i know i prayed for this job a couple of months back. and here i am plagued with dreams of having another life, another job outside of the call center industry. will it ever end?
oh Lord please calm my restless soul and grant me contentment.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
txt message from God
it was a slow part of the day of a particular work day in the office. i suddenly thought of browsing through ipams. then i found this really enticing job post. its for an executive secretary in the UAE and the pay is minimum of USD $2000 to a max of USD $2500. i got so excited that i decided to apply right then and there trying to justify whatever inner ramblings my heart is giving me at that time.
i went ahead and clicked on the buttons and filled out the information requested piece by piece and then the laptop froze. so there i wasnt able to apply.
when i got home i tried it again. and then when i was just about to finish it, the pc went kaput!
i called my dad to be my sounding board. apparently he doesnt agree with it. posing questions like to whom will i leave my son to and other things.
and as if i could not take a clue, i still went ahead and applied. despite all those things. then i went to bed. after probably a few hours, i woke up to the vibrating of my cellphone. and then i found this txt message from ate amee - kuya randy's wife.
Often, we get impatient and take things into our own hands but God said, "Be quiet, trust me. I know your needs better than you do. Just wait and give me a chance to work."
i was really stunned. God really speaks to us now in plain language. no more signs and enigmas. just that!
so there i took that plain and simple!
I'm glad i do have an awesome God!
i went ahead and clicked on the buttons and filled out the information requested piece by piece and then the laptop froze. so there i wasnt able to apply.
when i got home i tried it again. and then when i was just about to finish it, the pc went kaput!
i called my dad to be my sounding board. apparently he doesnt agree with it. posing questions like to whom will i leave my son to and other things.
and as if i could not take a clue, i still went ahead and applied. despite all those things. then i went to bed. after probably a few hours, i woke up to the vibrating of my cellphone. and then i found this txt message from ate amee - kuya randy's wife.
Often, we get impatient and take things into our own hands but God said, "Be quiet, trust me. I know your needs better than you do. Just wait and give me a chance to work."
i was really stunned. God really speaks to us now in plain language. no more signs and enigmas. just that!
so there i took that plain and simple!
I'm glad i do have an awesome God!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
TGI Friday!
Well there goes, first and foremost I'm grateful that its Friday once again. Which means i'll be able to spend time again with my boys - my son and hubby.
Had a great time today. Went to kuya Randy's house in the morning to bring the little things i bought as pasalubong for ate Enang and Tyong Cesar. We had a sumptuous lunch - kare kare, pansit canton (too full to try it out), lechon manok and lechong liempo. had a great time catching up with my cuzin, ate Enang via skype. They were all in awe of my Nathan, said he's so pogi. Ate Amee - Kuya Randy's wifey, said Nathan looked like he's a three year old kiddo when they saw him.
This evening we had another hearty meal at Sisdang in Dampa at Macapagal Ave. Kuya Randy and Ate Amee had the following dishes cooked for us (after they bought all of it from the wet market outside): sinigang sa misong Maya-maya, Tempura, Shrimp in sweet chili sauce, Crab in Sweet Chili sauce, baked Mussels, Sweet and sour Maya maya and Green Mango ensalada! We're filled to the brim! hehehe and then had a singing session with the rest of the gang.
Oh and wait, the other day, the Lord cleared off my debt at Standard chartered bank! I paid it in full, best of all the money used to pay off the debt is also a blessing. Plus there's an amnesty program that when you pay then, you could pay it 50% off. Great!
I pray that we get to clear off these loans real fast. =)
Had a great time today. Went to kuya Randy's house in the morning to bring the little things i bought as pasalubong for ate Enang and Tyong Cesar. We had a sumptuous lunch - kare kare, pansit canton (too full to try it out), lechon manok and lechong liempo. had a great time catching up with my cuzin, ate Enang via skype. They were all in awe of my Nathan, said he's so pogi. Ate Amee - Kuya Randy's wifey, said Nathan looked like he's a three year old kiddo when they saw him.
This evening we had another hearty meal at Sisdang in Dampa at Macapagal Ave. Kuya Randy and Ate Amee had the following dishes cooked for us (after they bought all of it from the wet market outside): sinigang sa misong Maya-maya, Tempura, Shrimp in sweet chili sauce, Crab in Sweet Chili sauce, baked Mussels, Sweet and sour Maya maya and Green Mango ensalada! We're filled to the brim! hehehe and then had a singing session with the rest of the gang.
Oh and wait, the other day, the Lord cleared off my debt at Standard chartered bank! I paid it in full, best of all the money used to pay off the debt is also a blessing. Plus there's an amnesty program that when you pay then, you could pay it 50% off. Great!
I pray that we get to clear off these loans real fast. =)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
gratitude post
i know i said ill be consistent. but well, laziness gets the better of me every time. i have a list on my actual planner though on what are the things that i do thank God for. i'll blog about the other things listed there next time.
anyways in as far as i could remember these are some of the things that i really do thank God for.
oct 21
picked up hubby from work and greeted him happy bday. was really happy that he had a happy bday. turns out his new team - management that is, came up with a surprise for his bday. they bought him a yummy red ribbon cake and they announced his bday to the entire floor. he's very happy and contented now with his new program.
