January 5, 2011
So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. (Genesis 6:6) NLT
Many of us have written and speak much about our own painful experiences and sufferings. However, have we ever stopped to consider God’s pain? We do not serve a heartless and cold God, but one who has emotions and is moved by our actions. First John 4 tells us that “God is love.” First Corinthians 13:4 tells us that “Love suffers long.” God has been suffering for a long time! I am sure that Lucifer’s betrayal was painful to God. I also believe that the betrayal of each one of the angels that followed Lucifer caused God grief in His Heart. Each one of these angels, including Lucifer, was created and loved by God. However, one third of the angels in Heaven believed Lucifer’s lies over God’s truth.
It is in God’s nature to love; it is His essence; it is who He is; therefore suffering is also a part of His experience. I hope that today as you read these words you consider your actions…will you consider God’s suffering? I hope that today we make our Father smile.
An independent thinker with a profound call to see the orthodoxy of the church and passion for Christ manifesting together. Angel was born in Brooklyn, New York in April of 1968, he was raised on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where he earned his B.S. degree in Sociology with a minor in Education from the Inter American University in San Germán in 1991. That same year he moved to Jacksonville, Florida. After working construction jobs for a year and learning the English language, his first job working with foster-care children in the capacity of youth care worker was with Jacksonville Youth Sanctuary in September of 1992. With JYS he was promoted several times as group home supervisor, legal caseworker, and program director.
While in Jacksonville, Angel studied a couple of martial arts styles. After earning his black belt, he became the founder of Good Fight Ministries as he used martial arts as an instrument to preach the gospel. In 2004 Angel was selected Martial Arts Instructor of the Year for the State of Florida and in 2005 Angel was inducted in the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame where he also received the Christian Spirit Award. In July of 2005 Angel accepted his call to pastor a bilingual church in Winton, NC where he served for a couple of years. Five months later he lost his first wife to cancer in December of that same year. This initiated a deep valley of suffering in his life, a mountain of costly mistakes and the embracing of lifestyles of sin that are well documented through this blog.
In August of 2012 Angel moved to Fairbanks Alaska with his wife Rayette Casiano and six children who are now adults. In Alaska, Angel continued his social work-related career and his ministry of preaching, teaching and writing. Angel is the author of two books, Hope for the divorcee: Forgiving and Moving Forward and 7 Banderas de Esperanza: La Bendición de Yokdzonot.
In January 8th of 2020 Angel and his wife moved to Arizona. On June 8th 2021 Angel started his home church, not as a starting point, but as a closer way to how the church is suppose to look like according to Scripture.
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