Faith
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10 Things that make me happy
This post is another series of my TGIT – Thank God, It’s Thursday, #CountedBlessings series where I am enumerating ten (10) things (people/event) that make me happy! I know, I know – that it’s not Thursday but somehow, I feel the need to actually write this post because I feel I am blessed amidst the challenge that I am going through right now. So, let’s jump right into it and let me write those things real quick. Family & Loved ones – ones that never fades The smell of rain – I know, but it rarely rains in Abu Dhabi –though rain sometimes makes me melancholic but it brings memories…
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What I Learned in our 2016 Sri Lanka Trip
A question, not many would probably ask… most of the time, people ask about “How’s the _____ (country/place) – asking how’s the view, the experience, the food, sightseeing spots, the people and more. On this blog, I would like to answer this in a different perspective. I would like to answer this with what I truly learned and realized when we were in Sri Lanka – September of 2016. Culture, Food, Places, People and more! These are the common “what I learned” many would probably share. Indeed I learned about those different aspects of this place that used to be called CEYLON. So I’m skipping this part as I believe, if you…
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The Fear of Losing Jobs
As many of you know, I am an OFW (Overseas Filipino Worker) – one of the so called “Bagong Bayani”. I am in Abu Dhabi UAE for the past 8 years and 2 months (never thought I’d go this far…) Like many OFW I have gone through the ups and downs of this life which many of the people in the Philippines especially those who haven’t been abroad don’t know, understand and realize. It pains me to hear and see family, friends and relatives (or even Facebook friends who are not that close) thinking that someone who is abroad is “rich”, that money is effortlessly gained. That if “naka-abroad…
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SFL Love Forum 2016 – My Take Home
SFL Love Forum 2016 Backdrop and the 111 SFL attendees It’s my 4th SFL Love Forum in my 7 years of community life. To many – they might say “ay tapos na ako so di na ako aattend”. But what I realized, attending the sessions/talks over and over again allows you to gain more ideas, teachings, lessons etc. · At first, I was a participant, · second I was a service team, · third I was a guest, · And on my 4th time, just this Friday – I became a speaker. What’s common among all 4 is that I keep myself interested…
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Of Heartaches and Pain
Of Heartaches and Pain When a dream becomes elusive And couldn’t make it exclusive How do you mend a broken heart? – this song people associate love and hurt And, where do broken hearts go? However cliché this question be, what do I do? No, this is not what you think, A goal flashes and perishes in a blink Why Oh why, this brought me tears to cry How do you face rejection? Causing an uproar emotion Heart dropped down – raised my head up Cover me Father, allow me to hear you, carry me when life is low Of heartaches and pain Feels like drenched in the…
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SCG3 – Serve with Perseverance
CFFL 3rd Senior Core Group (SCG) (To be published on #TVM12) You’re so “maingay!” (You’re so noisy!) – I shouted these words to the fellow attendees during a “crucial” start of a team game that we played for the 3rd SCG at St. Paul’s Church room FFO2. Then I heard the crowd laughing! I was focused; I was on a game face and turned on my leadership skills. Our target is to beat 2 minutes and 47 seconds to accomplish the task at hand. The crowd starts to speculate what the game was all about. Group 1 – did it in 7 minutes Group 2 in 3 minutes Group…
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Come, Follow Me
And he said to them, “Come, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” – Matthew 4:19 Three weeks ago the above verse is the highlight of one of the daily gospel which happens to be a topic we discussed in our household. Of course I have read it ahead of time since it has become a habit for me to read and post the good news daily on Facebook. Come, household night; we prayed, worship and eventually started sharing. While everyone shared their piece a thought has hit me. “Come Follow Me”. My sharing was about me being asked by God to Follow Him in a…
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TGIT – 7 Counted Blessings Vol. 2
We are licensed to praise God at all times and I do that in my own private time. But this blog series is an intention to literally count my blessings! Want to know the history? See its 1stvolume here. 1. TVM Editors I feel so blessed to have them. I don’t want to mention names, but they know who they are. Without them, the magazine will be having some uncorrected terms, grammar errors, spelling etc. They are a gem! 5 bagsak para sa inyo!!! 2. When Prayers become a Hit! _Week 6 “Ako ba ang nagbago o siya?” This is a 100$ question. But after all these…
