What foundation do you have in your life? Is it fame, power, riches? How does the Word of God can be the greatest foundation in a man's life?
Christians has three aspects to address in order to attain total well-being. Are we giving them equal attention, or do we tend to focus more into one and lack to another?
What does this three elements has to say about happiness in life's journey?
What value does a cross has to us, do we actually understand what it means?
How do we believe in the things that are unseen and expect for the things that are yet to come?
Welcome to my blog. It has been a pleasure to meet you.
Hi! I am Joey. This blog was initially created for my SEO work, and now for church publication and an expression of myself. Write-ups include Discipleship teaching and Sunday Preaching, and papers submitted in college as requirement for certain subjects, while others were just a random thoughts and ideas.
Feel free to roam around provided that you ask permission if anything has to be copied or used from this blog. I appreciate your professionalism and cooperation. Thank you, enjoy and God bless!
Guro,
Ginagalangan kong dakila, lumikha sa libu-libo, kawangis mo'y pintor, makulay na ipinipinta ang sa ngayon.
Mula't sapul mukha mo'y akin nang napagmamasdan pagpasok pa lamang sa pintuang puno ng mesa't upuan; Pagtatanong sa sarili sakdal nabuo, kung bakit nandito at nakaupo, hawak mo pa nga'y parang pamalo at isang panulat na bato, hanggang sa magsimulang magsalita't magpaintindi sa mga matang matyag sayo'y nakatitig. Layon mo nga sigurong ipakilala ang mundo, ang mabuti at kasamaan nito, upang ihanda kaming mga mura't salat.
Kumusta na! Sana nasa mabuti ka, magpalakas at magpakatatag sana para sa mga nangangailangan at kapus-kapalaran. Mahabang pagpapasensya at pagsasakripisyo ang mataman mong ginugol sa iyong oras, upang maihain ang ninanais na malaman, may katuturan, at kapaki-pakinabang, hindi ba marapat lamang parangalan ang ganyan, tumatawa-tawa ka sa aming harapan, bagkus maaaring may hapding ikinukubli sa katawan. Magkagayunman, andiyan pa rin ang iyong suporta't pag-aalala, kahit sa hindi kadugo't kalaman. Sa kabataan nagsisilbi kang ilaw sa madilim na daan, kaya nga't tawag sayo'y Pangalawang Magulang, Ikaw talaga'y natatangi pagkat bibihira ang tulad mo, hindi ko sinasabing "hybrid", siguro "endangered" lang, isa pa tanging bukal sa puso ang pagtanggap mo sa lahat ng bagay, na kinakaharap mo, kaya nga't ikaw ang aming tinitingala magmula rito, patungo sa mga susunod pang henerasyon. Isa lang ang aming masasabi - Salamat, salamat at salamat pa rin, sa mga kontribusyon at mga leksyon, nawa'y boses at laway mo'y hindi mapunta sa wala. Magsiksp, Magtiyaga - gasgas nang pananalita, subalit sana'y matupad ng mag-aaral sa kasalukuyan. Sa bilis ng pag-ikot at pagbabago ng nagpapalit-anyong mundo, kailangan namin kayo upang matuto at makaunawa sa takbo ng panahon.
Nagmamahal,
Mag-aaral
Sa Madilim at Paghihirap na kagubatan,
Mahirap abutin ang natatanging susi sa liwanag,
pawang nakasabit sa mga punong nagtataasanMay pag-asa pa ba? kung ako'y nakalugmok
sa putikan at tuluyan pang lumubog sa kumunoy na lupa!
Sa una makikita'y tanging kadiliman, banayad na lumalangoy sa katubigan ng kalawakan; Tanglaw sa dilim ang init ni Ina at tinig na
humehele sa kanyang pinakasisinta. Ilang pagtulog pang nagdaan, sa wakas liwanag sa aking pag-iyak ay sumalubong na, naitadhana sa kakaibang katirikan ng araw pa, sa lahat saksi ang lakanduala, Daraga kina Joey at Beniejune, mga magulang niya, takda sa labing siyam walong pu't lima ng Marso, Tapat sa dalawampu't isa ng kalendaryo. Panganay sa magkakapatid na apat, kuya nina Jo Ann, Jonas, at Janno.
