Calling to all: LOOK AT YOURSELF

I've been really wondering what have we become. What this generation have become because of the things that influences us.
I've seen the twin tower fall, the war in Iraq, the Invisible children of every nations, disaster due to climate change, death of many popular people. I've seen the change of this generation: From bad to worse.

Let me share you a Scripture found in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 "1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them." NIV

We are now living in the last days. The last days have started after Jesus' resurrection until His second comming. It's not really difficult to live as a Christian in our world today compared to the early days of Christianity where fellowships are prohibited and worshipping God was a big NO-NO to a certain land or get jailed for sharing the gospel. We are still grateful that we're living in a free country, so let's make most of our time in obeying God.

How amazing Paul have described the behavior of our society today from His letter to Timothy. Sad to say, even Christians are guilty for this. I think this is a good wake-up call to all Christians to take a look, observe and check yourselves against what Paul has written.

I know it's not easy. Change takes time but the most important thing is that status of your heart. How much you love God will determine at how much you can give your life to Him in obeying His commands and keeping yourselves pure and Holy.

God said "Ask and you shall recieve". If we ask God to change us, we must believe in Him and doubt. Trust in Him with everything and He will direct you. Rest assured that no matter what may happen, His gentle hands and His love will sustain and keep you from harm. He promises everlasting life from His son's name Jesus Christ.

Accept Him and make Him the Savior and Lord of your life and He will enter your heart and be with your forever more.(ref: John 3:16)

Streams

It was windy that afternoon. The sun was on its caressing time. The wind blew softly while my hair dances on its music. The blue birds chirping and the soft soothing sound from the stream by me. I guess i was heading south when I saw a big grayish stone sitting right beside the stream.

I sat on the big grayish stone and my feet reaches the refreshing cold water from the stream. I saw small fish swimming by, I gave them small grin knowing that they see me. The entire stream was covered with green grass, different kinds of tall trees bearing fruits, flowers of many kinds and birds flying across the big blue sky. It was perfect. It was peaceful.

My feet suddenly felt so cold with the water running by. I gently lifted my feet close to myself and hugged them. The water was cold and the scenery was so serene at the moment but something was missing. I looked down on the freezing cold water and saw my wobbling image. 

I lift my head up towards the sky. The air smells fresh while wind gently touches my face. I close my eyes. I hear nothing but the chirping of the birds, and the humming of the freezing cold stream below me. I am in the most serene place I could be. Alone.

The Lost Generation

PS. Thanks to eridhan for this...

Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation

and I refuse to believe that

I can change the world

I realize this may be a shock but

“Happiness comes from within.”

is a lie, and

“Money will make me happy.”

So in 30 years I will tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

work

is more important than

family

I tell you this

Once upon a time

Families stayed together

but this will not be true in my era

This is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

In the future

Environmental destruction will be the norm

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this earth

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope.

And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it .

Instruction: Read it and read it again in reverse ( from the bottom up)

Hope in Love, Love in Hope

In the fields of unfamiliar faces
You have seen me with Your amazing eyes
Strong winds may strike me at every places
and dark clouds may have covered my blue skies


I have acted differently to your love
Unclean thoughts, rebellious heart misled me
I have walked on the other path of love
Through all these You have chosen to love me


Your love is higher than the highest heights
It brings healing, contentment and success
And makes me move forward with all my might
Your love overflows, Your love is endless


I may have been an unfamiliar face
But not anymore because of Your grace

I can... Yes I will

I can run and finish the race
I can jump up and down around the world
I can smile and face the heavy rain
I can, I know I've overcome

I can extend my arms
and let the heavenly hands
draw me closer to His presence
I can, I believe I can

I can and Yes I will
be the person you want me to be
I can and Yes I will
follow You moment by moment

The Holiness Ladder

I really never been able to read the bible(entirely), but thank God our church made its way of really encouraging us to read it page by page.

Truly enough the Word of God is alive and is moving to those who are reading them. I am on my journey in the book of Leviticus 22. It touches me how God made us holy because He is holy himself.

I must admit living a holy life isn't that easy, however according to Philippians 4:13 says: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength", yes indeed, we Christians are able to do it; We just have to make sure what tools to use to fight for the battle. :)

Many people have asked me, why I haven't considered anyone in my life. Well, the answer is simple. I am waiting. I am holy waiting for the right man to come for it is good in the sight of God.

