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Details about My Upcoming Book God-Given Dreams (NavPress/Tyndale Alliance) [VIDEO]

I’m sharing a few details about God-Given Dreams: 6 Ways to Live Your Divine Purpose in this short video. I’m thrilled to be working on this book with my fantastic team at the NavPress/Tyndale Alliance. God-Given Dreams will be released on March 5, 2024 and is already available for preorder. Keep reading for more info.

What an honor to be listed on NavPress’ & Tyndale’s author pages! Click here to get a glance at my bio.

As a young journaler and aspiring writer and even as a working journalist, I didn’t dream of writing books …

But God had a plot twist for me …

This is part of God’s dream for me.

Thanks for your prayers and support!

I pray this book will help YOU live out God’s call on your life.

It’s written for such a time as this 🔥

God-Given Dreams is in the final edits (galleys) stage. I’m getting great feedback from my editors, marketing team and my endorsers.

I’ll show you a sneak peek of the back cover soon.

As I mentioned, God-Given Dreams is available for preorder. When you preorder God-Given Dreams for you and yours, you’re showing your support for writers like this Christian Latina Author and sending a message to the publishing world that books like God-Given Dreams are needed and wanted.

You can preorder God-Given Dreams on:

I’m looking forward to sharing more details with you.

Will you join me in praying that women near and far will be blessed by God-Given Dreams?

To God be the Glory!

“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16 NIV)

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September Reflections & Our Daily Bread Writing Update

Welcome to fall! I enjoy this weather and entering a new season.

I also tend to start getting nostalgic around this time of the year. September is the anniversary of when God chased me down in Sydney Australia. I’ve written about Sydney in my books and a few articles. I’m also writing about it in my upcoming book God-Given Dreams (NavPress/Tyndale Alliance, releasing March 5, 2024).

This September marks my 7th year attending Times Square Church in person and online. What a blessing!

This month also marks nine years since I won Our Daily Bread‘s Writing Contest for Readers in September 2014. You can read more about my connection to Our Daily Bread in this blog post.

As I look back and reflect, I’m grateful for how God has blessed me and seen me through.

As I look ahead, I’d like to share an update to my announcement in this blog post about becoming an author for Our Daily Bread‘s main devotional.

I’m rejoicing (my One Word for this year) that this past summer included a lot of writing including many articles for Our Daily Bread’s main devotional booklet. God willing, my first articles for Our Daily Bread‘s devotional will be published in May 2024. Please mark your calendars.

I’ll definitely share more updates as we get closer to next May, but I wanted to share the great news now.

You can usually find the printed Our Daily Bread devotionals in churches, Christian schools, hospitals, etc. You can also sign up to have the devotionals mailed to you or find the entries online and on their app. You can learn more about all the different ways you can access the devotionals and all the different languages and countries they’re available in on their website ODB.org.

I appreciate your prayers and support as I live out this God-given dream!

Please stay tuned for more writing updates.

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“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16 NIV)

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God-Given Dreams Cover Reveal – Book Releasing March 2024, Preorder Today!

I’m thrilled to share the cover for my forthcoming book God-Given Dreams!

I’m beyond honored to be writing this book with the NavPress/Tyndale Alliance for YOU!

I’ll be sharing so much more info with you as we get closer to the March 5, 2024 launch. Please stay tuned.

For now, please take a moment to preorder God-Given Dreams wherever you order books including:

Preorders are so important in the publishing world. It shows publishers that books like God-Given Dreams matter!

When you preorder God-Given Dreams for you and your loved ones and your small group, women’s ministry, book club and community library, etc. you’re demonstrating that there’s an important place for encouraging and empowering Christian living books for women, including books written by Christian Latina authors!

You’ll also be one of the first to receive God-Given Dreams when it launches in the spring.

I so appreciate your prayers and support as I dare to live my God-given dreams in this season! Let’s pray that this book ministers to countless women near and far.

Preorder your copy of God-Given Dreams today and stay tuned for more info about the book and about joining my Launch Team.

To God be the Glory!

P.S. Please share this news widely! Thanks!

