12/31/08

12/24/08

Happy Birthday, Jesus!


I have no other gift for you Lord but a thankful heart.


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I thank you Lord, with all my heart; I sing praise to you before the gods.
I face your holy Temple, bow down and praise your name because of your constant love and faithfulness,
Because you have shown that your name and your commands are supreme
You answered me when I called to you; with your strength you strengthened me.

All the kings in the world will praise you, Lord, because they have heard your promises.
They will sing about what you have done and about your great glory.
Even though you are so high above, you care for the lowly, and the proud cannot hide from you

When I am surrounded by troubles, you keep me safe.
You oppose my angry enemies and save me by your power.
You will do everything you have promised; Lord you love is eternal.
Complete the work that you have begun.

Psalm 138




I will proclaim your greatness, my God and king,
I will thank you forever and ever
Everyday I will thank you; I will praise you forever and ever
The Lord is great and is to be highly praised;
His greatness is beyond understanding


Psalm 145:1-3


I love to pray these psalms everyday. This year is my first time ever to complete the nine mornings or Misa de Gallo. I have no other intention but to thank God for everything that He has given me. Because of Him, I couldn't seem to ask for more because He daily gives me the grace of contentment.

Merry Christmas!

God Bless Us All!

12/6/08

Blue Eye Shadow


I have long been wanting to have a new eye shadow with a blue color. I remember an office mate gave me an imported pink and blue eye shadow set and it took me five years to consume it. You can just imagine how often I use make up. But with my new work assignment, I am obliged to wear make up daily. For a time, I have learned to like blue and combine it with pink and I find it good to my eyes. Not having been able to learn the craft of using make up, I thought this is the best make up combination for my eyes and this is what I’ve been wearing a long time. Then for just a short while I used up the remaining eye shadow that I have for years. Eventually I bought one and consumed it in a short period of time also. I really wanted to have the kind of eye shadow that I previously had for years, especially the blue color. I have searched for it in the stores that are available in my place but there was just no color blue. I asked God if He can just give me Himself instead. I had a chance to be in the big city but I forgot all about buying it. So, for the meantime I used the available color that I have and just continued wearing the color which to me is not nice because it doesn’t jibe with my uniform. If only I have the color blue I could make a lot better combination that would suit my daily outfit. But that was what I thought.

One day, my boss excitedly gathered us all and presented some imported goods given by our client for her staff. Without really asking me, my boss gave me an eye shadow. Boy, it was just what I badly needed! I was excited and thought it was God’s answer to my prayer. The eye shadow set has four colors and to my dismay there is no color blue. Only black, silver, white and light pink. I tried to console myself instead. Well, at least it is imported. Unlike the locally branded, this will surely stay in my face even until midnight.

The next morning when I was about to paint my face, I felt excited using my new eye shadow. I forgot about the blue color that I have been thinking. I just combined all those colors in my eyes pink first then white then black and then silver. And I was surprised how it really looked good in my eyes. And most of all it really suits my uniform. As I would use it daily, I discovered that I can also make blue out of those colors.

Things like this happens not a few times in my life. It would always amaze me how his answers would manifest in my daily activities and in ways I couldn’t imagine. I know not just to me, but to us all.

In life, we sometimes ask for things we want, and it doesn’t come. We pray a lot for it and we receive answers we don’t like. We take a “yes” for an answered prayer if it happens the way we want it and “no” when it comes in a way we don’t like, and especially when it doesn’t seem to happen and you have prayed for it for a very long time. God gave us material things, family, friends, talents, jobs, etc. and we sometimes wanted to ask more or sometimes we don’t want to lose or let go of it. We sometimes don’t want to get out of our comfort zones. We thought that what we have are already the best for us because we feel good and happy about it. Hence, we don’t want change, we pray for things that we have gotten used to.

If we think good and better things for ourselves, God doesn’t think like that for us. God thinks not just for the better but for the BEST things for us. He may not be answering our prayers the way we want it, maybe because of wrong motives or it’s because our prayers may not be good enough for us. God knows us very well and He knows our trivial and vital needs. His answers may sometimes be is to wait. Maybe because we still have to grow and learn a lot more lessons. Maybe wait because it is not yet the time. Maybe wait because the best is yet to come. Also, sometimes the answers are already there but we cannot or refuse to see it. We really need to be patience and trust that He deeply cares for us.

There is never a single prayer that God never answers and He always answers them in His time….

PERFECTLY!
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