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Day Twenty One

Day Twenty One: Getting Things Done

Thank God for Twinkies. Because of it, I was able to breeze through two lesson plans and two final examinations (screw you Foundations of Education 2).

Good times, a slow day but thank God I was able to rest. It’s almost the end of the week. Yippee.

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What are you seeking for?

What does seek ye first really mean?

For a highschool student, it means giving up going to parties and having boyfriends. It means studying all the time, paying attention in class and basically giving up my life of fun in exchange of good deeds.

In college, it means taking up Nursing because it’s what my parents want and “honoring thy father and mother” is the only way to go.

When you’re an adult, it means giving up a life of partying harder and dating. It means staying at home and resenting everything that is evil.

In all these scenarios, I don’t see a single person happy about “seeking Him first” and at the same time, I don’t see a mention of Him at all.

That is where the problem lies. It’s all about us, which means that no “seeking” has been done.

Our idea of having control over every single detail of our lives makes us want to control our relationship with God too (we are incredible creatures).

Seeking Him has nothing to do with any of that, it has nothing to do with trying to be a saint and everything to do with giving up the control and surrendering it completely to Him.

Seeking Him means giving up our understanding of where we’re going and understanding that it’s not about our personal gain, but putting Him first and simply giving up our very desires and surrendering them to the One who knows better, the One who created us.

You’re probably thinking, “so here goes the boring life and here goes a lifetime of missing out!”

BOO HOO.

That’s pretty much an insult to our Creator, if you do know Him enough, you’d realize that He doesn’t want us to live a sad and boring life!

He wants to grant us power to glorify His name and it means that once we know why we’re blessed with good things, our deepest desires would be granted.

It took me 21 years to get that and I’m still learning, but if you knew who I was before and if you’re aware of some of the choices I’ve made, you’d know why I’m so in love with spreading His word.

It’s because the transformation has nothing to do with me at all and everything to do with Him.

That’s what happened when I learned to put and seek Him first.

Quite amazing, don’t you think?

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Day Twenty

Day Twenty: Vision

There are days in your life when you want something so bad that you visualize and realize that you’re about to get it.

This is my vision board. These are the things that I envision to happen in my life.

RAH!
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unsung reality

Truth is, the people you love the most are the imperfect ones.

They are mostly walking with jarred lines that are posed to harm you every single time you get too close.

And yet, for some totally foreign reason, you love them anyway.

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what are you believing for?

i remember clearly, i think it was about a month ago or so, and i was sitting in my parents’ room and i was expecting a call from a company that i really wanted to get in to.

i was a wreck for days because i wanted it so bad, i was really praying and hoping for a miracle.

and then it happened.

this was all going through my head as i locked my office’s door today, just grateful for the two hours i spent with Josh and just amazed at how great our God is.

you know sometimes, before recieving a miracle, we always think (well me at the very least), “if i get this miracle, i’ll never take it for granted, i’ll be happy forever.”

but once you get the miracle, life happens and the miracle that you’re praying for loses its mystique because you realize that the gift of the miracle is not perfect and it takes work too.

that’s when we get tired of life. that’s when we stop believing God for greater things, which i think is wrong because there was a time in your life when you begged God for that exact thing.

sometimes, we lose our gratitude or the amazement over life because we tend to take the little things for granted like getting enough sleep or eating our favorite food.

we tend to blend into this normalcy and get sucked into routine that we forget to believe God for greater things.

it doesn’t really mean that we’re downtrodden or depressed, it just means that we’ve gotten used to normalcy that we forget to believe for the passing of our dreams and for better opportunities that would allow God’s grace to shine in our lives.
that was the realization that i recieved today, sometimes, i get sucked in the daily routine of my life. sometimes, i take for granted the things that I once asked God for and sometimes, i even ask Him to take it away because it was as beautiful as i expected it to be.
but earlier as i packed away my things and prepared for tomorrow, i was suddenly eager and excited because if God could do it once in my life, if He could gift me with the miracle that I’ve been praying and believing for, what is it that He cannot do?
Let’s not forget that we have God’s power in us. We are His children and what Father doesn’t want the best for His children? Don’t forget that God is the reason why there are dreams in your heart, so surrender it to Him.
But don’t even think that surrendering it to Him means that you’re going to get a second rate version of your dream. I think that’s the biggest lie that the devil has been spewing for the past years. Surrendering your dream to God doesn’t mean that you’ll get a second rate version of your greatest dreams.
in fact, surrendering it to Him means you’ll get the best version of your dream, even far greater than your greatest imagination.
Seek God, then learn to trust Him enough to ask for it.
He loves you, just like any Father, He’s ready to give you the best.
Question is:
Are you really ready for it?
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Day Nineteen

Day Nineteen: Childhood Dreams

These are the books that welcomed me to the wonderful world of reading and it gives me chills that they’re readily available for anyone at my new job.
I gave them away years ago (much to the resistance of my six year old heart) and to rediscover
them again is just really beautiful, you know its one of those little things that make each day special.
I’m looking forward to a beautiful and opportunity filled March.
Bring it!
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Day Eighteen

Day Eighteen: Emotional Scrabble

Another highly emotionally charged day (see blog entry about Anger) and despite all the jumbled emotions inside of me, it all boils down to this:

God heals in time.

He’s trying to refine me and I’ll stand strong in faith, because at the end of the day, it’s really not about me.
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Day Seventeen


Day Seventeen: Meditation

Woke up at 4 am to go to UST just because I wanted to spend the time in prayer and meditate before the sun goes up and it was worth the early wake up call because God spoke to me through Hebrews 13:5-6.

Spent an amazing day with the family and ate at the famed Lopez canteen.

I’m a work in progress in Christ, but I know and I firmly believe that He is working.

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Day Sixteen

Day Sixteen: The Only Truth I Know
A highly emotionally charged day where the morning was spent in tears and desperate prayers while running errands for the office, but as usual God intervened and I was able to enjoy the dedication of my morning job’s new office.
That right there is my new workspace and the real message of the day (along with all the things I HAVE TO DO!).
These days, it’s the only truth I know.
**February 26, 2010