Birthday Wish List

I'll be turning 31 on the 25th of this month. Wala naman siguro masama na magsulat ng wish list ko ano? Hehe. Libre naman ang mangarap right?

In no particular order:

• More time to rest and more time to be busy at home - no explanation needed. Haha!
• A trip to Baguio on my own - to have a personal silent retreat. And yes, Baguio talaga! Gusto ko ma-enjoy ang OMF Baguio Home or PBTS siguro, if possible. 
• A large teddy bear - I wanted a dog sana kaso di pa namin kaya ni John mag-alaga money and time wise, so I thought having a teddy bear that I can sleep with and hug at night will do. Haha! Natatawa ako sa explanation ko. 
• Foot massage - my feet are just tired like me. 
• New mobile phone - because what I have now is giving up on me again. Twice na ako nagpalit ng battery, few months old pa lang ang charger ko and yet bumibigay na naman ang baterya. Hindi na ako mag-sa-Samsung after this. 
• A weekend picnic date in UP Diliman Sunken Garden with one or two people dear to me. 
• Slow juicer - baka sakali na ma-engganyo akong seryosohin ang healthy diet. LOL!
• Vacuum cleaner - para mas simot ang dumi sa bahay.
• A date with my discipler-ninang-teacher Carol - which will happen this month! Wohoo! Sana walang aberya on the date she've set for us to meet. Hehe. It's been a year since we last saw each other, August 2014. 

So there... If God would allow it lang naman, those'll be great as birthday gifts for me! Pero kung hindi naman, kahit yung rest na lang po Lord please? Hihi. May tawad pa di ba? :-p

Anyway, itutulog ko na nga ito. Gabi na. Ktnxbai. :)

Saying YES to Him

Saying YES to God as He deals with me... HE is Lord in the first place!

Enough of my pride, time to deny myself because it is the right thing to do!

REPENT and LET GO indeed! 

Enable me Lord to do Your will, to do what is pleasing before You, for Your glory! 

Fickle

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, fickle is marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability.

And well, that's my heart right now! Sobrang kulang na kulang sa steadfastness. Huhuhu! And I do not like it when I'm like this.

I need a change of heart right now...

Oh Lord would you steady my heart once again and re-align it to Yours?

Two things

The Lord has been teaching me two things about myself lately:

1. That I am so mayabang [proud and arrogant]

2. That I am so in need of Him so that I can be trully humble [meek]

It took a while before I realized it but I am glad He is dealing with me, as always, accordingly. That is towards His likeness. Left overwhelmed again! 

Thank You! :)

Roles

Wife, an employee, a growth group leader and a discipler.

These roles have kept me very busy and are my main resons (or is it an excuse?) why I have neglected this blog a lot.

But I still miss it. I miss writing, I miss expressing myself and sharing my thoughts and personal reflections.

We'll see. :)

When it's hard to give thanks

Today I received a sad news.

But then God is just faithful! He reminded me of two verses today when I was on my way home, crying...

"...in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." -1 Thessalonians 5:18

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." -Romans 8:28

This is the difficult part. To give thanks when the matter for you is not worth thanking God for. But His word says in everything, meaning there is no exception. And yes, not this one!

As a child of God, I have to be thankful for everything because everything happens for my own good, in accordance to His good and perfect will.  All I need to do is to trust in Him and take Him at His word.

And then boom!

He made me realize that this "sad news" is a wonderful opportunity for us (my husband and I) to level up on our trust in Him and for us to be amazed once again on how He will work our life as we build our family.  And with that, His peace ruled in my heart supernaturally.  He didn't allow myself to be eaten up by my ego and for me to be consumed by my being a "control freak of my life" because He is the One in charge, and not me.

He has proven Himself to be faithful to me, many, many times.  Why would I doubt now, right?

Thank You Lord for who You are.
Thank You for Your faithfulness.
Thank You because You are trustworthy.
Thank You because I have Your word to affirm and encourage me.
Thank You Holy Spirit for helping me keep things in Your perspective.
Thank You Jesus for there is forgiveness in You, and for Your righteousness imputed upon me.
Thank You dear God, for everything that You are.

PS... Yes, I was crying habang naglalakad papunta sa EDSA. Good thing I had my shades on! Lol!

Mema = Mema-i-blog-lang :)

My husband and I were on our way home last night riding a cab when I heard the DJ from the radio read poems...One thing I realized while listening to the beautiful poems is: I miss writing! :'(

And yeah, if I really want to improve on that area, I have to write again. I guess I have to blog again. I've been out of this blog for a long time now and up until now, even with an unlimited internet access at home, I still can't figure out how am I suppose to make time for this "hobby."

