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This blog is where I express myself to the world or at least to those who might stop by to read what I post 
. Maybe God will use what I post (I am a Christian and this blog will have a most decidedly Christian bent to it) to good effect in the lives of my readers.
I may turn some of my posts into a book. I may cease blogging here altogether. Who knows. But for now..I am content to post away in this, my own little corner of the world.
Rather than reading through my now lengthy list of posts you may wish to read what I consider to be my very best posts or you can just read the posts that deal with a single subject category that might interest you.
Please know that I am open to any input on any topic I write about. If you have something to say about anything you see written here please....feel free to speak up in the form of leaving a comment or sending me a PM (private message).
And if you are in San Diego and wish to meet the one and only Carlos (that's me)...drop me a private message. I always enjoy meeting one of my readers!
Thanks.
Carlos
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. Maybe God will use what I post (I am a Christian and this blog will have a most decidedly Christian bent to it) to good effect in the lives of my readers. I may turn some of my posts into a book. I may cease blogging here altogether. Who knows. But for now..I am content to post away in this, my own little corner of the world.
Rather than reading through my now lengthy list of posts you may wish to read what I consider to be my very best posts or you can just read the posts that deal with a single subject category that might interest you.
Please know that I am open to any input on any topic I write about. If you have something to say about anything you see written here please....feel free to speak up in the form of leaving a comment or sending me a PM (private message).
And if you are in San Diego and wish to meet the one and only Carlos (that's me
)...drop me a private message. I always enjoy meeting one of my readers!Thanks.
Carlos
PS. If you want to follow my blog such that you will get an email when I write new posts you can subscribe to my blog.
A real nugget of wisdom!
Posted 06-15-2009 at 04:09 PM by carlos123
I don't usually post a new entry so quickly after another one as I like to wait and see my view count for a given entry go up a bit before it gets lost under an avalanche of new posts but...given that I am convalescing (is that a word?) with my knee injury and that I just found a most profoundly eye opening quote...well...I figure it wouldn't hurt for me to share a new post about what I found.
Besides, this has become a practice blog for me while I continue to aspire and hope for a new blog home somewhere else (though when I might move my blog to a new home is...anybody's guess. I just don't have the money and the time to pursue a new blog home yet).
What I found is a real nugget!
I've always seen something wrong with the whole positive thinking mentality given that no matter how positive our mentality may be, if God is missing, then what will be will be as the saying goes.
And what will be can sometimes have a most decidedly negative aspect to it.
In other words all our wordly based, positive thinking will amount to a hill of beans with respect to changing what will be.
No amount of wordly positive thinking could have changed World War I or II or will change all the negative news with which we are all bombarded with these days.
No amount of positive thinking can guarantee that we will live circumstantially well off and in health the rest of our lives.
And no amount of positive thinking can make my knee pain go away.
But add God into the mix and...well...what was previously impossible becomes possible if it is in line with His will or at the very least we are given strength to walk confidently despite circumstances that might otherwise cause us to sink into deep depression.
Here's the quote I found (the mispelling in it was left intact).
That quote truly puts things into perspective for me and beautifully describes my experience since I got to San Diego.
Though I have suffered under various circumstances and have often doubted and struggled to believe that God will indeed provide for me, He has come through for me every single time. Without fail!
Which has built my faith to trust Him to work out all things for the ultimate good no matter what circumstances I go through. Even if I end up hobbling through life (there's the pessimistic side of me cropping up
).
That quote really presents a balanced picture of how Christians should be.
Recognizing the bad in our circumstances (my hurting knee for example), being thankful for the good (that I can still work from home despite my bad knee and that I have enough food so that I don't have to go out and get more for another two days) while all along, recognizing that God is in control and that He will make up for whatever I need through circumstances that might otherwise be lacking.
That quote comes from a web site that sends me articles once in a while that I would highly recommend to any of my readers that are interested in receiving articles that are sometimes quite insightful. From a Christian/Jewish perspective I mean.
The insight I am given on various verses and what they mean is enhanced by the decidedly Jewish background of the articles I receive from them through email.
The site is Welcome to First Fruits of Zion if anyone is interested.
Carlos
Besides, this has become a practice blog for me while I continue to aspire and hope for a new blog home somewhere else (though when I might move my blog to a new home is...anybody's guess. I just don't have the money and the time to pursue a new blog home yet).
What I found is a real nugget!
I've always seen something wrong with the whole positive thinking mentality given that no matter how positive our mentality may be, if God is missing, then what will be will be as the saying goes.
And what will be can sometimes have a most decidedly negative aspect to it.
In other words all our wordly based, positive thinking will amount to a hill of beans with respect to changing what will be.
No amount of wordly positive thinking could have changed World War I or II or will change all the negative news with which we are all bombarded with these days.
No amount of positive thinking can guarantee that we will live circumstantially well off and in health the rest of our lives.
And no amount of positive thinking can make my knee pain go away.
But add God into the mix and...well...what was previously impossible becomes possible if it is in line with His will or at the very least we are given strength to walk confidently despite circumstances that might otherwise cause us to sink into deep depression.
Here's the quote I found (the mispelling in it was left intact).
Quote:
The optimist says the cup if half full. The pessimist says the cup is half empty. The man of faith gives thanks that the cup is half full, and he marvels that God will either make the half cup sufficient to meet the need or miraculously refill the whole cup.
Though I have suffered under various circumstances and have often doubted and struggled to believe that God will indeed provide for me, He has come through for me every single time. Without fail!
Which has built my faith to trust Him to work out all things for the ultimate good no matter what circumstances I go through. Even if I end up hobbling through life (there's the pessimistic side of me cropping up
). That quote really presents a balanced picture of how Christians should be.
Recognizing the bad in our circumstances (my hurting knee for example), being thankful for the good (that I can still work from home despite my bad knee and that I have enough food so that I don't have to go out and get more for another two days) while all along, recognizing that God is in control and that He will make up for whatever I need through circumstances that might otherwise be lacking.
That quote comes from a web site that sends me articles once in a while that I would highly recommend to any of my readers that are interested in receiving articles that are sometimes quite insightful. From a Christian/Jewish perspective I mean.
The insight I am given on various verses and what they mean is enhanced by the decidedly Jewish background of the articles I receive from them through email.
The site is Welcome to First Fruits of Zion if anyone is interested.
Carlos
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