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hope

this morning at church they played this song "I Love to Love You". i wasn't familiar with the song but i got the melody quite quickly that i was able to sing along with the worship team. here it goes,

I Love To Love You
Words & music by Kim Bollinger
©1993 Integrity’s Hosanna Music CCLI# 670848

O the beauty of your holy place
Your presence I love to embrace
As I sit and behold Your loveliness
What a privilege to come and rest

I love to love You, O Lord, my God
I love to love You, O Lord, my God
I love to love You, O Lord, my God
When I come to seek Your face,
I find mercy and grace

Where else can I go? You are my source
I come to You, O marvelous Lord
And I thank You for the blood
that set me free
For the blood that rent the veil for me

a very nice addition to my compilation of worship songs. since i heard it this morning, this song has become the prayer of my heart. I love to love You, My God :)

the sermon was about hope, and i was thankful that this message was given. it was indeed timely, for i needed the encouragement. i'm just disappointed with what's happening with us. i do not get angry with God. i know that He has a plan, it's just that i can't do something to change the situation. because even if i desire it with all my heart, but if it is not God's will then it will never happen. it's like wrestling with a wall that's bigger and stronger than you that you can't even tear down or just move a bit. i don't want to wrestle with God and ask for my will to be done. my thoughts are only of here and now. but God sees the entire picture. if my will is done over God's will then the results might be temporary and it may not be as perfect compared to God's plan. there are times when i feel sad and hopeless and upset and angry because i can't do something. i can't change my situation now. but when the Holy Spirit spoke to me i realized that i should just trust in God and wait patiently.  i should hold on to His promises and be always reminded of it. this morning during the preaching, i realized a lot of things- i might have thrown away God's hope and it was replaced with a worldly hope. God's hope never fails even in disappointments and unanswered prayers or unfulfilled wishes. i was surprised to see myself in front of the mirror- the Bible- and see that i don't have God's hope anymore. no wonder i get upset when we talk of money and the lack of it, or the insufficiency of his remittance. i realized that i have to cast aside the worldly hope i had and replace it with a hope that comes from God. a hope that clings to faith, fully trusting in God.

there were a lot of revelations shown to me from God from several people in different occassions. i don't know if they were signs that i have to consider or just mere thought. actually, i don't want to take the latter. i want to consider them, hoping that they might be the answers of God about His will in my life. of course i have to pray for them first. i am fasting since yesterday, taking only one meal a day. i really wanted to know what the will of God is for our family and for my life.

when i realized those signs, i asked myself, "Lord, how can i take a step of faith [to accept those signs]? i told God in prayer that if this is God's river, i would like to jump right in and get drowned in God's faithfulness, blessings, love and mercy and power. it doesn't matter where it would take me. as long as i'm in God's presence I know that i will overcome. God said in His word, we are more than conquerors. i cannot be defeated, even by money problems. we will be blessed indeed. and God will definitely answer my prayer. i am hoping that, and i put my faith in God.

and i believe we will have a prosperous holidays. i believe and i claim that.

in Jesus Name.

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omg. it's like 2 weeks of hiatus for me, and i missed blogging! before i used to blog every single day and give account of what's happening to me. but life is just the same everyday, with a dash of spice to make it an adventure. writing the same old things everyday is boring so i just skip blogging. but I thank God for my simple everydays... given another chance to live is a reason to celebrate God's goodness and faithfulness- and to change, and improve.

3 days ago, my preschool classmate and high school mate asked me if i will join our high school reunion on december. i really don't know if i will come- i mean it's good to see old friends and classmates and high school crushes... but i don't think i am bold enough to face them. the fact that i am not a college graduate unlike them. but at least i have a business, right? i do not envy them that they're like in an executive position in their respective careers because they've been working for 6 years already. or like i haven't achieved anything that i would consider a fulfillment. on the other side, i am fulfilled having a family, and a business too. perhaps i haven't trashed my inferiority complex just yet. it's still here, just like the way i felt when i was in high school. but i won't let this feeling linger inside of me. i won't let this consume me and make me feel embarrassed or ashamed. i know that in some ways, i am a lot better than they are- in my own right i mean. :)

Christmas is really coming so fast, and the sooner it comes the more i miss my husband. there are a lot of times when i see myself cry over a Christmas commercial, showing couples hugging and kissing and there's Christmas song in the background. it's not that i don't want Christmas to arrive, it's my most favorite time of the year, it's just that i'm missing a piece that i would really wanted to have this holiday season. if it were not for money problems, he would have filed his vacation leave this Christmas and he might have been coming home soon. God give me the strength. i know i will cry a lot.

i have been busy with facebook, playing different applications every 5 minutes. since my sister is at work, i have my time for facebook and play all those games i have bookmarked.

i just started my diet today. from 110 lbs last week i have lost 6 lbs and now i weighed 104. i was just starting to accept that my weight was like when i was pregnant but i couldn't take the fact that from size small or XS i am now a medium!!!! grrr!!!! and so i  have decided to do a strict diet from now on. my goal is to lose 5-10lbs more in 1-2 wks. so that would be 94-95lbs in 2 weeks. and maintain from thereon. for me, it's better to be skinny than to be fat. of course i will eat! only in moderation.

this past week there were always tension between edward and i especially when the issue is about MONEY. because of that, i've been contemplating on a lot of things everyday and i'm doing it simultaneously with facebook hahaha. kidding aside, i've been thinking of a lot of things lately but i cannot share it now. i feel like i am not ready to divulge it yet. i just want to keep it to myself for now. or perhaps i am not in the writing mood because i am feeling weak ( diet, you know) and sleepy at the same time. when i got time, i will write about it tomorrow.

