Living for God's Glory - Mireina Morado

Good morning, friends! Today I would like to introduce you to Mireina Morado, a wife and a mama to two boys! She is a blessing in my life and a true woman after God's heart. I know you will be blessed by her story! Grab a cup of coffee/tea and meet Mireina.

Introduce yourself like we are having a cup of coffee together. :) What kind of coffee/tea would you drink?

Hello! Good morning, my name is Mireina Morado. Well, I love me a white chocolate mocha Grande from Starbucks, but at this time I drink decaf or 1/2 & 1/2 with whatever creamer we have at home.

When did you start following Christ?

I accepted Christ at age 20, but it wasn't until I was 21 that I truly started to follow Christ.

My high school years and on I partied A LOT. Honestly drinking was one of the hardest things for me to give up, because I use to drink to forget about my problems. I was raped and abused by one of my uncles at age 6. At that same age I found out the man I thought who was my dad was not my biological father, my biological father had another family and had asked my mom to abort me. I was tired of my parents’ problems and finally at age 16 my dad left and my mom worked day and night. I took care of my 3 younger brothers, one a newborn and I also started working at age 17 to try and help at our house. My mom was in a relationship maybe when I was 18/19 and it was very hard to accept. Throughout my teen years, I wanted to run from my problems, I was on and off in an abusive relationship and I was in another relationship on and off as well, I just didn't know what I truly wanted at that age, but I put myself in so much heartache and pain that I had to deal with afterwards. Around age 20 I had this passion to want to know God. I knew there was a God, but I never really knew him, I didn't have a relationship with him. I remember sharing with someone that I wanted to stop doing the things I was doing, but immediately my sins were thrown in my face. I knew I had to move forward without some people in my life. It was hard! A really close friend of mine passed away when I was 20 and it was one of the hardest things. Another of our friends invited me to church and when I was in worship, I was reading the lyrics to "Jesus, Lover of my soul" and I just let all my tears come out and I couldn't control it. I continued to visit Waves and accepted Christ a few months later. December of that same year I married my husband and we still did our thing. It was during our marriage that I started to truly follow Christ; I couldn't do it without him.

What does it mean to you to live a life that truly follows Christ?

To me it means to surrender myself to Christ, to be obedient to Him even in the hardest moments and even when I want to go against His will. Also, to trust in Him in every area of my life not just in some.

How do you integrate sharing the gospel through your job?

I try to be loving, kind, patient and respectful to everyone. I think it goes with our actions speak louder than words. There have been so many changes in our office; we've gone from 9 women to 40 in the past year so you can just imagine how crazy it gets. At work we have several women who serve in different churches, but don’t treat their employees with respect and talk down to them. This pushes people away from wanting to know Christ when we do not set the example of His love and kindness. I've been able to minister to a few women who’ve come to me for either martial advice or if something has been going on at work and they would like my input. To all of them I tell them how I see things as a believer and I always incorporate Christ and what the bible says.

As a wife how do you show Christ love to your husband daily?

You know this question is funny, because lately my husband has asked me why have I been so loveable. I laugh and asked him, "Really, I have?" I didn't even know. Haha!

I have learned in the past 8 years to respect, honor and trust my husband as the leader of our home. Now, there are times if I don't agree with something I do bring it to his attention in a loving way, I try to watch carefully what I say to make sure I don't sound judging or tear him or his ideas down. It's not something that just happened over night, nooooo. Our first years of marriage were so hard and I wanted out! God has really worked in our lives and marriage. When I would pray for God to change him, God was changing me; the way I responded to him with whatever issue would come up. I've always been a controlling person (hard to admit), but that was one thing I had to give to God and allow him to change me. Now daily I do pray for my husband, I tell him I love him, but its not just about what I say its also my actions that I believe show him that I love him. I'm 8 months pregnant right now and trust me, I'm so tired there are days I just want to sit on the couch, eat Taco Casa nachos and watch a good movie (Lol), but even in my tiredness I try to still serve my husband however I can because I love him. Just the other day I was so into a TV show and I could hear bits and pieces of what he was saying, he noticed I wasn't paying attention to him so he stops. Oh darn! I knew he caught me, so immediately I shifted all my attention to him and I apologized. I have to remind myself that he comes first than my TV shows. He helps me a lot with our 5 year old, around the house and he is a pretty busy man, so I try to help and take care of him as much as I can. An advice I would give to other woman would be to enjoy and laugh with their husbands, to make him their first priority..

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What are some verses you cling on too?

Proverbs 31:10-31 (Please read)

I meditate and study this verse quite bit. I always imagine a beautiful graceful woman, who watches over her husband and family. She is full of wisdom, she is giving, faithful, strong, fearless and I love how her children call her blessed and her husband praises her. This is a woman I want to be more like to my family and others.

Jeremiah 29:11 (Please read)

Has been the one that I've clung to since I became a believer. There are many things I don't understand why they happened, but I believe God has and will use it for His good and mine.

What life lessons are you learning in your current season of life?

Many! Haha! Since Mario has been in ministry the past year or so, we've seem to be on an adventurous ride, in our own personal lives, in youth ministry and ministry itself, then so many changes at my own job. I would say patience is the lesson I'm currently learning. I shared with my friend Yvonne what I was going through and she asked me if I had been praying for patience. Well, I usually always do pray for patience, but now I'm praying on how to respond to it. I think I'm also learning to be more understanding and compassionate towards others.

What is something God has set in your heart to share with others?

No matter what you’re going through always seek God first in everything. Don’t give up even when you don’t understand why you’re going through a certain trial and rely on Him. He has all the answers and He will guide your path when you seek him.