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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month & “Dear Younger Me Series”

I recently shared a series of TBT posts on social media that chronicled part of my writing and faith journey. As part of my Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrations (September 15 – October 15) this year, I’d like to share those posts here in case you missed some of them and so they’re all in one place. I hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane through the pics in this short video (click on the pic above or here) and the captions below. It’s been a long journey for this Christian Latina writer to get to this season. Thanks for staying on this journey with me! Stay tuned for info about my upcoming book and other projects I’m working on. Blessings!

April 13, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: Keep enjoying the bedtime stories Mom lovingly reads to you over and over again 💕

And keep practicing until you can read for yourself and keep scribbling away until you learn how to write ✍️

One day you’re gonna be writing for renowned newspapers and magazines and even authoring books!

Your bilingual kindergarten is gonna help you in your Spanglish world.

Don’t let anyone set limits on what you can and can’t do.

Relish the great times with Dad 💖

Keep wearing red 😎

Rock the bangs & two ponytails as long as you want 😀

May 4, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: There’s a reason you feel drawn to join the school newspaper and to volunteer in the school’s library 📚

✍️ Keep writing

✍️ Keep telling stories

🎙️ Keep speaking up

You’ll grow out of many phases (including that stuffed cow phase, LOL) but you won’t grow out of writing and creating ✍️ 🔥 🙌

Keep shining 👑

Note: This photo ran in my high school’s newspaper when I reluctantly became the Editor-in- Chief my senior year.

May 12, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: Writing for your high school and college and weekly papers is gonna lead to writing for a global newspaper, national women’s magazine, your own blog and to authoring books!

Your words are going to touch readers near and far 💕

Don’t get discouraged if you’re the only (or sometimes one of the few) Latinas in the classroom, newsroom or office. Keep writing anyway ✍️✍️✍️

🔥 Your words matter

🔥 Your story matters

🔥 You are making a difference

P.S. Technology is gonna get super advanced so get ready, and I’m glad you at least tried short hair for a bit 😀

Note: Pic taken during my college internship days. It’s the only pic I have of my newsroom days.

May 16, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: How did you have the courage and audacity to fly all the way across the country to Seattle alone to attend a large conference for a multicultural group of journalists⁉️

Keep going 🔥

✍️ You are finally gonna work at a magazine

🌎 You’re gonna board planes to Australia, Israel, Brazil, Ethiopia, England and more as you see God’s fingerprints on SIX continents

✍️ You’re gonna write about your travels so take notes

🎙️ One day you’ll be hosting your own women’s conferences and events 😮😮😮

God’s got lots more in store so get ready and keep shining 👑

Note: Just came across this souvenir photo the other day. What a sweet find 💕

June 1, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: Welcome to your NYU grad school journalism days and interning at a famous women’s magazine. Keep going 🔥 ✍️✍️✍️

P..S. I’m glad you’re experimenting with hair colors. Change is nice sometimes.

Note: Pic taken by the magazine where I was interning. They asked me a question and quoted me and ran my photo in an issue.

June 8, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: Remember the mini-magazines you were creating at home as a little girl? Your childhood dream of working for a magazine finally came true❣️ Enjoy getting all glammed up and going to the fancy events and meeting the celebs and even doing a photo shoot … it’s gonna be a bumpy ride soon so hold on…

God’s got a plot twist for you 🔥 …

Note: Left pic taken before an event. The top right pic was taken at a photo shoot for the magazine I worked for. The bottom right pic was taken after the photo shoot 😎

June 15, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: Remember how long you dreamed of going to an Olympics? What a thrill to visit various stadiums including the one in Athens Greece and going to a Summer and Winter Games ❣️❣️❣️

I’m so grateful you had such a wonderful time 💕

I’m also grateful God chased you down in Sydney… life will never be the same and that’s Good News …

God’s got a plot twist for you 🔥

Now that these childhood dreams were fulfilled it’s time for the next adventures … Get Ready 🔥

June 22, 2023 Post

TBT Dear Younger Me: How did you go from being a journalist to an English teacher to a communications specialist⁉️ And how did you have the courage to travel on short-term missions trips to the Amazon Jungle in Brazil, the Andes Mountains in Ecuador and the streets and schools and parks and plazas in Ethiopia, Honduras and Peru 🌎🌍

Only God could do that 🙌

He knows what’s on the other side of our YES ❣️

Enjoy your travels and meeting people along the way and guess what.. your writing won’t be in hiding much longer 😎…

