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Getting rid of superstitions that bound usI´m moving ahead, there doesn't seem to be a desire from some people to get rid of superstitions (1) holding them down. Our submission to God and his word gives us protection and authority.Superstition: an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
¨Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.¨ James 4:7
When Jesus Christ is really the owner of one´s life and heart, His truth sets you free. It doesn't matter what man can say, it didn't matter what was said to the adulterous woman in John 8:3 , the immense, unexplainable love and power of God set her free to go and sin no more.
We all walk through a path of faith and maturity, we can´t stop along with others who have stopped their journey, we can´t race beyond our strength to pass those who are way ahead of us.
We can walk step by step instead, dying to our own selves so ¨this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us¨ Corinthians 4:7-12 to let others know the source of the power that compels us.
The magnificent value of His glorious cross, what it means, what it moves us to believe, the glory of a resurrected Christ and all that it implies.
When will we understand? HE DID IT ALL
How long will we keep ignoring and taking for granted His victory at the cross? How long will we continue thinking as slaves and captives?
He transported us from darkness to His admirable light!
Forget all nonsense, believe and be free.
Pat Garcia
(1) The Roman Catholic Church considers superstition to be sinful in the sense that it denotes a lack of trust in the divine providence of God and, as such, is a violation of the first of the Ten Commandments.“ Some people, when running away from Superstition, fall headlong into Atheism, both rugged and obstinate, and leap over that which lies between the two, namely, true Religion.”
Plutarch“Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain”
John Calvin
“The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences”
Mother Theresa, originally uploaded by imaging_dreams.¨Never let anything so fill you with sorrow
as to make you forget the joy of the Risen Christ!"
Mother Theresa
About Me
- Pat Garcia
- Mexico
- I'm an ESL teacher, a translator,an artist and a lover of peace, life and beauty. I have been fighting and living with different chronic illnesses since 1999 when I was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor. Words like Cushing's, hypothyroidism then Hashimoto's, metabolic syndrome and recently generalized postictal epilepsy ,pineal calcification and cortical atrophy have been very real to me.......I have won many battles and have lost a few but I do plan to finish the marathon of life in triumph I expect to reach the finish line,already traced for me by God's finger. Philippians 3:13-14 Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
I drew this after receiving the adenoma diagnosis in 1999
Psalm 19
Pat Garcia receiving the sunrise. Photo: Victor Alonso Martinez Garcia
The journey.....................................
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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