God is Greater

Hey Treasures, how is it going??  I hope and pray that you are having a great week.

Have you ever had those days when you just feel tired or when you are battling shame, guilt, condemnation?  Days when you are just wounded, the pain in your heart is not letting up?  When sorrow suffocates you and you just feel like you can not take another breathe?

I have had these days sometimes all that and some all in a day. In our lives here in this world, we will go through things, we will experience things. Many times we allow our emotions to get the best of us. We allow the enemy to whisper lies right into our ear when he should be no wear near our ears but rather under our feet.  He has been defeated.

We can overcome doubts, fears, hurts, condemnation, lies and sin. We are no longer bound to any of this " `cause the cross already won the war" (from the song Greater by MercyMe)

Romans 6:6-7 The Voice (VOICE)
⁶ We know this: whatever we used to be with our old sinful ways has been nailed to His cross. So our entire record of sin has been canceled, and we no longer have to bow down to sin’s power. ⁷ A dead man, you see, cannot be bound by sin.

Source

This is why it is so important for us to read our Bibles, and read them again and then read them once again! The bible is clear and it is not a book of rules for us to follow. It is God's very own love letter to you and to me. It is the greatest love story there is and you know what Mr. Aguila and I have a pretty amazing love story BUT God's love for us is far GREATER. 

A few months ago, I started listening to AIR 1, a Christian music station. The stations mission statement is pretty cool, "To Create Compelling Media that Inspires and Encourages You to Have a Meaningful Relationship With Christ." (Read this on their About section on the website).  The website is pretty cool as well. You can look up the songs and listen, buy them and/or find the lyrics.

On my way to work I usually start my day with this station and the other day while driving into work, I heard this song by Mercy Me. I am sharing the video because it's pretty cool. The video has the lyrics but I want to share them with you.
No matter what is going on with us we must remember this scripture,
1 John 4:4  The Voice (VOICE)
My children, you have come from God and have conquered these spirits because the One who lives within you is greater than the one in this world.


MercyMe - Greater 
From the album Welcome To The New
Bring your tired
Bring your shame
Bring your guilt
Bring your pain
Don't you know that's not your name
You will always be much more to me

Everyday I wrestle with the voices
That keep telling me I'm not right
But that's alright

‘Cause I hear a voice and He calls me redeemed
When others say I'll never be enough
And greater is the One living inside of me
Than he who is living in the world
In the world
In the world
And greater is the One living inside of me
Than he who is living in the world

Bring your doubts
Bring your fears
Bring your hurt
Bring your tears
There'll be no condemnation here
You are holy, righteous and redeemed

Every time I fall
There'll be those who will call me
A mistake
Well, that's ok

There'll be days I lose the battle
Grace says that it doesn't matter
‘Cause the cross already won the war
He's greater
He's greater
I am learning to run freely
Understanding just how He sees me
And it makes me love Him more and more
He's greater
He's greater



I am still trying to keep up with 30 days of Radical Growth with Havilah Cunnington and you can also watch the videos here. They are each about 7 minutes long so you can catch up really quick. The playlist for the devotion is HERE.

So I pray that we all begin to walk in the power and authority that God has given us and that we remember that He is greater than any fear, any sin, any doubt, any condemnation, any lie, any emotion and His grace is sufficient. Let us continue to press forward and love Him more and more and continual in radical growth, In Jesus name amen.

Reviving the Spark {marriage mini series}

Hi Treasures and happy Tuesday to you.Thank you so much for joining us. 

Today we continue with part 3 of the Marriage Series collab with some sweet, faith filled, women of God, beauty bloggers;  Andrea of Wink For Pink Blog, Maria-Isabel of Agape Love Designs and Tawny of Glamorously Mommy.

You can see last weeks posts HERE.  Each of us  link up our posts for your convenience. Be sure to read all of the posts as they have been great!!

In honor of my five year anniversary, I am going to talk about keeping the spark alive or reviving the spark and while this does include behind closed doors (if you know what I mean) that is not my focus. 

In five years, a lot can will change.  I mean think about it for a moment, where were you five years ago?  Heck, things can change in the blink of an eye.  This is where we come in. 

