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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
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.
. 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.
I'm not doing so well physically but the Lord is faithful still!
Posted 06-17-2009 at 08:20 PM by carlos123
Today a fever started. In addition I've been having headaches all day, my other joints and muscles are starting to go out of whack on me as a result of having to compensate for my one bad leg. I wouldn't be surprised at all if I end up with two bad knees.
But God is faithful still!
A Christian of the kind that is willing to put their mouth where their faith is has volunteered to bring me some crutches so that I might be able to at least make it to the local store and get me some cookies or something to eat.
This Christian said he would be able to bring me the crutches tomorrow by noon and bring me some food then.
But I was going to run out of food tonight. While it is true that I would have had enough food for tonight, and I told him as much earlier...on further realization, I came to realize that I would have gotten a bit hungry later on and would have had no breakfast.
The last thing I need on top of everything else is to start experiencing hunger again. This time for no other reason than that I just can't get to the store! Just down the street.
So...I went to the Lord in prayer and asked Him to lay on the heart of this Christian to come tonight and to be willing to bring me some food tonight. If it was His will that such happen.
Then...I went to bed as I could not stay awake with the fever.
I got up at 6:45 pm and as usual got straight on my computer (what else can I do given that I can't hardly move around).
This Christian had called me at about 6:30 pm to say that he was going to come over tonight and bring the crutches with him. Then he asked me if he could bring me some food and not to worry about reimbursing him!
Water wells up in my eyes.
That the Lord above saw my plight and had mercy on me.
And I did not take advantage of this Christian's generosity by calling and calling for him to bring me things in line with what I wanted. Instead I have focused on making my needs known but not pushing for him to provide for me.
The Lord wants me to love others in my interactions with them. Not become a leech expecting everyone to meet my needs all the time or pestering others until they are met.
In other words me and my needs are not to be the focus of my interactions with others but rather their needs and what the Lord might want me to do with them or share with them. For their good and not mine.
It is the Lord Himself who has prompted the heart of this Christian to be kind to me.
Apart from Him, as always, I would be stuck here alone with no resources at my disposal to get over this time of need.
I absolutely cannot walk. At least not with great and I mean great difficulty. I can't easily get out of my trailer to go turn on the water spigot to fill up my water tank without taking the risk that I will fall as I am making my way down the steps. I suppose I can sit down and then crawl out that way and then crawl back in if not actually pull myself along on the ground to the water spigot. I could even email my landlord and ask him to please turn on the water spigot the next time he is in the back yard.
It is even possible that I would be able to walk the whole way across the back yard to the water spigot and back but I would have to go around in my bath towel since I can't really put my pants on.
But now I won't have to resort to such things as I will ask this Christian to turn on the water spigot for me if I remember and do not forget in my joy at receiving from him what I need for tonight.
My Lord lives! Blessed be the name of my Rock. My redeemer and my King forever!
May He be glorified through my present circumstances as He has been glorified through those that have beset me before and may any Christians reading this be encouraged to believe God to be real and to look out for them too.
For He cares for us all and is a God predisposed to be merciful. Abundant in lovingkindness to those who fear Him and walk accoring to His ways.
Those who wait on the Lord will rise up like the eagle. They will run and not grow weary in spirit. And they will see the salvation of God!
It is one of the seven wonders of my life that the Lord pays any attention to me at all. But aside from being something that astonishes me it is also something that I take great comfort in.
That though I walk through the shadow of death...in it's very shadow, that I will fear no evil for God is with me!
Carlo
But God is faithful still!
A Christian of the kind that is willing to put their mouth where their faith is has volunteered to bring me some crutches so that I might be able to at least make it to the local store and get me some cookies or something to eat.
This Christian said he would be able to bring me the crutches tomorrow by noon and bring me some food then.
But I was going to run out of food tonight. While it is true that I would have had enough food for tonight, and I told him as much earlier...on further realization, I came to realize that I would have gotten a bit hungry later on and would have had no breakfast.
The last thing I need on top of everything else is to start experiencing hunger again. This time for no other reason than that I just can't get to the store! Just down the street.
So...I went to the Lord in prayer and asked Him to lay on the heart of this Christian to come tonight and to be willing to bring me some food tonight. If it was His will that such happen.
Then...I went to bed as I could not stay awake with the fever.
I got up at 6:45 pm and as usual got straight on my computer (what else can I do given that I can't hardly move around).
This Christian had called me at about 6:30 pm to say that he was going to come over tonight and bring the crutches with him. Then he asked me if he could bring me some food and not to worry about reimbursing him!
Water wells up in my eyes.
That the Lord above saw my plight and had mercy on me.
And I did not take advantage of this Christian's generosity by calling and calling for him to bring me things in line with what I wanted. Instead I have focused on making my needs known but not pushing for him to provide for me.
The Lord wants me to love others in my interactions with them. Not become a leech expecting everyone to meet my needs all the time or pestering others until they are met.
In other words me and my needs are not to be the focus of my interactions with others but rather their needs and what the Lord might want me to do with them or share with them. For their good and not mine.
It is the Lord Himself who has prompted the heart of this Christian to be kind to me.
Apart from Him, as always, I would be stuck here alone with no resources at my disposal to get over this time of need.
I absolutely cannot walk. At least not with great and I mean great difficulty. I can't easily get out of my trailer to go turn on the water spigot to fill up my water tank without taking the risk that I will fall as I am making my way down the steps. I suppose I can sit down and then crawl out that way and then crawl back in if not actually pull myself along on the ground to the water spigot. I could even email my landlord and ask him to please turn on the water spigot the next time he is in the back yard.
It is even possible that I would be able to walk the whole way across the back yard to the water spigot and back but I would have to go around in my bath towel since I can't really put my pants on.
But now I won't have to resort to such things as I will ask this Christian to turn on the water spigot for me if I remember and do not forget in my joy at receiving from him what I need for tonight.
My Lord lives! Blessed be the name of my Rock. My redeemer and my King forever!
May He be glorified through my present circumstances as He has been glorified through those that have beset me before and may any Christians reading this be encouraged to believe God to be real and to look out for them too.
For He cares for us all and is a God predisposed to be merciful. Abundant in lovingkindness to those who fear Him and walk accoring to His ways.
Those who wait on the Lord will rise up like the eagle. They will run and not grow weary in spirit. And they will see the salvation of God!
It is one of the seven wonders of my life that the Lord pays any attention to me at all. But aside from being something that astonishes me it is also something that I take great comfort in.
That though I walk through the shadow of death...in it's very shadow, that I will fear no evil for God is with me!
Carlo
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