Hi! My name is Gato Mighty

Outside perspectives are important to me. I don’t know what I look like so its good to have people who care about you share what they see. From a hidden talent thats creeping its way out down to having some spinach in your teeth, or your t-shirt on inside out. I’ve never considered myself a writer, and I guess thats because my mind has a definition of what that is. Since I’m not getting paid to write, or working for a magazine, newspaper or blog; I must not be a writer.

The truth is, I write everyday, and will even go out of my way if I feel the need to write something. I have a pen name (Gato Mighty), because writers I look up to have pen names (Mark Twain, Dr. Seuss) and I want to be like them. This entire blog started because I wanted to publish things on my heart under a pen name to escape criticism and judgement. These days we ALL hold onto our extra and most critical opinions and only share them online when we feel offended or feel like being offensive. Of course people are able to comment on these post, but Gato Mighty is still a security blanket. Why?

Hi! My name is Gato Mighty, and I’m a writer…because I WRITE!!!!

Thank you Kendra for helping me realize that

To The Very End

I love putting the pen to the page, so although I haven’t been updating as much as your favorite blogs, I journal daily. Forgive any spelling errors 🙂

Thirty6ix

Getting older and learning more and more about myself and more about God. If it weren’t for God, I don’t know if there would be anything constant in my life. I do have a handful of people that have continued to be there for me. Not necessarily meaning that I was in need and called on them, but our friendship has lasted. Thinking about this as I type, I’m seeing that I dont need to be so quick to close the book on anyone. This life thing is definitely a journey, a story, a play, a movie; and God knows all of the characters. He knows the who, what, when, where, why, and how long. God’s word keeps me encouraged during the times where my brain starts acting up and giving in to anxiety, loneliness and Satans lies. I know us human beings are really good at blaming Satan for things. I have a strong feeling that Satan taught me how to lie to myself as to make his job easier. He seems like one of the work from home types, in his pajamas all day sipping Kureg coffee in front of his mac book with earbuds. I’m trying to make him break a sweat by resisting him, denying myself, staying in the word and in prayer, and serving people. My spiritual challenge to start off the new year has been to pray daily for a good friend of mine. Thats been going good. I might have missed a couple days in total so far but for the most part I’ve been victorious and I’m looking forward to seeing God move powerfully in his life. I’ve been jornaling frequently which kind of explains the lack of website updates. I’m wondering if i should scan some of my journal pages and just post the image. That would be pretty cool, besides, i absolutely love physically writing my thoughts and ideas down.

The Allowance

At times, I can look at myself as independent. I feel more confident when I’m able to handle things without help from anyone. Those “times” that I do feel independent are usually fueled by rebellious spirit and my ego. The truth is I’ve been helped, protected, and assisted my entire life. Even when YHWH wasn’t my God, He was still God and in control even though I never acknowledged Him. These things that I do are an allowance that I’ve never done anything to deserve.

“Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
Job 38:39‭-‬41 NIV

Rejoicing

In continuing with my challenge of rejoicing always and praying continually. The past month has been filled with the sting of death. 3 of my schoolmates have passed away, and less than a week ago a local musician that i shared a lot of mutual friends with committed suicide. Part of death’s sting has me looking at my own mortality, and mourning some with my friends. In my sharing of how I’m doing, or in my asking for prayer, I feel as though I’m misrepresenting my walk with Christ. I dont think I’m telling the entire story. The truth is even through these challenges and discouraging news, I serve the God of all comfort who sends and shows His love for me in so many ways. God has been blessing me with encouraging people who are becoming my friends. I’m able to share the gospel with them and prayerfully in God’s perfect timing they will become Christians one day

Always Continually

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16‭-‬18

I was having a reflective time, just sitting and thinking about who God is. Thinking about how amazing and merciful he has been to me, how much He loves me and how He is actively drawing me closer to Him. The scripture I shared above came to mind, and I honed in on the word “continually”.

God showed me in that moment that He doesn’t want me to stop talking to Him. I feel so loved and humbed to finally realize that because no person on earth has ever had that attitute towards me. People, myself included will take breaks from human interaction for whatever reasons. Guilt crept in because I know I don’t talk to Him like I should. I’m looking forward to this challenge of praying and rejoicing

Hope And A Future

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11

Ive been randomly having visions of what I think is my future. Things so amazing and encoraging that I begin to cry tears of joy of what I hope will happen. It makes me thing of the scripture Jeremiah 29:11. God has given me the hope first and because I have the hope, I’m rejoicing now and refuse to wait for the future.

Thanks for reading

The Voice

I’m thankful for God and how he reveals things in due time. Never prematurely because He wants the lesson to sink all the way in. Things have happened recently and I’ve asked God “Lord, if there is a specific lesson I am supposed to learn please show me”.

There are so many ways God has spoken to me in the past:

1. Through the word
2. Through people
3. Through situations
4. Music
5. Nature
6. Sometimes a calm voice in my head

With all the various ways I’m still learning how to be patient and quiet so I can hear Him.

There are so many things I want to do with my life, and some of my good friends who dream and have visions for me suggest things for me to do as well. Im confused over knowing if I’m listening to my voice or Gods voice or my own. Ironically I herd a sermon the other about Lot, Abraham’s nephew.

When it was time to split from Abraham, he was given the choice of picking the direction he wanted to go first, and Abraham was to go the opposite way. Lot didn’t ask God which way he should go, instead he followed his own voice.

Fast forward and he ends up living in Sadam offering up his daughters to be raped to save a couple of angels……yeah…i know

This just gives me insight on what can happen when i follow my own way of thinking especially since my thoughts often lead me into sin

“How You Doing Bro?”

So, this question gets asked alot in fellowship at my church, and I have never felt like I had an answer. Maybe you know how to answer that for yourself but I’ve been known to over analyze everything. “How are you doing?” can send my mind into a time warp and the next thing you know I’m telling you my entire life story, or at least detail the last few months of my life. To give you some context, when one of my friends at church asks me, they are asking me how I’m doing spiritually.

I was baptized 4 years ago, and there have been ups and downs. Seasons where I have consistently struggled and ruled over sin (not all sin btw) and seasons that I’ve given into sin (again, not all sin btw). Through it all I’ve never questioned who Jesus is and why He is the way. The struggle of carrying my cross daily and keeping His commands is a heavy weight sometimes, but I usually look at it that way when I focus on the negative. If God demanded perfection then I would be forever doomed. These words I’m typing are reminding me how vast and great God’s grace and love are. Becaise I’m sinful and have only dealt with other sinners in the past in the sense of expectations. I think that they are a reflection of God and thats just not the case. God thank you for being you

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:8‭-‬11