Proverbs 14:1 tells us that "Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands."
I am more than positive that all of us want to be a wise woman because let's face it who has ever strived to be foolish?  We don't want to tear down or destroy our homes with our own hands. We want to build it up. We want to build up our husbands, our children and establish a safe haven.  We want to build up  a house of prayer, a house of love, a house of peace, a house of kindness, a house of  patience.  When these are at our foundation, they will flourish and grow out and touch others.

Proverbs 24:3-4 The Voice (VOICE)

³ Wisdom is required to build a house; understanding is necessary to make it secure.
⁴ Knowledge is needed to furnish all the rooms and fill them with beautiful treasures.

This is how we keep the spark alive in our marriages, in our homes. This "spark" must always continue to be aflame. We can never get to comfortable. This especially holds true in our relationship with God and it is very true for our marriages. We must continually pray over our marriage.  We must continually bless our husbands.  We must fan the flames in our relationships.

We can learn a lot from Proverbs 31.  Take some time this week and read these VERSES and let me know what God speaks to you.

Proverbs 31:11-12 The Voice (Voice)

¹¹ She inspires trust, and her husband’s heart is safe with her, and because of her, he has every good thing.¹² Every day of her life she does what is best for him, never anything harmful or hurtful.

I love this entire portion of scripture and it is a goal of mine to attain Proverbs 31 wife characteristics.  I want my husband to know his heart is safe with me and that I only desire good things for him.  I want to always do what is best for him and never hurt him in anyway. My husband is a true gift from God. I want to love him and value him and treasure him just as God does.

Our hashtag for this series is #revivethelove2014.  We encourage you to make that extra effort, or to eat humble pie, or to step out of your comfort zone and just do something you know will just get the flame going in your marriage. We all know our husbands and we know what will work.  Each marriage is at different stages, each marriage is unique so only you know what you can do this week that will be extra special or a pleasant surprise.

For me, I am stepping out of my comfort zone big time for our 5 year anniversary getaway.  Mr. Aguila works a lot, like a lot a lot and he goes to school full time.  He gets back from a business trip just in time for our anniversary. Have I told you all how amazing my hubby is? Well yes he is but don't get me wrong he's not perfect, just like I am not perfect but honestly he's perfect for me and I love and appreciate him more than I show him.

I decided that I would stop being my selfish little missy prissy self and agree to go out to a lake resort where there are many outdoor activities to do such as jet skiing, ski boats, paddle boats, kayaks and well you get the picture. Water sports and I don't even know how to swim.  We will go out for a hike and do all the stuff Mr. Aguila likes to do. I am going to agree to the activities and I  won't complain. Treasures, THIS IS HUGE, like really HUGE but you know what, my husband has been looking forward to this trip and he totally deserves this.  We will of course get pampered with massages and all that fun stuff that I like as well. 

This small agreement has sparked up some excitement for us. Something to look forward to with the move and finals and business travel, this couldn't come at a better time.

Now it's your turn Treasures, share with us via a comment or a message or an email, (vra23@live.com) how you will take that extra step for your spouse. We want to hear all about it.  We are here to listen to you, to encourage you, to pray with you.  Revive the Love ladies. We can do this. God is faithful.

 

Love and Marriage {mini series}

Hello God's lovely Treasures, I am so excited that you have stopped by today.

This is part 2 of the Marriage Series collab with some sweet, faith filled, women of God, beauty bloggers;  Andrea of Wink For Pink Blog, Maria-Isabel of Agape Love Designs and Tawny of Glamorously Mommy.

Last week, I just went right into it and I didn't even give any background on Mr. and Mrs. Aguila.  I did mention that this month is our 5 year wedding anniversary. I am super excited to go on a little getaway to celebrate.  Mr. Aguila and I have been in love since 2005.  We have known each other about 10 years or more and we started off as friends. We met at work and yes we still work together and love it but that is a whole other post that I have been wanting to share.

When we initially starting dating, neither of us were serving God.  My husband was raised in the church but I wasn't.  I was a crazy broken girl when we started dating but he didn't know it because I have always known how to mask my emotions. In April 2006, God just begin to tug at my heart so I asked my co-workers about their church and kind of invited myself and started visiting on Wednesdays.  I kept wanting to make Sundays but I was still not fully transformed at the time. Through a few situations, eventually both of us had encounters with Jesus and He begin a good work in us.

