Mission Accomplished

I told the world that I quit drinking and got saved ! But so many just threw me aside and thought; "Oh, so your one of them now" ?

 I showed them how a man can change after many, many years of a selfish, loveless life ! But so many couldn't accept my transformation because it threatened their very own decisions in life, made so many years ago. 


I tried to tell them that no matter what their age, it is never too late to have a complete metamorphosis in life if they just give their heart & soul to Jesus Christ. But so many said that they have already been down that road and came to a dead end, so decided to turn around. 

I proceeded to give them my testimony and dug deep into my Pandora's box to reveal how one man's living hell might be another man's 'wake up call'.  I just want them to know that God is so real and alive and to never give up on His grace & mercy. 

Then many stopped and thought, "Wait, maybe in all his passion he has something here". 


Thank you God, mission accomplished. 

Gino 

"Tuned In" this Sunday

Here's to an inspirational Sunday sermon,  

a great picnic with my family and a rainy night to bring it all to a storybook ending. 

Somedays the sun shines the brightest through the cloudiest of skies. 

Somedays  everything  just comes together and works out right. 

Somedays, more than others, our spiritual  radar seems to tune in to God's frequency as clear as can be......... 

While other days it seems to have a little interference.........

Gino 

Hold On

"Hold on for one more day". 

Do you know how many times this was the only thing that has gotten me through countless, desperate days in the past? I had to just keep saying this to myself over and over again because tomorrow was the only hope that I had to hang onto.

 Even though the future might look pretty grim, you have to put yourself into the survivor mode and reach deep down into the bottom of the barrel to try and find a purpose to wake up to yet another day. And then you have to do all over again the next day, because one day at a time is the only way it can be done. It almost seems like you're  trying to grasp something that is completely unknown to you and is way out of your reach, but you still have to believe it is there.

It took me alot of painstaking years and many, many 'one day at a times' to make me realize that the driving passion that was growing in my soul that I've been avoiding all these years and trying my best to  drink around, was God. It was God calling and I was finally lucky enough hear Him. 

But beware, because you see, satan has a way of filling these desires also that can fool you into believing that everything is perfect, but in reality he is substituting God's calling with a false hope by ways of drugs, alcohol, money, lust and many other tactics to lure you in. 

God's  way is through love though and can never be mistaken by the devil's strategy of scheming & conniving because love can NEVER be associated with evil. So please, if you are in an unbelievably tough place in your life and think that any kind of peace or happiness is not possible in your future due to an addiction, depression,  failure or whatever, just hold on for one more day. That's all it takes to discover Jesus and realize that there is love in your life now, and there is love after life. Through our loving God. 

Gino 

Everyday, A Gift

Isn't it just incredible the way you feel in your heart when you think about Jesus being in your life? What an uplifting, invigorating  feeling! All your worries just seem to melt away like snow on a warm day and then replaced with a peace and contentment that only the Holy Spirit can produce. 

And isn't it amazing how it never gets old? That is  one of the main things that truly  astonishes me since I've been born again. Nothing ever seems to be routine in our walk with the Lord. Each and every new day now is anticipated in a way  comparable to how a child might wait for Christmas morning, with the excitement of giving and receiving an unopened gift. What a warm, loving feeling that can fill you with. I pray that everybody who reads this can relate in some way to what I'm talking about. Each morning that we awaken can be a Christmas morning, in that we have no idea what unopened gifts may await us, and who we might in return bless with our own gifts that God has already surprisingly provided us with. 

In my old drinking days, I used to wake up every morning and think "Oh great, another miserable start to yet another miserable day,,,,,I just  wish it was over already ". And I woke up like this for a very long time. It went on hour by hour, day after day, year after year. All the days sort of ran together and time just went by with no purpose or meaning. 

Then an amazing thing happened in my life . Jesus happened! The Holy Spirit happened! People entered my life,  or should I say,  I finally accepted people into my life! People who loved me! People's who cared! I didn't know they even existed. I was so blind that I was oblivious to a loving family inside  my own household. 
      
 God lets me see things different now. Now life isn't about me and feeling sorry for myself because I was dealt a losing hand in life.  It never really  was a losing  hand for you see,  I was just playing it wrong.


Our God so amazing in ways that we can't even imagine. 
                                    Gino 

Matthew 6:21
 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of the heart will also be.

Too Late Now!

Imagine if you will, getting up some morning in the winter and your electric is off because of a storm in the middle of the night. And you never invested in a back up generator. Too late now! You'll just have to wait until the problem is fixed.

Imagine if you will, hiking in the woods and right as the sun is going down you get lost, and as darkness falls you realize that you never brought a  flashlight with you. Too late now! All you can do now is make do overnight in the woods until the sun comes up in the morning, then find your way out.

Imagine if you will, driving down the interstate passing exit after exit, and finally realizing that your tank is on E, you're in the middle of nowhere.  Too late now! All you can do now is hope that you have enough fuel to make it to the next gas station or get assistance. 


And can you imagine investing all that you have, to achieve your life long dream? Your goal of making a million dollars is gone as you have lost everything because (of greed) as you wanted to try and make another million?  Too late now! All you can do now is swallow your pride and start over.

Now try, if you will, with all your heart, try to imagine this. Imagine dying and going before God on Judgement Day. You're standing before Him,  with all your years on earth fast forwarding right in front of you .A documentary movie of your life playing right in front of you both. But you notice that there are no efforts on your part towards salvation. You see that there were plenty of people trying to lead you to Jesus and you had many, many chances, but you just chose to say "no" because you never, ever thought that any of this could ever, ever be for real!  You never thought about what if you might be wrong. 

Guess what?  It's too late now! This can't be fixed, you had your chance. And there's no going home because it no longer exists. 

You literally passed all of your exits where you could have gotten off for assistance.  

Your time for swallowing your pride and starting over is gone forever. 

You are now permanently lost.  All you can now is???????????????????? TOO LATE! YOU'RE OUT OF CHOICES!


Only God knows the final day that you walk this earth and He doesn't give you a 'one last chance' before you go.


Imagine that!

Gino 

Good morning! It's raining ! 

Did you know it could pour down rain every  day for 100 years and the number of raindrops that hit the earth still wouldn't be near the number of stars that God created in the universe?

That's pretty awesome. 

I wonder who ever counted them? 

Have a wonderful day. 
Gino