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About Becky Pliego

I am grateful because God, in His grace, called me out of darkness and into his admirable light. When I did not look for Him, He found me. When I was in a pit of sin, He rescued me. I am not walking this road alone, my family is always with me, and we love Him, because He loved us first.

Opening Your Home and Heart

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The way the Lord plans all things is beautiful. He is sovereign and we can see how He, as if working in a magnificent play, arranges all things for His glory and the good of our souls.

My sister sent me an email few months ago saying that a friend of her from the Netherlands was coming to Mexico, she asked me to host her friend for a night or two. What a great privilege for me it was to be able to host my sister’s friend; we agreed and started to email back and forth. To make this story short in a moment I was also emailing back and forth with the tour guide of the group (15 Reformed Christian backpackers), they wanted to join us for our Church service on Sunday and were looking for a hotel near to our home…

We had to have a “meeting”, so we sat at the Family Table one night and talked about the possibility of hosting them all. “They are backpackers, so we need not to worry about beds, they have their sleeping bags, and we have enough floor space for all of them”, we reasoned, and by opening our home to them we would be able to bless them. We all voted yes.

They came in Saturday night driving one big van and one car; it was night and it was raining, but  our home was warm, and the tables were set. Pasta night was awaiting.

They stayed with us until Tuesday morning; we thought we were going to bless them with a place to sleep, yet they blessed us greatly.

Every morning and evening we read the Scripture; English was the language where we met in every conversation; at nights we sang hymns and Psalms in Dutch, Spanish and English. Our home was filled with the sound of a beautiful choir, and every room with glorious praises.
 
We thought we were opening our home to them, but really, can you open your home without opening your heart?

We felt sad as they left, but we know that every Lord’s Day we will be singing to our God who has brought people from every tribe and nation to worship Him, until the day we will see Him face to face and again feast at the Family Table with Him.

May you open your home and heart to many this season… you will find blessings you never expected, and your heart will overflow with joy.

Today I am playing with my true photographer friends Kelly and Claire. I could not choose only one picture and I know these are not the best pics at all (it is hard to be the hostess of so many and still try to take good pics.) but they surely tell a lot about how our home in Mexico looked this past weekend.

39 Years… Gratitude Overflows.

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t’s late, however, laughs are still filling our home, the sound of many voices are still on the air. I am tired, I am listening from afar, but I do not want to let this day go by without recording my favorite list, a gratitude list.

669. One more year to live in Him.
670. A house full of brothers and sisters in Christ from the Netherlands.
671. Hymns on a Sunday evening, all sung in three different languages.
672. Lots of bread.
673. Counting 58 eggs for breakfast.
674. My sister, having her so close…
675. Saying “yes to the mess…”
676. My friend Ann who taught me how to live 675.
677. Rain on my birthday.
678. Friends caring.
679. My children’s letters.
680. My birthday present.
681. Lots of clean towels.
682. Lots of blankets.
683. Smiles.
684. Muddy faces.
685. Rain boots and a happy girl.
686. Nohemi.
687. People who has worked very hard to complete the translation of the Bible to so many languages.
688. This place.
689. My bed.

Dear friends, I owe you the pictures of this day; right now, I am very tired and ready to jump into my bed!

Have you seen the new page on this blog, Are You On Your Way to Heaven?

Image: Thanks to Karen for allowing the use of her images freely.

Daily on My Way to Heaven

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O Lord, that I may have 

eyes to to see what it really means 
to be on my way to Heaven
O Lord, that I may have
eyes to see that this
earth and all on it
will pass away.
O Lord, that I may have 
eyes to see that Heaven 
is where I should lay upon
treasures that will last.
O Lord, that I may have
eyes to see beyond
the clock and the calendar
and up to eternity.
O Lord, that I may long
for Heaven,
that I may diligently
pursue the things from above.
O Lord, that I may have
eyes to see what it really means
to be on my way to Heaven.

O Lord, that I may live
aiming at Heaven
longing for home,
eyes fixed on Jesus,
and only on Him.
Daily.
Daily On My Way to Heaven

On Prayer -From my Reading Corner-

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 John Bunyan in Bedford Jail

I am reading a great book by John Bunyan, Prayer; and I  would like to share with you some of the lines that must be written down, and remembered, and lived.

