rawr...monster!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!

For making my birthday special…

For staying by my side (kahit ayaw niyo na, DATI!) ;)

For your joyful presence…

For your encouragement, love, care, (pagalit, tampo)…everything.

For being there…

Your presence in my life is such an assurance that God is sending me angels…

And that means I am loved!

Wabyu!

Cheche

RAWR…

fangs:phase

The fangs of the enemy.

Am going through a phase…
images from last year are flashin’ before my eyes.
Am prayin’ and decidin’ to win.
Kasi I believe it has been won already (long time back, actually)
And I should act like someone who won…

Prayed to Him kanina, then He spoke to me, assured me.
“Yes, Anak, we won! We won…because you know and believed that I love you.”
Return the hurts that you have unearthed to where it belongs…
Recognize the fruits of the turn of events that made everyone else better…
Most of the time, we get frustrated because we view our past and replay it with a ‘better’ version.

Hmmm…
Snap out of it, Che…
Life is beautiful…and so are you!
Ayun!
(And you’re surrounded with beautiful people…)

words...

Was drafting an email repoly to a sister who's going through tough times,
And then it just dawned on me... (which I also used as part of my advice for her)

Para lang tayo yung painting mo…hindi perfect, sketch-type…ganoon din buhay…
Pero hindi naman sa atin ang last touch…
Sinu-submit lang natin sa Kanya ang painting
And in the end, it is called a masterpiece kasi the MASTER  PIECED it together…

... At na-realize ko, yun ang hinhintay nia.,..ang sumuko tayo sa kanya…
Fullness is most appreciated by an empty cup…

in a nutshell

isang mapagpalayang pagtitipon...

ang daming pusong nakalaya.
ang daming isip na napayapa.
ang daming buhay na nahipo.

salamat po.
Ama Namin.

God-incidence

Ngayon ko lang nabsa ito...

ENSLAVED BY THE ENEMY

“But love your enemies and do good to them.” – Luke 6:35

“Grrr. I want to kill him!”
Have you ever felt this before? I have. Many times! This hatred was directed towards the person to whom I entrusted my heart and future but got anguish and a dysfunctional family life instead. Anger consumed me. In questioning my fate, I, in turn, lost my faith.

I was prodded to attend a Catholic prayer meeting. In due time, God’s loving presence jolted me out of my enslavement. His Word moved me to embark on what seemed to be the unthinkable journey of forgiveness. More difficult for me was reaching out and pursuing genuine acts of kindness despite being scoffed at and perceived as hypocritical each time. Tumultuous as it was, I learned to lift it up to God and let go.

In this 18-year journey, family relationships were destroyed. I lost my pride and my son chose to live with his father. My rewards? Peace of mind, my character and I got my faith back! We are still estranged but in forgiving him, forgiveness to others became second nature to me. No more enemies for me. As for loving? That will follow. Marie Franco (rfranco@its.jnj.com)

REFLECTION:
It’s hard to look past the hurt. But it’s even harder not to take revenge and forgive. But with God, everything is possible.

MY PRAYER:
Come Holy Spirit, release our hearts from the bondage of anger.

And it was such a God-incidence that on the Friday after this 'Thursday'Didache reflection, I shared my own experience of being enslaved by ANGER; allowing myself to be enslaved by the enemy once upon a time...

Looking back to those times of 'anger' it makes me cringe...but it also makes me smile after...knowing that I'm better now.
Thanks to God's being a God of possibilities...a once devilishly angry person like me was welcomed into His embrace and was turned into a forgiving gal. 
It's an everyday battle...but I know better now which wolves I need to feed inside of me.
Praise be to His Name.  He lives!

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Today's Didache:
Many have a little bit of Karen in them. I do, too. Even though I know that God has forgiven my sins, I sometimes feel unworthy of His love and end up thinking that the problems I face are karmic events. But they are not so.
If you feel that your past is weighing you down, remember this: God loves you no matter what you had done before. You just have to learn to forgive yourself.
-Nova Arias
 
Today's Sabbath:
Justice is the minimum of love while love is the perfection of justice.
Fr. Joel Jason