Rand Rambles

I am not really asking about deep matters, there are just some simple things that make a smile form in my face. I don’t know if it’s because they bring good memories from my childhood or some other reason.

One of the things that make me smile is bouncy balls. Lots of them. I don’t mean to have hundreds of them in my house but I like things like this creative video with thousands of them just flooding the streets. Check it out, it’s pretty awesome.

Now, what simple thing makes YOU happy?

Click here if you can’t see the video.

It’s been almost three years since my Dad last came to visit me in Dallas. We were talking the orther day on the phone and I invited him and we quickly planned it, so he is coming this Wednesday. I am really lloking forward to spending some time with him. We are really close but the last time I visited Puerto Rico I didn’t get to spend too much time with him so i am really looking forward to spending a good amount of time with him. He will be here for about 5 days. In my life my Dad has taken me to many places and I am always amazed of how intelligent he is and how good his advice also is. As I get older, 27 now, I realize more and more how the advice he has given me throughout all these years has been great. Sometimes now I do things that when I think about them I realize that I am acting on that advice given many years ago. I always think it is funny when people tell you that you will understand things at a further extent when you are older and how advice from grown ups is so important, but it is funny that when we are younger we do not want to hear that, rendering it inadecuate for our current situations. All that to say, I am excited to have my father here for a few days, we get along great and I will take him to places with great food.

In other family related news, my brother Danny wrote me a letter this week. He is currently in prison in Puerto Rico. He is doing good, got a new tattoo of our little brother’s name. He is expecting to be transferred to a prison with a better rehabilitation center soon, so if you can keep him in prayers I will appreciate it. That’s it for now. Adios.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8

Now there is a reason for purity and for living a holy life. When our hearts are pure our eyes are opened. There are many things said about why to live in holiness. There are also many frugal attempts at it that just end in despair. Maybe we want to live on holiness without knowing the real why or the best one for that matter. Maybe we want to try it just beause it’s the right thing to do or because the Bible says so or because good things will come our way if we do. I have tried for all these reasons and many more. But reading Matthew 5:8 brings something stronger, something that can radically change all I have been through, all that I have seen.

The eternal God, the invisible one becomes visible to a certain type of people and I would like to be one of them. The pure of heart shall see him. I shall see him. Now, there is a reason.

Guard your heart, open your eyes.