To endure or to Let go: The battle between your stronghold and conviction

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“Kung alam mong para sayo yun, ipaglalaban mo yun. “

(If you believe that it is for you, you will fight for it)

You might thought of it as a “Hugot line” used by someone defending his love, well it could but this love i am talking about is not just typical love life. I will never forget this quote in one of our Morning Prayer, as the preacher utter that quote every word of it was like blade that strikes me directly at the heart. It was like a fire that awakens my whole being (“But if I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His Name,” His word is like a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed , I cannot. -Jeremiah 20:9) At that time i was still a College student, a typical college…

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Why #MerryChristmasStarbucks is Everything Wrong with American Christianity

NATE LAKE

A few days ago, former pastor Joshua Feuerstein posted a video announcing a campaign against Starbucks due to their switch from festive holiday cups in previous years to a new plain red look for the 2015 holiday season. In the video, Feuerstein claims that Starbucks wanted to “take Christ and Christmas off of their brand new cups” because, according to the caption on his video, “they hate Jesus.”

Feuerstein goes on to explain that when he visited a Starbucks store, he told the employee making his drink that his name was “Merry Christmas” so that his cup would read “Merry Christmas.” He later says “Guess what, Starbucks? Just to offend you, I made sure to wear my Jesus Christ shirt into your store, and, since you hate the 2nd Amendment, I even carried my gun!” Three days after the initial post of the video, it has over 130,000 likes and 380,000 shares. Feuerstein…

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I’ll wait for you love ❤

Love, love, love, i’ll wait for you lovee.

Singing this song over and over again. It was a song of Moriah Peters entitled I’ll wait for love. Weeks had passed that i’ve been listening to her music and it brought such revelation to me. It feels like it is always feel good to fall inlove. As a 19 year old teenager, a senior college student maybe you are thinking that i am already too old and already exposed in a relationships. But nah-uh. People says that i am weird, why aren’t i entering into a relationship and they are always like “Ang sarap kaya mainlove”. Yeah cannot argue with that, but it feels great to be inlove with the one who created love first. If there are someone who k ew that perfect definition of love it is the one who created it right?

I often tell my classmate that “Mas masarap maghintay sa tamang oras, tamang tao at tamang sitwasyon, kasya sa makipagsapalaran ng hindi mo alam kung magtatagal ba o hindi”. Lols I’ve talked to so many people who have relationship problem and even gave them some advices. It makes me sad to see people, young people hurting. Because that is not the plan of God in their lives. People who give their all to that someone and eventually break their hearts.

I encountered criticism, contradiction some people even says that “Ang korny daw”. But i do believed in God’s word. That if it is not the right time, it could lead into destruction. But in His time, everything is beautiful. (See Ecclesiastes 3:11).

So if you are reading this, and your heart is in trouble, the Lord wants to pick up every pieces of your broken heart and made it as a whole. You are dearly and deeply loved. You are a princess and a masterpiece!!. :)))

#God #Jesus #love #Waiting #Relationships #Princess #Masterpiece

It takes a lot of courage to rise up again.

It is like in boxing, when your opponent knock you down isnt it hard for you to get up again? It will take a lot of courage and eagerness to rise up again.

Just like in real life, ung nasa momentum ka na at nasa climax part na tsaka ka bumagsak. Parang lahat nung pinaghirapan mo naglahong parang bula. Then when you decided to get up from your downfall, ung journey doble ung hirap sa nauna.

Habang ung mga kasabayan mo dati malapit na sa tuktok, ikaw bumalik sa umpisa. At some point it makes me sad and a little bit jealous. While other people were going firm in their relationship with the Lord, ako parang new believer na kakasaved lang.

I really don’t know how to fight this fight of faith but one thing is for sure, it will take a lot of courage not to give up on this fight. He is with me i shall not fear.

Would You be Free?

 

“Yung feeling mo free ka na pero yung totoo di ka talaga makawala sa kulungan mo”

 

This is what i quoted last night on my twitter account. I’d be lying if i will tell you that this quote just popped in my mind out of nowhere. Ika nga nila may pinanghuhugutan. And to be honest yes, may pinanghuhugutan nga ako. I’ve been away from church for 2 weeks and i have 2 reasons. First because i was sick and the other one is because of confusion. I guess it is because of stress and feeling of being burnout. Being away in church also means no communication with my leaders and worst is having no devotions. This couple of weeks i’ve been thinking and evaluating myself.

There is one time when i thought that, “wala naman akong naiaadd na value sa church (talking about fruitfulness and discipleship ) so what is the sense of continuing? “ I also thought that i can still have my relationship with Jesus even though i am not discipling people. Just like other Christians, atleast my time na sa sarili at sa mga dapat gawin even mentioning about my finances. Then i try to live that way, just like a typical normal life of a teenager. Yung enjoy lang at walang ibang pinoproblema kundi sarili mo lang. 

Right then i thought i found freedom. Pero di ko maiwasang mafeel na para akong nakakulong na di makawala. Then i ask myself, Ito ba talaga yung gusto kong buhay? Gabito ko lang ba ipapamuhay yung buhay ko? My answer is i really don’t know.