God’s got more in store for you during this plot twist 🔥

June 29, 2023 Post

Dear Younger Me: Rejoice as you dare to live your God-given dreams 🙌

It’s been a long and winding road to get here … 🔥

In this season the little girl who was making mini-magazines at home and the journalist who worked at a women’s magazine is now:

🔥 Writing FIVE Christian living books and devotionals

🔥 Teaching at a Bible school

🔥 Hosting events

🔥 Speaking in church and chapel services, events and gatherings

🔥 Being interviewed on different media outlets

🔥 Hosting a podcast

🔥 Blogging

🔥 Coaching

🔥 Has a YouTube channel

Keep writing ✍️ and speaking 🎙️

Keep encouraging people as they walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live their God-given dreams 🔥

Note: I’m so glad my Dear Dad got to celebrate much of this with us 💕

July 6, 2023 Post

Hope you’ve enjoyed my recent TBT Dear Younger Me posts 💕

It’s been fun going down memory lane and sharing some of the twists and turns and milestones in my writing and faith journey.

It’s been nice to reflect on how God has been working in me and through me.

I’m rejoicing that I’m in the season when I’m

🔥 Writing my first book for the NavPress/Tyndale Alliance

🔥 Writing for Our Daily Bread

🔥 Teaching at a Bible school

I look forward to sharing more highlights and updates with you.  Please stay tuned. Be sure to sign up for my email list.

Want to learn more about my faith and writing journey? Check out By Faith: Adventures and Reflections on Walking With God Here and Abroad on Amazon

And stay tuned for more info about my upcoming Book 6  🎉

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Mid-Year Check In [NEW PODCAST EPISODE]

Check out the NEW episode of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast 🔥  I’m sharing a few writing milestones and breakthroughs in Episode 44.

All eight seasons of the inspiring and encouraging Abounding Faith for Today podcast are available wherever you listen to podcasts, including Audible and:

Kind ratings and reviews are greatly appreciated. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any episodes and please help spread the word about this uplifting and edifying podcast 🔥

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Mid-Year Check In – 2023

As you may know, my “One Word” for this year is Rejoice. God has given me much to rejoice about this first half of 2023

I’d like to share a few writing milestones and breakthroughs with you:

Book 6 Update: So much has been going on behind the scenes with Book 6. Lots of writing, revising, and editing going on. Lots of emails with my awesome team and a great meeting with my editor. I’m so looking forward to sharing more info about Book 6 with you (including the cover and title reveal) so please stay tuned! Be sure to sign up for my email list so you don’t miss a thing.

Our Daily Bread Update: I’m so thrilled and honored to be writing for Our Daily Bread‘s main devotional. My first two articles have been approved! Will definitely keep you posted on when my articles begin to be published.

NYSB Teaching Update: I’ve wrapped up teaching for the 2022-2023 school year. What a blessing it’s been to teach my five classes throughout the year. This June was the fourth June I’ve taught a Summer class. Glory! It’s so lovely to see how my students connect and encourage one another. Ladies, I hope you’ll join us this Fall for online classes. You and your friends can join from wherever you are in the world. My classes are usually on Tuesday evenings. Stay tuned for more info. including about my new class that’s just been added to the schedule!

This past June mi familia also got to celebrate that my nephew persevered through the pandemic and graduated high school with honors! Graduations are a big deal for mi familia. Grandpa would be so proud of his grandson.

Has this year been easy? Nope. But God’s grace is sufficient and His mercies are new every morning.

Thanks for your prayers and for rejoicing with me!

If you’re looking for encouragement as you walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams, check out:

  • Abounding Faith’s FIVE Christian living books and devotionals on Amazon. They make great additions to your summer reading list. (Amazon Prime Day is July 11-12.)
  • Connect with Abounding Faith on Instagram or social media.
  • Consider having me as your Life Coach. I’d be delighted to prayerfully help you reach your breakthrough.

May the rest of our year be the best of our year!

To God be the Glory!

“Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10)

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Great Book News! [VIDEO & PODCAST EPISODE]

AHHH, I’VE SUBMITTED MY MANUSCRIPT TO MY PUBLISHER ‼️ REJOICE WITH ME 🎉🙌 AND PRAY 🙏🙏🙏🔥 I’m sharing a few thoughts in this short video (above) and Episode 43 of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast (available wherever you listen to podcasts, including Audible).

