Arithmetic

It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience.  We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat.  It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah . (Ephesians 2:1-6 MSG) I can't thank God enough for loving me.. :)

My husband and I just watched about a testimony of a girl who just recently surrendered her life to Jesus. Her testimony is a perfect example of God's compassion and mercy. I was again in awe of God's gift of redemption and forgiveness to mankind. For her, freedom from a bottomless pit of insecurity is to let go of her "alter ego". During her testimony, she  recalled, “I felt so loved that day because I was put in hair and makeup. I was told I was beautiful. I was going to be a star. But I was drained empty... I was so robotic, I was like a rubber Barbie doll. I had no emotions... I had an alter ego .” Today's world defines beauty by ironically showcasing themselves as " carefree individuals who doesn' t mind what other people will say " but in reality, most their motive is to make themselves look cool, therefore " acceptable ".  Today's generation seems to be so willing to set aside their values and depth just to chase what they seem t...

Marriage will make you appreciate God more and His ability to find the person that would perfectly fit the kind of relationship He wants us to experience.  Living with my husband for almost nine months now gave me a detailed view of how dedicated God is to align,  correct, and balance my life according to His will. From unhealthy habits, dragging worries, to impractical spending; I can say that for that 9 months of being together, God was able to use my husband as an effective avenue to help me improve as a person. There are many things I discovered along the way about his character that surprised me and made me appreciate him all the more. Here's some to enumerate: -He is more organized at home than I am. When I met him, I never thought that he'd be more picky with colors and has the final say with house aesthetics than me.  He has more preferences than me. He's good at setting standards.  Never in our entire boyfriend-girlfriend relationship did I see that coming! ...

Had my daily devotion this morning and my topical bible brought me to this particular passage about the noble wife. The passage is in Proverbs 31:10-31. While my early stage of marriage is still pretty much working for me, some words of wisdom from the bible could help me start founded properly on what the bible says. Reading the passage as it enumerates descriptively how a noble wife should be scared me since most of it entails a lot of effort. At least for a working wife like me. However, as I claim God's promises in my life, juggling personal and career life can be all so worth it by the grace of God. Thus, I'm sharing you what I've picked up. 1. A noble wife is God-fearing. -Therefore, she is trustworthy at all times. "Who you are when no one is looking" will always reflect who God is in your life. 2. A noble wife enjoys her work. - It is always better to quote: "She shops around for the best yarns and cottons, and enjoys knitting and se...

I started to commit myself in logging my daily "Little Learnings At A Time”. Here’s a list of today's LLAAT. - Learn to appreciate the little things in life that makes you happy, they come in handy. - Convert those things that disappoints/worries you into prayers. - Seek for opportunities in the midst of chaos/uncertainty. - Wear a smile and be cheerful at all times. - Beauty is never measured by physical appearance.

Let's flash forward. :) Coined the title from the series I am watching now "FlashForward" and yes I finished the whole series in one sitting. Did not sleep the whole night after my late shift last night and spent the whole day today watching it since we did not push through with our planned road trip. I have a lot of updating to do. And since I decided to keep this site to remember all my so called "markers" in life, I will definitely need to update the missing dates/month. From the last work related update, here's more: 1. I got engaged! - December 09, 2011. We went to Hong Kong for a day. He took me in all the romantic places there and then cracked the question to me at H Restaurant in IFC Tower. We headed to Manila in the evening. It was like that in the movies. <3 2. I got married! - October 27, 2012. We got married after 10 months. :) Our wedding was very intimate. We invited close friends and relatives in a very private farm that we rent...

My post last night is a bit melodramatic. I wrote it a little late and my tired eyes made me more sleepy. Reading it now made me realized that I made some grammatical errors. Anyways, have corrected it now. I will write more from now on :)

Oftentimes, my stubbornness gets in the way of putting God and His will above myself. My decision making isn't that good as well, that I often commit mistakes...No, blunders! Sometimes, these blunders were too big I couldn't even imagine how I was able to get this far. Getting to the bottom of my worst blunders, I found three major issues. -One, I was stubborn and I had to learn things the hard way. There were signals that I was not able to follow, and there were warnings I ignored. -Second, I was too proud that I thought I would be able to make it alright. -Most of the time, it was just because I became too emotionally blinded seeing only limited options, that when I was pushed to the wall of "wrong avenues", I caved in. I do imagine "What if the situation I've been through happened to someone else, would they make better decisions?" Could be, or could be worse. Would they even manage to crawl up and pick up themselves? Would they manage to ac...