oct 21
this is my hubby's 28th birthday. i actually was not able to get him any gift nonetheless, i was grateful for the fact that the Lord moved his new colleagues to buy him a cake for a present. Hubby was also very happy coz he overheard one of their TLs (team leader) whisper to her agent saying these exact words: "He's the best STL (senior TL) that i ever had." I'm really happy that he likes his team now.
oct 22
was able to spend time reading the scripture and studying the Word. Had a lot of Bible verses written that day taken from the book Im currently reading - The Fight, which was a gift from my dad.
i also found my copy of the first album of ACAPELLA Praise CD. Yey! I have been looking for this album for the longest time and even the trusty internet could not lead me to any answers as to where i could possibly get a replacement copy. apparently the album is no longer in production. so imagine my delight in finding the said CD. Thank God!
I also found my SSS voucher! I've been looking for it for ages and i actually thought i lost it. i need to give it to hr so they can deduct my loan pyts from my monthly salary. otherwise i have to go to sss to file a form.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Gratitude Journal
Over the past few days the Lord has been showering me with lots of blessings. Well let me change that up. It has always been that way, what would be more apt to say is that the Lord has opened my spiritual eyes to let me witness his display of loving kindness.
Yesterday was my birthday! Yes I celebrated 28 blessed years of existence.
I woke up to the sound of my son contentedly sleeping beside me, his face is filled with peace. My little man, my beautiful son!
I checked out my mobile phone and I saw several messages coming from my husband. It made me smile that after all these years my husband is still very patient and loving. I have challenged his love so many times and yet he's still there patiently putting up with me and loving me the same way he's loved me before and even more.
When he got home he greeted me with a kiss with a card and a Red Ribbon cake in hand. How sweet! He knows that the only thing I will always look forward on special occasions would be a card. I'm a sucker for romance. At the end of the day, the gifts will wear and tear but words of love will linger till the light in me goes out.
Then the Lord gifted me with a beautiful summer dress, perhaps to encourage me to press on with dieting so as i could go back to my pre-pregnancy weight. At the same time, last Saturday after celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles, hubby and I went to SM Marikina. I saw this bottle of lotion in Zen Zest. I was thinking of buying it as a gift for myself. But then considering the things we have to pay for and the number of days before the next payday, I decided against it. But lo and behold! The Lord indeed knows the desires of my heart. He gave me something much much better. He gave me a Bath and Body Lotion in tube, that has an even better scent than the lotion I've tried on last Saturday.
Another wonderful thing that happened was that the food for my birthday was a blessing as well. Ace and his current girlfriend - Jho, came over to wish me happy birthday. And they bought ingredients from the nearby groceries to make a sumptuous Carbonara meal. It was heartwarming and the food was sensational!
This afternoon when I decided to browse thru the book authored by Joel Osteen - Your Best Life Now, the Lord led me to read thru the passage that has a title that says: Joy Is Your Strength. That would be page 132 of the said book.
At the same time here are the Bible verses that The Lord gave me today:
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 = concerning younger Christians who are still inclined to keeping traditions.
Numbers 6:22-27 = The Aaronic Blessing
22 -23 God spoke to Moses: "Tell Aaron and his sons, This is how you are to bless the People of Israel. Say to them,
24 God bless you and keep you,
25 God smile on you and gift you,
26 God look you full in the face
and make you prosper. 27 In so doing, they will place my name on the People of Israel—
I will confirm it by blessing them."
James 3:4-6 = The Power of the Tongue
3 -5A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!
5 -6It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
James 4:2
2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
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I used to blog about a whole bunch of miserable things in the past. But that has ended. A new season has began. I will rejoice for Jesus' made me glad.
Yesterday was my birthday! Yes I celebrated 28 blessed years of existence.
I woke up to the sound of my son contentedly sleeping beside me, his face is filled with peace. My little man, my beautiful son!
I checked out my mobile phone and I saw several messages coming from my husband. It made me smile that after all these years my husband is still very patient and loving. I have challenged his love so many times and yet he's still there patiently putting up with me and loving me the same way he's loved me before and even more.
When he got home he greeted me with a kiss with a card and a Red Ribbon cake in hand. How sweet! He knows that the only thing I will always look forward on special occasions would be a card. I'm a sucker for romance. At the end of the day, the gifts will wear and tear but words of love will linger till the light in me goes out.
Then the Lord gifted me with a beautiful summer dress, perhaps to encourage me to press on with dieting so as i could go back to my pre-pregnancy weight. At the same time, last Saturday after celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles, hubby and I went to SM Marikina. I saw this bottle of lotion in Zen Zest. I was thinking of buying it as a gift for myself. But then considering the things we have to pay for and the number of days before the next payday, I decided against it. But lo and behold! The Lord indeed knows the desires of my heart. He gave me something much much better. He gave me a Bath and Body Lotion in tube, that has an even better scent than the lotion I've tried on last Saturday.
Another wonderful thing that happened was that the food for my birthday was a blessing as well. Ace and his current girlfriend - Jho, came over to wish me happy birthday. And they bought ingredients from the nearby groceries to make a sumptuous Carbonara meal. It was heartwarming and the food was sensational!
This afternoon when I decided to browse thru the book authored by Joel Osteen - Your Best Life Now, the Lord led me to read thru the passage that has a title that says: Joy Is Your Strength. That would be page 132 of the said book.
At the same time here are the Bible verses that The Lord gave me today:
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 = concerning younger Christians who are still inclined to keeping traditions.
Numbers 6:22-27 = The Aaronic Blessing
22 -23 God spoke to Moses: "Tell Aaron and his sons, This is how you are to bless the People of Israel. Say to them,
24 God bless you and keep you,
25 God smile on you and gift you,
26 God look you full in the face
and make you prosper. 27 In so doing, they will place my name on the People of Israel—
I will confirm it by blessing them."
James 3:4-6 = The Power of the Tongue
3 -5A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!
5 -6It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell.
James 4:2
2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
I used to blog about a whole bunch of miserable things in the past. But that has ended. A new season has began. I will rejoice for Jesus' made me glad.
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