HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

How are you today? the same question that I received every single day of my working hours. It may be a morning greeting from my colleagues or from my boss or just a simple phrase to start a conversation.  Oftentimes, I just answered it with a plain "I'm fine" or " I'm good"  without really meaning it. No glance or emotion at all.  Admit it or not we do that because we just want people or that certain person to think that we are ok, that everything goes well with us eventhough sometimes it is not.  Or its also our way of ending any further conversation with them.

But before I answer that question with sincerity, let me indulge a little bit of what that happened this past months.  This year is really a great year for me.  Too many unexpected and overwhelming blessings poured out upon me and my family.  Most of them are  answered prayers and some are reality of my dreams.   Who ever think that those little childhood dreams of mine eventually became reality.  Those promises that I uttered long time ago were fulfilled.  Those wishful thinking are no longer wishes but became evident of what we can do and achieve.  But most especially knowing that there is special Someone who despite of all my flaw and weaknesses still love  me.  Knowing that I am precious in His sight is more than enough.  With Him I can face each new day with hope and joy even when things dont go the way I want them to be; with Him I have peace that no one can take it away from me; I am victorious in every challenges that I will face because He said , it is finished. 

So, how am I today? Hmmmm, as I look into your eyes while holding and sipping my cup of coffee,  I can say it to you with sincerity that I am blessed and  happy, though a little pain in my shoulder blade due to driving but Im doing great.  Today I woke up with full of gratitude in my heart because God gave me another day again. Today,  is a gift.  A miracle from above.   Another day to see the beauty and wonders of His creation.  Another day to be blessing to others.  Or maybe an answer to someone's prayer.

I imagine that as you read this you are smiling, maybe with a little nod or you're grinning from ear to ear. Believing that everyday is a fulfillment of God's many unfold blessings and promises to us.  That each new day is a manifestation that we are love by Him.  Each new day is a promise that no matter how hard life will be, we are not alone.  Each new day is His way of telling us that the beautiful future ahead of us is just a few steps away.  Now, its my turn to ask you "How are you today? .  I hope you have a great one.  

LET GO MY SOUL....

In times of raging storms

When flood rises up

Let go my soul and trust Him

When crushing waves

Slammed me back and forth

Let go my soul and trust Him

When lightning strikes 

And thunderstorm roars

Let go my soul and trust Him

When tides pulling me down

Let go my soul and trust Him

Storm and wave

Knows Your name

Lightning and thunder

Follow Your voice

You are mightier than anyone

My life is secure in your hand

I will be still no matter what

Whatever life throws me back

I will keep my faith

No matter what it takes

I will hold on and wait

Till I see you face to face

KEEPING YOUR WORD

Many people now a days  don’t know  or let’s say  they already forgotten how to keep their words.  They often disregard  what they promised to you.  Their yes today, will be no by tomorrow, or their no today ,will be yes in a couple of  days, it depends on their mood and circumstances.

 During older days,  words are bonded  with just trust and  handshake,  they don’t need any written contract  or tape recorder  to make their statement  authentic and  true.  If they say they're  going to do something , they will do it no matter what it takes.

To keep your word  ,means you can be trusted. People who keep their words are seen as  trustworthy.  To keep your word means others believe  that  you are reliable. People  value their integrity much more  as they value themselves.

Honoring one's word does not only applies to  corporate or business world alone,  but also in our everyday life as well.  I am also guilty of this topic, most of the times  I commit myself on some appointments and at the last minute   I backed out because  I think it will not create a big fuss on that,  or promise something and  totally forget all about it.   but I was wrong.  People see and judge you not only on what you do but also on every words that you uttered.  The Bible said "Honor God in everything you do" and that’s include our words. So how I will honor God if I always failed to keep my promises.  Our words is sacred.  Our words defines who we are. And our words speak our relationship with others.

Every time we speak, we create a road. A road that will lead people to trust  or not to trust you. The quality of the road and how far it goes, will be directly related on how well we maintain our integrity with our words.

Matthew 5:37 (NKJV)  -   But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

 

GREATEST LOVE

 

I don’t know why I'm feeling this way

I can't comprehend.. I can't understand

Too many questions… to many why's

Still answers  cannot be found…

 

I'm afraid…so scared…so confused…

To know all the truth…

Maybe because I'm not yet ready 

To realized that it's not really meant  to be…

 

You open so many things for me..

You showed me the world  I way I didn’t see

You fill my life with gladness

You bring sunshine into it…

 

Love always find its way ….

In a situation you never think of…

I know time will come we have to be  apart…

But remember, you will always be the greatest love I ever have…

my heavenly master who loves me....

For the past week, I have been fighting  off  different kind of viruses and bacteria my body had accumulated.  Change weather really doesn’t suits me.  I have sniffles, hard cough, slight to medium head ache and  a slight fever at night.  This virus really stricken me a lot. I spent  a long week vacation at home  nursing myself.   Not been able to attend  church activities  and meetings just to avoid spreading virus.  Yet I still  managed  to go to work.   Even though how embarrassing my cough is. I don’t have any choice but to let it out.  Yes I know I was supposed to stay at home  and  take rest, I should think of my health first before anything or anyone .  But sometimes I can't help but to think the other way around.  We often times  think  of others sake first  before our own.  And sometimes  it hurts us if those people doesn't appreciate our effort, especially our bosses, our earthly master.    Even if you give all your best to them, still they wanting more from you.  Your best is not the best  for them.  In the end of the day still your productivity and the  outcome of your work still matters.  You have to do everything and anything  to satisfy them.  To prove them that you are worthy of your position and  salary they are paying you.  We may have this kind of earthy master in our life now but still am glad that  my heavenly master is far more different  from them.  He cares for me  a lot.  He loves me.  He is concern about me.   He even treat me as a friend  and not as a filthy and  low servant.  And  what is more special is that I am His son co -heir  of His kingdom.   He is my king and  I am His princess.  He loves me so much even to the point of letting His  son died on the cross to redeemed me from the slavery of sin.   What more can I ask for?   I have found  a great treasure,  far more valuable than gold and silver.  

