Changes

Well, i just recently moved to Minas Gerais and must start by saying it has a been a riveting new experience for me and a great opportunity to have a little fresh new in my life.
Well, its the first time I've been to a place so small that wasn't an island... its a little different here from Rio de Janeiro thats for sure, I was going through a supermarket the other day while thinking "hmm, its not sooo different from Rio after all", until my eyes caught a glimpse of a Playboy magazine that had a part of the model covered by a few strips of white scotch tape in the name of "moderation" and then it dawned on me "yep, I guess we're not in Rio anymore". Here the people are a little more conservative and a bit of a tightwad but very sheepy, sweet, simple, surviving and patient —all the values and qualities a life of solid farming brings to a healthy human being. Loving the changes!!!

Thank you!

Thank you Lord for that little child
That teaches me more than I he
Thank you Lord for his loving smile
That moves me to be more like thee
Thank you that I don't fight alone
There are others here with me
And when the end of my rope did come
These came and rescued me
Thank you Lord for these little angels
simple children in all three
Thank you that they give me a chance
To change and be more like thee
Thank you for the love they emanate
That no one can deny
Thank you for their energy
That would make an elephant fly
Thank you for the smiles they show
Mirroring love when hearts are dying
Squeeze a smile from every frown
Give us joy when inside we´re crying

Do you LUVETT?

Today I heard a negative remark about a very good friend of mine who had enough courage, initiative, sticktoitiveness, faith and extreme love for the lord to step up and do something completely out of the box to fulfill the lords will in his life.
It made me think about how carefully one must guard his ears when hearing about someone or a situation and even more so before he thinks of passing what he hears on to others because of the doubts, untimely burdens and wrong conclusions it might unnecessarily create in the minds and hearts of people who have a handful to fight and stand up for on their own already. And as I was asking the Lord about what He had to say about this new bit of news — because it did seem like something extreme even if it was for the good of others and for the message to be spread — the Lord spoke to me in the most unexpected way simply turning my attention to a little girls entertainment that just happened to be a Luvett show song that said: "A pioneer has the vision to see what none others can see and to believe what none others can believe" independent of the opinions of others and regardless of what my friend was doing being viewed as wrong or politically incorrect, I knew that he truly loved the Lord and the love that this person has for the lord and the faith that he has in the lords promises keeps me firmly convicted that I was witnessing something inexplicably wonderful — the acts of a revolution in a disciples life; I heard of a true pioneer. The example of something that everyone of us wants deep down inside but we´re either too lazy, unchallenged, comfortable, cowardly or simply just unprepared to do. I am determined to one day have that same courage; to be the trailblazer, the Destroyer that goes ahead making way so that the fleet can have a safe and secure passage. May each of us have the strength to make the decisions and changes needed in our lives to reach the goal the Lord has set for us to reach even if we do only take baby steps in the beginning if we take it one step at a time, one change at a time, one decision at a time each of us one day will have the courage to be true pioneers blazing trails in all that is new in the Lord — for others.