews presents a group of people that we call the " faith heroes " if we had called them that name when they were alive , probably they would had refused to called that because many of them , were just " ordinary " human beings  who served an extra ordinary God . At the end of that Chapter , we read about " the others " these are the people who did not received deliverance . The author of Hebrews says" Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection." Did these " others " refuse to be released " or God refuse to release them . By Nature , every human being wants to avoid suffering and pain  so what happened ? I believe God refuse to release them , but they die with hope knowing that we serve an extra ordinary God  who allowed his Son to go  through suffering and pain to save the human race and  after He shown that he was not in this to be first , now he is exalted at the right hand of God . So what are we in this for ?  I guess sooner or later we will have to answer to God and to others , the reason why we are in this walk . Are we in this because we want to be first and we are " trained " so that lay people can admire us and sees us as something else . Or are we in this thing called ministry because we love God and people that we can not do otherwise ? I pray it is because we love them as Jesus loves us .