Sigh.

But we'll see where I'll get from here.

For now, that's all folks! Happy New Year! :)

And so I thought I'd blog! :)

Hello world!

Just dropping by to share that I am now a MRS.

Will tell more about it next time! Pending pa ang internet connection application namin and ang chaka mag blog using my iPad kaya next time na lang. Hehe!

Bow!  :)

-yours truly,
Rajsh Sabio-Velasquez

On the 21st...

On the 21st of this month, John and I will marry each other. Less than 3 weeks na lang! Oh my gosh! Hahaha! :)

And yes, that's the main reason why I've neglected this blog so much and even my wedding blog... Totoo pala na busy ang mag prepare! Hehe!

Ayun lang. Napadaan lang ako. Hope may nagbabasa pa dito. Until next!

Blessings! :) ♥

Resounding still

This verse has been resoundingin my head since Wednesday last week... It has changed my perspective on everything that is going on in my life from that point on...

 "And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose..." 

-Romans 8:28 

 Thank You for your comforting truth! :)

Kamusta?

Hindi ko alam na nakatingin si John... pampasira, hindi na tuloy mukhang candid! Hmp! :p
Taken last Sunday, during our Theology class. Salamat self-timer at may picture ako! :))

Kamusta naman?

Miss na miss ko na ang blog ko na ito... It's been a while! Akala ko nung una when I bought my iPad I would be able to blog more... hindi pala! Hehehe!

What's up ba kamo? Eto, less than 3 months na lang wedding na namin ni John! And yes, I'm super excited! Pero marami pa kaming dapat asikasuhin so bawal magmadali! Hehehe!

God's been so good to me... I will share it na lang when I have more time!

Thank you for dropping by today.

Blessings to you! :)

Tweet, tweet!

I have been very, very active with twitter lately... You can follow me if you want (@rajshsabio).

I tweet everyday! Hahaha!

And I miss blogging here... But my time lately doesn't permit me to really focus and write stuff that much. Good thing there's such a thing as micro-blogging-- twiter! Yeah!

Anyway, just dropping by... I'm hoping and praying to be able to write something here soon. There's a lot to write about actually... But then... ako na ang busy! :p

Hope you are having a good one! Blessings! :)

Status update

Hello, hello! I've been active in my wedding blog these past few days... Go check it out if you have the chance! Its pinayweddingdiary.blogspot.com. Feel free to comment. :)

That's all for now... Hope you're having a good Tuesday!

My jacket

I was given this jacket at work because of my five year tenure. Hehe. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with this... and kahit naman walang kahit ano ang ibigay sa akin ang employer ko I'm still good. The fact that I belong to this company (for five years and counting) is a big blessing from the Lord na!

Anyway, just a quick post... How do you like my jacket? :p

Personalized syempre... pero gusto pa ring hiramin ng sister ko regardless! lol

Proud to be here in JPMC!

Do I look happy or what? Hahaha!

So, how are you doing friends?

Sorry if I've been too busy updating this blog. I wanted to write/share something about how the Lord's been working in my life and a "holy week" related post sana kaso kulang oras ko sa ngayon... :(

'Til next na lang! God bless!

...thanks again to my bro Sai for taking my vanity photos! :p

Bakit?

Bakit Hindi ako makapag upload ng pics from my iPad? :(

Sige, idi-discover kita.. Wait mo lang! Hmp!

Hehehehe!

Teak, Dapat nauwi n ako...

Bye!!! :p

Testing, testing...

I miss my blog so much! So eto, at sinusubukan ko magblog using my iPad! Oh yeah! :)

Bored

I've been absent from work since Wednesday... Been sick with colds and fever. And I'm now bored.

How about you? How have you been? :)

Worthy

"You are worthy, our Lord and God,

to receive glory and honour and power,

for You created all things,

and by Your will they were created

and have their being."

-Revelation 4:11

Gusto ko ito!

I like it when John and I wear similar clothes. Just like nung Sunday, we both wore stripes and almost the same shoes! Haha! Ang cute lang. Love team na love team! :p

Saan tayo nakatingin?

Are you sleepy my love?

Why am I hiding? lol

Pardon if this is me and him again... I can't think of anything to post as of the moment. :)

Until next time... God bless our week!

♥ Love ♥

I really thank God for this man... for his love and concern to me and for everything else!
Thank God because He is the one who fuels us to love one another... like it's always a miracle! Hehe!
Indeed, we love because He loved us first!
Happy 41st and counting my love! :-*