Good Morning!

Fresh morning scent and the warm breeze of summer woke me up today. I thank the Lord for all the blessing He poured out to me for the last 24 hours. How incredible is the feeling that I can communicate with our great God, the one who created the heaven, the stars, the earth and every living things including us. How awesome is it to have a fellowship with Him for free. His Words through the Scriptures and mine through prayers, an  endless conversation with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ok, here’s what happened to me for the last few weeks.

I got my salary from my godsister who was also my boss and two days after I bought a guitar. YAY! I was planning to buy a guitar since my the keyboard/organ broke. I bought a really good one, its a acoustic guitar and even the strings are not that soft I still enjoy playing it coz it sounds really good. I sound like a pro.

I’ve been very active in our youth and music ministry in our church this past few days. I have no work but i get busier and busier everyday. Its fun and tiring at the same time, but its all worth it, its all for the glory of God. I’ve also been busy with my online ministry in AllAboutGod.net. AAG family has been a great part of my life now. Having fellowship with the people from around the world, with the same faith and love in the Lord Jesus, is a wonderful experience and has been a great blessing in my life. The site is full of Christ followers ready to help, guide, lead and pray for each other. They are the ones who are helping me in my walk with God. I never thought Im going to be so much involve in these things on the internet. Im very blessed being a part of AAG family and most importantly being part of God’s family.

God also taught me to fully give my trust to Him in matters concerning my….. heart. God is working so much in my love life (what?!) now. I almost give in to a person very close to me but not to our Lord Jesus. He opened my eyes and MY heart for me to see that He has GREATER plan for me. I still love this person, love as in “mahal” not “iniibig”. I prayed to God that he would love God and the Lord Jesus more than he loves me. My friend needed the LOVE from God more than the love I can offer for him. After few weeks full of prayers, I was surprised how God worked on him! I didn’t pray for him to be close to God to justify our “close relationship” but because I know God loves him and this is what God wanted me to do. It was never easy to give him fully to God but my conscience now is more peaceful than ever. God is continually working in our deep non-romantic relationship. I never enjoyed our friendship this much until God showed us that He should be the center of friendship.

Psalm 117: 2

“For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.”

Getting started again

Its been a while since I updated this blog. I haven’t had a chance to write or even think that I still have this blog existing.  I’ve been really busy these past few weeks, from work and from being addicted to allaboutgod.net, hahaha..Yeah, that site is really awesome. Full of people that love God and put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Anyway, I totally forgot all about this blog of mine. I told myself before that whatever happens I’ll keep on writing here, for this is my live diary:)..

So, here I am…still thinking what to write next…

To be continued…

Three Bullets

There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat.

He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he
would go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner.

As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit
and missed it.

The rabbit ran away.

Then he saw a squirrel and fired a shot at the squirrel and
missed it.

The squirrel disappeared into a hole in a cottonwood tree.

As he went further, he saw a large wild “Tom” turkey in the
tree, but he had only one bullet remaining.

A voice spoke to him and said, “Pray first, aim high and stay
focused.”

However, at the same time, he saw a deer which was a better
kill.

He brought the gun down and aimed at the deer, but then he saw
a rattlesnake between his legs about to bite him so he
naturally brought the gun down further to shoot the rattlesnake.

Still, the voice said again to him, “I said, ‘Pray, Aim high and
Stay focused.’”

So, the man decided to listen to God’s voice.

He prayed, then aimed the gun high up in the tree and shot the
wild turkey.

The bullet bounced off the turkey and killed the deer.

The handle fell off the gun and hit the snake in the head and
killed it. And when the gun had gone off, it knocked him into
a pond.

When he stood up to look around, he had fish in all his pockets,
a dead deer and a turkey to eat for his family.

The snake (Satan) was dead simply because the man listened to
God.

Moral of the story:

Pray first before you do anything, aim and shoot high in your
goals, and stay focused on God.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

YAY!

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!

HAPEE BERTDEI TO ME^_^ 

ONE PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS LIFE!

~Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.