The bible tells us in the book of Philippians this (I like this bible version on www.biblegateway.com:
Philippians 1:6 The Voice (VOICE)

^"I am confident that the Creator, who has begun such a great work among you, will not stop in mid-design but will keep perfecting you until the day Jesus the Anointed, our Liberating King, returns to redeem the world."

There is still work being done in the both of us and one thing that I have learned from my marriage is how to love.  God has used my husband to be an extension of His amazing love and in turn this has taught me how to love.  I have not always been lovable or loving.  It is not until we learn how to receive love that we can give it out.

God has poured His love into my heart. One of the promises that I have that has changed my life and helped my marriage is Romans 5:5.

Oh this here scripture right here! I remember when I got the revelation for it. It was a happy day for me. I was like I don't have to try to love on my own. God's love has been poured out into my heart through the Holy Spirit. If you have the Holy Spirit dwelling in you, God's love has also been poured out into your heart. Isn't this great news? 

You know that 1 Corinthians 13 kind of love? We don't have to strive for it, it's already in our hearts and we just have to let it come forth and pour it out into others, into our spouses.

I know I mentioned this scripture last week and here it is again because it's the love chapter and you can't talk about marriage without talking about love so here is what it says. I like this version.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a  (ESV)

"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant ⁵ or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ⁶ it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
⁸ Love never ends."

I think next week I will break that scripture down for us.

Since to love and be loved hasn't always been easy for me because of the many walls I built up, this Love stuff is a big deal for me.  What about you? Is accepting an unconditional love, like the love that God offers easy for you or are you like me and maybe it's a little bit more difficult? Jesus tells us that all things are possible in the gospel according to Mark.

Mark 10:27 (ESV)

^"Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”"
 

It is possible for us to love our husbands with a love that is patient and kind, that does not envy or boast, that is not arrogant or rude, that does not insist on its own way. that is not irritable or resentful, that does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with truth. A love that bears all things (remember your vows), believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things and a love that will not end.

My prayer is that we will put this type of love into practice when it comes to our marriages and of course any relationship but this is a marriage series so let's pull out that love that is already in our hearts and lavish our hubby's with this love.

1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)

^"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."

Be sure to read the other posts that are linked up and come back every Tuesday in March.

God's love to you Treasures!

 

Blogger Cash Giveaway Event

Hey Treasures, this post is for my blogger friends.

Because Love is in the air, I wanted to share this blogger event with you. I have participated in these events before and they do bring about some great results so check it out and if you do decide on participating please use my name in the "referred by" section, Victoria Aguila. See details below.

 For The Love Of Cash Giveaway

For The Love Of Cash Giveaway Event Registration

Bloggers, join our upcoming cash giveaway event!

This giveaway will be held from February 10th – 23rd.
You can sign-up until February 1st.  

What’s the prize?

One PayPal cash prize, up to $500.

Additional cash prizes of $50 each will be added if the prize pot exceeds $500.

Exact total cash prize amount will be based on blogger participation. Maximum amount for main prize is $500.

How much does it cost to participate?

$5 per link, with the exception of Facebook.

You can choose from Twitter, Pinterest, Email, RSS subscription, GFC, Networked Blogs, etc.

Facebook links are $15/ea.

The listing order will be determined by the order of sign-up.

Facebook page comment is $25.

One specific Facebook post on your fanpage will be linked from the Rafflecopter each week. Entrants will be instructed to leave a comment on that Facebook post to earn an extra entry into the giveaway.

 

Sign up HERE!  and when you do, it would be great if you use my name as referral. THANK YOU!!!

 

And let's remember to KEEP OUR LOVE ON!

 

 

 

November Birthday

Hey Hey Treasures, so last week my Mother in Love had a birthday and so her children planned a very nice intimate dinner.

I have to brag on my Mother in Love and say that she is such a blessing. First of all, I have her to thank for my amazing husband. She raised a fine young man.  He is a hard worker and surely knows how to treat a lady.  Also I have to thank her for being a prayer warrior.  She always prayed for God fearing men and women for her children.  She is a great example of serving God and having a healthy praying and fasting discipline. Gracias Carmela y feliz cumpleaños.

 

We had a great time celebrating the life of this woman of God. There was picture taking MUCH. I asked Mr. Aguila if I can share some and he agreed.

