One day I'll Get My Chance, Lord

Hi …. 

What an amazing enlightenment our get togethers are. I seek truth & knowledge and am getting that plus so much more. I think I now understand why God spared me and one day I will humbly bow down before him , and tell him , "There are no words inside me, there are no acts that I can perform , there is no gift I can give you, there is nothing inside me great enough to express my gratitude and love to you for saving me my Dear Lord.  

You truly are my Savior and my Guiding Light through my darkest years. 

I'm all in Jesus ". One day I will get my chance to say this. 

God bless you .… 

Gino 

FRIENDS....My Best Friend

FRIENDS
There are miracles in life that often happen without cause.
They're unique and sometimes hard to understand.
It's proof to me that Jesus really is alive today.
Another sign are angels we call friends.
I've been waiting years for you to come into my life Dear Lord.
I began to think it wasn't meant to be.
Until a friend explained to me while digging my own grave.
It was you that waited patient for me.
A drinking man has no desire to look beyond today.
He has no time or interest to be saved.
In his future lies a very self destructing road.
A road that only Jesus can repave.
The bottle took my passion and the devil had my lust.
You might say I was heading straight for hell.
To say I hit "rock bottom" is an understating phrase.
It would take a miracle to get me well.
Why you spared my life Dear Lord I just don't understand.
It obviously didn't mean that much to me.
But a friend explained about your unconditional love for us.
Like I read, "my eyes were blind but now I see".
Then one day you sent a man to help me find the truth.
A stranger then, but now a lifelong friend.
He set me straight, he gave me hope, and came into my home.
We talked with God and then I made amends.
It's one thing just to "talk the talk" and it's another to have faith.
One has meaning, the other one does not.
Even though I didn't get the message quite at first.
Pretending that I did was never thought.
Sometimes you need a friend to tell what's deep inside your heart.
Things that no one else could ever know.
You form a bond and trust this person with you inner self.
They see a part of you, you never show.
If you know someone that really needs a friend, then be a friend.
Don't think about what's in it just for you.
Offer them you ear and grab a hold to every word.
Then ask yourself,"just what would Jesus do".
Free will gives you the option to believe in God or not.
Delaying is a gamble that you take.
The Lord might grant a second chance but there's no guarantees.
So choose your life as you would choose your fate.
Webster writes "affection"  is the key to having friends.
And "affection" is another word for "love".
Love has many meanings but "devotion" comes to mind.
That means my best friend must be God above.
Gino

God Grows On You

Feb 12, 2016

God Grows On You

Simple words from loving thoughts.

Can ease a ravaged soul.

A soothing voice may calm your fears.

When anguish takes its toll.

A friendly smile can make your day.

Sometimes that's all it takes.

It's just enough to let you know.

There's hope for hearts that ache.

Look for the light through darkened skies.

Though it might be hard to see.

Just don't be blinded by the sun.

It blocks what sets you free.

Search deep inside your spiritual self.

There's a seed that wants to sprout.

Like new sown grass that waits for rain.

It lies dormant in a drought.

So let Gods love pour down on you.

And nourish you with his grace.

Within him is the breath of life.

And a future to embrace.

"I'm all in"

Happy Valentines Day!

Gino

"And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns."  Philippians 1:6 NLT

To Whom It May Concern

Jan. 31, 2016

       

If you really care, then there is really hope , and all is good. Just let it go , because if this is you, the true you, don't be afraid , all is good. How can it be wrong when it feels so right? Don't hide it , but let it be known that you know who your creator is. I never knew what it was all about. 

I was once a lost soul in every sense of the word. How could there possibly be a God when all this bad was happening to me for all these years. The only thing I believed in is that there is nothing you can believe in and no one you can count on. Nobody had my back, I had no shoulders to cry on, and I was just so damn mad at the whole world, or anyone that was happy in it anyway. How could they be so happy? I was miserable and they were laughing. I hated them. I had no one to talk to , I think that is why I write so much now. My wife and I were distant with each other, my son didn't want to be around me, my brothers and sister were having a family feud,  my parents are dead and I don't really have any what you could call close friends. I used to think all the time that if I died that there would not be a person in this world that would care the least little bit. Not one. In fact there are probably more that would be glad if I were to die. That's what I thought anyway. I was a complete mess. You did not even want to mention God’s name around me. I even started to read up on literature on proof that there is no way there can be a God or a creator. How could so many cosmologist be wrong?  All I can say about where I was heading was the wrong way on a one-way street!!! 

Then one day I had a talk with a man. I listened to what he had to say about Jesus and he showed me how to ask the Lord forgiveness for my sins and he introduced me to the power of prayer. A long story short.....Now instead of waking up in the morning and thinking "Oh no, another day in hell" I wake up and thank the Lord, first that I'm alive and well, then I thank him for letting me feel his love and making me so happy that I just want to do a triple back flip off the roof of my house, and then I plan my day so that I know I will do at least one deed that day that will put a smile on his face ! Now, It is all good! It is a win-win for everyone. Well , everyone but Satan.

There are many that tried to bring me down and make me give up .  But,............... " Don't mistake my kindness for weakness". Just because I am mild and soft spoken , do not be fooled! There is a strength in me like you have never seen. Believe me , I've tried the devil’s way. I have met him. I feared him. I wasted years of my life for him. Then God stepped in and said "THAT'S ENOUGH" and unleashed me from the devils hold when I was hanging on to life with just a prayer. 

This is how I know that God is the all powerful savior. Let fate and destiny go as God planned it . He gave us a powerful gift. Free Will. One chance is all we get. One chance is all we need. Just go for it . Do with what you have with the time you have left . Like the saying goes , "It is what it is". You were dealt your cards so make the best hand you can out of it. Don't worry about what other people have, just play your own cards , because God loves you even if you have a losing hand. Trust me on this because I have been a loser most of my life. Not now! Now, I'm all in !

PS.  Carpe momentum et cetera sequientur

God bless you Friends

Gino

Wonder

Feb 2, 2016

Wonder

Did you ever wake up in the morning, walk outside, look all around you and wonder how this all came to be? You get a feeling of awe and wonderment and think "Why Me". Did you ever think, what if your parents never met? What if your great,great,great great,great,great grandparents would have never met hundreds of years ago? But when you think that far back you can just keep going back even further & further & further. Before earth, before the stars, before the galaxies and before the whole entire universe! There was God! There was just God! There was nothing but God! NOTHING! Then how did we come to be? You can't get something from nothing!!!

So, we all came to be here just by chance? Through development and evolution ? I may not be the smartest man in the world but I'm smart enough to know that this is an impossibility, you can't get something from nothing. Zero plus zero equals zero. All the time. You can't argue that, not that I'm aware of anyway. 

But zero plus God does equal creation. Now that makes more sense to me. Scientists say that there are way, way more stars out there than there are grains of sands on earth. Billions and billions of galaxies with billions of stars in each of them. That's a lot of something from nothing.  And then there's little, infinitesimal earth. So perfect. So incredible. So amazing. WOW! God did all this for his children ! 

I don't know what to say dear Lord. I am speechless. I live for you. I'm all in.

Gino