Jean Paul Echegaray's Blog, page 11

Navidad: La respuesta en forma de semilla

¿Qué es lo que te gustaría recibir como respuesta de oración si estás pasando por una grave enfermedad? Pues, ¡un milagro!, ¡que de repente, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, sea sanado! Creo que eso sería lo que te gustaría recibir si eres como la mayoría de nosotros, ¿no? Pero, ¿qué es lo que normalmente se recibe? Un proceso, una semilla que hay que cultivar, algo pequeño que tenemos que cuidar para que crezca de a pocos.

Lo mismo es si, por ejemplo, estás pasando por una crisis matrimonia...

Please, pray with me for my country Peru

Father, bless my Peru. I pray for your unmerited favor over this land, over each Peruvian, but specially, over each of your sons and daughters that in these moments are lifting their faces to You with faith that they may receive the help that they need to go through this time of uncertainty and disappointment.

Give us the strength so we may decide to quit putting our trust and expectancy on our governors and authorities, and to start putting it on You alone, as always should have been. We take...

Acompáñame a orar por nuestro Perú

Padre, bendice a mi Perú. Oro por tu favor inmerecido sobre esta tierra, sobre cada peruano, pero en especial, sobre cada uno de tus hijos que en estos momentos están levantando sus rostros hacia Ti con la fe de poder recibir esa ayuda que necesitan para pasar este momento de incertidumbre y desilusión.

Danos la fortaleza para poder decidir dejar de poner nuestra confianza y expectativa en nuestros gobernantes y autoridades, y comenzar a ponerla solo en Ti, como siempre debió haber sido. Asumi...

If you love your spouse, do not demand

If we read: "Love doesn't demand. Love gives. If someone demands you to prove your love, that person doesn't love you" , immediately we think of that guy that manipulates his girlfriend to have sex if she really loves him. (Mental note: shame to him!)

Here I give you some other ways to manipulate which go unnoticed because they're not the most common case, but they are also ways to manipulate your spouse:
- If you love me, have dinner ready for me when I get home.
- If you love me, keep the house...

Don't criticize your spouse. Highlighting the good things is better!

Point out the good things to others as you want others to point out your good things." That would be the Golden Rule paraphrased.

Who doesn't like others to point out one's good things? I think that everybody likes it! The problem is that we normally criticize more than to point the good things out.

Most people focus on effectiveness, and they think that by criticizing, telling somebody off and just pointing out the problem, they make that the problem to be corrected. Big mistake...

"I am corrupt, but not so much"

If I have in a recipient 95 red balls and 5 white ones, and if I randomly take one, what ball is most probable that I take, red or white? Obviously, a red one!

That's how I like to explain why is that there is so much corruption in our authorities.

Our authorities hasn't always been authorities, but they once were part of the people (and they'll return to the people!). Why, then, there is so much corruption in our authorities? Because we, the people, are the ones that carry that corruption.

They...

Social Networks: "Excuse me, did you say something?"

We are already in the social networks era. Many are thankful for this, some are complaining and there are others that just don't know when to stop using them. Which is your group?

I'm not agree to those that complain about them saying: "There are people that even post their food! I mean, don't they have more important things to post?" I think that these people don't get the idea of what a social network really is. For example, if you are hanging out with your friends, is it really ne...

Christmas: Joy in the middle of trouble

Rulers only being worried for themselves, sitting in their offices to get rich instead of serving the people. The breach between the rich and poor is getting bigger every time, feeding the resentment, the bitterness and the despair. Violence is found as to daily bread, and sicknesses are attacking making no distinction of people.

Just in case, I'm not describing the actual situation of many countries nowadays, but the situation of the Jews people of thousand years ago when Jesus was born.

It wa...

Christmas: Joy in te middle of trouble

Rulers only being worried for themselves, sitting in their offices to get rich instead of serving the people. The breach between the rich and poor is getting bigger every time, feeding the resentment, the bitterness and the despair. Violence is found as to daily bread, and sicknesses are attacking making no distinction of people.

Just in case, I'm not describing the actual situation of many countries nowadays, but the situation of the Jews people of thousand years ago when Jesus was born.

It wa...

Navidad: Gozo en medio de las dificultades

Los gobernantes solo preocupándose por ellos mismos, sentados en sus cargos para enriquecerse en lugar de servir al pueblo. Cada vez más se acentúa la diferencia entre los tienen y los que no tienen, alimentando el resentimiento, la amargura y la desesperación. La violencia se encuentra como pan de cada día, y las enfermedades atacando sin hacer distinción de clases.

Por si acaso, no estoy describiendo la situación de hoy en día de muchos países, sino la del pueblo Judío de hace dos mil años c...