After years of praying and honing my writing and preparing and after months of writing and rewriting, I’ve handed in my manuscript to my editor at the NavPress/Tyndale Alliance, and it’s entered the editing phase.

I‘ve written for newspapers, magazines, websites, blogs .. I’ve penned & published FIVE Christian living books and devotionals (Available on Amazon).

There’s nothing quite like handing in my book manuscript to my publisher.

What a thrill!

It’s a mix of exhilaration from reaching this writing milestone and exhaustion from the marathon sessions of edits and rewrites.

I hunkered down and focused on this and actually handed it in two days earlier than the deadline!

Much of this process happens behind the scenes, that’s why I’m stopping to share a few glimpses of this process with YOU!

Thanks for your support and encouragement as I work on this important book that will hopefully encourage and empower readers near and far.

More details to follow. Let’s see what God does next 🙌 🙏

There’s still a long road ahead.

I’ll be sharing a few updates throughout the process.

Be sure to sign up for my free email list so you don’t miss any updates.

While you wait for my new book, be sure to check out my FIVE Christian living books and devotionals. Waiting on God Well, Abounding Faith, Crossing Your Jordan River, By Faith and Feisty Faith are available on Amazon.

Please feel free to buy them in bulk and bless your family, friends, small group members, local libraries, etc. with copies of these encouraging, empowering and inspiring books.

And enjoy Episode 43 of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast at any of these sites:

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Book Deal News [New Podcast Episode]

Check out the first NEW episode of the Abounding Faith for Today podcast for the new year🔥 I’m sharing my BIG writing news, my “One Word” for 2023 and more in Episode 41 of the Abounding Faith for Today Podcast.

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P.S. Here’s the video announcement in case you missed it:

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BIG WRITING BREAKTHROUGH NEWS – BOOK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

I’VE SIGNED A BOOK DEAL WITH THE NAVPRESS/TYNDALE ALLIANCE 🙌

I’m so excited and honored to finally get to share this major writing breakthrough and milestone news with you!

Rejoice with me 🎉

Check out this super short video announcement:

As a teen, I dreamed of writing for magazines. As a young adult with a master’s degree in journalism from NYU, I wrote for various publications, including The New York Times and reached my dream of working at a women’s magazine!!!!

Back then, I NEVER thought I’d ever write books.

That was just too farfetched.

And I had NO IDEA what I’d even write about if given the opportunity…

Writing books was NOT on my radar … my writing went into hiding for years …

BUT GOD!

After years of waiting and praying and preparing and praising, the Lord has allowed me to write and publish FIVE Christian living books and devotionals that are near and dear to my heart (available on Amazon).

He’s also allowed me to contribute to a devotional book by Our Daily Bread‘s VOICES Collection and now….

I’m working on my first traditionally published book.

All Glory to God 🙌

Things like this don’t usually happen to “Little Latina Girls” like me. I’m the daughter of two LOVING AND HARD WORKING parents who immigrated to the U.S. from their respective countries and who struggled and succeeded in making their American dreams come true …

I’m looking forward to sharing more about my upcoming book.

I’ll be sharing updates with my email community, so please make sure to sign up right here.

I’m sooo grateful to everyone who has cheered me on and prayed for me and have supported me ALL THESE LONG YEARS!!!!

Can you believe this Martin Luther King Jr weekend marks my 10th Blogversary and this year also marks the 10th year for Abounding Faith’s YouTube channel? You can read more of my thoughts in this week’s bonus blog post.

I’m grateful to mi familia for all their love and support!

And may God continue blessing you!

I covet your prayers as I experience this BREAKTHROUGH and step into this season of my writing career.

And please pray for ALL the readers near and far who will be blessed and touched by reading this upcoming book.

Friends, please start saving money now so you can buy multiple copies of this book and bless many of your family, friends, and community or church groups with this empowering book. I appreciate your help in getting this forthcoming book into the hands of many near and far!

I plan to share exclusive updates and behind-the-scenes moments via email so don’t forget to sign up for my free email list to stay updated on this part of my writing and faith journey.

Blessings!

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:9-11 NIV)

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Happy 10th Blogversary!

How has it been TEN YEARS since I started blogging here at Miraculous Lovely?

I still remember what a struggle it was for nontechie me to design and create this blog.

There was nothing glamourous going on behind the scenes as I fussed and fretted and got frustrated trying to figure out how to create this blog.

