Anna M. Aquino

            As promised, I have another Canadian/American border crossing story.   This time we were leaving Canada we decided to take the tunnel.   Usually we opt for the Ambassador Bridge but the traffic leaving Canada is better on the tunnel.   Every time we travel this way we borrow a vehicle of my parents’.   A year ago my parents invested in a luxury SUV and so seeing that car cross the border always puts the border guards on a heightened alert.   Automatically they want to make sure the car is not stolen.   I understand their thoughts.   I also understand I have to prove to them it’s not stolen.               This time we were traveling through the boarder and the guard asked for the proof of insurance and registration.   The question on his part was a no brainer.   I know where my mom keeps the paperwork.   H...

Yesterday I’ll admit to having a few moments. The book releases a week from yesterday. I have felt like such a ball of emotions, and let me just say that not being run or controlled by my emotions is something I work on. I call myself an artist with words. My background is in the theatre. Most of the time artsy people can be a bit dramatic. I can hold my own in this area. However in the realm of the spiritual being a drama queen can have a downside. Often God will have you in situations where you can’t be run on your emotions. The life of a power-packed spirit-filled believer is often a life of trusting what you can’t see. Thus, I confess I’m working on it. Not that emotions are bad in anyway, but being controlled by them is. It makes God excited to make what looks to be the impossible become possible. I kept hearing the scripture, Psalm 46:10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” In fact I even t...