He began playing baseball in the Double A level and training as a weight lifter. Eventually a change of careers would come about that would take him to over 100 countries. He chose to return to his hometown of Camuy and teach chemistry and biology at the local high school, where he taught for the next 22 years.
There he graduated with a bachelor's degree in natural sciences and completed his pre-medical studies. He enrolled at Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico in San Germán, with plans to study medicine.
His parents, Pablo Ávila and Herminia Portalatin, were both Sephardic Jew schoolteachers that had converted to Christianity, and he eventually followed in their footsteps. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.José Joaquín Ávila Portalatín was born in Camuy, Puerto Rico.
Repost this post / sharable hand lettering on Facebook, Twitter, &/or Instagram and use the hashtags #AThanksPrayerADay & #MarjoriesBlog.If we look hard enough, we might find that we are blessed beyond measure. Give thanks! Every single one of us can and should do that! No matter where we are in life, we have so much we can thank the Lord for, even in the most barren seasons.Thanksgiving’s coming quick, friends-as is the end of this Thankfulness series! So don’t miss out on the thanking: You are an excellent artist and Creator (Psalm 139:14)! I thank You that You have loved me enormously just the way You made me even as an unborn child-even before I was born, I was on Your heart and mind. You made me for a purpose, You have a specific plan for my life, and You wired me a certain way so I can bring You glory. Let me live for an audience of You alone. Continue to mold my heart to be more like Jesus. Lord, thank you for the way you made me on the inside and on the outside. Keep me humble, joyful, growing, and grateful. Let me hear Your voice alone and let Your words and Your truth alone define me-people will inevitably say things, but I want to cling to You alone. You see so much worth and potential in every one of us, Lord (2 Timothy 2:21).
I thank You that I am made in Your perfect image-give me eyes to see myself and others as You see us. You are the potter and I am Your clay (Isaiah 64:8)-continue to shape me into the woman You created me to be, all for Your glory. You don’t make mistakes instead, You look at Your creation, smile, and call it good. Day 3: Today I thank God for the way He made me.Ī NOTE FOR Y’ALL: Write your own prayer of thankfulness to God for the way He made you, & I might repost it along with tomorrow’s post! ) Email it to me in the Contact section!
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