It wasn’t a good season in my life, but I had felt the Lord calling me to WRITE.

I wasn’t even sure what private and introverted me would write about?

But I needed a home for some of the devotional pieces I was sharing with trusted friends.

And I knew I didn’t want to rant and rave about life.

I knew was to celebrate God’s Miraculous and Lovely love for us.

And so I launched my blog on Martin Luther King Jr Day, January 20, 2013.

This blog was part of God’s dream for me.

I’ve taken it one blog post at a time, one week (sometimes 2 or 3 bonus blogs) at a time, one month at a time and most importantly one YEAR at a time.

I never set a limit for how long I would blog.

I’ve just kept writing and God has been faithful to give me words to share.

One thing is for sure.

WRITERS WRITE!

It was a little intimidating at first to share my thoughts, musings and reflections with the world but God’s given me His peace over the years.

The little girl in me who used to create mini-magazines out of loose leaf paper and the reporter in me who wrote for a major newspaper and a national women’s magazine has enjoyed the freedom to share my thoughts without an editor and to get to choose the headlines and photos to go with each and every post.

I was sharing my thoughts here even before most others wanted to hear from me.

But God!

God has allowed me to faithfully post weekly, with just a few exceptions along the way to give myself a break and rest, for ten years! Glory!

I felt God leading me to WRITE about Him and faith, hope and love and so much more and I’ve tried to stay true to that mission.

Who knew that during these 10 years I’d:

  1. Go on two more short-term missions trips (out of five)
  2. Launch my AboundingFaith.com website
  3. Write FIVE Christian living books and devotionals (available on Amazon)
  4. Write for Our Daily Bread‘s VOICES Collection and Discovery Series website and for Charisma‘s website
  5. Host 10 events
  6. Speak to countless groups including Christians working at the United Nations and give my brief testimony at Times Square Church
  7. Teach five different online classes based on my books for the New York School of the Bible
  8. Host the Abounding Faith for Today podcast
  9. Shoot more than 155 videos here and abroad for Abounding Faith’s YouTube channel
  10. And that I’d have such exciting news about Book 6!

If you would’ve told me I’d be doing any of this back when I was a graduate student in journalism at NYU or a working journalist, I would’ve laughed at you and run away!

None of this has been my plan or idea.

But God knows what’s on the other side of our Yes!

Once God started to call me to write and speak for His glory, I had inklings that God would be enlarging my territory and increasing my influence and platform.

Those of you who know me and have been helping to pray me through all these YEARS know it hasn’t been easy.

Nothing has been handed to me.

There hasn’t been a large entourage cheering me on or helping to open doors for me.

I’ve had God and a handful of family and friends praying for me and helping me in different ways.

I’m grateful to get to celebrate this milestone with you.

And I’m grateful to those that have joined this online community throughout the years.

This blog has definitely been a refuge and safe place for me to share thoughts, especially about my Dear Dad’s promotion to heaven almost two years ago.

It’s also been a lovely place to share updates on different projects I’m working on or thoughts I’ve been pondering.

I hope my posts have encouraged, inspired, empowered or uplifted you. (If so, I’d love to know!)

If you know me, you’ve probably heard me say that I want to walk through the doors God opens for me.

God has given me many Kingdom assignments in this season.

I’m a Christian Latina Author, Speaker, Podcaster, Blogger, Bible School Instructor, Communicator, Coach/Consultant, Creative and Entrepreneur.

Christian Latina Authors & Speakers are still rather rare when it comes to Christian spaces in English.

God isn’t fazed by my background.

He knows exactly what He wants to do in me and through me.

I may not know what’s next, but God does!

I appreciate your prayers and support and encouragement!

I know blogging may not be popular anymore, but I plan to continue blogging and updating you as the Lord leads.

I plan to continue encouraging and inspiring you as you walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams.

If you don’t want to miss my updates and posts, please stay tuned and be sure you’re part of my email community right here.

Thanks for staying on this faith journey with me! To God be the Glory!

Here are four Bible verses that come to mind when I think of these last 10 years:

  • “Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” (Psalm 34:8 NIV)
  • “’Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. “(Zechariah 4:6b NIV)
  • “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. (Luke 16:10 NIV)
  • “Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.” (1 Chronicles 4:10 NIV)

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