Natalia Santana

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." Benjamin Franklin.

-http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/24/hurricane-patricia-weakens-to-category-4-as-it-moves-through-mexico/  - http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/10/23/tropical-storm-patricia-could-become-major-hurricane-warning-issued-for-mexico/                                The hurricane “Patricia” was a hurricane category 5. It was labeled as the strongest in the Western Hemisphere.  Patricia landed on the Pacific Coast of Mexico Friday at 6:30 p.m. Its winds blew at 200 miles per hour, making it into the strongest storm in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic. The power of this hurricane was comparable to that of Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,300 dead or missing.                                 All this set the Pacific Coast on a state of emergency. The governor of Colima closed schools on Friday and the people on beaches like Puerto Vallarta became desperate to depart. Free plane flights to the city of Guadalajara were given. Three airports closed on Manzanillo, Puerto Vallart

       Johann Sebastian Bach was a talented composer of the Baroque Period. Apart from writing hundreds of amazing pieces, he was the first to teach students the rule of curving the fingers while they  play and to use all of the fingers. His largest work was the two-hour  Mass in B Minor,  in which he gloriously depicted the life of Christ.  Today he is considered one of the most important composers in the history of music.     Bach was a devout Lutheran and his goal in life was to compose "well-regulated church music to the glory of God".  He began his sacred pieces with "JJ", Jesu Juva in Latin-- in English, it means "Jesus, help". And he ended with "SDG": To God alone the Glory.  By Natalia

    Paul said in Romans 7, " S o I find this law at work:  Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me ." (NIV)           We were born with a sin nature. We are sinners. Because God loved us, he sent his Son to die on the cross for us to free us from the final consequence of our sin (Romans 6:23). But for a reason, he let something the Bible calls the Flesh to remain in us.  " For I know that in me (that is, in my  flesh ,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. " Romans 7:18.       We try and try to be good... but eventually fail. We have the flesh in us that keeps us from pleasing God. The flesh can't produce anything that pleases God. "In my flesh dwelleth no good thing.   But God in His mercy, provided a way out. When Jesus died in the cross, we were crucified with him as well!     "   I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His cruc

A God-fearing scientist, Issac Newton gave the credit for all his discoveries to scientists before him: "If I have seen a little farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants ." Issac Newton .  Knowing the importance of his discoveries, this is humility to be admired. .

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival." C.S. Lewis