Livin' only by Grace

and counting.. . .. .tapos.. . . RN na ko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wuhooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

.. .thoughts about where to go.. .what to do after the boards.. .came to my mind as I attended the first day of the final coaching at Cathedral of Praise, UN.. . for a while I've been lax.. . =] it seems like, i somehow set aside the "nursing stuff" haha.. . for the past months, it's like i was content with what i'm doing.. .i'm like "content" with what I already have.. . i taught for a while.. . presently running a little business.. .earning a little.. .seems like it's okay already.. . then suddenly it dawned on me that I'm settling already for the second best.. . before this, i just wanted to finish the board exam then do my stuff again.. . second best.. . yeah.. . second best.. .there's nothing wrong with my current situation.. .it's good.. .but His plans are the best.. .THE BEST.. . and sometimes, along our way, we stumble on something and stay there for a little while.. .forgetting what lies ahead.. . but it's your choice.. ...

-Planet Shakers I give my all to You Send me and i will go for You To the ends of the earth I’ll follow after You I want the world to know Your love endures forever Tell me and i’ll obey This is far greater than sacrifice Trusting You and not myself Will always lead to blessing Lord have your way in me Not my will, yours be done Here i stand within Your presence Longing for Your touch A thousand days cannot compare To one day in Your courts Hold me now And never ever let me go My Jesus, my precious Saviour I’m forever Yours I will worship You forever I will worship You *** *_*

.. .haha! at least hindi kamote ang fries nila.. .(chuckles).. . yesterday, I was so stressed out.. .so after I shipped a pair of sandal, i tried to treat myself (treat nanaman?!?! hahahaha) and i'm really starting to heart BK.. . ^^, okay naman Jr. Whopper nila eh.. hehe and dami magbigay ng ketchup! weeeeeeeeh!!!

" I'm not a morning person. I can't get out of bed in the morning to be in the Word." "I'm too tired at night to be in the Word. It's just not effective!" "I don't have the time to be in the Word. I don't want to do it just because someone tells me I HAVE to." "There's nowhere in the Bible that tells me I HAVE to do it a certain way..." "I don't want to do it if my heart isn't in it." What would have happened if Jesus had looked at His Father and said: "I'm not really a "cross person"...those nails may not be comfortable!" "You know, moving from heaven to earth to live like those people do, and be rejected and persecuted and treated like dirt by a bunch of ungrateful people won't be very fun...I'm not really an 'earth person'!" "So what if I am going to be raised from the dead in three days, I'll still have to be tortured and then laid in a ...

that's why I need strength.. . and I mean Strength.. . It's great that God didn't give us everything we need.. .so that we'll always draw close to Him.. . He doesn't always grant the things we want.. .so that we have to ask for it.. . I just want to treasure this season right now.. . have to juggle lots of things.. .good thing is that I can always call upon His Name.. . boards.. . family.. . ministry.. . all into His hands.. . and i'll always be secured.. *_*

-repost from rons.. . A strong woman works out every day to keep her body in shape… but a woman of strength kneels in prayer to keep her soul in shape… A strong woman isn’t afraid of anything… but a woman of strength shows courage in the midst of her fear… A strong woman won’t let anyone get the best of her… but a woman of strength gives the best of her to everyone… A strong woman makes mistakes and avoids the same in the future… but a woman of strength realizes life’s mistakes can also be God’s blessings and capitalizes on them… A strong woman walks sure footedly… but a woman of strength knows God will catch her when she falls… A strong woman wears the look of confidence on her face… but a woman of strength wears grace… A strong woman has faith that she is strong enough for the journey… but a woman of strength has faith that it is in the journey that she will become strong Copyright © 2005 Dee Cheeks

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at long last.. .I've decided to try something new.. .haha.. .puro na lang Chocolate Cream Chip eh.. . Praline Mocha naman.. . tastes good din.. .hehe.. .and I'd like to commend the crew for asking for the spelling of my name.. . sa wakas tumama din ang spelling ever since I started to go to Starbucks! hehe.. . kahit pinaka-simpleng Mhe kasi mali pa din spelling.. hehe kahit Ees.. mali din.. hahahaha.. .

-repost from Internet Cafe Devotions.. . My son Ingram is 18 months old. Each morning he wakes up and cries out for his momma. I enter his room see him standing in his crib, swaying back and forth. He's so cute. He's just so stinking cute. No matter how cranky or tired I may be, as soon as I see his face, I break into a huge smile. Ingram has bad allergies, so usually in the mornings his little smiling face is just caked in snot. Under his nose, and then wiped all over his face. There's often even some dried snot in his ears and hair. And his diaper is always full so the first thing that greets me, before I see his crusty face, is one of two stenches - or both. On a good day I catch a whiff of it as I walk up the stairs. And he usually chews on his crib rail while he waits so I also get slimed by drool. He's a mess. And oh, do I love that boy. My heart dances at the sight of his nasty little self. Covered in uck , I sing good morning to him, kiss him, and take him downs...

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you —James 4:8 It is essential that you give people the opportunity to act on the truth of God. The responsibility must be left with the individual—you cannot act for him. It must be his own deliberate act, but the evangelical message should always lead him to action. Refusing to act leaves a person paralyzed, exactly where he was previously. But once he acts, he is never the same. It is the apparent folly of the truth that stands in the way of hundreds who have been convicted by the Spirit of God. Once I press myself into action, I immediately begin to live. Anything less is merely existing. The moments I truly live are the moments when I act with my entire will. When a truth of God is brought home to your soul, never allow it to pass without acting on it internally in your will, not necessarily externally in your physical life. Record it with ink and with blood—work it into your life. The weakest saint who transacts business with Jesus C...

weeeh.. . was able to create my very first lay-out =) thank God! although i still have to work on some things.. . and i have questions of my own.. . *how to make the boxes transparent? *how to change the position of the (hmmm what do you call that) yung links sa home, blog, etc? ayun lang.. .anyone? thanks! and how to decorate the fonts.. hehe ayaw kasi nung mga font na nilalagay ko eh.. hehe .. dookie! maybe you can help me.. .(di mo kasi ako ginawan ng template! hmp!)

here.. . haha.. . got this link from rons.. .

If you have faith as a mustard seed . . . nothing will be impossible for you —Matthew 17:20 We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, and it may be so in the initial stages. But we do not earn anything through faith— faith brings us into the right relationship with God and gives Him His opportunity to work. Yet God frequently has to knock the bottom out of your experience as His saint to get you in direct contact with Himself. God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of emotional enjoyment of His blessings. The beginning of your life of faith was very narrow and intense, centered around a small amount of experience that had as much emotion as faith in it, and it was full of light and sweetness. Then God withdrew His conscious blessings to teach you to "walk by faith" ( 2 Corinthians 5:7 ). And you are worth much more to Him now than you were in your days of conscious delight with your thrilling testimony. (*_*) Faith by its very nature ...