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This blog is where I express myself to the world or at least to those who might stop by to read what I post 
. Maybe God will use what I post (I am a Christian and this blog will have a most decidedly Christian bent to it) to good effect in the lives of my readers.
I may turn some of my posts into a book. I may cease blogging here altogether. Who knows. But for now..I am content to post away in this, my own little corner of the world.
Rather than reading through my now lengthy list of posts you may wish to read what I consider to be my very best posts or you can just read the posts that deal with a single subject category that might interest you.
Please know that I am open to any input on any topic I write about. If you have something to say about anything you see written here please....feel free to speak up in the form of leaving a comment or sending me a PM (private message).
And if you are in San Diego and wish to meet the one and only Carlos (that's me)...drop me a private message. I always enjoy meeting one of my readers!
Thanks.
Carlos
PS. If you want to follow my blog such that you will get an email when I write new posts you can subscribe to my blog.
. Maybe God will use what I post (I am a Christian and this blog will have a most decidedly Christian bent to it) to good effect in the lives of my readers. I may turn some of my posts into a book. I may cease blogging here altogether. Who knows. But for now..I am content to post away in this, my own little corner of the world.
Rather than reading through my now lengthy list of posts you may wish to read what I consider to be my very best posts or you can just read the posts that deal with a single subject category that might interest you.
Please know that I am open to any input on any topic I write about. If you have something to say about anything you see written here please....feel free to speak up in the form of leaving a comment or sending me a PM (private message).
And if you are in San Diego and wish to meet the one and only Carlos (that's me
)...drop me a private message. I always enjoy meeting one of my readers!Thanks.
Carlos
PS. If you want to follow my blog such that you will get an email when I write new posts you can subscribe to my blog.
Recent happenings in my life - Chapter 1
Hi everyone,
Someone recently wrote me in a private message and said this...
"Please post what's happening in your life on your blog. You've left us hanging!"
Admittedly I have tended to not say much about what is happening in my life and...that is not fair to my readers. So I hope to rectify that in the next few posts.
But I need to explain some things before I do.
In general the things that I have been going through are some of the most difficult circumstances that I have ever gone through in my entire life. I will be brutally honest about my circumstances but please know that in all my honesty my intention is not to have anyone feel pity for me or send me money.
While my circumstances are very hard they are at the same time tailor made just for me by a loving God who has my best interests at heart. I really and honestly believe that.
I have come to experience a release from the burden of attachment to the things of this life that has previously robbed me of life. For most of my life I have experienced a great deal of anxiety and worry over circumstances that have from time to time threatened my living, my possessions, my health, or my future. In the last several months I have learned the secret of living without worry and anxiety while experiencing circumstances 100 times worse than just about any I have ever experienced. I believe I have learned how to truly live in whatever circumstances I find myself in.
A secret to living an abundant life that I believe Paul the apostle in part referred to when he said...
That is one secret worth learning!
I do not claim to be able to go through the kinds of circumstances Paul did while being content at all times. Like a baby who has just started to walk, the secret of living an abundant life is one that I have just recently started walking in but, the important thing is that I have learned enough to start walking.
I cannot claim that I have lived without anxiety and worry every minute of the last few months. Indeed I did not learn what I needed to learn from my circumstances fully until just the last couple of weeks when my suffering intensified. But what I have learned has been tested again and again and I can say in all honesty that peace reigns in my heart despite circumstances that previously would have caused me to tear my hair out.
Something has happened in my heart and it is that something that I want to highlight in what I will be posting. Not my circumstances.
But...I cannot rightly help my readers to realize how the peace and contentment in my heart is unusual and God inspired if I cannot describe it against the backdrop of circumstances the likes of which I should naturally be extremely anxious about.
So while reading what I share please do not for one minute think that I write what I write about to solicit pity or funds. That is not my purpose in writing.
I want those of you reading this to see the living God at work in my circumstances to change my heart for the best. A change that will enable me to really live no matter what I go through in whatever life I have left.
Perhaps something of what I share here will be used by God to enable some of you facing very difficult circumstances to also share in the peace which has reigned in my heart recently. And to the extent that happens my writing will have served it's purpose.
Please read with an open mind and heart and reserve judgment until you have read each of the parts of the next several posts which I have labeled collectively as "Recent happenings in my life".
As always I am open to any input, pro or con, regarding anything I write about. I will allow any comments that are respectful and sincerely given even if they question the nature of what I have learned.
Carlos
PS. I am breaking what I have to share into Chapters since the software used by city-data to allow blog posts does not allow posts with too many words in it.
Continue with Chapter II:
https://www.city-data.com/blogs/blog4520-recent-happenings-my-life-chapter-ii.html
Someone recently wrote me in a private message and said this...
"Please post what's happening in your life on your blog. You've left us hanging!"
Admittedly I have tended to not say much about what is happening in my life and...that is not fair to my readers. So I hope to rectify that in the next few posts.
But I need to explain some things before I do.
In general the things that I have been going through are some of the most difficult circumstances that I have ever gone through in my entire life. I will be brutally honest about my circumstances but please know that in all my honesty my intention is not to have anyone feel pity for me or send me money.
While my circumstances are very hard they are at the same time tailor made just for me by a loving God who has my best interests at heart. I really and honestly believe that.
I have come to experience a release from the burden of attachment to the things of this life that has previously robbed me of life. For most of my life I have experienced a great deal of anxiety and worry over circumstances that have from time to time threatened my living, my possessions, my health, or my future. In the last several months I have learned the secret of living without worry and anxiety while experiencing circumstances 100 times worse than just about any I have ever experienced. I believe I have learned how to truly live in whatever circumstances I find myself in.
A secret to living an abundant life that I believe Paul the apostle in part referred to when he said...
Quote:
Philippians 4:11 (NASB)
I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
I do not claim to be able to go through the kinds of circumstances Paul did while being content at all times. Like a baby who has just started to walk, the secret of living an abundant life is one that I have just recently started walking in but, the important thing is that I have learned enough to start walking
. I cannot claim that I have lived without anxiety and worry every minute of the last few months. Indeed I did not learn what I needed to learn from my circumstances fully until just the last couple of weeks when my suffering intensified. But what I have learned has been tested again and again and I can say in all honesty that peace reigns in my heart despite circumstances that previously would have caused me to tear my hair out
. Something has happened in my heart and it is that something that I want to highlight in what I will be posting. Not my circumstances.
But...I cannot rightly help my readers to realize how the peace and contentment in my heart is unusual and God inspired if I cannot describe it against the backdrop of circumstances the likes of which I should naturally be extremely anxious about.
So while reading what I share please do not for one minute think that I write what I write about to solicit pity or funds. That is not my purpose in writing.
I want those of you reading this to see the living God at work in my circumstances to change my heart for the best. A change that will enable me to really live no matter what I go through in whatever life I have left.
Perhaps something of what I share here will be used by God to enable some of you facing very difficult circumstances to also share in the peace which has reigned in my heart recently. And to the extent that happens my writing will have served it's purpose.
Please read with an open mind and heart and reserve judgment until you have read each of the parts of the next several posts which I have labeled collectively as "Recent happenings in my life".
As always I am open to any input, pro or con, regarding anything I write about. I will allow any comments that are respectful and sincerely given even if they question the nature of what I have learned.
Carlos
PS. I am breaking what I have to share into Chapters since the software used by city-data to allow blog posts does not allow posts with too many words in it
.Continue with Chapter II:
https://www.city-data.com/blogs/blog4520-recent-happenings-my-life-chapter-ii.html
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