God allows pain

I am not certain the reason that God allows pain, sometimes I think that it can be so we can experience Him in a deeper way, be closer to Him, I mean ultimately He experienced pain excruciating pain that not many can come close to. As tears roll down my cheeks I give thanks for knowing God intimately, knowing Him and having a real relationship with Him because through the pain and through the trials He is there! I honestly do not know what I would do without Him!1 I would not be here that is for sure!!

Death to self brings growth in God

In order for a seed to grow and mature into a beautiful blossoming plant it must first be dropped in dirt, covered in the darkness in solitude for some time. As time passes this seed starts to crack and peel, roots start to grow deep the seed begins to sprout and it struggles to grow until it sees the light & you start to see it above the ground.

Don’t forget about the process it took to get there, most of all know that God is with you in the process and you are not alone. The darkness and dirt will one day produce beautiful flowers if you don’t skip the process it will all serve for a greater purpose 🌱 .

I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. Anyone who wants to serve me must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me. John 12:24 

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Trusting God through the Trials

Trials will always come our way, that is granted.. but how we handle them and react to them, that can make all the difference.

Knowing that God is in control can provide some sort of confidence and peace.
It can be comforting to know that the very God who created earth and everyone in it is actually concerned with my life, my wants, my needs and the in between!

Be encouraged and have joy as hard as that may be in your current situation but truly truly being in His presence makes all the difference, it will give you joy when you feel like crying and strength when you are thinking of giving up.

Thank God for the good and the bad

I thank God for everything that He has allowed to take place in my life. There are some things that were purely my fault and I pursued and allowed those things to happen but in His great love and mercy for me He allowed me to pursue things and people (which is something He has never asked us to do) that should have never happened. But His Love is all that I could think off, His pursuit. God is such a gentleman, such a great teacher, leader but most of all Father. The greatest  Father we could ever put our hope and trust on. 

He will allow certain situations to take place in your life even if it hurts us and Him and our relationship with Him just so that we can get what we wanted end up empty, broken-hearted and see that it is not what we needed. It's not what He created for us it's not what He intended to happen.

God is always trying to protect us it's part of His love and fatherly nature. Correct me if I am wrong because I am not yet a parent, but I am a child with parents who, like God, want what's best for me. Even if that means saying no and taking certain things away from me that might harm me or not be doing me any good. Because of their love for me, they do what they can to protect me from harm and what they know that is not good for me because they know what the outcome can be like or the consequences. (They see a little further on the other side where we can't) 

Likewise with God, He always has our best interest for us so even in the hard and painful times we must trust Him. Before He formed us in our mothers womb He knew us, He predestined us, He had a plan and a purpose for our lives! How crazy is that?! That the very God almighty who created earth and the heavens thought about creating you and me?! It truly is unfathomable when I try to grasp or understand the true meaning that I am wanted, thought for, cared for, planned for, purposed for a perfect God Who makes all things perfect! He created us and He said we were good! He created us to be in relationship with Him and have dominion over the earth that He created. It is truly mind blowing knowing that God loved me before I knew Him or knew He existed, He knew how I would be, He knew my imperfections, my flaws, my shortcomings, my heart, my love for His people, my love for Him, He knew that as soon as He grabbed ahold of this crazy cuban young bitter lady (Lol I'll share my testimony one day) that He would turn my world and life completely upside down because I was crazy enough to believe Him and believe in Him and in Who He created me to be. That knowledge only came through getting to know Him deeper and deeper through His word. His living word in the bible! Yes the 2000+ year old book, so many stories, so many different people that God used to speak to generations and generations to. To change and transform lives like no one else ever could all for Him and His glory because of His great love for us. 

Have you experienced Gods love? Do you still on daily basis? What is it like for you? Share and comment below. Subscribe to receive updates of future posts! 

Remember God loves you like no one else on this earth ever could so imagine that person that you have felt that love from being only a 10% of what Gods love is like.

Love, peace & Grace unto you,

Glendy 🎀

Trusting God in the Quiet / Silent Seaons

As I thought about what to write I guess there is no better thing to talk about than my current season. In quiet seasons we may question where is God, but haven't you noticed that during the tests the teacher is always quiet? That's what this season has felt like, bunch of trials and testing to make sure that my faith is genuine and pure and I am okay with that because I know that I know that I know that my GOD will not allow anything to come my way that I cannot handle so I strap my boots up, pick my chin up high and continue on this journey as this too shall pass my dear friends.

