Moses parts the waters
“Sometimes we get used to what we see in the movies, and end up forgetting the true story,” a friend said to me once while we were looking at the port of Miami, “Do you remember the Ten Commandments?”
Of course I remembered. Moses, played by Charlton Heston, at one point he raises his wand and with that action the waters were divided and the Jewish people walked through it.
“In the Bible it is different,” said my friend. “In the Bible, God orders Moses to do this by saying, ‘the children of Israel are to go forward,’ and only after they start walking does Moses raise his wand to part the Red Sea.
“Courage in the path is what makes the path manifests itself.”
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Moisés divide as águas
“Às vezes a gente se acostuma com o que vê nos filmes, e termina esquecendo a verdadeira história”, diz um amigo, enquanto olhamos juntos o porto de Miami. “Lembra-se dos “Dez Mandamentos? “
Claro que me lembro. Moisés – Charton Heston – em determinado momento levanta seu bastão, as águas se dividem, e o povo hebreu atravessa a grande água.
“Na Bíblia é diferente”. Comenta meu amigo. “Ali, Deus ordena a Moisés: “diz aos filhos de Israel que marchem”. E só depois que começam a andar é que Moisés levanta o bastão, e o Mar Vermelho se abre”.
“Só a coragem no caminho faz com que o caminho se manifeste”.
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Moisés separa las aguas
-A veces la gente se acostumbra a lo que ve en las películas, y termina olvidándose de la verdadera historia -dice un amigo, mientras observamos juntos el puerto de Miami -. ¿Te acuerdas de “Los diez mandamientos”?
-Claro que me acuerdo. Moisés (Charlton Heston) en un momento dado levanta su bastón, las aguas se separan, y el pueblo hebreo pasa a través de la gran masa de agua.
-En la Biblia no ocurre eso – comenta mi amigo – Allí Dios le ordena a Moisés: “Diles a los hijos de Israel que caminen” y sólo después de haber comenzado todos a andar, Moisés levanta el bastón y el Mar Rojo se abre.
»Sólo la valentía durante el camino hace que el camino se manifieste.”
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Moïse partage les eaux
« On s’habitue parfois à ce que l’on voit dans les films, et l’on finit par oublier la vraie histoire », dit un ami, tandis que nous regardons ensemble le port de Miami. « Te souviens-tu des Dix Commandements ? »
Bien sûr, je m’en souviens. Moïse – Charlton Heston – à un certain moment lève son bâton, les eaux se fendent, et le peuple hébreu traverse la mer.
« Dans la Bible, c’est différent », remarque mon ami. « Là, Dieu ordonne à Moïse : “Dis aux fils d’Israël de se mettre en marche.” Ce n’est qu’après qu’ils ont commencé à marcher que Moïse lève son bâton et la mer Rouge s’écarte.
« Seul le courage sur le chemin permet que le chemin se manifeste. »
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FAITH is such a strong weapon!
Tenemos como regalo de Dios,la FE , que es nuestro ESCUDO para que todos los dardos del enemigo reboten en él.Tenemos que agradecer a nuestro Padre por ese regalo tan maravilloso y que forma parte de las 9 manifestaciones del Espíritu Santo (que según la Palabra de Dios) están disponibles para todo aquel que crea…(Romanos 10:9,10)…( Jn.3:16)…y éstos son: palabra de sabiduría, palabra de ciencia, FE, don de sanidad, don de profecía, discernimiento de espíritus, hablar en lenguas, interpretación de lenguas (1 Corintios 12:8 al 10)…Olta Ana, Dios te bendiga!
Tenemos como regalo de Dios,la FE , que es nuestro ESCUDO para que todos los dardos del enemigo reboten en él.Tenemos que agradecer a nuestro Padre por ese regalo tan maravilloso y que forma parte de las 9 manifestaciones del Espíritu Santo (que según la Palabra de Dios) están disponibles para todo aquel que crea…(Romanos 10:9,10).
Tenemos como regalo de Dios,la FE , que es nuestro ESCUDO para que todos los dardos del enemigo reboten en él, agradezco a DIOS por ese regalo tan maravilloso y que forma parte de las 9 manifestaciones del Espíritu Santo (que según la Palabra de Dios) están disponibles para todo aquel que crea…(Romanos 10:9,10).
