HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Today all mothers in the whole world are being honored simply because they are mothers.  There can be no one on earth without mothers.  God blessed so much that all the living will come through a dear mother.  To celebrate, I will copy some of the text messages I received today, let me share them with you;

                                                                    

                  MOTHER - you are a woman who changes minds, takes chances, turns head, and

                                        listens! You are a woman who remembers, pauses, makes an efforts &

                                        laughs. You are unique, irreplaceable and so real.- From Melody

                 Mother - is a strong person who knows how to keep her life in an orderly manner.

                                 Even with tears in her eyes, she manages to stand tall and say "everything

                                 is just fine."  She gives smile to the weak & shares to the needy.-From Lud

                 Mother - you are a wonderful gift from God to your children.  You are God's hand to

                                mold, protect & train your children to the right living. From Jeany A.

                                                                             

               "Being a mom is what a great privilege! To share an unconditional love!" From Rizza

                 Mother - is made to become unselfish, to be giving and to go an extra mile always.

                                 From Jasmen

                 A mother can handle troubles &  heavy burdens.  She shares happiness, love &

                                opinions...She can smile when she feels like screaming...She sings when 

                                she feels like crying...She touches the weary child and overcome their fears.

                                She points them to Jesus Christ for peace beyond understanding.

                                From Mrs. Jo

                May this day be a day of reflections, of thanksgiving and of worship to God of all the 

                mothers like me.  Happy Celebrations!!! God Who Made moms Is Truly a genius!

And lest i forget: This is a personal note to my 92 year-old mamma.  Her personal life for me & my 

siblings was super extra self-giving to mention.  Giving up her comforts during the wee hours of the day 

to prepare meals for us.  She rises up early when her family was slumbering in bed and goes to bed 

when everybody's in their room and all stuffs in the house are in order.  She loves unconditionally &

her presence is felt whether in happy times or in bad times; when we were behaving or misbehaving.

I salute my mom and love her so. Happy birthday on May 17, 2011 @ 93 y.o

        Proverb 31:10-12 "It is hard to find a good wife, because she is worth more than rubies.

                        Her husband trusts her completely. With her, he has everything he needs.

                        She does him good and not harm for as long as she lives."

        Proverb 31:25-30  "She is strong and is respected by the people. She looks forwards to

                        the future with joy.  She speaks wise words and teaches others to be kind.

                        She watches over her family and never wastes her time.  Her children speak

                        well of her.  Her husband also praises her.  Charm is deceptive and beauty

                        can trick you but A WOMAN WHO FEARS THE LORD MUST BE PRAISED!"

                                                            -nasb                                                                                

               

ADVERSE FEELINGS

What's in Blogging?

                                Summer vacation used to be very exciting going to colder places and still will be.  The places are still beautiful; bonding time with family and relatives was still warm and glorious.  There was just one missing link that my heart yearned so badly.  It's blogging!!!  


                                How could you describe that heavy feeling?  While you care and respect the dates and special gathering, you've got an empty space inside you.  It happened to me the last month of April this year.  I missed my blogs! I missed blogging!  I miss you all!


                                You bet my excitement today as I face my desktop computer.  Well I guess, I will pray for a laptop so that wherever I go, I will keep on blogging.  Nonetheless, it is still helpful to assess our directions, our goals, our works, our passions and our attitudes. We can evaluate how we spend our precious time to what matter most to us.  I am very thankful for people, for family, friends and loved ones more than any gadget.  I am very thankful also for technologies that help our lives work faster and more effective.  I am likewise very thankful that blogs can reach out, touch lives, repair, cheer the fainting hearts and revived weakening souls.  This is the blog i want! one that motivates because all potentialities are in every human freely bestowed by Loving God.  I thank The Lord for allowing me to blog just like others.


                                 Now I am happy to be back, my blog will connect us. Just hoping my blogs will etch a little portion in your life. Please watch tomorrow's blog for moms.  Have a wonderful day!!!
                                                                                             
                                 

PROCESS

Welcome! or Agony


                    


                                                                                                                                                                      


                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
                                  There are a lot of instant stuffs, those that are giving great reliefs to men especially the busy ones.  Instant coffee, noodles, portrait, INSTANT millionaire??? the list will go on and on and on.  Add to this is the high tech world in our times and age.  Any part of the world can be reached by an instant SMS or email, calls  via satellite  and tv or computer.  We are thankful to these amazing discoveries!


                                  If one is not careful though, he or she would think that everything needs to be instant.  The waiting will be too long; many live impatiently.  The feelings will always rise above the mind. The attitudes will become foul.