 

As you can tell Mr. Aguila comes from a big but close knit family. My mother in love has eight children in total and lots of lovely grandchildren and of course her in loves (We're her bonus).  I believe they said 3 were missing from our family picture.

 

 

 

 Since I was actually dolled up and ready, I took advantage and had Mr. Aguila take me some pictures.  I had ordered this blouse last month from Sugar Love Boutique and I have worn it before but didn't take clear pictures of it.  So I had Mr. Aguila take a few shots of me with his Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera phone. (all these photos were taken with his camera phone and no filters or photo shopping used)

 

OUTFIT DETAILS

MAVEN TOP FROM SUGAR LOVE BOUTIQUE

WORTHINGTON MUSTARD PANTS FROM JCPENNEY

DIXIE BLACK BOOTS FROM JUST FAB

NECKLACE FROM AVON

 

FACE OF THE DAY DETAILS 

MAC EYESHADOWS

AVON GLIMMERSTICKS Dual Ended Eye Liner, FLASH DANCE

AVON INFINITIZE MASCARA

AVON ULTRA LIPCOLOR IN OXFORD WINE (see swatch here)

 

You can shop for all AVON make up here http://victoriaaguila.avonrepresentative.com

Also if you have not shopped from Sugar Love Boutique you are missing out.  They are so sweet to deal with and have some beautiful clothes. I love this blouse so much.

 

Faith, Hope and Treasures to you!



Happy Grandparents Day

HELLO!!!! Thank you so much for reading my blog today. You are such a Treasure.

How was your day today?
As for Mrs. Aguila, I actually had a pretty chill day.  I woke up early because this So Cal heat doesn't let me sleep in even on  day that I can. BOOO.

So since I couldn't sleep, I got up like an anxious kid on Christmas morning excited to use her new toy.  My hubby got me  a new Microsoft Surface.  LOVE IT!! He had already set it up for me so I was just messing around with it and getting acquainted with my new friend.

I decided I'd better get my work out in before heading out. I did a cardio work out that focused on abs, oh me, oh my!! After my work out, I made my Shakeology and started cleaning up before getting ready.  Mr. Aguila had a day out at the beach with his nephews and I had to take my grand daddy to run some errands.

In between that, my mom and nephew came over because they had a blackout at their place.

Anyway, I got ready and went off to pick up my grand daddy and take him to cash his check and pick up some veggies and such from the market. (sidebar--grand daddy is 89 years old).  I now have to help him with certain things and while reality makes me sad, what I mean by reality is that my grand daddy has lived close to 90 years and it is starting to show, I am so blessed to help out my grand daddy.  He knows that he can ask me for anything and I will be there.  So off we go and honestly, my grand daddy is still very independent but I find myself being so protective of him.  I just love my grand daddy and I know he loves me.  Our relationship is very special and with Grand Parents Day this weekend, here is my shout out to my Grand daddy  and my mom who is a grandma and Happy Grand Parents Day to you or your grandparents or your children's grandparents.

Last

Hey Treasures, hope you are enjoying your weekend.
I am working on a blog post for an event me and my family attended last weekend and its taking me some time to get some research and put it together so I decided to check in with Lisa Jo Baker for Five Minute Friday and see what the prompt was this week and take a 5 minute break and just write.
Prompt is LAST
GO!
At first thought when I read LAST I thought to write about how sometimes I feel like I am last however that quickly changed, thank you God for your reminders.

I know of a love that will LAST.  I can now love others with that same Love that will LAST.
1 John 4:19 NIV, "We love because He first loved us" 
What truth is this small but powerful scripture. A LASTing truth.
Since I know a love that will never leave me, never forsake me, never abandon me, never hurt me and nothing can separate me from this love (see Romans 8 scripture below);  Because of the promises that I am convinced of and that I hold on to, I know that I am loved by the Creator of heaven and earth, my Heavenly Father and therefore, I can now accept love and more importantly give love. I can embrace the amazing love from my husband and love him in return and I can love my family with an unconditional non-fickle love because of the love of God that I have. This kind of love will LAST.
Romans 8:37-39 "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Jeremiah 31:3 "Long ago the LORD said to Israel: "I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself."