Tenemos como regalo de Dios,la FE , que es nuestro ESCUDO para que todos los dardos del enemigo reboten en él, agradezco a Dios por ese regalo maravilloso.
gracia por todo k nos da……..
es la verdad….
Me encanta la sencillez de Coelho en hablarnos de la Biblia, personalmente no me gustan cuando las personas transcriben un fragmento de la Biblia a veces el lenguaje es muy complicado…es mas facil usar palabras y situaciones cotidianas…grande escritor!Sólo la valentía durante el camino hace que el camino se manifieste…debemos andar por nuestro camino con ganas!!!!
”Blessings on your young courage,boy ; that’s the way to the stars ” . – Virgil .
Trust , believe , move forward , embrace your destiny , your” maktoub” & the road will be there open for you to tread upon it.. non hesitation ..no reluctance… entire & utter belief in what is ‘meant’…& it ”will manifest”…for only ” the best ” is meant for us..”courage” is part of ‘faith’; in fact, an integral part of it ( with courage, belief & obedience to the ‘voice’ , is meant ) . Thank you, my ”master”..we need this reminder from time to time , to shake our hesitance imposed by so many external factors imposed by life. I am filled with ”courage” now to face what comes my way…& I will conquer ! I believe .. I trust.. I move…. I succeed ! Merci , ”my master” , Coelho .
Immense gratitude & Blessings . Cathy xxx
DEBEMOS CONFIAR SIEMPRE EN DIOS AUNQUE TENGAMOS DIFICULTADES.
Faith, courage, trust, belief…hmm.
It is just one step to another to see what is next… The beauty is in me like the essence of a white flower… every time the wind blows she radiates her beauty in the silence.
:)
“somos caminando”
Yes, it is a LEAP OF FAITH indeed so very often, when you want to pursue your dream and when you are walking down a path that has not been threaded before you. The only way to find out if there is a path is just to find out by cutting away those hindrances and just push through the jungle of misconceptions and false beliefs!
Thank you Paulo. <3
Its not courage in the path its faith in the path. Faith in the path is what makes the path manifests itself
Actually, its not the courage it self…its the faith that give us the courage to make our own path…
so, yes, we think alike
Faith in action is love… Love gives us all the courage to proceed with confidence in all things.
é a pura verdade, como diz o Senhor muitos sao os seguidores mas poucos sao os escolhidos.
as seen in the movie, or read in the written word,
courage believe
innocence trust guided move go with the flow….. let go…
Courage is held in high esteem, but in fact it is a disease of addiction much like alcoholism.
Alcoholics develop high tolerance for alcohol, requiring more and more of it to achieve the same delusional effects. Alcohol tolerance leads to self-destruction. Courage is a similar tolerance for fear.
“Look! He’s terrified, but he goes ahead anyhow. What courage!” We give people medals for courage, hold them up to our children as examples of how to live. Yet we frown upon the man who brags of how much liquor he can hold. What foolishness is this?
Courage leads to addiction to fear. One craves fear and its thrill, and the adulation of those who admire one’s courage. But fear has as many destructive effects upon the body, mind, and spirit as alcohol or heroin or meth.
Bravery beats courage, for the brave do not fear at all. The brave have faith, which does not tolerate fear but banishes fear completely.
“One who has any faith in God(dess) should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever,” said Gandhi.
Faith is the ability to not panic, to not fear.
“The whole secret to existence is to have no fear,” said the Buddha.
My mentor always says… “the worst thing is to be defeated by ones own weaknesses. One may not find the thing he/she is seeking right away, so one should keeping pressing forward with the unflinging determination and conviction. Of utmost importance is that one keep challenging ones situation with hope and courage, until the very end.”
Very well said Paulo that “Courage in the path is what makes the path manifests itself.”
If we are courageous, we won’t be afraid of challenging ourselves to go further than we think and push ourselves beyond our limitations. And thus manifesting new path which we might have never ever even dreamt off.
Making the impossible POSSIBLE is what courage is all about.
Es así como agradesco que se me hable de la Biblia, no me gusta ser un fanático, acepto que el misterioso puede ser revelado con palabras sencillas que cuesten su aceptación.