Sa maagang pamumuhay namulat sa lukso ng buhay at pakikipagsapalaran - ang paghihikahos at kahirapan, napagtantong marapat magtiyaga't magsikap at minsan mangarap at una sa lahat ang makapangyarihang kaitaasan ay panatilihin at huwag ilimot kailanman gaya ng turo ni Ina at Ama, bukod sa gintong aral at magandang kaasalan. Nagsimulang makapagbasa't makapagsulat sa baitang ng elementarya, kung saan nakapag-ukit ng lakas, kaalaman at pagkatuto. Nabatid ang dunong sa taon ng Sekondarya, pinalad makapagmartsang suot ay toga. Nagawang mapabilang sa pampublikong Unibersidad sa Rehiyon, sa kolehiyo ang makapagtapos ay layon.
Sa kasalukuyan, sa awa ng Diyos nakakasabay sa lukso ng panahon, sa malayu-layong paglalakad tungo bukas mula ngayon, habang kahapon at lumipas ay nanatiling nakapaloob sa atin, ituwid na lamang ang pakakakurba sa paglaon. Dama ang matinding pag-aalala, sakaling masawi pa at itong paghihirap ay mabalewala na. Sana magtagumpay at makamtan ang mga bituin.
There's a lot of flowers in the field, but only one to picked up. All of them are beautiful, all of them have grace and appealed to me much, some were already taken, but still plenty was left. If I picked one, that's the only time that I had picked and can picked no more. I believe there is one grown by the rain and wind perfectly prepared by God and suited to be held in my hand. But I must search and its a worthy search,
a search for the one that will fill the longing in my heart. But thunder would be coming soon and I must rushed myself to saved what was intended for me. Lord God allow me to pick the best that I know you save for me, I strongly appealed that You guide me through this, not to gave into temptation of picking more than one, but to picked the one best for me so as I can pleased You that I picked what You actually want me to picked. Thank You Lord for the blessing You given to me of exploring this field. Your will is my do to finish. If Your will for me is to pick nothing, it is also to mine, but my desire is to have for myself. May Your name be praise always now and forever.
The silent TV-viewing in the sala was interrupted by a bigbang sound coming from the kitchen, something plundered. The water gallon colapsed to its place. It fell and striked the kitchen bamboo floor and had all gone escaped the water it contained, leaving entirely empty.
Mother was then upset and blamed me. But no one ever wanted that to happen, the temper in me gently sneaks up as I defend my side and taking as much control of it.
I had gone home in the evening after a long hours of bible reflections and group discipleship. I was that so late that I should been at home already after lunch, but It didn't so, because I was that overwhelmed by the fellowship. I had gone home first and was headed back again to HQ for another set of meeting. Way back to our discipleship, on the midst of the conversation, one friend call on to me at the door while the meeting was on its height, she had asked for her thesis papers to me. We had a long talk outside, about ourselves and about our lives, and we end up in a prayer - a prayer that will encourage us from God no matter what, a prayer that will took hold of God's promises and provisions and a prayer that will endure the continuance of living for God's will. I told her not to worry to so many things and focus only to His will, whatever decision she has, she must accept them squarely and learn to face whatever its outcome. I may have gone late in coming home, but God's purpose for me this day had never came late nor came in-advance, but rather j
ust right in time.
All of us took our daily purpose in occasions we never planned to happen or expect to come. Are we ready to fulfill God’s agenda for us in an unexpected situation of our life? Thinking is hard if we consider things of ourselves but decision do becomes easy when we learn to just obey. Enjoy your God’s planned day…
Cats were one animal that was so clean. They bathe themselves with the saliva from their licking of their body and used to dig out into the ground and cover up their waste. :)
People could no longer hold the temptation of tossing their sparkles and explosives up in the air, and gave in to fire them so early few hours before hitting twelve. Also, everyone else is greeting a "happy new year" in words outspoken or in mobile messaging, and the latter I personally received the most, all came from friends and acquaintances, but a lot of them I wasn’t able to respond at all.
