Dad, when I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

Dad, I want to know so bad how you encounter with Jesus was! What did He say to you, how did He receive you, what did He do? Did you recognize Him at first glance, or did you know it was Him because He ran to you, or perhaps you recognized Him because you felt an overwhelming love, the one we told to you so much, and perhaps you thought: "He, for sure, got to be Jesus!" When I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

I want to know, dad, how Jesus wiped away your tears. Did He do it with His hands, did he have a handkerchief, or maybe He dried them off with His clothes while He hugged you? What were you thinking at that moment? "Oh, I'm getting Jesus' clothes dirty with my tears and mucus. What a shame!" Or perhaps that kind of shame He also took away on the cross! Perhaps there is not even snots in Heaven! Maybe there are snots in Heaven, but Jesus didn't care about it because for Him, even though you were almost 94 years old, you are still His baby! When I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

I want know why you were crying! I don't ask if you cried or not when you met Jesus because I'm sure of that. Was His overwhelming presence full of love which here on earth makes us cry, and you have felt it there for the first time? Was it because you felt how every drop of condemnation left your being? Maybe you don't know why and you didn't even mind asking because you just wanted to enjoy that moment. I've never seen you cried (my mom has), and much less crying as a child. What a moving scene! Imagining it makes me cry! I hope somebody recorded it! =) When I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

How does feel to feel NOTHING bad? How does it feel to feel no more condemnation or guilt of any kind? What does it feel like to have no regrets about anything whatsoever? How does it feel to have NO sadness, NO anger, NO anguish, No worry? How does it feel to not have any physical pain at all? What did you feel when all of that left your being? Was it gradual or instantaneous? And, were you being filled at the same time with that fullness of joy that exists in His presence, which here on earth we can enjoy in part, but there in Heaven we can only imagine what it will be like! When I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

Dad, do you miss? Do you miss me? Do you miss mom, my siblings, friends, loved ones? Do you miss the house? Do you miss work? Do you miss the park? Is there such a feeling over there in Heaven, or even the feeling of missing someone cannot dwell next His presence? When I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

How does it feel to be reunited with with your loved ones that here on earth you said good bye to? What did you feel when you saw my meemaw Delia, your dad, the uncles, aunts, relatives and friends who got there before you? The Bible says that we'll have new bodies, so I wonder, did you recognize them, did they recognize you, did Jesus help you with that, or were there angels commissioned for that job? When I meet you in Heaven, you must tell me about it!

When I meet you in Heaven, will you recognize me? Will you be waiting for me at the side of Jesus?

I love you dad.

Are you sure of what you are doing?

Being sure that you are where you should be is vitally important. When we talk about important decisions in life, if you are not sure that you are marrying the right person, that you are studying the right thing, that you are accepting the right job, that you are moving to the right place, etc., sooner or later that insecurity will bring you problems.

That insecurity will be transformed into indecisions, worries, stress, problems with people close to you, one bad decision after another; at best you'll live dissatisfied with your life, and at worst, it'll become a spiral of problems after problems that will lead you to an unsustainable life.

The Bible teaches us in Romans 14 that there are different matters in which some think one way and others another way, and it concludes by saying "blessed is the man that not condemns himself in what he approves" (Rom. 14:22) and "everything that does not come from faith is sin" (Rom. 14:23). What's the key? It's in verse 5, "you must be fully convinced in your own mind" (paraphrased).

In other words, for those matters that the Bible doesn't say what is right and what is wrong, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE WHETHER IT IS RIGHT OR IT IS WRONG! You are the one who makes it succeed or fail! With the conviction within you that you are doing the right thing will come an inner tenacity that will make you not give up despite the obstacles. In the same way, the doubt and insecurity within you that you are not doing the right thing will make you unstable in all your ways and you will find reasons to quit all the time.

I year and a month ago, I migrated with my family here to the United Stated, with the firm conviction that it was our heavenly Father who called us, opened the doors for us, who goes before us to prepare our way and who has resolved to bless us to be a blessing to many. Not only my wife and I are convinced of this, but so are our sons, and we are grateful for the open doors that He has shown us so far and excited for what He has in store for us. We do not focus on the problems that come up, but we overcome them together. Those problems are not our focus. What He has done, is doing and will do is our focus! It is not difficult for us not to give up, that is not even an option. On the contrary, we are expecting for what is to come! That's how it is when you have an inner conviction that you are where you need to be!

Happy independence day to all my American friends, peruamerican friends and to all those who live this country!

¿Estás seguro de lo que haces?

 

Estar seguro que estás donde debes estar es de vital importancia. Cuando hablamos de decisiones importantes en la vida, si no estás seguro que te estás casando con la persona correcta, que estás estudiando lo correcto, que estás aceptando el trabajo correcto, que te estás mudando al lugar correcto, etc., tarde o temprano esa inseguridad te traerá problemas.

Esa inseguridad se transformará en indecisiones, preocupaciones, estrés, problemas con las personas cercanas, una mala decisión tras otra; en el mejor de los casos vivirás insatisfecho con tu vida y, en el peor de los casos, se volverá una espiral de problemas tras problemas que te llevará a una vida insostenible.

La Biblia nos enseña en Romanos 14 que hay diferentes asuntos en los que algunos piensan de una manera y otros de otra, y concluye diciendo "bienaventurado el hombre que no se condena a sí mismo en lo que aprueba" (Rom. 14:22) y "todo lo que no proviene de fe es pecado" (Rom. 14:23). ¿Cuál es la clave? Está en el versículo 5: "Tienes que estar plenamente convencido en tu propia mente" (parafraseado).

En otras palabras, para aquellos asuntos que la Biblia no dice qué está bien y qué está mal, ¡TÚ TIENES EL PODER DE DECIDIR SI ESTÁ BIEN O ESTÁ MAL! ¡Tú eres el que hace que aquello prospere o que fracase! Con la convicción dentro de ti que estás haciendo lo correcto vendrá una tenacidad interna que hará no te rindas a pesar de los obstáculos. Así también, con esa duda e inseguridad en ti de no saber si estás haciendo lo correcto te volverás inestable en todos tus caminos y encontrarás razones para rendirte todo el tiempo.

Hace un año y un mes que migré con mi familia aquí, a los Estados Unidos, con la firme convicción que fue nuestro Padre celestial quien nos llamó, nos abrió las puertas, que va delante de nosotros para preparar nuestro camino y que se ha propuesto bendecirnos para ser de bendición a muchos. No solo mi esposa y yo estamos convencidos de ello, sino también nuestros hijos, y estamos agradecidos por las puertas abiertas que nos ha mostrado hasta ahora y emocionados por lo que tiene preparado para nosotros. No nos concentramos en los problemas que se presentan, sino que los superamos juntos. Esos problemas no son nuestro enfoque, sino lo que Él ha hecho, está haciendo y va a hacer por nosotros. No nos cuesta no rendirnos, al contrario, estamos expectantes por lo que se viene. ¡Así es cuando tienes una seguridad interna que estás donde sabes que tienes que estar!

¡Feliz día de la independencia a todos mis amigos gringos, peruanidenses y a todos los que aman este país!