You see if we are not tested how can we be strengthened? How can we have a testimony if WE didn't go through something? GOD IS ABLE! He will see you through it! As long as we keep our eyes and our faith fixed on Him we must know that He will bring us through it! Trust and have faith in the one who enlisted you!Stay encouraged and stay faithful !!

Living on a Prayer ❤️

Because every now and then God hears my prayers and answers them. Yes I did pray to be able to photograph a Quinceanera because that was the first time I had a professional photoshoot and fell in love. So here I am 12 years later as God allows me to be a blessing to others and expand my gifts and talents for His glory as He allows to see me fit. #Thankful beyond words not for the money (because let's face it I don't make any) but for the passion and love that comes from doing this and sharing such special moments in your lives. My God is a gracious God. Grace is undeserved there's nothing that we could do or not do to earn it, it's something that comes from our Heavenly Father. If you learn to receive it you will learn to give it. Grace and Peace be unto you. 🙏🏼🎉😭 #GraciousLivingPhotos #GodsGrace #UndeservedFavor #GodIsGood #AnsweredPrayer #ForThrLoveOfGod #ForGodsGlory #QuincePhotographer #MiamiPhotographer #BrowardPhotographer #quinceañera #quincesmiami #quincesenmiami #quinceprimaveras #coralgables #miami #miamiquincephotographer #miamiblogger #faithfirst #christianphotographer

Challenging times

Tough times don't last... Tough people do. It's been a crazy couple of months. I have been trying to take better care of my self and my health and by that I mean eating healthier leaner and several times throughout the day. Believe it or not it's been challenging for me because for the past 10 years of my adult life I have learned to take care of everything and everyone else around me except myself. I am always going or doing for someone else. I am the woman who leaves her house a mess to go help someone else clean theirs. I'm the woman who will not wash dishes but go to your house and clear your sink out. I am the woman who does not feed herself or cook herself a quick meal but will make a 3 course meal for anyone else. I am learning as I have been listening to one of my favorite teachers of the word (Joyce Meyer) in this amazing teaching which I recommend to anyone and everyone called Good Health, Good Life: 12 Keys to Enjoying Physical and Spiritual Wellness https://www.amazon.com/dp/1478983086/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ZyttzbCRHHYYM she goes into depth as to different reasons why we do not take care of our health or our selves at times. For me I found out that since my body causes me pain all the time (migraines, neck pain & back pain) (Arnold Chiari malformation) google that lol! My spine is basically longer than its supposed to be so because of that it is always running with the bottom of my skull which gives me all the pain but I am learning if I don't eat well or drink enough water or work out I feel worse. Now that I know this, I have found myself finding excuses as to why not to do any of the above mentioned that I know works. Let's say I do it for 2-3 days see some results then stop and go back to the same thing. It's bananas!!! 

https://youtu.be/QGxEAuXR6p8

That's me :) I should probably do this more often. #vlog 

Being aware is not enough.

What does it take for us to truly do something about a problem? Obviously being aware is not enough. I found out recently that I neglect myself, I don't take care of myself and my basic needs like eating, showering, taking care of my own home, but I am able to take care of everything and everyone else, not great if I may be honest but I do it. However the bible speaks about doing things in excellence so since that is my reference point in the Bible because I chose to follow Christ I am a Christian therefor a follower of Christ therefore I follow what the Bible says I shall be living in excellence, I should be living a life of excellence, everything that I do should be done in excellence. Therefore things done halfway or sort of good or kind of are not good enough, that's not the way that I was called to live so I just wanted to share with you that knowing the problem is not good enough we must act on it and do something to change it to take the steps into making a difference so that things can be different.

EDIT;

I have been trying to take better care of myself, my eating and health now I just pray I keep it up :)
I also posted my first live youtube video for my channel! so excited I will share the link and start posting once a week God willing, Now off to edit photos I go ;)

Love, peace & blessings!

The hurt within the pain

That sad weird moment when people judge you because they sadly don't understand you.

What can I say other then you haven't walked a mile in my shoes and I honestly don't want you to because I don't want you to experience the pain that I've gone through the pain that I have to deal with or the debilitating pain that I go through on a daily basis emotionally, mentally and physically. 

Just know that I love you and that although you don't understand why I do what I do it's not okay to judge me or mistreat me or treat me like I am any less than you because it hurts me, I am human and have feelings too and like it hurts you when I'm doing something that you think is hurting me, please know in a way it is helping me, but it actually hurts me when you don't understand how it is helping me.