Rather than just leaning outside the window, my sister, my brother (the older one) and I towered ourselves up on the roof by twelve to witnessed closely what was drawn there high looks like. Different strokes of explosion was settling in the beneath blackness, as the great surge of noise was thundering around. It took for almost an hour until the unexpected rain fell to all in the places’ celebration. We crawled down back then inside the house and the silence finally began to spread over the deep night.
I was timed of myself to attend again for HQ (as Headquarters, the place where we most meet and have our jams) and I was able to be out at ten-thirty already, nearly lunch time. Just exactly when I arrived, the prayer for the food, as I heard it, was already coming to an end, when it’s done, I occupy one seat and joined them with the food, but it wasn’t the lunch yet, certainly its mere just a snack. Maybe, a while ago they had just undergone to some work at the HQ.
We are held to the table by four “kuya Paul”, “Ate Jho”, me and Ruby, Ate Jho’s younger sister, on her sixth grade. When the snack were all chewed up, we partially started to fix the minors of the HQ then for a while, gone back again to eat, lunch this time and after which we continued the pending work – posting the JESUS streamer on top of the door, securing leaks to the screened windows, installing wires for the clothes to dry, and digging some soil and gravel fillings - all consist the work.
Later on Ems visited us, she came in a striped across white and violet fitted shirt, and wears her very smile, she gladly enters and paused on the door and greeted us with her eyes, she later joined ate Jho and her sister into coming home. By then only kuya and I were there left to strike against “maleng” for supper, it’s a sort of meatloaf that we had just tasted, yeah its good…
Leaning my weight on the water pump handle with one hand, It hardly pressed into my palm leaving its trace reddish. I would have to count five more pails, equivalent in filling the big sized drum. It was nearly noon and I hid myself from the sun with the bath towel around my back, so as not to burn me much. This would be a daily task for me since then after the typhoon...
A dizzy scent sprung in the air, spreading its aroma rapidly in the open. She was held to her hand an insect killer spray in the mid-afternoon , to which she sways high and low into different rooms. She hurried herself out from one room and immediately grasped for an extended nice air. She was trying to get off those insects left, after the whole house were screened to its windows.
MASDAN MO ANG PUNO “Yaring pagtindig ko sa gitna ng buhay, Nalalantang kahoy ang siyang kabagay, Ang nakatutuyo’y ang patak ng ulan, Nakasasariwa’y ang sikat ng araw”. Ang puno’y likas na walang pinagkaiba at maihahalintulad sa kasaysayan at talambuhay ng tao. Yumayabong, nagkakasanga’t nagkakadahon at malakawayang yumuyuko sa agos ng panahon, sa huli’y luray na kahoy!
Sa simula, binhing ito'y nabigyang buhay at umusbong, sa matabang lupang nagmamahal at nagkakanlong; Sa tamis ng umaagos na tubig siya’y naginhawaan, at humimlay sa ugoy ng hangin na duyan, na naging susi sa paglago’t pagyabong ng dahan-dahan. Tulad ng puno, ang tao rin ay isinisilang, at lumalaki sa pag-aaruga at paggabay ng mga magulang; Dahil ang natatanging pag-ibig ng ina ang yumayapos sa kanyang pinakamamahal na munting musmos.
Sa paglapat ng bagong umaga, sinag ng biyaya’y tumatama sa kanya, tinatanggap nang maluwag ng mga daho’t bulaklak, mula sa kalangitang sa kanya’y nakatunghay-Sadyang nagagalak ang tao sa basbas ng Maykapal na nagpapakita lamang ng debosyon at paniniwala niya; Sa pagharap at paglutas ng mga suliranin sa Diyos ito ang kanyang dalangin.
