Newsletter 2024

July 2024

WE ONLY HAVE ONE LIFE AND WE SHOULD MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT   From the moment we are born we face a separation. We are detached from our mothers; that is why cry, that is our first trauma, as some psychologists explain. Thereafter, we enter this world and are exposed to both the good and evil of our kind. From birth, every one of us needs the love and protection of our parents as we are exposed to this world; this is the start of our stories. Either we start off on a good path or struggle from the lack of guidance and protection on a difficult path; this is when we suffer the most trauma and the enemy of our souls, Satan, manifests without our awareness. But evil is part of his influence and since we are oblivious to this enemy, and lack wisdom and discernment, evil takes advantage and brings suffering into our lives on this unguided, unprotected path. If we could only truly understand and believe that who formed us in our mother's womb is the Creator of the universe and the Heavenly Father Himself, as the psalmist writes “certainly you made my mind and heart, you wove me together in my mother’s womb” (Psalm 139:13); and that Jesus came to show us the Father’s Love and Mercy, and with that we would see things differently. Jesus manifested His closeness to His Father to teach us that this is how we should live regardless of what path we started on, knowing that there is a Father who wants to protect us so that we can live a fulfilled life. Each member of our family has had an impact on our development. Our father and mother, close family members, they were our first “school” and shaped who we are and how we live our lives. Part of my testimony is that I didn't grow up with a dad, just my mom, no siblings by my side. Most of the time I was cared for by other people, as my mother had to work to put food on the table. Thus, my life was full of challenges and I often lacked a parent’s love and guidance; until the day I learned about our Heavenly Father. Right then my life entered a new phase, to live the life that God had in store for me, a life that Jesus proposes to us if we can accept it. “I have come so that they may have life and may have it abundantly” (John 10:10). Whoever believes in Him will live a life of excellence, that is, an abundant life. In today's culture, when we talk about luxuries, we immediately think of something beautiful, something of value; in Latin it is “luxus” and in Greek it is “hetera”. There are different descriptions of this word as being in a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort, of a high standard. If we apply this word of luxury to the spiritual…