The Lord loves you and always wanted the best for you.
Isn't that enough to praise Him?
......................... to lift His Name high?
......................... to trust Him?
......................... to surrender to Him?
......................... to give Him due respect?
......................... to offer Him your best offering?
......................... to make Him famous?
......................... to not be ashamed of Him?
......................... to be humble in your life's walk?
......................... to relax when things are not in good direction?
......................... to say a thank-prayer?
......................... to wipe your tears away and trust in Him more?
......................... to know and do His will?
......................... to introduced Him to your friends?
........................ to forgive?
........................ to give?
........................ to believe?
........................ to hope and trust?
........................ to remain friends with Him?
........................ to seek Him more?
........................ to leave the past behind and look onto Him?
........................ to wait on Him and His perfect will?
........................ to serve Him?
........................ to love Him?
So it's Father's Day yesterday. I had some dads i would like to mention here that i admired, respected and appreciated.
The Dad the Lord sent us according to His heart in our church to preach the Gospel. Pastor Rey. We call him Papa P. It's been a decade of serving the Lord and the church and the people of God. He is always visible, consistent and fruitful. He's a dad who will tell you directly what you did and what you didn't do, sometimes in a form of rebuke coated with love ofcourse. He's a dad to us and we thank the Lord for giving him to us as our leader in the faith. We pray the Lord use him more as a mouthpiece to share His Word and salvation. Lord, bless our pastor and his family.
The Dad the Lord sent me and called me her own daughter, my earthly father, Papa Jaime. Such a good father, a good provider, responsible, good husband. He don't talk too much but when he did open his mouth, he mean his every word. I love my dad although i don't always tell him this. I remember when i was in college, i would like to tell him i love him but i just sent the words to him via mail. He didn't respond but when i turned 18, he whisper the words to my ear. That i can't forget. My dad's shy type person but is wise in his convictions.
The Dad the Lord sent us to represent all the good uncles in the world. Hehe. My Tito Usting. He is my only uncle on mom's side. He is always there in every occasions of my life and even on my wedding. He is a responsible father serving the country for over three decades now. He is there during family emergencies too. And our family driver since he is the only one who knows how to drive cars in our family (mom's side). Very slow to anger and slow to speak too but with a wise conviction too.
The Dad the Lord sent me to be my father-in-law, dad James. Though i haven't seen him in person i knew he have a good heart. We keep on praying for him as we know nothing is impossible with the Lord. I am just glad he is the father of my husband. Hehe.
The Dads the Lord sent me, my two brothers, Joel and Jethro. They are both fathers now. I admire them for being a responsible fathers. They have different attitudes but i love them both. As we grow together, we realized the value of being closer as years passed by and as times flies. I believe we are closer now than when we were kids which is a good thing for all of us now. I admire their simplicity.
Lord, You are a Great Dad. Nothing can ever be compares to You. You are an amazing awesome Father. You see everything and You knew our hearts. You have given us dads and i know You rule them, they all came from you and they are who they are, unique and different yet worthy of respect and admiration. Lord, they are not perfect like You are and so i pray You guide them always with Your Word and let Your light so shine upon them and made them follow You and Your steps. Lord, You are worthy to be praise, adored, love, worship, given honor and be lifted up. We praise You for giving us wonderful dads who are good provider, good father and husband..all with wise convictions. Strengthen them Lord and always bless the works of their hands. All glory belongs to You alone. In Jesus Name, Amen.
i played with photos i saw on my file. Have it in reverse position and i guess i had fun realizing what are those things. THE CLIFF made me smile when i read it FFILC EHT hehe.
with me is my 2 year old niece shenel. We were playing and suddenly i remember the blog challenge. I asked her to close her eyes and to do the same thing as i did with my mouth hehe., which she did well i guess. The photo shows.
I wanna share a song that made me got down on my knees this morning. An awesome start. I heard this when i opened my computer and tuned-in on K-Love online on my windows media player. At fist i thought of listening to songs already saved on my computer but led me to something different and new.
Lyrics:
We pray for blessings, we pray for peace.
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep.
We pray for healing, prosperity.
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering.
All the while, You hear each spoken need.
Your love is too way too much to give us lesser things.
Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops?
What if your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
What if trials of this night, are Your mercies in disguise?
We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear.
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near.
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love.
As if every promise from Your word is not enough.
All, the while, You hear each desperate plea.
And long that we'd have faith to believe.
Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops?
What if your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
What if trials of this night, are Your mercies in disguise?
When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win;
We know that pain reminds this heart, that this is not, this is not our home.
It's not our home.
Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops?
What if your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near?
What if my greatest disappointments, or the aching of this life;
Is a revealing of greater thirst that a world can't satisfy?
And what if trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights;
Are Your mercies in disguise?
There are life's circumstances that we cannot control and it will make us worried.
I would like you and whoever who'll peeked on this blog, to pray for me about this.
I have already forgiven the person a long time ago. I was healed and delivered and i am thankful to God for all of these.
I received an email from that person today saying not to sell whatever that person has GIVEN me 4 or 5 years ago. It's still in my possession and i never thought of selling it. It's here and even though I'm not using it anymore, i kept it.
I am worried about me and that person. It's like bringing back sad memories and the pain that it cause me. We are both Christians and so i didn't expect to received such an email.
I am a little flock and God knows how i am moving on happily with life. I don't like something to disturb my life in a way that would hurt me. Lord, have mercy.
I read 2 Chronicle 33 and was astonished on how the Lord our God changed a person.
In this chapter, the name Manasseh was mentioned. He was 12 years old (an elementary/primary school student in our time) when he began to reign, and it says also that he reigned for 55 years in Jerusalem. But during his reign, he did things that is against the will of God. It is an abomination to the Lord. He made altars for the idols and carved images. He also observed times (observed the heavenly constellations and made them the clock that brought good or evil), and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with familiar spirits and with wizard...all of these is evil in the sight of God and would also provoke God to anger.
But the Lord is powerful. A mighty God who knows what He is doing and who can change a person like Manasseh.
God won't leave or forsake us because He loves us. But He did allowed afflictions to Manasseh because that's the only way for him to turn to Him.
In verse 12 to 13 it says
And when he (Manasseh) was in affliction,
he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly
before the God of his fathers,
And prayed unto Him: and he was entreated of Him,
and heard his supplication,
and brought him again to Jerusalem unto his kingdom.
Then Manasseh knew that the Lord He was God.
I tweet on this as i was very inspired by the story. It was, at first, made me feel bad about Manasseh but in the end i was really glad knowing about the greatness and faithfulness of God. The Lord of heavens and earth rules. The One who says, that here HE WILL PUT HIS NAME FOREVER.
Manasseh took away the strange gods and repaired the altar and sacrificed peace and thank offerings unto the Lord his only God.
Afflictions allowed by God changed Manasseh and made him seek the Lord. Will we wait for afflictions to come before we seek the Lord? I hope not.
I believe icecream makes my heart melt and scream for it!!!!
This is just another sunny hottie day and i decided to just treat myself and have some cup of my favorite ice cream. But then, my feet led me to the icecream house that serves delicious yummylicious ice cream.
I thank the Lord that He grant me something that i desire during these sunny days.
Rain started pouring but when it stops, i'll crave for another cup. Heeyahhhh.
