"Donde esta tu tesoro" means "Where is your treasure" and it is a song that I was using for a very special Sunday school that we had on Sunday, April 27th.
We worked so hard, and the kids absolutely loved it! I wrote the lesson about a special treasure from many years ago, and a family's discovery of the most important kind of treasure we have.
It was all in Spanish and it was so fun, but hard work! This Sunday we did something really special. We painted a HUGE ship on the outside of the classrooms and in three classrooms we had different cabins of the pirate ship. We drew anchors, bones, a skull, and gold of course as well as had a ship steering wheel and a map to find treasure.
The kids learned a verse in Proverbs 4:23 that says, "Above all things that you guard, guard your heart, for from it spring the waters of life."
It was a huge adventure for the kids, and alas, my lesson was more or less a success. I was so nervous about my Spanish, but they understood pretty well and I was impressed that they got the concept.
The concept was that we can be ambitious towards many things, but love and family are much more important.
Also, the Bible says that we should store up our treasure in heaven. When we devote our lives to helping out each other, we can find true joy and happiness, and this is the will of God. There is greater treasure than any one can buy in our love for one another.
My greatest treasure is found in God. I have the most intimate relationship with Him and His Spirit leads me into everything that is good and true. I couldn't ask for a better friend or leader.
I have found that God is devoted to me. He has hidden His treasure deep within me and is devoted to shaping and molding me in such a way that I experience Him fully.
I encourage all of my readers: Devote some time to seeking after this God. He will build your character and change your life. Lately He has been strengthening me in so many ways, and as I have been working doing things for others, I find He (God) is doing things for me! Incredible!
How true it is what He says in 1 John:
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us: and sent His Son to be a sacrifice for our sin."
Some one may ask why this needed to happen? But I can see how imperfect I am. I know that I am not worthy to inherit the kingdom of heaven, but for His love and His sacrifice,
I was made an heir of the kingdom of God!!! A child of a King!
?Donde esta tu tesoro? Where is your treasure?
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Sera Valiente: Be Bold
On Tuesday night we had a great time of prayer and sharing together at Renacer, my church, and I felt greatly encouraged about what this life is all about.
The pastor spoke about a short encouragement that Paul gave to Timothy in 2 Tim 1: 13-14. It says this: "Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us."
Just a funky side note: It is raining hard outside and it is the middle of the summer here. How strange! This is normally the hottest time of the year, and I am sitting here in a long-sleeved black shirt and I am not hot. Super strange. Ok... sorry for the distraction from the point, but it just started raining like that.
I was saying... How encouraging his words were about faith and love. Everything that we do in an ideal world should be based from faith and love. It was a good reminder that when the hard times come, we need only to hang on tightly to our love and what we believe and know to be true. It is like when two young people fall in love. The moment of falling in love may fade, but their trust in each other maintains a firm bond in their relationship. They are continually stimulating the fire of their love as they grow in their friendship and commitment to each other. The walk with Christ is very similar to this.
I want to be so full of Christ and so confident of him that I couldn't waver in the difficult moments.
Sometimes the translation in Spanish sounds cooler than the English translation. For example. Instead of sound doctrine, it translates healthy doctrine. The point is that your foundation needs to stay firm.
God has been doing great things here. We began our children's ministry thing at Renacer and we were exctatic. The biggest thing I need to work on right now is studying forms of Subjunctive, present participle, past perfect versus imperfect.
We have a huge test the first week of April which is basically an interview. It is so easy to get distracted doing all sorts of different ministry things, but right now, I need to really focus on my Foneticas, Gramatica, and Conversacion classes.
God is so good. I will write to you all soon. Have a GReAT Easter and miss ya!
The pastor spoke about a short encouragement that Paul gave to Timothy in 2 Tim 1: 13-14. It says this: "Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us."
Just a funky side note: It is raining hard outside and it is the middle of the summer here. How strange! This is normally the hottest time of the year, and I am sitting here in a long-sleeved black shirt and I am not hot. Super strange. Ok... sorry for the distraction from the point, but it just started raining like that.
I was saying... How encouraging his words were about faith and love. Everything that we do in an ideal world should be based from faith and love. It was a good reminder that when the hard times come, we need only to hang on tightly to our love and what we believe and know to be true. It is like when two young people fall in love. The moment of falling in love may fade, but their trust in each other maintains a firm bond in their relationship. They are continually stimulating the fire of their love as they grow in their friendship and commitment to each other. The walk with Christ is very similar to this.
I want to be so full of Christ and so confident of him that I couldn't waver in the difficult moments.
Sometimes the translation in Spanish sounds cooler than the English translation. For example. Instead of sound doctrine, it translates healthy doctrine. The point is that your foundation needs to stay firm.
God has been doing great things here. We began our children's ministry thing at Renacer and we were exctatic. The biggest thing I need to work on right now is studying forms of Subjunctive, present participle, past perfect versus imperfect.
We have a huge test the first week of April which is basically an interview. It is so easy to get distracted doing all sorts of different ministry things, but right now, I need to really focus on my Foneticas, Gramatica, and Conversacion classes.
God is so good. I will write to you all soon. Have a GReAT Easter and miss ya!
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