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Physically Exhausted But Can Still Chug On...

So after tonight, my next big “speaking engagement” is this friday…. May God override my preparations and He would speak through me. Close to my heart pa naman yung message.

Feb 20th

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“I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we...”

– Currently I’m in the same place (metaphorically speaking) as Sam and Frodo were. While I’m in no mortal danger, or that I don’t possess a ring that can spell doom or hope for a world, I feel that right now I’m in darkness, because of the uncertainty of my future. All my...

Feb 17th

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The LOTR Dialogue That Haunts Me Up to This Day

Frodo: I can't do this, Sam.
Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

Feb 17th

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“Everything is permissible”- but not everything is beneficial....”

– 1 Cor. 10:11 (Paul to the Christians of the church of Corinth)

Feb 9th

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“Discipline building is hard but the rewards make it all worth it”

– Haoson (2012)

Feb 9th

Reblog if you'll answer anything in your ask right...

as if someone would

Feb 7th

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So... that loooong segue/trip pretty much answered...

I’m going to do the talk next week about sexual purity to high schoolers… I just hope I can get a half day off next friday for that. And of course I’m going to need resource people to talk to.

Feb 6th

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Feb 5th

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And of death that is the ultimate balancer of life

I just came home late after a long and happy dinner with S@W peeps and friends. I was also set on fixing my stuff for tom. when I just got the news that the person who mentored me to an extent while I was still in college, just passed away today. And he wasn’t even on his 30s. That, makes two. I’ve been trying not to think too much about the other death that occurred the this week,...

Feb 5th

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Feb 5th

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God is the God of the already →

Feb 2nd

Jan 30th

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Jan 30th

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Jan 25th

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There are times...

… when you just have to drop everything, stay still, be quiet, and listen to God. 1 Kings 19:11-14 11 The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an...

Jan 24th

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Jan 24th

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Jan 20th

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Jan 19th

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Jan 19th

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Having Morning Devotion...

… is really a great way to start the day. Even if I wasn’t able to wake up at 5:00 A.M. I forced myself to wake my sleepy eyes and do my devotions for the day. Even if I wasn’t satisfied with my moment since mom kept bugging me all the way through. My usual dreary morning commute was more colorful than most days. The often replayed tracks on my cellphone suddenly brought me...

Jan 18th

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Jan 18th

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Jan 15th

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Jan 13th

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Jan 13th

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I've Just Realized...

… That even if I’m already almost a decade Christian, I am still unable to confidently bring God to my very close non-christian friends. Maybe it’s because my history with them is as spotted as a leopard’s fur, and it was with them that I did spend my backsliding years. Also, I don’t act so Christ-like when I’m with them. That’s why I’ve been...

Jan 12th

“When God puts something on your heart, that means it’s on His heart, too. People...”

– Jon Pasquale (via pureblyss)

Jan 11th

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So Father..

Me: Dad, is it time?
God: Yes son, it's time.
Me: I'm scared...
God: I know you are, and I know it's not easy for you - but don't forget I'm here.
Me: Is this your hand guiding me?
God: No son,
Me: Bu-...
God: This is me carrying you through it all.

Jan 11th

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Jan 10th

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2012...

This coming wednesday is my regularization panel Finally given the highest internet access at the office to make life easier for me Finally put my foot down on various areas in my life that needs to be disciplined So so far so good- hopefully I won’t lose my grip on God and seriously step up on a lot of areas that needs fixing.

Jan 9th

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Jan 8th

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Thanks for 2011

It is through you that God made me see a lot of things I am still incapable to do and still need to work on in my life. I am happy that God has been using you to inspire and encourage other people with your own story and I hope God would give the happiness you are asking for. May you have a blessed 2012!

Dec 30th

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It's Sad

To hear that the person who was instrumental in shaping a part of your core belief has turned into someone you wouldn’t believe hearing. I’m still pretty shocked/disappointed that the author who through his first work, Velvet Elvis: Reshaping the Christian Faith become this person who seems to have lost his target in his own Christian Walk. I’m trying my best not to jump the...

Dec 27th

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