Elena Leno's Page

'I remember my grandfather always would cook up a storm when he knew we were coming to visit - even if we were just passing through. (He lived in the Bronx). He would be beaming as we arrived & he most times had the table already set. I remember saying, "Grandpa, I told you not to go through all that trouble, really, a sandwich would have been fine" he would say, "What? This is nothing." Meanwhile there was everything from eggplant parm, to tripe, to escarole, to chicken parm, to fresh…

When we don't spend enough time of our own in God's presence (prayer, reading the word,) That we look to others for His leading, when we should go directly to Him ourselves. Not everyone we look up to is right with God, & the enemy blinds us & uses our weaknesses for what he thinks is his advantage - & because of our humaness, and how we fall short ourselves we allow ourselves to be blindsided & fooled into thinking we got a word from the Lord, when it was really the other…

It is all in how you look at things. You are called with an assignment in another city. You have to rely on others to take you there. You work it out. You travel three hours. You get there, you wait, the assignment was cancelled & no one told you. Meanwhile you are inconvenienced - the people who brought you there were inconvenienced – maybe you didn't even get paid to cover your time & travel. Even if you did, it was nothing compared to what you lost. Because you find out that while…

There are 4 triggers that leave you open, & vulnerable to the attack of the enemy. . .you become a wreck. . .you can't focus, you are extremely disoriented. . .you can't concentrate. . .you need to HALT. . .If you are extremely Hungry, Angry, Lonely, &/or Tired - each one of those alone is bad enough - but all 4 at the same time - you need to stop. . .& REST. . .physically, mentally, emotionally, & spiritually. . .shut it down. . .turn it off. . .put the electronic…