Reasons to Celebrate!

the Lord has been faithful these past few weeks for several reasons. One, is that I achieved a major goal in obtaining the vitaglide for Beth Abraham residents. There was a lot of opposition at first, but with the support of NYCSCIA, Wheels of progress, my mother, and the new admin, the vitaglide was a success and I hope more residents take advantage of it. Pictures coming soon!

Second, I completed an online course for writing grant proposals, a great sequence after the vitaglide proposal. It was a great introduction into the world of non-profits as well as getting my feet wet for school! Grant writing takes -A LOT- of research, networking, and writing skills that I plan on honing in on before going to the next level. The professor was great and I recommend it for anyone serious about starting a grant writing project.

The Lord has kept me strong in the face of adversity and spiritual warfare. I thank him for preserving me and my father, and my mother. I thank him for keeping my brother safe in Florida. Please pray for him as well and that the Lord bring true peace in his life. I thank him for the work being done in Calvary Chapel of Agape. The love and fellowship there is a true blessing! Not only that but God is moving us in ways that are nothing short of biblical! To serve, to love, to share the gospel--that is what God wants! for Jew, for Gentile, muslims, for all nations, because that is His plan to reconcile us to Himself because HE LOVES US!

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:

And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. [2 sam 22:50; psalm 18:49]

And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.

And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. [from Isaiah 11:1]

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. -Romans 15: 8-13

Now that root of Jesse was Jesus. He was the one prophesied to be birthed in Bethlehem, born from a virgin, pierced and killed for others' iniquities. A common dart thrown is that the Bible, is "also violent." In which a slew of Old testament examples come out. God is Holy. God is righteous. And there were times where Israel needed to be rebuked and other time where Israel needed to be protected because that was where the Messiah was to be born. The example for Christians is Jesus. Jesus was righteous in His judgement:

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. -Isaiah 11:4

Once again, it's important to look at who our example is. Jesus is our example and he commands us to love. In Matthew 10:34, Jesus says, we might need to follow Him over family, therefore, bringing hostility to our household. But God turns all things to good for those who love Him (Romans 8:28).

The next step is to finally finish my B.A. and continue surviving in Beth Abraham as long as I have to. I have been blessed to be able to minister to others and keep positive despite daily pain and anguish living in a chair and being limited in a nursing home.