Let's learn about the caterpillar inside the Pupa


                                 When an egg of a butterfly is hatched, it becomes a tiny insect.  Before it can become a pretty adult butterfly, it needs to hibernate inside a cocoon for days.  It must be a terrible  experience  to  be  out  of  the  world  and  then   be jailed in a cocoon.       Then an impatient child pass by and tear  opened  the  cocoon  and  came  out  a  butterfly   with damaged  wings  and  body.   All  the  rest   of    this        poor butterfly's life was spent in struggle, trying to  fly  like   the others but she can't.  If only she was allowed to go through the process, she could be the most beautiful one that aids in the flowers pollination.                                                                                                                                                     

              We can also ask, when a little infant is born by her mother, drinks milk for the first time, will that make him a big adult instantly?  Of course not!
Every human needs to be born, nourished and undergo the stages of infancy, toddler, puberty, adolescence and adult. If he is given enough well balanced food and supplements, he will grow big and strong faster than the neglected others. 


                                                                                                               


                But oh yes, in the spiritual life an instant decision of 'faith alone in Christ alone' makes a sinner instantly a child of God. Nevertheless, spiritual growth takes a process just as well.  Salvation that is,  just gave you a place in heaven.  There is no instant maturity. It takes years of painstakingly studying God's word, apply, undergo tests in life, if fail take retests.  Until we are alive, the personality or the mental, emotional, self consciousness, conscience and choices which is the soul will grow mature if it is nourished with a well balanced teachings from the Scriptures.  The nurturing starts with a mentor but if you can managed already, the responsibility of eating to grow is all yours.

                    That's our cocoon! When the world shuts up itself from us, don't fail to notice God. He wants to train you by Himself in order that you will come out a wonderful person the way God has planned exactly for you! It's dark inside the cocoon of God.  You only need to see with your spiritual eyes and hear with your spiritual ears.  It is just meant for you, God processing you.  He is saying, as long as you struggle, He can't teach you. When you start to relax or have faith rest in Him, He can now give you His lessons.  Are you breaking off or totally rely on His word and grace?




Philippians 1:6 "For I am confident of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you, will perfect it
                                                             until the day of Jesus Christ!"
Proverb 28:22 "A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not know that want will come upon him.

Preparedness

  
How Meaningful

                             Each individual person once we reach the age of responsibility, must very well know
                             the importance of being well prepared.  We are born in two worlds, the physical and
                             spiritual or the seen and unseen worlds. The first is temporal & the later is eternal!

                            







            
                             Happy are the couple who have prepared well for their marriage.
                             Happy are the parents who have made enough preparations for their children.
                             Happy are the children who are obedient to established rules & guidelines.
                             Happy are the students who willingly and seriously study their lessons.
                             Happy are the teachers who are well prepared and knowledgeable in their subject.
                             Happy are the farmers who have well-cultivated their land and planted.
                             Happy are they who have insurances for when they die their family will not suffer.
                             Happy are those who takes daily exercises when joining a race or contests.


                             All of them see the value of preparations and applied them for their own
                             satisfaction.  Uncertainty though is the enemy of it all.  Marriage can collapse!
                             Houses can be washed out; Children will grow and follow their own paths;
                             people can get sick and caught some incurable illnesses; farmers may expect
                             but frustrated by some calamities, likewise insurance deals can turned bankrupt.
                             The worst consequence always come upon those who have not prepared and
                             has no idea how to overcome when something unexpected happen.  


                            Will they break you or challenge you?


                         








                                                                                                                        
                            We are not really preparing for the unexpected devastations. We have
                            set our minds to positive motivations.  Marriage will lasts; children will grow
                            educated, normal & well-balanced; farmers will get bountiful harvests and
                            investments will multiply!  This is faith, even though it is not seen but working
                            towards its realization takes a lot of believing...


                            What and who are you believing for right now that are necessary for your spiritual life?
                                             This life is eternal!


                            Blessed are those who have put their trust in God rather than on temporary 
                                              stuffs in this temporary world even the riches of this world .
                            Blessed are those who have prepared for their eternal abode which is Heaven.
                            To get there, the Bible teaches to have faith alone in Jesus Christ alone!
                            Blessed are the believers who are functioning from the source of their new man
                                                             for their eternal rewards will be many!
                            Blessed are those informed and who are waiting for the coming Head of the Church,
                                                             King of Kings and Lord of Lords!
                            Blessed are they whose lives and character are an impact to humankind, for
                            God sees them fit to participate in His program of resolving the spiritual battle
                                called the angelic conflict!, in the midst of adverse circumstances all around.

