There will be a way
even if there seems to be no way yet,
mountains shall be moved,
and obstacles shall vanish,
in ways you could never have imagined them
to disappear.

But keep the faith,
carry on,
protect your joy,
and know that victory is yours,
not by your own strength,
but by my Spirit,
by my Grace and my great Love for you.

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I've learned that the reason for much of my struggles was that I don't let God take care of me. I had always been the one to decide what's best for me, and who and what could make me happy. It's really frustrating and full of anxieties.

I will let God take care of me. I will let Him make me feel how much I am loved. I will let Him surprise me and show me things I have never known before.

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I've learned that the Lord does not desire to rush me. Rather, He wants me to grow in His time, and so I must be patient.

Before He sends me forth, I know that there are some things He wants to deal with first. Though I thought I was prepared, He showed me I wasn't ready yet. He made me come face to face with my weaknesses and I knew that it will take time.

I trust in Him however, that He will finish the good work He had begun!

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Make peace with your shadow. Unless you are able to,you will never dare venture in the light.

Let not another's measure of happiness be your own measure.Judge not the things that can make you happy.

God does not take us only when we are lovable,but moreso when we are most in need of love.

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I believe that not one of those interventions however, were ever accomplished without a chosen messenger or vehicle with which His plans shall be accomplished. I call them TRANSMUTERS, the instruments of change used by God to intervene without breaking His own laws of the universe.

Remember Elijah and the power of shutting down the heavens so it will not rain. Remember Moses and the plagues and the parting of the sea. Remember Jesus Himself who performed countless wonders and miracles, God Incarnate who came to us to show us the way.

Such is the mystery of God's intervention. He does not shout all of a sudden from heaven, frightening us all to believe in Him. He does not arrive from some alien ship and preach a good news we couldn't possibly understand. God Himself was born as a child like you and me. He came to the darkness where we are and dwelt with us. He became man, and being man like us performed miracles, healed many and performed the Ultimate Sacrifice of Love we wouldn't have known had He not done it exactly the way He did. God, the "Ultimate Transmuter of All", has transmuted Himself and gave us a mystery we couldn't ponder for all eternity.

Do you ask now why so that no miracle had been happening today right where you are? Do you still ask in anger how a God so Good and Merciful does not intervene in the affairs of man?

You are the vessel. You are the TRANSMUTER of every wonderful miracle that can be borne out of Love. Are you willing? When are you going to start?

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What might happen indeed when God intervenes:
· God stops us from getting sick
· God stops us from dying when attacked by others
· God stops us from sinning
· God stops others from sinning against us

As we might note, if God intervenes, He must consistently do so also in order not to be deemed as imperfect or as evil. And when He does, the Laws of this world He has created shall all be broken by the very One who created it. Freedom and freewill shall no longer be, and He will infringe upon the dignity of the man He has so created in His very own image.

The source of suffering in this life comes from two things-
1. Suffering of the physical body
2. Suffering of the spiritual self

To what suffering then must God intervene for us all that we may deem Him Good and Perfect?

· As to remedying sin (cause of suffering of spiritual self), Love cannot be forced
· As to remedying physical illness and death (cause of suffering of physical body), it would be a curse to give immortality to those who have not learned of love.

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