God bless us all!

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one celebration is twice as fun!

yesterday, October 16, we celebrated Rizia's advanced birthday, and belated birthday for Shareign. what?
advanced birthday celebration because it's supposed to be on the 22nd. but since we've got money now, we decided to celebrate it before the money is gone. belated birthday celebration for Shareign because her birthday was last April 16 and there wasn't any party. so i just did a double birthday bash for the kids- one celebration, less costly :)

after lunch i set-up the room, inflated the balloons and put up the banner. my sister and i went to the mall to buy cake, pansit, chicken and pizza. we also bought them presents- a pack of dino's and horses, a box of puzzle pieces and a tea set.
























when we got home, our helper cooked the chicken and pansit. we prayed together and ate together, sang the birthday song and made my kids uber happy!

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what'd i do??

i've always dreamed of winning the lottery. who wouldn't wanna win? i don't really envy people who win lotsa money from the lottery but it would always hit me, like, there must have been a lot of good luck and good fortune that their ticket won. we don't patronize lottery or any forms of gambling. we depend on God for blessings and provisions and not from that- even if you have the purest of intentions. the end does not justify the means. and know what? i never really tried betting and/or joining the lottery.

but what if, just what if, i won a hundred million pesos? wow. i will be surprised and shocked and sweaty and shaking and nervous and happy- all at the same time. what would i do with it? i should start making a list of what-to-do's in case that would happen :)

1. i'd buy a house and lot. i've seen this cool house in Antipolo from a website and it costs P4.8M. not bad if you've got a lot of money.
2. i'd buy a car. no, an SUV perhaps, good for family trips. brand? i don't know, i'm not really a car lover. it has to be safe, and spacious. not really big. just enough for 7.
3. i'd donate to charities and give my offering to the church. 10% of how much i've got. i don't care if it's P10M. after all, if God didn't let me win, i wouldn't experience that P100M.
4. i'd franchise a fastfood, specifically, Jollibee. very lucrative. after 6-12 months, you will see your ROI. and after another 6 months, doubled ROI. cool.
5. i'd treat the family to Hongkong Disneyland and we will travel to places we dreamed of going- Palawan, Boracay, and anywhere!
6. i'd continue my college education, as well as my sister's. of course, i will enroll my children in the best school.
7. i'd expand our internet shop business. this is our very first investment so i don't want to give this up.
8. if it's the will of God, i will ask my Edward to resign from his work abroad and just stay here with us, help me manage our businesses.
9. i'd build a resort, salon/spa and.... what else are my dream businesses? i forgot. i'd remember them eventually...
10. SAVE SOME!!!
11. i'd share my blessings to my close friends and relatives. i'm not close-fisted as long as i have something to share :)

wow. how i wish for this to come true... as God said in His word, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE :)

later, we will be celebrating my daughter's bday. if there will be no change in plans then it will be later, in the afternoon.yehey!!!

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aw.


if you're gonna ask if i'm ok now, yes i am ok. except for this mood swings every now and then and changing my temperament. i have taken a new pic of me, (yes, of me.) i just love myself hahaha. :) it's not really fabulous and all that but i think it's pretty much ok.



i didn't blog just because of my picture ok. it's just that i really don't know what to share- again. i haven't played facebook all day, and i played cabal as soon as we have closed the shop. i've been playing it for a week already, and mayumikatorse is level 122.

edward and i are ok now. he made amends and we're ok.

know what? the amazing trait that billionaires included in the Forbes Magazine share is that a large percentage of them never entered college, or were college drop outs. now i'm seeing a big possibility of me becoming a billionaire. haha. also, their parents or them, were good in math. ouch. so that's only 50-50 chances of becoming a billionaire. :)

i'm in the process of editing my friendster profile, and my children's profile. i'm adding up a lot of pictures there.

til here. i lost count of the Christmas countdown. it's october so it's like 2 months to go before Christmas. yup. Merry Christmas.



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frustrated

need i say more? i am more of disappointed too. discussing the issue won't do me any good. i don't know, i'm not in a writing hype to compose. i'm stressed. got to rest. and yeah, i am upset. very very upset. >.<

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black out, freak out

last night, around 9:30 pm we experienced black out. we were wondering why that happened, when there is no typhoon, no rains nor winds. it lasted for 3 hours. as soon as the lights got up i turned on the TV for the news about the black out but i tuned in late. so in the news this morning, reporters said it was a transformer which caught fire, or exploded or got broken or something. and due to that, blackouts will be by turns- quezon city, marikina, pasig and rizal. and that outtage will last for 6 hours. we're included in the black out (coz we live in rizal) and this morning, blackout started 11:30 am until 2:30. we had electricity for only 3 hours and it striked again. from 5:30pm until 8:00pm. i am afraid that the black out will be up again, we're nearing the 3 hour mark and it will be blackout time again. hopefully that transformer will be fixed soon so we wo'nt be having power outage. i think the electric company wants our appliances to be broken. imagine what they are doing?  it's like earth hour every 3 hours. grrr. >.<

it's 78 days before Christmas. i remembered that when i watched SiS.

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