We may get tired and  oftentimes  get discouraged on the way our earthly master treated  us.  Sometime  we  like to give up, packed our things and  go back home.  Sometimes  we utter  bad words behind their  back.  We  want  to curse them and  desire bad things for them.  But what  stopping us from doing those things  is the excitement and  joy it brings  knowing our heaven master loves us. There  is ONE  powerful being that  can change simple things into something  extra ordinary.

Don’t lose heart…everything will be  fine. 

strength in hard times

We all have our times in the sun, on the summit and at our best. During those times  we are at bliss.  We dance and laugh as there were no tomorrow.  But we have also our hard times.  Times in the valley, days in the wilderness, when our best laid plans  fall apart,  when someone  we love leave us or when our trusted friend betrayed us.  Life invites us in an entirely different direction.  To the untrained  eyes, these are "bad times", but to the warrior these are life's richest times of growth, opportunity and possibility.  This is the time where your faith will be tested.  The time where we don’t know whom to hold on but to God alone. The time when even the slightest ray of sun is like a wild fire to us. 

 I had a little conversation with my aunt today because   my mother informed me 2 weeks ago  that my cousin will have  to undergo operation because someone hit him in the eyes and which  might cause him to loss  his vision.  Work and personal things consumed me so much that I hadn't  the time to asked her or even send her comforting  message that everything will be alright,  just only now  at this very moment,  when I don’t know out of nowhere someone whispered  me to grab my phone and hit a  message for her.

I know how she feels, we are in the same situation, we are far from our family, far from those people who will truly understand what we're going  through.  It's hard to see your love one suffering from something that they don’t deserve.  It's hard to live each day knowing that you cannot do anything  to lessen their pain but to pray for them and begging God to open the gates  of heaven and  send miracle for them.  

Kneeling to pray is the only thing that keeps us strong.  Kneeling will allow us  to stand again and keep on holding the faith that someday everything will be fine again,  because   every difficulty of our life whether big or small , is something God  will use to produce more strength, faith and perseverance in us if we will let Him.  Kneeling to God assures us that we are not alone in this battle, we may be weak but we will come out again stronger and braver  than before. All our pain has a purpose and  definitely for our own good.

 Tomorrow will be a brand new day again.

But the Lord  stood with me and gave me strength .   2 Timothy 4:17

A TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Sometimes  we think that if  knew someone for  a very long time or we've been with that person throughout our lives , we  knew everything about him.  That we are able to understand and  accept  whatever flaws and  characters we have. That even though we  are hard  to deal with because  of our  different  personality, they will still accept and love  us .  But  sometimes  it's not  that enough. You cannot measure by the time of years the level and depth of friendship you have. Even though you have build your dreams together and even promise that you will be friends for life,  still it's not a guarantee that friendship will last.  There are friends  that who  will be there for you, only  when you are happy,  when you have something  to give,  when you do things that pleases them.  But still will leave you instantly, in a snap of a finger,  when you just need from them is just  a little understanding.

  I have seen  different kind of friendships and  some of them I'd witness  how it was falling apart  with no reason at all.  Just because  they don’t want to understand each other,  because they don’t want to sacrifice just  a piece of their pride for their friends.   Their ego eats them little by little and they are too blind to  see the  suffering  their friend is going through because of them.  They think nothing but themselves,  their comfort, their wants and  their  demands.  They don't care if someone is crying every night because  of them.  They don’t care if someone is losing so much of himself because of them.  They don’t care if someone is losing a family because of them because they are his family.  They don’t care at all as long as they are happy.

You will distinguished a true friend  in every season of your life. Someone who will be there for you when you are happy,  who will celebrate with you in all your achievements and victories in life but most specially who will be there for you when your world is falling apart.  He will be your cheer leader, your companion and  your greatest fan, someone who will still believe in  you when nobody does.   He will understand  you and everything  that  you're going through and will never judge nor  condemn you for all the mistakes that you have done.  He will be the saddest  if you are sad.  The one who will  shield you from any  arrows  of life.  The one who will give all his strength  in order for you to stand up again and  move on. Someone who will assure you that the world is still beautiful and  there are many so wonderful things waiting  for you to see.   

Life is full of battles, full of heartaches , full of misery  but what  it makes so  beautiful are      those people still  who love and accept  us in spite of our imperfection, of our flaws, of our shortcoming.  Those people who  truly   knew us and believe in us.   And in the end of the day you have nothing but thanksgiving to the  Creator   for creating  them and putting them into your life as a reminder  that  though there are some who  choose to leave  you but they are still  plenty who choose to stay and continue the journey with you.  Indeed ,  you are still blessed.     

 There is no greatest love  a person can give for his friend than to lay down his life for them (John 15:13).