Spoilers

Talk about things I like! My oh my... I LOVE spoilers; the unexpected ending of a book, a movie, a TV show. I like knowing. Ok, you might say I'm weird but I believe if there weren't anyone else like me out there there would also not be such thing as the www.themoviespoiler.com ...I'm not alone! :)

Why? I don't know, but I just feel like if I already know how it's going to end, then I can enjoy the process more, and prepare for such ending. See I just made it a bit deeper, and cooler. I have to say I'm like this with a lot of stuff. Even Mathematics! You don't think there's a spoiler there?? Trigonometric Identities! You might not remember them, but they're my favorite! They tell you one thing equates an other and you have to find out how that's possible. You know were you're going, the answer is given, but once again it's not about the answer, it's about: the process.

Outcome's cool, but I just love the ride, and I enjoy it better if I know where I'm going I guess. I feel like spoilers aren't spoilers, they're good news, affirmation, assurance... most of the time; and if they're not at least I'll know. In real life I know how it ends, and my happy ending has already started, it became a happy beginning of an incredible adventure with Papa-God that I live out each and every day! Misty Edwards tweetted today: "There's more than the introductions to Jesus. If you're saved, you're at the beginning of the story." My beginning was quite a while ago, but He already told me how it ends; We'll live happily ever after! He's so good it's already happening. I'm loving the ride!

So there, in this month of going after finding out what things I love, I must confess I love a good spoiler!

♫♪These are a few of my favorite things...♬♪

Popcorn; oil popped, salted, maybe with some salsa. A beautiful sunset. A good, deep, effortless conversation. Listening to someone's dream. Learning something new. Lazy Saturday morning. Giving a meaningful gift to someone. Cooking something really good for people to enjoy. A great view; the mountains, the waves of the ocean on a sunny day, the rain, fall colors, beautiful sky scrapers. Children playing. Skyping with my family. Traveling somewhere new... and somewhere familiar, traveling in general; road-trips, flying, airports, new horizons. Painting, dancing, designing, proof reading.



I love interpreting live next to an amazing, enthusiastic speaker. The last few lines of a document to translate, and the sense of accomplishment when it's done. A good, deep quote. Family and close friends. Meeting new people and connecting. An outdoors stroll; in the city, in the woods. Art history. Trivia. Solving Math equations. Movies. Theater. Seeing someone display their creativity and talent, excel in who they're made to be.

I love the awareness of Papa's presence in the little things, in the details, in the simple craves; and in the big things, the miracles, the provision, the Love, the forgiveness, the true & full salvation. I love partnering with Him to bless and encourage someone, to find the gold in people, to dream. A good, intimate time of worship, beyond music, beyond words...

More to come.

Do What You Love and Love What You Do

January 1, 2012 I started the year with a Daniel fast; only fruits and veggies for the first 21 days  of 2012. I chose it, and it was good. I would be reminded everyday of Who my Daily Bread really is. I had good times of dreaming, and worshipping and refocusing and starting the year off putting a stake on the ground. I belong to Jesus; He's my savior my Lord my lover, my everything. Food is good, I'm so thankful for my taste buds (Go God!), but nothing compares to His presence. Not everyday was as easy, quite honestly. But it doesn't matter 'cause, it's over.

Yesterday I went to a class where our mentor talked about goals and dreams and practical "next steps". He talked about finding out what you really love, in every aspect of life; objects, colors, activities... and then dreams and occupations. He suggested to take a month and purposefully figuring it out. So I'm starting today! The teacher talked about how we're each so unique, and finding those things we love, combined with the realization of Whose we are really sets you up for a journey of awakening, and I believe it. Later in the day I came across that titling phrase: "Do what you love and love what you do".  (By the way I love a good quote ;) I think even a dream job has those routine tasks that need a little love to be made more enjoyable.

I wanted to share with you some of the things I love, I'll start simple. It's so cool that creation is so diverse and wide and there are things that have no other "purpose" than expressing His beauty and creativity. So, here I go: I do love chocolate; dark, plain. I love a good cup of bold coffee in the morning, and lately I get to enjoy it with a beautiful view of the mountains, so I love that! I love the colo purple, it's so deep, it's a mix of red and blue, so intense! ha, ha! I like clothes accessorizing; necklaces, earrings, rings, so fun to wear!

I like how this year's being set off, first with some tuning in through fasting and now through a feasting journey of discovery with my Papa. I won't get into all the deeper stuff just yet, I want to wait, I want to listen to my Maker and the heart He gave me. I will declare tho' that I do love Him, beyond what the English word "love" can describe, beyond languages and words, I love my Papa!!

Life vs. More Life

My dad and I. I <3 him!! :)

Tomorrow is my my dad's 58th b-day and the 8th anniversary of my uncle (my mom's brother). My uncle died of jaw cancer almost a decade ago, leaving three children behind who had to move overseas with their mother and her new partner. It was hard for the whole family to loose him in such way, but we know exactly where he went, since he had an open vision about Heaven and the could even hear the trumpets call him. It is nonetheless a bit awkward for my mom to celebrate my dad's birthday without thinking of the dear one she misses so much.

We celebrate, we trust Papa, we declare His goodness; there's no other way to go. It reminds me of the letter that Paul wrote to the Philippians while in jail, not knowing if he was going to make it out alive. Paul declared:

"Alive, I'm Christ's messenger; dead, I'm his bounty. Life versus even more life! I can't lose."

-Philippians 1:8 (The Message)

We can't loose; death has been conquered, life has One purpose. Him. He is worthy, and He's so extravagantly good and loving, and generous, that there really is no other way to live but completely sold out to my savior Jesus Christ. 

Tomorrow I celebrate 58 years of the life of a great loving dad, that has taught me so much about Papa's heart and love; and I celebrate the "more life" of a dear one who's in the best possible place. It is truly as Pastor Bill Johnson says: "With God every loss is temporary, and every victory is eternal". We can't loose.

Today

I currently live in the midst of an amazing culture that encourages dreaming and visions and the acknowledgement that nothing is impossible for God. I love it! I feel there's such a creativity explosion in this environment. I've started to paint again, and even write, I've started to be more aware of the dreams that God put in my heart. Big dreams; of changing the world, and making a difference, of loving and being loved in greater ways, of going places (many places) and seeing the beauty of creation and the uniqueness of peoples and cultures, of learning skills and discover things that no one has ever seen. It's refreshing. It great. It seems so far away sometimes.

Sometimes I forget that those huge dreams are not a mountain top that I'll one day be teleported to by some magic wand swing; but a walk with my Savior that has already started. One step at the time. One day at the time. Yeah, God could miraculously make me a famous journalist, but then what? I wouldn't know what to do with that, I wouldn't know where to go from there... not without these days that seem quiet and uneventful. There's so much going on and I don't even see it half the time. My new year's resolution is to be more aware, to learn ro enjoy more those first and second steps, the little ones. Because by being more aware I'll also realize those huge dreams that seem impossible are not something that maybe one day will happen, but something that Papa's already doing in my life now, today! He's on my side, He put those dreams in my heart in the first place, He's even more interested in me fulfilling them than I am... and most importantly HE LOVES ME! 

I was sitting in my living room the other day wondering if it was too late for me to dream some of the things in my heart. Then I heard this sweet, loving voice whisper in my ear: "It's never to late, I am with you always." :)