From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: ‘Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease’?

To this Arthur Ashe replied: ‘ The world over — 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD ‘Why me?’.And today in pain I should not be asking GOD ‘Why me?’

“Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong, Sorrow keeps you Human, Failure keeps you humble”

No pain, no gain

Today… no work. whew!

The only thing I did this past few days is to work. Of course like everybody else, workdays can really be tiring and stressful. Well, this week I experienced all the tense and exhaustion of work.

At first, I thought it would be easy for me, and besides I’m having a lot of fun. But later on, it all slapped to my face. My work is really not hard. But adjusting myself to it has been difficult for me.

My time is not all mine, I have to get up early and prepare myself to work. My work is just at home so no big deal, but sitting in front of the computer for hours is really painful. Painful for my eyes, shoulders, back and neck. I even cried on the first day when I finished writing the last article, it was 1 in the morning.

Well as the saying goes “no pain, no gain.” It’s true, even I’m not yet being paid, I gained a lot, a lot of lessons. First, I learned how to manage my time. Before, I go to sleep and wake up whenever I feel to do so, but now I learned that time is very, very important. Because my work has a deadline, I should finish each work at a certain speed or else I’ll pass it late and lose my work eventually. Second, I realized how important it is to fulfill my responsibilities, including my house chores and taking care of my pets. And lastly, I learned how to plan ahead of things, now I manage the things I have to do, from the most important to the least. I tend to forget my duties sometimes(hehe), so its really important that I know which one has to be done first.

And…. I cant pass and stand all those tough times without the help of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I’m very grateful that He’s with me all the time, giving me wisdom and strength and most of all LOVING me unconditionally.

The TATE Family can be a real pain.

HOPE THE TATE FAMILY WILL BE QUIET IN CHURCH TOMORROW.

There is old man DIC TATE who wants to run everything, while uncle RO TATE tries to change everything.

Their sister AGI TATE stirs up plenty with the help of her
husband IRRI TATE.

Whenever new projects are suggested, HESI TATE and his wife VEGE TATE always want to wait until next year.

Then there is aunt IMI TATE , she wants our church to be like all the others.

DEVAS TATE provides the voice of doom, while POTEN TATE wants to rule over us all.

But not all members of the TATE family are that bad.

Brother FACILI TATE is quite helpful in church matters and a delightful member of the family is Miss FELICI TATE.

Cousins COGI TATE and MEDI TATE always think things over and then lend a helping hand.

Then of course there is AMPU TATE, the black sheep of the
family, who has completely cut himself off from the Church.

(from Rotary Club News letter)

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Sailing a canoe under the sunset with my brothers. It was the perfect summer getaway and Caliraya Lake was the perfect place for that. I remember, it was summer of 2005, my family went to Caliraya Recreation Center to unwind and relax and have a break from our normal lives.

This was my most favorite summer retreat. We checked-in in the hotel and stayed like it was our home, with playground and pool and tennis court, etc. in our backyard. I realized how blessed we were to experienced these things and had a chance to indulge ourselves in this kind of enjoyment.

Other pics:

Family pic at the lobby.

I’m wondering where will it be this summer. Boracay? Why not!

I’m mobile

I didn’t know before that I could actually use YM on my phone. I’m not an explorer when it comes to gadgets and I’m still learning how to run it.

The good thing is I can use it anywhere, anytime and its free!

Yahoo!

I’m back fellows!

Yeah.. Unlimited internet access is what I needed. I don’t have to go out and pay 25pesos/hour in an internet cafe. I’ve been waiting for this for such a long time. Yippe!

But I’m worried that I might abuse it. I hope I won’t.

And today…. I wrote a test article for a writing job. My friend, Ate Isey, offered me the work and I accepted it to give it a shot.

Well, honestly it’s not easy. First of all, my vocabulary is poor and my grammar is not that impressive. I prayed first before I wrote the article, and thank God coz I finished it on time. I believe every word I put there came from Him. I have no idea how to start the article but later on ideas and words filled my head.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God , who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.” -James 1:5