Gracías por compartir el pasaje.
Saludos
It is the courage and faith in the path that make it manifest itself. Wonderful lesson that I have to put into practice soon. Thank you for reminding.
Love you to bits.
Stories quiet commonly get mixed up. If you read the original Brothers Grimm book – the fairytales are very different from the ones we read as children. For example Cinderella’s three sisters in the original story are not ugly – they are quiet beautiful & there was no fairy godmother – there was a magic tree beside Cinderella’s mothers grave. Also the story was quiet dark, as the sisters cut the backs of their feet off to fit into the glass shoe! I was quiet amazed by the difference in many of the fairytales.
hey thanks for posting the tid bits from the original story.. i kept on thinking i was the only one, who noticed those
I did’nt really know of that…whoa.
Perdoa-me não tecer comentarios.
Admiro o teu trabalho, porém, conheço pouco da bíblia, eu seria injusto com meu Deus, comentando a sua obra sem o devido conhecimento.
Do que li a respeito do teu trabalho, fiquei encantado com tanto talento, feliz é aquele premiado por Deus, para distribuir com sabedoria a beleza das palavras. Parabéns, paz ao teu coração e sejas feliz.
I like this quote about Courage ..it is very inspiring,
love ,
Breda
What I can see in this post too is that there is one truth which has got transformed during the times.
It is very important to find the TRUE TRUTH, to be close to the light. False trues are just like lots of philosophies who has something true and something wrong in them.
But that is why God’s mysteries when revealed to us can life us breathless and way too marveled. God’s greatest magic is making things in such a quiet and normal way, giving us the chance to see him inside and outside of our own selves.
Love
Olta
fantastic,
fate & the freewill go together. if you have the courage to exert your freewill which is manifested in you by the divine, the FATE will follow.
Courage can make a big change in your life. It can change lots of things and aspects of your life. Courage has changed me in well…
What I know and what I’ve learned is that it is needed courage to live for real.
we need to know what we need to do, the faith we have in what we intend to do is what makes it go ahead.
So true! From experience I know that courage develops better sight to see our path. It’s like driving in the fog.
Thanks for reminding, Paulo.
Um abraco forte.
Daisy da Veiga
Heard a phrase yesterday and find it interesting. Power is something you do not find but something you obtain. And for me, you obtain by walking … just imagine how they felt as they were walking and then suddenly the waters opened …
Love, Jojo.
I love this story! Thank you!!
We must have courage like a cougar…
Kisses
xxoo
“Courage in the path is what makes the path manifests itself.”
Once we have made a decision and followed our PATH then, I think, it is the PATH, DESTINY that ..leads us; because there are no.. coincidences! Everything is written in the ETERNAL NOW and in the BOOK OF LIFE!
We just have to do our UTMOST, our DUTY and try to ..transform the caterpillar to a beautiful BUTTERFLY!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Sim. Mas a ordem veio de Deus, na hora que ELE quis; ele ordenou. Moisés foi o instrumento da Luz, o mestre enviado pelo amor de Deus. Pelo que eu entendi eles foram tocados por essa luz de Amor e começaram a jornada.
É muito interessante essa passagem na bíblia.
Paulo obrigada por nos lembrar e tocar nossa Alma com sua sabedoria e Amor.
Grande beijo,
amor,
Mari.
Caro Paulo, quanto hai pubblicato oggi lo trovo di grande aiuto,capita giusto in un momento dove solo il coraggio di perseguire il cammino intrapreso mi permette di ovviare alle difficolta’…Una voce da dentro mi dice vai…continua…lo faccio ,perche’ in cuor mio sento che qualcosa si realizzera’.Ho scelto sempre la strada meno battuta,questo mi ha permesso di ritrovarmi nei personaggi dei tuoi racconti,attraverso loro ho rivisto me……..Grazie
God can do so much……the ultimate decision is ours, once we know we have choices it is up to us to decide which one is the one we should take.
Today I have decided I want full of light, love and happiness. It takes work because it requires changing from our daily routines, and changes are always very scary. We are convinced all our lifes that we are certain way because someone dictated the rules and later on we realize that we don’t have to be that way. I admire Paulo’s tenacity, he went against the current and he was able to choose the path that fulfilled his dreams.
