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LIfe on earth is temporary. All these things including this MBP I’m using to write stuff here on tumblr isn’t legit. It will all go away. Life is short. A lot of times, the bible has talked about how life is about trust and tests. We are constantly being tested to see how we would react to things that are happening to us; to unfold the character that is in us. God Himself has created all these tests but of course he wanted us to pass them so He does not give us tests far greater than the graces He gives us to overcome them. So even if life seems so unfair and that as the situation presents in our society i.e. the rich becomes richer and the poor becomes poorer, there is still hope that we will be able to conquer these trials. All we have to do is to trust in Him. He has given us life so we can live until eternity, therefore, we must learn to trust our lives unto His hands. We must trust that everything will be okay and that whatever happens, it will always be for the better.

These trials exist in our lives the same way as dissatisfaction, sadness and rejection. We experience all these because we exist for a better purpose. God has way better plans for us.. eternity. He has prepared a life for us in heaven which again leads us back to reminding ourselves that all the things that we see don’t really matter, what matters most are the things that we do not see. It is important to act as transient boarders in this world. Let our values change by not just valuing what is now and here into valuing what is there to be.

Uniqueness

The uniqueness of me and my personality are all but part of God’s great plan for me. I know that he has a purpose for you and me but why do we always come down to the selfish questions of our plans? “What do I want to be?”, “What do I want to achieve?”, “Who do I want to become?”. There shouldn’t be any questions as to what God’s plan for us will be, we just have to trust that whatever it is, there’s always a BIG plan for all of us. Yes, some of us may be in pain, in a horrible situation, in the dark and these are all part of His Holy will. He did not leave anything to chance. He made us all out of the goodness of His heart.. out of love. Our uniqueness is therefore well defined as an epitome of God’s love. There shouldn’t be regrets for flaws in us that we could not accept but instead, we should pray that the Lord will give us the strength to overcome our faults and failures that we may be able to use our free will to get a shot at becoming like Him.. 

Act of love

When you do something like an act of service or a sacrifice, do you do it out of love or out of obligation?

xvax-stephen: A well-known speaker started off his seminar holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, “Who still wants it…?” Still the hands were up in the air. “Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Now, who still wants it?” Still the hands went into the air. “My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We may feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who do love you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are. You are special; Don’t ever forget that.

xvax-stephen:

A well-known speaker started off his seminar holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. He then asked, “Who still wants it…?” Still the hands were up in the air. “Well,” he replied, “What if I do this?” And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Now, who still wants it?” Still the hands went into the air. “My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We may feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who do love you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by who we are. You are special; Don’t ever forget that.

Misery..

Why does suffering exist? Why can’t we just live in a perfect world and have a happy life? I know it takes time to understand the reasons behind our sufferings in life. But for sure they make you a better person. How? I just can’t figure. I am currently drowning in this misery. And I am somewhat happy that I am standing firm onto my decision and choosing to do good. I know better than this and I will be better than this. This too shall pass.

There are sacrifices in life that we cannot avoid. There are things that we know we should have but we can’t have. It’s a difficult time. For what it’s worth, the words that pierce one’s heart could be the words that would soften it or it might be the other way around. There’s an ending to all sufferings but while you’re in it, how do you deal with it? I have very bad coping skills I know but stupidity ain’t one of them.

Bucketlist 2012

1. Parasailing

2. Travel to Hawaii, Cuba, or Rio

3. All inclusive Mexican trip

4. Go on a cruise

5. Polar Bear Swim

6. Promotion

7. Visit at least 3 beaches in PI

8. Hang glide

9. Sky dive

10. OOC with the best friend

11. Get that dream truck

12. Learn to cook

13. Camiguin River Rafting

14. La Union Surfing

He spoke to me.. again

I was silenced by my envious thoughts about promotion, experiences, job titles and a lot more. I sat there waiting for my turn for confession, fidgeting with my phone inside the church. I still had doubts that I would reach my full potential “career wise”. I have this underlying fear that I will be stuck with the same position when everyone else moves on to the next level. To me, it was a never ending competition against my sisters. Someone always had to be better and somehow I wanted that someone to be me. The confessional door opened. This lady before me stood there with a smile, waiting for me to walk up and hold the door after her. I knelt down, then I began.. 

