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The Gravity of Life

April 16, 2025April 17, 2025 / Joe Rodriguez / 1 Comment

"But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray." - Luke 5:16 On Earth, a candle flame typically dances and stretches upward, forming a blue-to-white gradient teardrop shape. That's because hot air rises and pulls cooler air from its base. … Continue reading The Gravity of Life

Get Out of Your Head!

October 9, 2024October 12, 2024 / Joe Rodriguez / 1 Comment

Sometimes, what we need in order to be unburdened is to get out of our own heads (worries, mistrust, doubts, fears) and into our lives. We get to do this thing called LIFE only once. To understand its true value and worth we first need to thank God for gifting us with it. Then we … Continue reading Get Out of Your Head!

The Things Which Are Not

September 27, 2024September 28, 2024 / Joe Rodriguez / Leave a comment

As it is written: I have made you a father to many nations, even before God whom you have believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls those things which are not, as though they were. Romans 4:17 I came across the above image on a Facebook post. The accompanying comment was, "This is … Continue reading The Things Which Are Not

Sometimes We Are The Mountain

August 6, 2024August 8, 2024 / Joe Rodriguez / Leave a comment

Jesus replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20 Mountains are some of the most incredible wonders of our … Continue reading Sometimes We Are The Mountain

Your True Beauty

April 29, 2024April 30, 2024 / Joe Rodriguez / 1 Comment

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.1 Peter 3:3&4 In a world full of filters, let your beauty be defined by … Continue reading Your True Beauty

Hello, Skeletons. Howdy, Demons!

April 13, 2022April 18, 2022 / Joe Rodriguez / 4 Comments

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 1 John 1:8 NLT So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you. -James 4:7 GNT How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from … Continue reading Hello, Skeletons. Howdy, Demons!

||| – Game Over

September 26, 2021October 13, 2021 / Joe Rodriguez / 1 Comment

We don’t get several lives to come back and change the outcome of our bad choices; we have only the one, then it is “game over.” So, choosing to live prudently and wisely does not only benefits us in the here an now, but also in the eternal here after.

I Stand in Awe of You!

May 14, 2021January 17, 2026 / Joe Rodriguez / 2 Comments

“You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations. … Continue reading I Stand in Awe of You!

Splinters In The Heart

February 6, 2021July 19, 2022 / Joe Rodriguez / 2 Comments

"A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter. Splinters may cause initial pain through ripping of flesh and muscle, infection through bacteria on the foreign object, and severe … Continue reading Splinters In The Heart

God’s Arithmetic

December 11, 2020January 9, 2021 / Joe Rodriguez / Leave a comment

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. - Romans 8:28 If you are a math teacher or are simply good with numbers, you most likely frowned at the above equation. That's because, in arithmetic, a positive multiplied or … Continue reading God’s Arithmetic

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