one of the days in between (forgot what date hehe)
my mom went home from her home town and gave me this fab charm bracelet watch from my aunt (her elder sister). and that's just the watch that i wanted. im not specific about the brand nonetheless i always find myself looking a such type of watch whenever we pass by a watch store. and i didnt even pray about is so imagine my delight upon seeing what i got. on top of that i got a victoria's secret body lotion and a simple top for a casual day. ^_^
yesterday upon going home, i dropped by meralco to pay our electricity bill. then before boarding a jeep going home, i saw a watch repair booth. since i have the watch that carmi sent me some months ago that needs adjusting, i asked the elderly man manning the booth how much it will cost. he said P20. so i did not hesitate anymore and gave him the watch so he can measure it and adjust. after the procedure, while he was fixing the part he took off on the bracelet, i saw this dark blue oblong shaped stone. i then asked him what is that. he told me its a semi precious stone. then he said since i like stones, he will give me one. he then took one small round container, its the one that comes with camera films. he took out a rectangle shaped stone that is really beautiful. he said he'll just give it to me. so i was shocked. i asked him if he's sure. and he said he is! he explained that when he sells gold he normally takes off the stones. and wow he just felt like giving me one that day! he is a very ordinary man - well with that i meant that he doesnt make fabulous money with what he does. on top of that he is disabled. im not sure what happened but he's sitting on a wheel chair. so i was humbled with how big his heart is. and so i thank God for people like him, who despite the difficulties they encounter in life, are still capable of giving to others.
when we got home yesterday, we we're half step in closing the deal of selling tito tony's house. =) which means i can now buy a simple car for myself. yey!
then last night im grateful that hubby drove me to work and before going to work we had a date. we hanged out at starbucks in corithian hills and tried to catch up with each other. we hardly get to do that anymore and going out with him provided the much needed lift i needed that night. (dunno but for some unknown reasons while we were driving from the house i was so sad that i did cry. good thing he didnt see it but well i told him anyway.) after having coffee we checked in a hotel and made passionate love to each other. thank God for
anyways in as far as i could remember these are some of the things that i really do thank God for.
oct 21
picked up hubby from work and greeted him happy bday. was really happy that he had a happy bday. turns out his new team - management that is, came up with a surprise for his bday. they bought him a yummy red ribbon cake and they announced his bday to the entire floor. he's very happy and contented now with his new program.
one of the days in between (forgot what date hehe)
my mom went home from her home town and gave me this fab charm bracelet watch from my aunt (her elder sister). and that's just the watch that i wanted. im not specific about the brand nonetheless i always find myself looking a such type of watch whenever we pass by a watch store. and i didnt even pray about is so imagine my delight upon seeing what i got. on top of that i got a victoria's secret body lotion and a simple top for a casual day. ^_^
yesterday upon going home, i dropped by meralco to pay our electricity bill. then before boarding a jeep going home, i saw a watch repair booth. since i have the watch that carmi sent me some months ago that needs adjusting, i asked the elderly man manning the booth how much it will cost. he said P20. so i did not hesitate anymore and gave him the watch so he can measure it and adjust. after the procedure, while he was fixing the part he took off on the bracelet, i saw this dark blue oblong shaped stone. i then asked him what is that. he told me its a semi precious stone. then he said since i like stones, he will give me one. he then took one small round container, its the one that comes with camera films. he took out a rectangle shaped stone that is really beautiful. he said he'll just give it to me. so i was shocked. i asked him if he's sure. and he said he is! he explained that when he sells gold he normally takes off the stones. and wow he just felt like giving me one that day! he is a very ordinary man - well with that i meant that he doesnt make fabulous money with what he does. on top of that he is disabled. im not sure what happened but he's sitting on a wheel chair. so i was humbled with how big his heart is. and so i thank God for people like him, who despite the difficulties they encounter in life, are still capable of giving to others.
when we got home yesterday, we we're half step in closing the deal of selling tito tony's house. =) which means i can now buy a simple car for myself. yey!
then last night im grateful that hubby drove me to work and before going to work we had a date. we hanged out at starbucks in corithian hills and tried to catch up with each other. we hardly get to do that anymore and going out with him provided the much needed lift i needed that night. (dunno but for some unknown reasons while we were driving from the house i was so sad that i did cry. good thing he didnt see it but well i told him anyway.) after having coffee we checked in a hotel and made passionate love to each other. thank God for
Friday, October 24, 2008
the things im grateful for day to day
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
renewal of acceptance
it has been more than a year from the time i last logged a blog entry. a lot of things has happened. we have been blessed. my son and my husband has been blessed as well. i just wish i had been more consistent with blogging. nonetheless, its never too late.
this morning, my husband and i made love. i was afraid of getting pregnant with our financial status still not in a good shape. but then again, i went over the readings my dad gave me, and the first thing that appeared to me is the title in huge and bold letters:
THE ALL SUFFICIENT FATHER
and there in it were all the promises that the Lord gave us about HIS faithfulness, HIS grace and HIS power.
and when I glanced outside at 11:29am, it started to rain, which is a sign of blessing. It is the Lord telling me that He will not leave me or abandon me. I could celebrate the coming of a new child if the Lord blesses us with another baby.
and right before my father left, he prayed for us. and we renewed our acceptance to God. We are now turning a new leaf as children of God and ambassadors of the Lord Jesus Christ.
this morning, my husband and i made love. i was afraid of getting pregnant with our financial status still not in a good shape. but then again, i went over the readings my dad gave me, and the first thing that appeared to me is the title in huge and bold letters:
and there in it were all the promises that the Lord gave us about HIS faithfulness, HIS grace and HIS power.
and when I glanced outside at 11:29am, it started to rain, which is a sign of blessing. It is the Lord telling me that He will not leave me or abandon me. I could celebrate the coming of a new child if the Lord blesses us with another baby.
and right before my father left, he prayed for us. and we renewed our acceptance to God. We are now turning a new leaf as children of God and ambassadors of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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