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SIETE Lágrimas Valientes

 On February 19, 2019, my friend, Dawn, and I went to Lifeway, a Christian Bookstore. She wanted to get a new Bible and I just came along for the ride. And I was her ride. When we walked in, she went to the Bibles section and I went straight to the Spanish section as I usually do when I come to Lifeway. I usually don't expect much except for Bibles in Spanish and popular devotionals translated to Spanish. But, I found this pretty book with a blue bird and flowers on it called, "Lágrimas Valientes", meaning "brave tears". The title alone immediately caught my attention. God had been teaching me a lot about vulnerability, so this was neat. It proved his perfect timing. I read the summary and a few pages and got that it was about embracing crying and the pain that comes before the joy. I knew this was something that God wanted me to understand more, so I bought it.

 I finished the book today! It took about eight months because school and preparing for Spain got in the way, plus I had to look up almost every other word. Wordreference has been my best friend for all of those times of analyzing words and phrases. Right now, I feel so happy just thinking about how this book has changed my perspective of being in the waiting. Not only is there beauty in what awaits in the end, but there is beauty in the waiting too. God is molding me with every tear shed, every laugh shared, and every word heard throughout this season. This season is so important. 

 I am so thankful for this book, but even more, for God's perfect timing of the little things, making them enormous things, radiating his glory. 


 Kthnxbai!

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