Gusto ko bumalik pero feeling ko ang hirap hirap. Gusto ko umiyak pero di ko makaya. Gusto ko sabihin sa kanila na nahihirapan na ko pero di ko magawa. Para akong bata ano? Di mo maintindihan.

 

I guess i need time pa and just let God find me. I was reading the book of Ps. Dennis Legaspi entitled 100 days in the Waiting room. And the topic i read was about To be really free. That reminds me of John 8:32 NLT “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free”. And we all know who is the way, the truth and the life and that is Jesus Christ.

 

It is Jesus Christ who will really set us free. 

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It is hard to be alone

Being alone can have different meaning depending to a person. Sometimes i want to be alone so that i can do things right. It also help us to become an independent person.

But most of the times i hate being alone. That kind of feeling which is like there is no one besides you to lend a helping hand.

Being alone gives me a sad feeling. Although i always knew that i am not alone. That God is with me always. I just can’t help it sometimes.

Meet my True Love ♥

 

 

Experts says that people doesn’t only meant to love other people. We ought to feel and be loved too.

 

Sometimes we come up to the point of our lives that we are being tired to love others especially when we doesn’t received the love we thought we must gain from loving them.

Loving someone who doesn’t love you back was indeed a tiring job. I mean the kind of martyr love is so last century we are already in the 20th century. But you know what there is still someone who are doing this. Someone who never stops on loving and never stops caring. Many people knew Him but only few believe in Him. He is my true love.

Experiencing His great love made me realize what true love is. It is more than anything, more than people in the world define what love is. It is more than obedience and sacrifice. True love that never boast and never count my faults. He always there for me, waiting for me to spend time with Him though i may forget Him sometimes, actually many times, still He never leaves. He gave me promises and He fulfilled it. He made me experience and see how life is significant and beautiful. He had change me from the inside and out. And i never regret any single moment that i made a decision to make Him enter and change my life.

It was a  life changing experience. He accepted me whatever is my past, whoever i am before and tell me that He is more than willing and gratefully to give me a new and brand new life with Him. A kind of life where there is no pain, no weeping, no hurt. 

 

He even gave His own life for me/ for us. Though He knew that His Father will forsake Him just for MY/OUR SALVATION still He do the will of His Father it is because He Loves me/us.

My true love is no other than Jesus Christ, and He can be your true love too. Just accept Him as your LORD and personal savior surely He will Redeem you, renew you and restore you. 🙂

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The fruit of our Labor :)

 

Today is such a tiring but very productive day. From the 3rd day of our annual youth camp to our Thesis defense.

 

Actually i had a mixed emotions today. I was worried 2 days ago because the last day of youth camp will be the same date of our thesis defense. But that doesn’t bother me much because i know that the LORD will pour out His favor in me. Hihi Until the 1st day of camp arrived, then the 2nd day. I was waiting for a text message that will tell me that our prof. will re-schedule day of our defense. But i received nothing, i ask my leader if i can stay because that defense will just be a Formality, just to comply to the requirements. But she told me that i still need to go, well i need to obey her. But deep inside i really want to stay, until the LORD had minister to me on the 2nd night of the camp during Praise and Worship. The very moment that i cry again (well it’s been 2 months since the last time i cry). Then i finally accept the will of the LORD for me that day. (I’ll wrote a separate blog about what the LORD had taught me).

 

So earlier, our section had our Thesis Defense, i will admit that i am not prepared well enough and my mind was still focused on the Youth camp.  We are the 2nd one who will present the thesis, by the way we are just divided into 2 groups so yeah we are the last to present. But still, we rattled in our powerpoint presentation. After awhile, we started our presentation. We are just in the introduction when one of the panel ask a question about the title of our topic. Then as we present every chapter, 2 of the panel continuously ask questions. (What do we expect? It is a defense) But what is good thing in our group, we have unity. If one cannot answer the question someone who knows will rise up and answer the question.

 

In conclusion, we had done well in our defense, we never expect that we will be able to get a high grade. 2 of the panel gave us 1.25 and the other one is 1.75 . That is not so bad for someone like us who just have 2 weeks of preparation for that thesis. Of course we will not be able to achieve it without the strength and guidance from the LORD. And of course because of His favor that is continuously pouring out in my life. 🙂

 

Winning piece phrase “The Product is good but not great”:))

 

This victory belongs to Him 🙂 To give Him praise and worship. :))

Teamwork makes the dream works!

College life, indeed it was different from high school days.

This will really determine what life you will have in the future. But before that, you will undergo to a lot of pressures, problems and that includes financial problems.

We are now in our Junior stage of our college years, if you will see we are just one year away from success, but before that we will be encountering first the most known requirement of college students and that is THESIS.

While we are in the Quezon  City Library, one of the librarian told us that we are too early for a THESIS because most students have their thesis on their senior years. But not us! Hahaha

I admit that it is not that easy, especially if you were just given a 2 weeks of preparation. I know that was too short for a thesis but YES that is true!! We had a lot of overnights to study our thesis, and gladly we are almost done! Thank God and our defense will be on next week.

Indeed it was frustrating sometimes but it is fun, you just need to enjoy it! Endure every hardships and you will be satisfied on whatever the results will be. :)))