Monday, March 21, 2011

The number today is 30

Today, John and I thank God for His faithfulness to us over the last 30 months...

...and counting!

We love You, more and more Lord Jesus!

 "This is how we know what love is:
Jesus Christ laid down his life for us..."

Caliraya Trip

A preview on my weekend get away with my Team Mates:







All photos taken by Dona (from her Lomo-lomo iTouch apps. So cool!)

More to come next time. :-)

Happy Monday!

Saturday, March 19, 2011

His love is pure...

A song by Kari Jobe that I really like and I'm singing it in my heart right now...

♪ Your love is pure Your love is precious Your love is all I need
Your love is pure Your love is precious Your love is all I need
Your love surrounds me Your love astounds me Your love is everything.

I run to You my heart is weak I cling to You Your all I see
It’s my heart’s desire to be close to you ‘cause here in Your arms I’ll find my strength.

Your love is pure Your love is precious Your love is all I need
Your love surrounds me Your love astounds me Your love is everything.

I run to You my heart is weak I cling to You Your all I see
It’s my heart’s desire to be close to You cause here in Your arms I’ll find my strength ♪

Monday, March 14, 2011

What are you doing?

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times

1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29 “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

The Day and Hour Unknown

36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

-Matthew 24

God's rebuke to me:
What are you doing now? Relaxing? Still sinning? Enjoying in your comfort zone?
There is no time to waste, no time to rest... I AM coming very soon!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

To rant or to whine?

I need to focus on work and that is why I couldn't find time to blog.

I just want to share something right now before I go home (my Wednesday shift just ended 21 minutes ago, 6:21 a.m. na eh)...

Last week my Sup called for a meeting to discuss P.I.P. (Performance Improvement Plan) and how it will take effect for this month.  That news triggered a number of violent reactions/reactors.

Our function never had this P.I.P ever but then things change, and they say things change for the better.

I guess, nasanay ang mga tao na "relax" with their stats and in giving their "best" at work, myself included. So here goes the rebuke...

I was about to feel red mad right after I heard my sup mentioned things about it but the Lord reminded me of these:

My 2010 Over-All Rating and Appraisal

And I kind of heard Him tell me this:

I have proven Myself to be faithful to you my child, are going to whine? Don't you trust Me?

And so I stopped and just thanked Him for the blessing that I have this work.

...to be continued...

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Tagged and awarded


I'm not really a fan of this kind of stuff but I must admit that I was surprised to be tagged and "awarded" by my a friend Mariah. Thanks ulet Sis!
They say that... Accepting this award means that I have to do the following:
  1. Thank and link back the person who gave me this award
  2. Share 7 things about myself
  3. Award 15 great bloggers I know
  4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.
I have done the first already. The second, I think I will have to do another post for that as it will require me to think about it muna (hehe).

For the third, it is my privilege to present to you the blogs (ladies lang ito) that I'm following and giving the "Stylish Award"...

Ekang  -a co-blogger friend, we haven't met, we just comment at each other's blog at times
Analyn -my colleague and dear no-dull-moment-friend.
Jem -our QA na malupit. Hehe.
Jha  -my wave mate/colleague. Miss you Jha! Belated happy bday nung Feb 24! :)
Pa3cia -I consider her an Ate, a dear co-blogger, pinay in USA. Her blog inspires and blesses me and I admire her for being one heck of a single-mom.
Migs -I haven't met her but I admire her blogging and eye in photography. She is the girlfriend of a colleague (Rudy boi).
Ate Lobit -She is my org mate (GAWAD F. T. San Luis) and I most of the time the Lord uses her blog to speak to me. 
Ginger -She is a churchmate, learned about her blog through Ingrid. She is just cute. Hehe.
Ingrid -my dearest Sister-in-Christ and prayer partner.
Christie -sister of Pat3cia.
Osie -one of my closest friend from church, that's her wedding documentation blog.
Ate Germaine -super cool ate, CCC missionary, suki of Connect as speaker, a good friend.
Ms. Law -a co-blogger friend.
Thess -a co-blogger friend din.
LJ -a DZAS host/producer, author, my relative and until now I do not know to what degree we are related. Hehe.

There yah go... Now I have to inform each of them that I'm awarding them... Sana magawa ko. Andami pala ng 15. Hahahaha!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

it's been three days (and going four)


Yeah, it's been three days (and might go four tomorrow) since John and I last saw each other.

What does that mean? Wala naman.

I JUST MISS HIM! :-(

Reason behind it:
He is sick with flu.
He was feeling better last Monday if not for their paglipat bahay that caused him to feel too tired to go to work.

I miss you love... Haaays!