I have experienced God's Love that will LAST into eternity and have been transformed. Yes I am still a work in progress and yes my love can be fickle but I have hope in God's love.  I don't want to love others with my love or my way but with the love of God that has been poured into me.

Romans 5:5 NASB "and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

God's love will LAST through my ups and downs, through my failures and my victories, through my good and my bad, through my doubts and faith, through my fears and my victories and it'll reflect in my love that will last for my husband, my momma, my brother, my nephews, my family, my friends and all those I encounter on this journey of God's LASTing love.

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Love, Love, Love

Hello lovely Treasures, hope you had a great week!!

From the book, 40 Days with Jesus, Celebrating His Presence by Sarah Young



My GIG Rachel bought me this book a couple of weeks ago. It's a thin 40 day devotional but so powerful! This Day 17 really ministered to me!  I could really feel God speaking to me as I read this. 

The part that really hit home for me was this, "For years you swam around in a sea of meaninglessness, searching for Love, hoping for hope."  Oh this couldn't be more true.  I was searching for love in all the wrong places. That saying really is truth especially for me.  I was chasing a false love when all along God says He was pursuing me! What a beautiful picture.

I love Jeremiah 31:3 (AMP)

³ The Lord appeared from of old to me [Israel], saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

 

God's love is everlasting. He is faithful and He draws us to Himself.  I am ever so grateful for the timing that God had to reveal Himself to me.  I had just started dating Mr. Aguila when I felt the tug on my heart to go to church.

Me and Mr. Aguila in October 2005 celebrating my birthday for the first time together!







 

So this month it's been 8 amazing years since Mr. Aguila and I started dating.  We have known each other for about 10 years. We were really good friends before we started dating. Oh have I mentioned that we work together?  Yes we work together and have lunch together most days and yes we love it.

 

In April 2006, I felt a strong desire to attend church. I say it was because of mother in laws prayers. When I first met her she said and I remember her words so clearly. She said I am glad that you know God. I always prayed for God fearing women for my sons. I don't know if you are the one he will marry but my prayer is they will marry God fearing women. I told Mr. Aguila, no wonder I had this urge to go to church, it was your mom's prayers. I am blessed to have a praying mother in law.

 

When Mr. Aguila and I started dating, neither of us were serving God. He grew up in the church but wasn't walking with God.  I actually started going to church before him BUT God was also in pursuit of Mr. Aguila. 

 

I am so thankful that God revealed Himself to me at the time that He did and lavished me with love and healed my heart and made me whole because it has helped build up my relationship with Mr. Aguila. God is our foundation and it is that way because God pursued us and revealed Himself to us.  We made things right with God before we got married and have been happily married for almost 5 years now. 

 

God's plans are far better than ours.  Have you stopped chasing love in the wrong places and allowed God's love to lavish you?  My prayer is that all will come to knowledge of God's love.

 

 

My Treasure, My GrandDaddy

Hey Treasures, how are you?

I have to admit, since my last post, I have not had any time to sit and think and/or write. I am not really sure why. It hasn't even been the procrastination thing, I mean procaffination.

I had a busy weekend, making memories with my grand daddy and my family.  My cousin had a fundraiser to the "Stateline".  I am a Cali girl. Lived in Los Angeles all my 30 something years. So when we say state line, we are heading to Nevada.  I hadn't been on one of these turn around trips to the Nevada/California state line in years, like over 7 years. My family goes pretty often but I usually opt out. 

This time, my grand daddy, who by the way will turn 89 this month, wanted to go so I told him that if he went I would go to keep him company. So off we went. I am thankful for the time I get to spend with him. He is such a blessing to me. I just love him and our relationship.

I had the honor of having him walk me down the aisle and give me away to Mr. Aguila on my wedding day in March 2009.
Isn't he cute?

This is my maternal grandfather. This man raised 4 girls and 2 boys all by himself. He became a widow when his last child, my uncle Emilio, was being born. He is so talented and sharp wtih his hands. He fixes anything and everything.  As you can tell, I am proud to be his granddaughter. 

Everytime I am around him, I just fill up with joy. His love is radiant, his presence cheers me up, his endurance teaches me, his perserverance encourages me, his smile brings me joy, his life blesses me. Does it sound familiar?  This is also what Jesus is and does for me and he also does it through my granddaddy.

