Motherhood & Ministry

Motherhood & Ministry

Guest Blogger: Evelyn Herrera

Being a mother was a dream of mine, but on the other hand, I had another dream…… It was to travel the world and share the love of Jesus through my music with my husband Juan Carlos. I was living my dream, and was also extremely blessed to be able to share this journey with my husband. My husband and I had many conversations on when we would have our first child. We thought we would wait for at least 5 years, but our little angel Mia showed up at 3 years of marriage. It was a joyous occasion, but also uncertain on how we would continue our ministry together with the birth of our child. The support of both of our families were extremely crucial, especially our mothers!

I don't know what we would have done without them. I was content knowing that my baby girl was in the best hands when we had to travel. It was very painful at times, but when those emotions would arise, I would remind myself about this rare opportunity that the Lord gave my Husband and I, to never take for granted. We now have another little blessing, Aria Belle…. She just turned 2 months and I'm enjoying every moment with her at home right now.

I know when our daughters are older, they will understand why Mommy and Daddy had to be away at times, and will especially be proud to know that we were accomplishing our mission to share the Gospel through traveling and singing. I can't wait to see what else the Lord has in store for our family and ministry. I thank Him every single day, for His mercy and Grace. Never take anything for granted. It is never guaranteed.

With all my love,

Evelyn Herrera
Tercer Cielo

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The Success Creepers

I felt in my heart to share this with you and I hope it encourages you to keep on keeping on. We all struggle with insecurities and frustrations that do not allow us to progress in whatever we have set our minds to do or in whatever God has called us to do. It is important to remember that we are humans and we have feelings. Even the greatest and most successful people have their fair share of not so good days. Let’s face it; someone will always be stronger than you, better than you, more successful than you but that’s not the point. Congratulations to them! The big questions is, are you happy with yourself and are you confident with what you can accomplish despite what others may say or do? Everyone has a purpose in life and has been called to do something great. 

Today, I want to talk about three things that will always try to creep up on you to deflate your spirits and discourage you from succeeding. It will try to disturb your peace but don’t let it get to you because it can become a nightmare.

Ok, so what are these nightmares? It's what I call, The Success Creepers.
WMF {Weakness, Mess-Ups and Failures}

 

Your weakness is an opportunity for God’s strength to show up.  The bible says that in our weakness we are made strong because of His power. It also says that we can do ALL things that strengthen us, how? Through Christ! Don’t be afraid to show your weakness because when you’re weak, you really are strong!

Your mess- ups are lessons learned in this journey called life. We all make mistakes! The bible is full of great men of God who make mistakes.  The important thing is to not dwell in our past but look forward.  The past is there to remind us of the lessons we have learned but our goal is always to look ahead, because it is in the future where we can see our greatest dreams accomplished. Look and move forward!

Your failures allow you to fine-tuning and perfect your success. Look at it as a big puzzle that you’re trying to solve and that puzzle is your life. You’re trying to see the big picture-hence reach your purpose in life. Failure is simply placing the wrong piece to the puzzle, it won’t fit. You have failed to put the correct puzzle piece in its proper place. So what do you do? You pick an alternative piece and try to find the one that will successfully fit.  Do not get discouraged when you try something and fail, it simply means there is another way of achieving it so you must find the correct one. Try again and again and again!

In life, different obstacles will try to creep up on us to discourage us from reaching our goals, they creep up on us when we're on the verge of success.  And their sole objective is to deflate our energy, strength, enthusiasm, our vision and our dreams. Don't allow it! Embrace your weakness- great opportunities arise when we allow God to take over and become our source of strength. Recognize your mess-ups, learn from it and move on. And don’t get discouraged with your failures, it’s a matter of trial and error, if it doesn’t work one way, keep trying, you’ll eventually get it- you’re bound to find the right puzzle piece.

Be Encouraged, Be Blessed!                                                                         
Landy Perez-Feliciano  ♥