Father gave me a piece of paper with the words Psalm 139. I walked out of the church, plugged my nearly dying phone into my car charger and googled Psalm 139. “You have searched me Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you perceive my thoughts from afar.” He does know exactly what I am thinking. There I read my answers. He has spoken to me again. And in His words I hear: my whole entire life has been already planned according to His will. I will be where I should be to serve His purpose, not mine. Titles, experiences, fame, and glory—they really don’t mean anything if it is not according to His will. We are where we are not by accident but by a higher purpose to serve His greater glory. After all, we are only on a temporary life journey here on earth. Everything that we do, we encounter, all leads us back to our creator.

“How precious are me to your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of the sand”. God loves me so much that He has given me all these necessary graces for my existence. I am more than blessed to have everything I have now. Having said that, I pray..

Lord, if it pleases you, grant me the grace to see what you see in me. Open my eyes to see all that you have given me, ever so unique, tailored to my needs, maybe not exactly what I wanted but what You wanted for me. Empower my heart, Lord to love all these gifts that I may not envy others but instead be happy for them that I am able to see their gifts with Your loving eyes. 

I’m 23

23, Michael Jordan! I asked my friends this morning if they know how old I am. I wasn’t really sure. For some reasons, I really feel like I’m just 21. It does sound funny that I myself am not sure of how old I am now too. Well I’m 23. In 6 months, I will be 24. I certainly don’t feel old though. But then when you look back and think about what life was like a couple of decades ago, the memories are fresh like it was just yesterday. I don’t like the idea of growing old. When I turned 18, I thought it was good that I am sort of considered as a young adult already. When I turned 19, it got even better because I can go in and out of clubs and buy liquor legally here in Canada. When I started taking interest on clubs and parties, I couldn’t wait to turn 21 to be of legal age in the States. When I turned 21, I thought of going to Vegas right away. Party all night long! I also had this crazy idea of throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday and have 21 roses and 21 shots. Princess like, indeed. When I turned 22, I was already disgusted of the idea of clubbing. It takes some big planning to get me going into this party trend again. I wish I stopped aging at 21. It does sound cliche, but I do want to stay forever 21. Now that I’m 23, with a stable job, living with the whole family, driving my own car, and single, I really couldn’t ask for more except to not add more years onto my age. I certainly don’t want to get into the quarter life crisis just yet. Nor am I ready to get into the bracket age for marriages. This time is flying too fast, I’m not ready to face all these consequences with the added years just yet!

Mind over Matter…matters of faith

In our weaknesses, the evil one finds the path to trigger our minds to be tempted. Our hearts would disagree but our minds are too controlling. It is easy to control the mind. You know how they say mind over matter? It is a fact that would most likely be applicable to your own faith. When we believe, our hearts are faithful to what we believe in. Faith is believing in something that you’re not sure of and being sure that what you believe in. Reading between the lines, I realized that faith keeps you certain that everything that happens and will happen are for the glory of the most High. It is for the good, if not, for the better.

When we are weakened by sin, we get tempted easily and in just one click, we are able to walk away from our faith. Sadness comes in, depression tops it all off, the emptiness and the longing for real happiness haunts us even as we sleep. So we pray to be strengthened in faith and love. That our hearts may be healed and be on fire like the Holy Spirit. Pray that our weaknesses be  made strength so that we may be able to conquer anything that is not of God. Anything that is not of happiness and love are weaknesses of the flesh and are therefore an open port for the devil to come in.

Sadness has no room in paradise, the Lord himself is love and mercy, just believe in His everlasting joy and kindness and His love will save us.

She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar.

Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma)

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