Ang buto’y nagkasanga’t nagkaugat nang lumaon at namukadkad ng luntiang palumpong. Taas niya’y abot nang himpapawid, at sa kanya pa’y may mga nakadapong ibong mandaragit; Ibong napagmasdan ay nakintal sa isipan, kaya sa kanilang pagkampay, “napapasabay”, nawa’y makalipad at mamasyal sa ulap sana makasakay. Lahat tayo’y may nais maabot o makamtan, isang katotohanang natural lamang; Mahirap ang umakyat at masarap ang mataas, sa pagsisikhay matitikman ang sarap ng tagumpay. Libre ang mangarap, kaya bawat isa ay may sariling dinadaing na sana, sana at sana – pinakaaasam na maisakatuparan rin ang dinadalanging hiling.
Subalit ang aliwalas ng kapaligiran ay dagliang nabago, pagkat makulimlim na ulap ang bumalot rito, saka nagsimulang kumalat ang hanging malamig, na dumampi sa labing nanginginig, nagbabadya ng takot at panganib, sumunod na and dagsa ng ulan, damang-dama niya sa mga ugat at buong katawan, na animo’y patalim kung tumama sa kalupaan; Kasabay ang nakakayanig na talas at lakas ng kulog at kidlat na sa kaitaasan sumusulat; Pawang pagaspas ng mga tangkay ang mauulinigan, habang 
puno’y patuloy na lumalaban, dahil hindi magtatagal at matatapos rin ang pagsubok at sa kadiliman ay makakaalis sa pagkalugmok.Habang tayo’y naglalakbay sa landas na tinatahak, hindi maiiwasan ang madapa at masugatan sa paglakad, pagkat problema’y kakambal na ng tao, kaagapay pa sa pag-inog ng mundo. Tatag at tibay ang dulot ng problemang atang ng Panginoon, at lakas ng pagkatuto na iwaksi ang pagkakamaling hindi pagbangon.
Sa pagdilig ng Araw at Gabi, isang munting siit ang umusbong parati – Ang yugto ng buhay , larawang makulay, na kakikitaan ng mga bakas ng pagbabago’t pag-unlad, sa kapalaran ng punong mapalad. Sa bawat pahinang mabubukas, gintong aral ang masisiwalat; Sa pagpanday ng sariling katauhan sa tahanan ito nagmumul
a at nabubuo, at sa labas naman nahahasa’t napapapalago. Sa tuwina , manghihina o manlulupaypay na lamang sa kalikuran, habang papalaki ang bawat pag-apak sa baitang; Sa bawat hakbang na maaangat, paghihirap at pawis ay pumapatak; Subalit tiwala’t paniniwala ay nag-iibayo at hindi nawawala sa pagsuyod sa hagdan ng pangarap.
At first I was wandering amidst darkness, soaring through the endless flowing space, Lighten and warmth my soul by Mother's love, with voice of melody and rhythm of her heart. At last light of the world shed over my tears, as a cry shakily heard beneath. They delightedly embraced me at gaze, passion of elation pours out on the air.
Living open-eyed on younger life had seen true pain of game on its plight. As a child experienced a walk towards dark route for shelter, because we'd just rent a house that day, with all the weights on my knees and tired arms, we courageously surpassed all the triumphs. Must have the strength, will and faith, the power like father who handles in control, and what mother always said about good manners, right conduct and the golden rule, I must be somebody...
…There’s an impulse to me to hold you in my arms that morning before you leave, to tell you how much I loved you, leaning just next to you would want me to touch your cheeks telling you how much I care and reach your hands to say that I’ll always be here with you. But the very thought of knowing your not mine holds me back then, I had just watch you while your asleep, gathered up my courage and simply put on my jacket around you, hold your hand and recite something from the heart..
I would always cherished those moments..to where I’m mostly feel blessed, inspired..loved
Above all I thank God for everything..for the best blessings in my life.. and I Praise Him more because your one of them.
