June 30, 2016

When Words Won’t Work

By Christina

imageI stare at a blank space sometimes, searching for words and trying to even build a sentence becomes the most challenging task.
I am a woman of words!
So many…. So if my words escape me, I am at a loss. I need to speak, need to share and I need to release some words to adequately describe my current place.

But I have to take that necessary pause, process and think… What do I want to say, how will I say it or is it even necessary?

Backspace.
Delete.

Maybe saying NOTHING is best!

I know that no matter how I feel or think, this expression is still not going to yield anything good FOR ME first that is, so there comes the pause again.

Let me take this advice best,
“Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.”
Proverbs 17:28 NKJV

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June 24, 2016

For My Daddy

By Christina

imageToday was a powerful memorial service.  I didn’t get to write this week or on papi’s day because I did have a lot of things on my mind. Work life balance is seriously necessary now in my life. So the words to express during an intimate time like this had to come spontaneously straight from the heart.

I started with this verse. I think it is best to describe the daddy concept I had of Mr. Carlos Cruz, Jr. 61 years of life he had.

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: Love each other.One thing that my big bro Creatan said today that was very impactful was that he would not compromise who he was for anyone. And so he would say the same to anyone. He would find a way to speak something positive in the midst of any situation.
John 15:11-17 NKJV

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June 17, 2016

We Are The Testimony

By Christina

imageThere is nothing like being a child of the most high God! There is peace there.

Forgiveness.

Healing.

Love.

Victory!

When walls seem like they are closing all around, it is God sustaining and keeping us for the next BEST thing! Even though all this is occurring–there is a God that is bigger than our situation to carry us right on through and above it all. We shall soar like eagles. We shall do the victory dance. For not only do we have a testimony to shout from the rooftops but–We are the testimony! Continue reading

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June 16, 2016

Off The Grid

By Christina

imageMaybe blogging doesn’t have to be so long. I say too much most days. I do. Believe it or not, most days I want to be quiet. Say nothing, sit back and absorb. Today I wanted to drive. Til I couldn’t no more.

Windows open, no music.

Just the sound of the wind.

To a nice secluded place.

Peaceful. Restful.

Serene.

A place that has no FaceTime or Facebook. No tweeting allowed. No Instagram. No Whats App. There is no hangouts. Messenger is completely disabled. No text messages, emails, phone calls, voice notes or voice mails. There’s no meetings, no strategic planning or major problems to solve. Continue reading

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