My dad died when I was just five years old.  Even until this day, I am still getting healed of daddy issues. I have now found my Heavenly Father who completes me and restores me and is giving me back all that the devil has stolen from me. Although I never seen my Grandfather as a "Father figure", he was the closest thing I had to it.  He has always been my loving granddaddy, who use to work at my junior high school (yes when I attended) and who would give me rides to high school, to college and even to work before I got my car and started to drive. 

Father's Day is coming up and so I guess it was a good time to honor my granddaddy. I did not plan on this post but I am ever so thankful that I have an amazing Grandfather that I am so proud of and that I was prompted to write about him today.

Who will you honor this Father's Day?  (Your Father, Your Husband, Your GrandFather, Spiritual Father, Baby Daddy, All of the Above).  Leave me a comment and let me know.

God's Treasure,

Victoria

It's Memorial MonDAY

I work full time so I just love holidays and three day weekends. I love fun, food, and family time. Today was a great day. I hope you also had a great day.

Today serves as a reminder that the freedom we have here in the USA has not come free. We have brave men and women who have paid with their lives for our country, for our freedom. We honor those warriors today and let us remember them, not just today. What a sacrifice our military men and women make. They freely choose to serve our country, to fight for our country and to give their lives for our freedom.  So very thankful for men and women in the military who lay down their lives for our freedom.

I cant help but think about Jesus today as well. He also gave His life so that you and I can have freedom. 

John 8:36 (AMP)

“So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.”

He sets the example for us.

John 15:13 (AMP)

“No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.”

Just as Jesus laid down his life for us and the military men and women lay down their lives for us, we also should do the same. We need to lay aside our own agendas and pray for our military, pray for our nation, pray for our communities, pray for our youth, pray for our families. We also need to go into battle and be warriors, prayer warriors.

1 John 3:16 (NIV)

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”
I do realize that I am a day late on this post and I apologize for that. I meant to post this yesterday.

I hope everyone had a blessed weekend and are ready to tackle a new short week.

His Delight (Isaiah 62:3)

Mrs. Victoria Aguila

Peace and Hope

I am taking a class or should I say a woman’s support group at my church, “Making Peace with my Past” based on a book with this title, by Tim Sledge.  We are now on week 10 of 12. Thank God!! Each week we have 5 days of reading, memory verses and affirmations. It has been quite the journey this whole making peace with my past thing.  I have had so much healing though so I move forward in it.

I read this in Unit 9, Day 1 of this work book and thought it’d be great to share for my Faith Friday treasure.

“Being spiritual does not mean that you are without flaws, that you never make a mistake or that you didn’t experience anything negative in your past. Being spiritual means that you are committed to Jesus Christ.  You are letting Him work in your life to help you become what He wants you to be.”

This reminded me of this verse (emphasis added).

 

Romans 5:1-5 (NIV)

Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified through FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through whom we have gained access by FAITH into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the HOPE of the glory of God. ³ Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴ perseverance, character; and character, HOPE. ⁵ And HOPE does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

When we are committed to Jesus Christ, we have been justified through FAITH, we have peace with God, we can boast in the HOPE of the glory of God AND we also glory in our sufferings with no shame, no disappointments, just the building up of our perseverance, our character, our HOPE and God’s love that has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that is given to us upon receiving Christ into our hearts.

On my own, I cannot love with that pure Godly love and surely I can’t be “spiritual”. My love is fickle and so temperamental and sometimes I feel like I am just not “spiritual enough” so when I read that in the book and I combine it with God’s word, I am deeply moved and so encouraged because I am committed to Jesus Christ, I have been for 7 years now(the best 7 years of my YOUNG life hehehe) and I am letting HIM work in my life to help me become what He wants me to be. God’s amazing love has been poured out into my heart. It has come out from God and poured into my heart through the Holy Spirit.  Therefore, I can now LOVE but not that fickle, temperamental, superficial love but with God’s pure and amazing love.

Do you know this kind of love???? I pray that you do. I pray that all will come into the knowledge of Jesus Christ and experience His amazing love.

I HOPE this TREASURE of FAITH, encourages you as much as it encouraged me.

His Delight (Isaiah 62:3),

Mrs. Victoria Aguila