Livin' only by Grace

We were accompanied by two couples a while ago to Ongpin to buy our wedding ring... We only have 5k at hand but the ring's for 8k... Ate Joy covered for the amount that we lack... but later on, she said that we dont have to pay it back! Then Ate Helen also brought her wedding gown... I tried to put it on and surprisingly, it fits me well! I dont know what to say or think of... We were not raised to borrow from someone or ask for someone's help but God has His own way of providing for His children's needs... We may not expect it but He has His own way of hitting two birds with one stone--providing for your needs and teaching you some of His principles. I was just humbled by this experience... Indeed, He never forgets... His promise remains!

When you try to deviate from who you ought to be and what you'll become, it will result in chaos... But if you'll just be yourself and make manifest your God-given skills, you'll be able to do beautiful and extraordinary things! Because that's what you are. That's who you are.

from the Greatest Lover Himself... ^_^ God is just so great that in every situation you are in, whether you're feelin' good about yourself or others treat you with indifference... you'll still be reminded that GOD is LOVE... HE loves you unconditionally... ^_^ have you experienced a point in your life wherein you wanted to do something but He won't allow it even though it's the desire of your heart... but it's for your own good... that's how He tells you He loves you... sometimes we have decisions to make... we're hard headed.. but God's will prevails... hehe.. minsan naiisip ko parang Lord, sana di na lang ganun.. sana katulad na lang ng ibang tao na parang walang pakelam... pero hindi... GOD WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT HIS PLANS IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HE WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU... His will prevails... He will be persistent enough to insist how much He loves you... until you respond.. ^_^ and I'm experiencing that right now... feeling so much patienc...

God is love. that's it.. and for the past months... i've been learning this thing.. God's grace.. mercy.. and most of all, LOVE... it's just that sometimes, we forget to practice it... God is love.. that's His very nature... He shows love to sinners... to the sick.. to the prostitute... to everyone... if we ought to be Christ-like, we ought to practice love His way... not condemning... but understanding.. not rejecting.. but accepting... not speaking abruptly... but listening with your heart... people are not perfect... they make mistakes... you can't change that easily... it's just that no matter what happens, you have to show forth love.. that's what God does... that's what He did... that's what He's doing... loving us for eternity... can't we love our brothers and sisters..? accepting them for who they are..?

woke up this morning and i was singing.. haha! have you experienced that..? i was singin' tita gi's fave song.. hehe.. I am redeemed.. I am redeemed.. ayun yung kinakanta ko.. tapos whoa.. i'm just overwhelmed with God's presence during my quiet time... =j whew! and medyo nag-reflect lang ako for the past months... [i jot it down sa journal ko kase the pc's still in use kanina.. ; ) ] this year, dumating sa point na sobrang nangayaw na ko.. =j... the fuel slowly ran out.. the fire slowly died... almost quit.. thought of resting na lang... BUT GOD JUST MADE IT THROUGH! it's really really really tough... whew... been rebuked by God most of the times... i've been thinking that i am good.. but i'm not ; ) .. I NEED HIM! and [ indeed ] apart from Him I CAN DO NOTHING... the key to keep you going is to keep on falling in love with God once you do nothing, dreams start to cease... when God seems distant, don't sin when you're already weak, call a frien...

=j after 50 years... was able to blog [again..] hoooh.. not that i'm busy.. [well, kinda] but that's not a reason hehe... * i'm just about to finish my 7 days of make-up duties on friday.. tomorrow's a rest day... ^_^ last day's on friday... whew! kanina pa naman ang hirap bumangon... hehe i was thinking to have my make-up duty re-scheduled.. pero 6th day ko na eh.. hehe.. never give up! whew... * [actually i forgot what i should blog.. hehe tagal kase gumamit ng pc ng kapatid ko...] * one more reason kaya hindi masyadong makagamit ng pc kase my bro's using it.. day and night.. playing perfect world.. siguro kagabi lang ako nagkaron ng chance na makagamit ng pc..hehe and i just played... ^_^ not in a good mood... =) » » » recovering ^_^ nakakahiya man aminin... i'm still on process... being tested... strugglin' within... ^_^ struggling within ... i know what to do.. how to do it.. but i can't.. but i want to do it.. not that i don't want to do ...

re-sched nanaman ang final defense namin for the nth time.. wuhooo! hehehe kulit lang kase parang yung mga thesismates ko naiinis na.. ewan ko kung wala lang ba kong pakelam o alam ko naman kasing matatapos yung final defense by hook or by crook.. hehehe nah.. by faith matatapos yun! hooh LOrd... **** just don't know what He wants to teach me.. i just know it's about waiting.. every answer seems to be "wait..." sa thesis wait.. sa bahay wait.. sa... wait.. hooh LOrd.. =) is this another level of waiting... ? or this kind of waiting... [an excerpt from passion and purity] August 17, 1948 - Silence begins to drag on my soul. It is a kind of waiting which hears no voice, no footstep, sees no sign. I feel that I could wait ten years, if it were not this waiting, this silence... ... was it necessary for God to test the fiber of His children for forty years in the wilderness? Wouldn't forty days have been enough? The process must go on.. and on... and on. John Buchan pu...

from the past months i've been through this.. i've learned a lot from God... i don't know if other people realize that.. but one thing's for sure... i was really really really amazed at how it has been.. at how God has been faithful... =) God is gracious and merciful... Never ever think that you can do something because you already know how to do it or because you are convicted to do so... or else... -grin- Never ever judge someone... =) "what we need is an encouragement..." He still loves me no matter what.. He doesn't look at the flaws... nor the shortcomings.. He looks at your heart.. that little strength in your heart that says "Lord, i still want to love you..." when God answers your prayers, make sure you're ready... in whatever way He will answer it.. haha! [just like the way He answered mine.. ] hehehehe.. pero don't listen to emotions.. Patience.. God is patient.. so you should be patient to... Listening.. Not taking one step ahe...