A Bit of Paradise

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Published: Sunday, 01 June 2008 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

Each time I’ve talked to the girls about our Mother’s Day activity, and I asked them what they liked the best, invariably, their answers have been the same... “Everything.”

Everything was a big secret...  Suspense grew when we closed off our big room and the girls couldn’t see what was going on...  One of them said about a week ahead, “I’m counting down the hours!"

We called our activity “A Bit of Paradise”... we wanted the girls to feel special, loved... a reminder of God’s love and care... that in His eyes there is no one who is “ugly” or “unlovable.”  The girls had tickets for every area... arranged in different orders so every half hour there would be a movement of people, and the areas would be full...

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Is That The Answer (Part 2)

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Published: Sunday, 04 May 2008 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

PART TWO...  of “Is that the answer???”

In part one, I “painted” you a few pictures of a couple situations I have come up against lately... ones that don’t have simple answers... some of them where you wonder whether the answer is right or not... ...wondering if our “help” is really helping...  God has a heart for justice... for the needy...  Do we share our Father’s heart?  Do we know how to live out His heart where God has placed us, whether in Canada, USA or Bolivia?

Here are a couple other “pictures” I wanted to share with you...

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Is That The Answer (Part 1)

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Published: Saturday, 03 May 2008 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

 Jeremiah 22:16 says,

“He defended the cause of the poor and needy,

so all went well with him. 

Is that not what it means to know me?

says the Lord.”

(Knowing God goes beyond head knowledge… and certain traditions or rituals…)  Over and over, the Bible talks about God’s heart for the rejected, lonely ones… the ones who need that extra hand. 

James 1:27 says,

“True and “unspotted” religion

 before God our Father is this,

tend to the orphans and widows

in their distress…”

(I’m translating from Spanish…)

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Do You Remember?

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Published: Wednesday, 02 April 2008 15:46

Written by Corina Clements Soria

I had a neat conversation back in February (time flies!!) that I’ve been meaning to write about… but there’s always something “urgent” that diverts my attention…  Today is a rainy day…  I’m waiting to see if it clears up so I can get into jail… (I go to women’s jail every second Wednesday.)

When my parents were visiting, we went to the Sunday service at the church we used to attend years ago when we lived here…  New people… old people… people I should remember their names but I don’t…  A lady came up to Marco and I… (one of the ones I’ve seen before… but can’t remember her name!)…  This is what she told me…

“Corina!  Glad to see you… bla…bla…bla… I’m so glad you came because I told myself that whenever I saw you next I would tell you this…”  Hmm…  interesting…

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