Love
Monica
Brille la luz desde las tinieblas.
San Pablo
lindo!!!!
I remember so much that moment when I came across that text in one of your comments, do not remember if Twitter or Facebook. Since that time, it is for me an important reminder of walking and having faith that Light will come in darkness moments. I have read the Bible often, saw this movie, etc, but had never taken notice of the fact that they had to walk to the waters while they were not opened. That for me is the model of faith that I must carry in my life. What is there is gratitude for the concern, the love that you carry to the other, and thank you for sharing and sharing and communicating the Light with Love.
Love, Jojo.
We create our path by walking it..
Those who wait for the path to appear will keep waiting forever..
Moses was a true avatar.
Hablar de partes de la Biblia sería estupendo tú que la conoces tanto, sería un modo de ver.
Gracias Paulo la historia de Moisés siempre me ha gustado, tube suerte tener una madre que fue catequista y se sabía todas las historias y ella me contaba y yo disfrutaba.
Un beso tenemos que aprender muchas cosas de la Biblia y será cuando la veamos con otros ojos.
Que bello regalo tener la catequesis tan cerca y sobre todo explicada por una gran maestra que debio haber sido tu señora madre.
Fight or think irrationally
you can see this:
By making accessible the texts of the Christian and Islamic holy books, BibleandKoran.net hopes to encourage study of both sources and promote mutual understanding.
http://www.koranandbible.net/
I had seen the film once before …I believe what happened as in Holy Quran…best wishes paulo
When we know that there isn’t any other way than to move forward, we take a deep breath in and out and go for it– Some may called it courage, to me is survival instinct!
loveNlight
Gabi
-One wants to unite and the other one to divide.-
Quite a contrast between Martin Luther King Jr and Charlton Heston – one was involved with Human Rights and the other with the Arms Industry – two different roads -.
“Sometimes we get used to what we see in the movies and end up forgetting the true story.”
“On s’habitue parfois a ce que l’on voit dans les films et l’on finit par oublier la vraie histoire.”
Merci!
‘Life must be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards.’ Soren Kierkegaard
Without fear there would be no need for courage. To stop moving, is to stop living.
Thinking about the King in The Alchemist today, full of encouragement during Santiago’s times of fear and doubt.
Love and Blessings, Jane xo
Last week, I saw a report of a man which made a dangerous job. He said: ” the fear has not ever prevented the danger then why from being afraid ? “. I found this magnificent sentence even if it’ss not always easy to live to the everyday life :)
Light & Love,
Paulo, I really wish that you write more stories on this blog.. :)
As always, Fantastic!
A Martin Luther King Jr. quote sums this up also…
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the staircase.”
May your steps always be filled with light and loving warmth.
Love to all,
Lainee
Nunca imagine lo maravilloso que podía ser, estar tan cerca de usted, a través de estas ondas cibernétias, con las que se puede no sólo viajar, sino también amar, no quiero decir las ya palabras dichas, no quiero ser una admiradora más, no quiero darle elogios de esos miles ya dados, recogidos, olvidados o guardados en sus riquezas espirituales, quiero que usted sienta la admiración de estar aquí, y decirle, amo esribir en cada papel que encuentro en mi camino, si embargo aunque quisera ser conocia la mileasiva parte de lo que es usted, para que otros atraviecen por mis venas hacía los Mundos, por mi sentidos, le digo lo que menos me importa es eso, lo mayor para mí, es escribir, llegar, allí donde muy pocos podemos llegar, con sólo un lápiz y un papel…un saludo inmenso Sr. Coehlo, Jayja
Don Paulo:
Asi es!
,… lo que encontramos en el exterior es lo que esta en nuestro interior…
Por lo tanto…NOSOTROS SOMOS EL CAMINO…
Atentamente
Mauro
we make our own destiny!
Totally true you can’t know what you will find untill you start your walking. And as I have confirmed the result is during the walk not in the end.
“Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar”
This reminds me of a quote from The Alchemist
“When I have been truly searching for my treasure, I’ve discovered things along the way that I never would have seen had I not had the courage to try things that seemed impossible .”
It is only through having this courage and faith that we can realise the depth of what we are capable of….
“I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. ”
The Bible
Matthew 17:20
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