Matthew 24:4 – 8

⁴ And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. ⁵ For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ⁶ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Because of our insatiable thirst to understand we have come to priests, preachers, self-help books, etc. They can be guides but it is through your personal journey to know Him, your personal connection with Him is the key to understanding.

What I notice when we have a glimpse of understanding, our humanity seeps in with that comes our emotions, all full spectrum of it. But we have to keep in mind, that with God, we must know how to love. It is easy to love those who are good to us. Easy to love those who have never wronged us. The test of love is to give it even to those who we think do not deserve it. In this trying times, when nations rise against nations, famines, earthquakes, the pandemic, all these signs of birthing pains, hatred and anger can easily take over. But we must pray that through all these what we have learned about God, what He has taught us will prevail, and that is love and compassion.

May we all learn to love when there is no logic to it, when all we see is injustice. For who are we to say that what others are doing is wrong, are we not the same?

“For I know the plans I have for you,declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” ~ Jeremiah 29:11

Today was most intense.  After a long streak of unlucky applications finally someone responded.  I was asked to join the training and do a demo for them.  I was really nervous for I can’t afford not to get this job, with bills piling up and debts that needs to be settled I really need it. Before the actual training and demo I prayed really hard and ask for guidance.  I can’t let self pity and frustration eat me up and not be able to do my best.  I breeze through the training and as I prepare for the demo I thought ” the easy part is over, here goes nothing”.  I breathed, prayed and went through the demo.  It seems like an hour was just like 5 minutes for me earlier. After the demo I still can’t believe it over.  As I wait for their decision, I prayed again and just lift it up to him.  I’ve done my best and I will just have to let God do the rest.  My Skype popped up, as I check on it I saw that it was my manager, as I was reading his message I can’t help but feel relieved and really happy.  I got the job!! I was like, “okay I can breathe again, Thank God! “.  So after that, I had dinner with my mom, niece and nephew and told them about the good news.  After dinner, I went to my work room so as to prepare for work in a couple of hours, the usual I would browse Facebook and check if there’s any interesting story any of friends share.  Then I stumbled upon this post.  Its a GIF video that has a lot of Bible verses, if you click on it the thing will stop on a specific Bible verse.  Lo and behold this is what I got.  I guess, its a reminder that whatever happens God will always be there you just have to keep the faith and keep believing that credit will be given when credit is due and He will always, ALWAYS take care of you.

 

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PING BACK: Scripture Sabbath Challenge

“At the right time He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ~Ephesians 1:12”

I was lost for days, even weeks now.  I have been struggling to still be happy and positive amidst the problems and anxiety that I have been swimming through.  I allot two to three hours everyday to send applications and at this point I’m still not getting any response.  I kept telling myself, everything will be fine, all my needs and my family’s needs will be met that’s for sure.  For why should I start doubting now when all God has done for me was to save me from my problems and myself.

Sometime last week I was online, as usual but can’t really get to write anything.  It seems like I’m hitting a wall each time I attempt to even write something.  Then I heard Skype’s message tone and saw that icon that means I have a new message.  I thought at first, maybe its one of my friends.  I have this one friend that I sometimes help with  her work, we used to work together as QA’s (Quality Analyst).  So clicked on the Skype icon, someone not from my contact’s list wanted to add me and sent me a message.  Lo and behold, it was an interview schedule!!! My heart leaped, after hundreds of applications one responded! Just when the tides of misery’s about to swallow me whole God’s hand dipped in and got my hand.

That moment, I felt really loved, happy and full of hope again.   Its like fresh air was breathed into my soul, making me ready to face anything again.

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PING BACK: Scripture Sabbath Challenge

 

Isaiah 26:3 ~ You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

I was part of Blogging 101, and we were encouraged to be part of events here in WordPress.  As I am already part of one event In Other Words where in a quote will be published every week and you can write your interpretation of the quote in your blog, I still wanted to explore the other activities.  That’s how I stumble upon Scripture Sabbath Challenge where in you will share a scripture that moved you.  So I chose Isaiah 26:3.

I was born a Catholic, went to a Catholic School from Kinder until High School.  I was taught the values of being a good Catholic and a true believer at an early age.  I have always thought that I knew what there is to know about my Faith and Religion.  But sometimes what you think you know is not really what it is.

In all my years of existence, I have never struggled as much as I have this past year.  In 2015, I lost everything, or so I thought.  That year I had to quit my job, lost people that I thought were my friends, bills are coming in like clock work every month, I had difficulty looking for a stable job that can support me and my family’s needs, I found a “friend”, or so I thought again until I found out she was not really there to help me but more of use me for her own benefit.  I felt like I was persecuted and that it is the end of my world.  And so I thought, what could be worse than what I am experiencing right now, right?  Cum November, my sister was diagnosed with Lung CA Stage 4.  That’s when I broke down.  I haven’t felt that helpless ever, for I always thought that whatever it is that will come my way I would know what to do.  Like if a curve ball is thrown at me I’d know how to swing.  This time its different, I wasn’t able to swing.  The ball hit me right on the face.  But I tried to be calm about it, for everybody was already upset and I can’t afford to be one of them at this time.  During that time I really had nothing but PHP50 in my wallet (this is equivalent to like $1, imagine that!) and my sister needed PHP 5,000.00 everyday.  I was like so where in the world will I get that money without robbing anyone? I always pray, for my mom, siblings and their families.  But that day I prayed the hardest.  And I thank God for hearing me, for help was sent to me and my family that day.  That’s when I can truly say that in everything that we have, we do or we need we just need to trust that He is there for us and that He never fails, NEVER.