03.29.07
God has a WONDERFUL PLAN for those who LOVE Him
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has PREPARED for those who LOVE Him; but God has REVEALED it to us by his SPIRIT. The Spirit SEARCHES all things, even the deep things of God.”
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NIV)
03.28.07
Straightened PRIORITIES leads us to the ROAD of SUCCESS
“DELIGHT yourself in the LORD, and He will GIVE you the DESIRES of your HEART. COMMIT your way to the LORD, TRUST also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your RIGHTEOUSNESS as the LIGHT, and your JUSTICE as the noonday. REST in the LORD, and WAIT PATIENTLY for Him; DO NOT FRET because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. CEASE from anger, and forsake wrath; DO NOT FRET—it only causes harm. “
Psalm 37:4 (NKJV)
The LETTER…
“Everyone longs to give themselves completely to
someone – to have a deep soul relationship with another,
to be loved thoroughly and exclusively.
But God, to a Christian, says,
“No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content with
being loved by Me alone – with giving yourself totally and
unreservedly to Me –
With having an intensely personal and unique relationship
with Me alone will you be capable of the perfect human
relationship that I have planned for you.
You will never be united with another until you are united
with Me – exclusive of anyone or anything else, exclusive of
any other desires or longings.
I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow Me to
give you the most thrilling plan existing – one that you
cannot imagine.
I want you to have the best.
Please allow Me to bring it to you.
You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things –
keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am.
Keep listening and learning the things I tell you.
You just wait. That’s all.
Don’t be anxious. Don’t worry. Don’t look around at the
things others have or that I’ve given them. Don’t look at
the things you think you want. You just keep looking off
and away up to Me, or you’ll miss what I want to show you.
And then, when you’re ready, I’ll surprise you with a love
far more wonderful than any you would dream of.
You see, until you are ready, and until the one I have for
you is ready (I am working even at this moment to have
both of you ready at the same time), until you are both
satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I prepared for you,
you won’t be able to experience the love that exemplifies
your relationship with Me, and this is the PERFECT LOVE.
And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love,
I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship
with Me, and to enjoy materially and concretely the
everlasting union of beauty, perfection, and love that I offer
you with Myself.
Know that I love you utterly.
Believe it and be satisfied.
I am God.”
-Author Unknown-
PATIENCE is a virtue
but waiting for God’s PERFECT TIMING to be with the SPOUSE of our DREAMS can be a pretty tough cookie to swallow. Sometimes it is HARD to TRUST God completely in this area of our lives, and to wait for Him to unveil the “next step” in His plan for our lives.
When we are single and we feel called to the VOCATION of MARRIAGE, we may be tempted to become discouraged or distressed. Waiting can be hard and sometimes even painful, not only because we struggle with the virtue of PATIENCE. Waiting requires us to TRUST in God’s unseen plan for our lives. In this area of relationship, Christ is challenging us to step out of the boat with Peter, and leave the walking on water part to Him.
WAITING is purification for our souls. It’s an opportunity for us to surrender one hundred percent of our hearts to Christ, and work on developing the most intimate LOVE RELATIONSHIP with our Creator. Because it is only then, when we have learned to LOVE GOD for His own sake, that we are ready to LOVE ANOTHER.
We should try to utilize our time of SINGLENESS to prepare ourselves to become a godly spouse, and to work on building and strengthening the most important relationship we’ll ever have: our relationship with Jesus Christ.
We should learn to love Jesus with all our hearts. Learn to trust Him. Allow Him to take care of us and provide for all our needs. We should work on our communication with our Heavenly Spouse through frequent prayer. And dine daily at the bountiful meal He has prepared for us in Fellowship with Him in His Words.
As we HUMBLE ourselves and SURRENDER our LIVES completely to God. We should PRAY and ask our FIRST LOVE to PAINT His WONDERFUL PLANS and PURPOSES in our EMPTY CANVASS allowing GOD to brush into our LIVES all the BEAUTIFUL COLORS of different SHADES and HUES for the COMPLETION of His MASTER PIECE in US.
“Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
(Psalm 37:4)
The WISDOM of God GUIDES us in the RIGHT PATH
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
03.25.07
FAMILY photo shoots…
snap! snap! snap!
oh my brother’s camera was busy
flashing as he take photos of us…
what a wonderful time together
as we gather at our parents living room
dad, mom, my brother emman
the girls….melise, kosh and kaye
the boys…aa, aj and mm
together with flash (our cute shitzu)
and myself….
mom was going over her closet
and stumbled upon her lovely dress
that she has kept over the years…
preserved and in tact (she has kept
some of her memorabilias & loves to
show it off to us…pictures & clothes
she wore when she was in her 30’s)
she pushed me to to wear this lovely
retro spaghetti dress for the CAMERA
and that I will try to pose in the manner
as she did in her picture 30 years ago…
oh boy! that was a tough request 
being an obedient daughter… I did…
I wore it and pose with my brother…
and the photo seemed pretty cool!
next model was my bro’s eldest daughter
melise…it was wonderful that she fits into
her grandma’s dress….the third generation
to wear that dress…she posed with aa
and they looked good together…
then kosh wore it too and posed with aj…
fun pictorial sessions we are having huh?
the FAMILY were having really a grand time!
kaye and mm posed with flash….then group
picture of all the kids….then a WACKY shot!
I can see the SMILES in my mom and dad’s faces…
they were so HAPPY watching their grandchildren
what a BLESSING for us to be together enjoying
the FUN with the family at times like these….
BEAUTIFUL memories in the making…
Oh dear Heavenly Father…
thank you for this FAMILY BONDING TIME
that we have shared together this evening…
I lift up mom and dad to You…bless them with
good health and long life…I pray for more love
and unity to abound in their relationship….
I pray for our children Oh Lord bless them
and keep them safe …protect them from all
harm and bless them with guardian angels
to watch over them at all times….
I pray that Your LOVE and PEACE will
REIGN in our FAMILY…REVIVE our spirits
Oh Lord ….and may Your POWER and PRESENCE
fill each one of US…here is our FAMILY Lord…
USE us for Your GLORY! In Jesus Name. Amen.
A Song of God’s MAJESTY and LOVE
“I will extol You, my God, O King;
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.
The LORD is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
The LORD is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.
All Your works shall praise You, O LORD,
And Your saints shall bless You.
They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The LORD upholds all who fall,
And raises up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And You give them their food in due season.
You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
The LORD is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
The LORD preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.”
Psalm 145:1-21 (NKJV)
Deep HUMILITY is an expression of FAITH
“Then Jesus went out from there and departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed. But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, Send her away, for she cries out after us. But He answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then she came and WORSHIPPED Him, saying, Lord, HELP me! But He answered and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs. And she said, Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, GREAT is your FAITH! Let it be to you as you DESIRE. And her daughter was HEALED from that very hour.”
Matthew 15:21-28 (NKJV)
03.24.07
LOVE is God’s Greatest COMMANDMENT
”LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind ; and LOVE your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27 (NIV)
MOVIES on weekends….
its been a really tough & busy working week for me
in the office…on the job…at work…..
being a mommy….a daughter….a sister….
a working gurl…a friend…..a christian….hhhmmm
different HATS for my different ROLES
I watched “INDEPENDENCE DAY” on DVD
with my sister-in-law & brother in their house…
and also “THE IN-LAWS” starring Michael Douglas
a funny & hilarious action film that taught some lessons
on FATHERHOOD….and this reminded me…to pause for
a few moments and EVALUATE myself as a PARENT…
what is the CENTER of our WORLD?
is it our CAREER…
is it our HOBBIES…
is it our FRIENDS…
is it our MINISTRY…
is it our KIDS…
is it our SPOUSE…
or is it GOD…
when our PRIORITIES are STRAIGHTENED OUT
our WORLD seems to RUN SMOOTHLY…
and in ORDERLY FASHIONED
unlike when there is IMBALANCE and we are
CONSUMED by the PRESSING URGENCY of
all the things SURROUNDING us crying out for
our TIME…our ENERGY…and our MONEY….
once in awhile an HONEST EVALUATION of
ourselves and giving some thoughts periodically on
how we are doing will keep us always IN CHECK!
Dear Lord God Heavenly Father…
Help me to look at things with an ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
sometimes I am OVERWHELM with the BULK of the LOAD
of WORK & DUTIES that needs to get DONE….
at WORK & at HOME…I find myself JUGGLING
between the IMPORTANT and the URGENT….
TEACH me to SAY NO to the TEMPORAL…
and LEARN to SAY YES and be COMMITTED
on those that are LASTING….ENABLE me to
be the BEST MOM that You have created me
to be…this I pray in Jesus precious Name. Amen
LIFE is not about ACCUMULATION
LIFE is about RELATIONSHIPS
our RELATIONSHIP to GOD & OTHERS….
no WONDER God GREATEST COMMAND is
”Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your strength and
with all your mind; and Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Luke 10:27 (NIV)