                            You may not be so blessed with a happy marriage, a diploma hanged on a wall;
                            a material legacy like land for your children; a great supply of food and money.
                            Even though things do not always work in your favor if you have understood
                            and put your saving faith in the Solid Rock, The Only Saviour & Lord Jesus
                            Christ; This is man's only real security! He has ensured our bright future with Him  
                            eternally. While waiting for Him to call us up or waiting for His coming in the clouds, 
                            let us study/eat His spiritual food, follow His instructions to live & walk by faith and
                            honestly do His will.  All of these are certain without any shadow of doubt.
                            God said it, He will perform it for the benefit of His dear people...Let us therefore
                            take care of our spiritual life because God will take care of both our spirit and body!
                             

Proverb 16:9     " A man's heart devises his course but The Lord directs his steps".

Mark 8:36,37   " For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or 

                                                         what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

1 Timothy 4:8   " For bodily exercise profits little; but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise

                                                     of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."

                              

Thankfulness

                                                                                                                                         




                                      




                                             Be Thankful


                               Be thankful that sunrises and sunsets are free,
                                    or else, we couldn't afford them.


                               Be thankful that behind every storm is the 
                                    rainbow of hope and sunshine bright.


                               Be thankful for failures because success is sweet.
                                    Life would be so boring without challenges.
                               
                               Be thankful for pressures and stress, so that
                                    we can be reminded to relax and enjoy life.


                               Have a one thousand and one reasons 
                                     to be thankful today!

This is from a text to me by Lalet. With my whole appreciation to her...

The Excellence of Love

 It's Characteristics                   

                                                                     
                                                                      First Corinthians 13   

                                    

                                

                                If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love,                                                                                                              

                                          I am become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

                                If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and knowledge;

                                and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love,

                                                                           I am nothing.                                                                                           

Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous;love does not brag and is not arrogant,Does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take a record of a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;Bears all thing, believes all things, hopes all things,endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they      will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.                 


For we know in part and we prophesy in part;But when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child;when I became a man, I did away with childish things.For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I have also have been fully known.But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Source: New American Standard Bible

                                                    

How?

MUST WANT IT                                             
                                                                                
                     Yes, for any grown person to receive help, he needs 
                      to feel the need for help and to choose to be helped
                      for his own transformation and success!


                      Do you want to be triumphant over emotional &
                      personal problems? Choose to learn to be open to 
                      your trustworthy friend of same sex who has 
                      stability in character and emotion.  A friend who 
                      has a sincere desire to see you get over your 
                      problems and live a happy & productive life.             
                      Or you may choose to go to a professional      
                      counselor. You can even opt to get help by your 
                      own decision with God. Pray to Him and ask for  
                                                   His divine solution!

                       God came to seek and to save that which was
                       lost.  He died on that cross! This is His supply 
                       even before any man ask for His aid. However, 
                       unless we recognize that we are lost in Adam's             
                       sin and need a personal Saviour, He won't save.
                       God Is The Father of all creation but every 
                       person who wants a personal relationship needs
                       to see, feel and understand in his mind & 
                       heart that he needs eternal salvation for his eternal 
                                      soul. This needs a personal choice.

                      The only Gospel is: God Jesus Christ came
                      from heaven to earth, became flesh, was 
                      crucified for every human sin, was buried
                      and rose again.  This needs a choice to be
                      personally believed and understood. This is
                      a once in a lifetime! This is God's only solution
                      for spiritual alienation.  


                      The only Saviour is Jesus Christ, a sinless human-
                      God who paid all the sin debt of all men so that 
                      anyone who accepts Him, He saved that person 
                      eternally from separation with God, from hell and 
                      from Satan.


                      Faith in Jesus Christ and His Gospel is just the 
                      beginning of spiritual life.  In order to grow
                      the soul, it needs a day by day choice, to eat
                      or study the word of God properly.  While our
                      physical birth is beyond our choice, our second
                      birth into our spiritual family,  eternal & 
                      permanent is entered into by faith alone, which is   
                      by choice to believe the Gospel.  Spiritual food 
                      needs to be balanced and right in order to grow 
                      spiritually healthy as physical foods need to be 
                      so and nutritious in order to grow the body.   It 
                      needs a daily choice even a moment by moment  
                      choice to believe & apply what is being understood.

                                                    
Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes..."
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 .."make known to you the Gospel by which you received and are saved. That Christ died for our
                           sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried and was raised on the third day..."
Jeremiah 10:21 "For the shepherds have become stupid and have not sought the Lord; therefore they have not prospered,
                                                                                 and all their flock is scattered." (Israel in OT time).
Matthew 4:4 "Man shall not live by bread for the body alone, but by every word of God for his soul."
2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that need not to ashamed, rightly dividing the word
                                                                                                                  of truth."