God's Letter to Me

I’m one of the students in School of Leadership 2 being held in our church  every Sunday evening. We are studying everything about God, the bible, living a life with Christ, leadership and anything that is deeper than hearing a sermon in attending a Sunday Service. Then our teacher Kuya Benjie gave us an assignment to write a letter fromGod.  I never did anything like this in my entire walk in Christianity nor did I think of writing it during my devotion. And as I write each and every word in
the “His”  letter I just found myself bursting into tears, trying to comprehend the deep of His love for me; the kind of Love that I used to ask from the past relationships I had, from friends and from family in which I never realized that was already mine from the time that I was born.

And just to share, this what He said.

My Daughter,

I want to start this letter by saying I love you. You know that, don’t you? But what you don’t know is how much i do.  You would really never know because I love you without any measure, I love you in a way that no one could ever imagine and in a way that is beyond your understanding with the definition of love. It’s my love the very reason why I made you. The reason why I sent my son, Jesus to die for all of you. You were made for a great purpose. I want you to know that every single event of your life is planned. I’m seeing every details of it. I actually know what you’re future will be. I felt your hurt and your pain, I saw your tears and wiped it and of course the struggles you dealt me with. I saw your sins that, yes, offends me but that will never make me love you less.

You might want to ask me why you have to encounter all this while walking in your faith, “Why not?” But please don’t take it as if I really wanted you to suffer.  NO.  All good things comes from me but I’m allowing this because I want other people to see my glory in your life especially in the point of your weaknesses and how you will be able to use this struggles to uplift and encourage others. I want you to know that I’m allowing this to happen because I want you to realize how much you need me and I want you to get your strength from me. But what hurts is that you sometimes give up and not trusting me. You sometimes think that nothing will happen if you draw near me which is wrong because with me everything is possible. Don’t fret when things don’t go the way you wanted them to be. I know everything and if you encounter such struggles you just have to trust all of this with me and rest assured that there’s really a way out of it. It also hurts when you are self-pitying and compare yourself with others that well in fact I made you unique. Let go of your insecurities away. You don’t need them. It won’t help you grow. NEVER. You may try to avert your eyes from things that you don’t have and focus in improving the things I had entrusted you. Do it and you’ll see how wonderful you are. Listen, you are worthy, amazing, excellent, strong and beautiful. You are,  because I made you. No doubt on that. Remember, I am your Perfect Creator so I know what’s best for you. You are my Princess. I smile whenever you are smiling, I am pleased with everything that you are doing just to glorify me. Keep on doing good things and I’ll reward you in due time.  Daughter, I want you to know that I am excited for you to experience the love story I had already written for you. I’m telling you he’s on your way, just be patient. He’ll come at the time when you least expect him to come and in a way that you’ll be surprised. The man I saved for you will treat you in a way that you should be treated and with the love you should be getting. Trust me and my timing then you’ll not get disappointed.

Jean, whenever you feel so alone always remember that I will be your God throughout your lifetime–until your hair is white with age. I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you. You don’t have to worry for what would lies ahead because I am with you. I wat to bless every single aspect of your life, just one thing - OBEY ME. Fix your eyes in me. I’m in control.

Unconditionally loves you,

God

Ladies, if you dropped by and read this letter you can claim this as yours too. Just to let you know, you are also loved same with the love I am experiencing from Him. We are the apple of His eyes.  ♥

It Really Doesn't Matter

One thing that I know I am most passionate about is the one thing I had ever find frustrating from the past.

I always wanted to write. Ideas, imaginations that keep on running and coming up in my mind and yet unable to put them into writing. 

And as frustrating as it can be, it actually made me feel being a writer is not for me. I struggled. I started to write something but can’t even finished one good paragraph. Hesitant to express with my pen whatever the thing I have in mind.

This burning passion had only and absolutely burned me out and consuming each part of my being.. and suddenly.. i just stopped. Accepted that it would really never be. I believed sharing my knowledge and experiences in life is a good idea but what I was always afraid of is being criticized and the unwanted feeling of rejection.

I used to care what would other people think and say. I always give a place of insecurity in my head that I could not really make it without realizing that all those thought really doesn’t matter at all.

So before all of this going to eat me up, I decided to stand. Determined to get back the fire that used to consumed my passion, I have to accept that we cannot always please other people. Be willing to take the risk of being stoned of different opinions from the people with different perspective. 

Appreciate every good feedback. Learned from negative comments. What matters is the heart that I put in with the writings that I had and with what I will still be writing in the future.This is me. This is what my calling is. I will write to encourage others, I will write for God.

Time for Cool Change

"The most constant thing in this world is CHANGE." - Heraclitus

Yes it is. And one thing I really believe about change is it's INEVITABILITY. Change is something that we cannot avoid and usually happens at a time that we do not expect to happen.

There are changes that is in favor to us but sometimes it could also be painful that we are left with only one choice - ACCEPT.

Our world is in a state of flux that normally what we can just do is to go with the flow. Nothing is permanent. All of a sudden, there will be changes that would come in our career, lifestyle, mindset, standards, the way we fix ourselves, people need to let go of and material things gone old with the time.

Changes that are too many to mention, perhaps, if I'm going to say it one by one, I don't think reading this blogpost in just a day would be enough.

People change. Who says who's not? But there's someone I know who is UNCHANGING. He is someone who definitely changed everything in me and someone who unexpectedly turned my life around.

If there's something I would boast about and always be proud to say, that is..

"I KNOW JESUS."

It was late February 2010 when I had the coolest change in my life - THE GIFT OF SALVATION.

Receiving Jesus as my Lord and Savior is the most wonderful event in my existence and I will never ever regret.

17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! - 2 Corinthians 5:17

He not just changed me nor just removed my stain away, He gave me a totally new life.

I'm not saying I no longer sin, I honestly still am. But what is just so amazing about God is the grace I am receiving yet I do not deserve to have. 

Feeling bored with life? Why don't you try to have some cool change? If you think the time is not yet, let me tell you.. NOW is the perfect time. 

"..I have come that they may have life and have it to the full." - John 10:10

Let us not attach ourselves with things that are temporary and never lasts. Pursue whatever is eternal and I believe the one that stays forever will never be seen by our naked eyes nor would be touched by hand.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever." - Isaiah 40:8