“With God is plenty of grace, even as in a river there is plenty of water. 
A pond, a pool, a cistern, will hold much, but a river will hold more. 
From this throne {of grace} come rivers and streams of water of life, 
to satisfy those that come for life to the throne of God. 
Further, as by a river is showed what abundance of grace proceeds from God through Christ, 
so it shows the unsatiable thirst and desire of one that comes indeed aright to the throne of grace for mercy. 
Nothing but rivers will satisfy such a soul; 
ponds, pools, and cisterns, will do nothing…
They that are saved, are saved to receive abundance of grace; 
‘They which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, 
shall reign in life by One, 
Jesus Christ’-
Rom 5:7″

And he continues saying,

“What comes from this throne of grace is pure grace, 
and nothing else; 
clear grace, free grace, grace that is not mixed, 
nor need be mixed with works of righteousness which we have done; 
it is of itself sufficient to answer all our wants, 
to heal all our diseases, and to help us at a time of need. 
It is grace that chooses, 
it is grace that calls, 
it is grace that preserves, 
and it is grace that brings to glory: 
even the grace that like a river of water of life proceeds from this throne. 
And hence it is that, 
from first to last, 
we must cry, 
‘Grace, grace unto it!’ 
(Zec 4:7)”

The Secret of the Believers Boldness

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Today I am so grateful and happy to have as a guest blogger, my friend Christina; you can find her at Heavenly Springs. Christina has a passion for Jesus and loves the body of Christ. 

I encourage you, grab your journal and be ready to jot down some notes! You will not regret it.

Christina at Heavenly Springs

 The Secret of the Believers Boldness

Among the many strategies that Satan uses to keep the saints from entering into the holy of holies is accusation. Revelation 12:10 depicts Satan as “the accuser of our brothers…who accuses them day and night before our God.”  In fact, the Greek word for devil is “diabolos” which means slanderer.  False accuser.

I can tell you from experience that a guilty and compromised conscience is no match for this kind of power. Many times I have been silenced in prayer by the “accuser’s” malice. Standing at my right hand, he reminds me of all that I am apart from Christ, which is totally and irreparably depraved!  I cannot argue!

Our fallen nature and sins make us so vulnerable to Satan’s accusations. But, there is a secret to the believers boldness in prayer!

Under the Old Covenant, priests were considered to be God’s mediators.  Their job was to bring men and women into the prescence of God. The only way to do this was to present a blood sacrfice. So, day after day, month after month, and year after the priests offered the blood of animals to atone for the sins of the people. But, at the cucifixion of Jesus, something happened that would forever change this pattern. The curtain of the Temple was rent in two and now, anyone could enter into the presence of God – but only through Jesus Christ, His Son. John MacArthur explains this well,

“In one perfect act of sacrifice, Jesus Christ accomplished what thousands upon thousands of sacrifices by a multitude of priests never accomplished.  He opened the way to God permanently, so that any man at any time by faith in Christ might enter into God’s presence.”

Did you get that?  Any man.  Any time. By faith in Christ. So now, I am learning, when Satan points an accusing finger at me, I point him to Christ.  No, I am not here of my own merit.  I don’t have any.  No, I haven’t any righteousness of my own either. I am guilty of many wicked and evil things, too many to count! But my righteousness is “that which comes through faith in Christ”. (Philippians 3:9). I am saved, not because of the righteous things I have done but because of his mercy. (Titus 3:5)

J.C. Ryle tells us in his book, “Old Paths” what the reason for our confidence is. He tells the secret! 

“Would you know the secret of the believer’s boldness in prayer? It is a marvel how a man that feels his sin so deeply as the believer does, can speak with the confidence the believer frequently does. How one that acknowledges he is “wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked,” ruined, undone—who often does what he ought not to do, and leaves undone what he ought to do, and finds no spiritual health in him—how such a one as this can go before God with confidence, pour out his heart before Him freely, ask from Him what he requires day after day and not feel afraid—this is wonderful indeed. What is the secret of it? It is the intercession of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whereby the true Christian knows his prayers are made acceptable, and received in the court of heaven.” 

 Christina

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A little note…just so you know: I made a mistake and hit “publish” instead of “schedule”! This post should have appeared on Friday the 23th. 

My Birthday Present

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What do you think of this BEAUTIFUL blog design? I love it! and soon you will see some changes in my Spanish blog too…

And I am thankful to my Beloved husband and children for giving me this gift!

Lena, at Premades For a Purpose designed it, and I am so thankful to her too. She is an incredible person to work with; you can also find her here. (note: be sure to check her websites she even has some freebies ready for you! )

Also, I want to stop and thank my friend Lisa, for sending me a beautiful gift, a book, Heaven by Randy Alcorn. She thought I should read it, because I am …On My Way to Heaven… So, expect some posts about Heaven soon!


Tomorrow, remember to come to this place, Christina will be sharing more about Prayer. Believe me you do not want to miss it!

Much love to you all!

P.S. My birthday is this coming Sunday… I am so grateful!