Never let your guard down. Keep on doing what God is telling you to do! Keep His word in your heart and you will live. God bless.

You are made to become God's worshipper

I woke up around 5:00 in the morning today(June 3) and went on to my devotion. God led me to Psalm 33:4-5 and it says:
"For the word of the Lord is right and true;
He is faithful in all he does.
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of his unfailing love."

I guess my mind were not really away that time, so i read it for like five times before I saw what God wants to say about me today. I was astounded by what I've learned and realized that very moment and it gives me an indescribable feeling of happiness.

ok here we go. I know this is very grade school and I really don't mind if you find it very childlike observation. Anyways,

In verse 4, we all know that the word of God (Bible) has full of richness. It has instructions, commands from God, promises, blessings and many more. Moreover, it also says that it is right and true. If some people doesn't believe at what God is telling here then - let's stop. But it doesn't end there. King David adds on how faithful God in all He does. Does everything make sense now?

Let me rephrase the question. Is it easy now to obey God? well, God is true on every promise and blessings that He's giving us. So I guess this make our relationship to God more closer than ever.

In verse 5, this is my favorite, God loves righteousness and justice. That moment it hit me, BAM! Then I said to myself "God loves righteousness and justice". This gave me all the reasons in the world to live a righteous life. A life that is pure, noble, not compromising and not living in a double standard world.

If some people are living like one or treats you badly then it's not the reason to bounce the same attitude back to person. God gave us the reason to live life to the fullest and appreciate life through everything he has created. The earth is full of his unfailing love.

It is not half-full neither half-empty. God said it is full. This where being appreciative and being a very good steward comes in. If we can just see how marvelous everything God had created for us then I guess there wouldn't be any problems in our world today.

I am happy that I can share my devotion in here. I hope it blessed you just like what it did to me today. The bottom line of this is that we should be able to appreciate all things in our life in a way God created it purposefully. We are created to become His worshiper. God created us to give Him all the glory and praise.

If we cannot see His marvelous work, then I guess there wouldn't be any reasons for us to know Him and praise our God.

I praise God that He lets me see this. I praise God for you who read this!

God bless!

Responsibilities

In the account of creation in Genesis 1:28, God gave the first responsibilities over all God’s creation to Adam and Eve. It says in verse 28b: God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it, Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” This chapter talks about creation. However, what I would like to point out is that we as human beings have responsibilities about our environment and about our future generations

What we are experiencing as of the moment is the effect of what we did before, Global warming, greenhouse effect, floods, tsunamis and earthquakes. We take everything God has given us for granted. We didn’t care for our environment; we care less to what He told us to take care of.

I am not an environmentalist or a student who studies these things. I am not even close to people who went to the streets to fight for what I think is right. I am just an ordinary woman who observes and is concerned about my future children. I am a Christian woman who loves God and is very much moved about this truth that I’ve learned from Him.

I desire to let other people know about this absolute truth that comes from the Maker of everything Himself. I am appealing to everyone who can read this to change the way we live. If not, by the year 2010 some regions in the North Pole will melt what will happen after won’t be as good as what we think it is. A great part of India and the Philippines will go under water. It’s disaster coming right upon us if we don’t act on it.

When? It’s happening now. Climate change, viruses, floods. If we don’t stop conserving what we have right now, what will happen to our future generations? If we don’t stop emitting carbons what will happen to the world? The entire Philippines would go under water for real. I am not making up this blog or anything about environment. I am not giving scare to everyone. This is just awareness of what can happen if we don’t stop what we are doing. It’s 2009; we nearly have 6 months to at least make a change.

Let’s reduce, reuse, and recycle. Let’s call the attention of everyone who can understand us to help our planet, to help our future generation to live a much better life. Let’s act on the upcoming problem before it can be a big one.

I don’t need special attention on this. I am not even sure if there are reading my blog. But what I am sure is that I will make everyone know that Global Warming is real and its effect isn’t a joke for us. It’s coming and it is coming to hit us very hard that we cannot bear to survive.

God is serious when He gave His only Son for us to live and have a life. He is serious when He told Adam and Eve to take care of everything He had created magnificently. He is serious on us too. I don’t know if you believe on Him, but I do. I believe that’s why I am taking this action. This is the one thing I know I can do to help spread the news.

Now you know this, what will you do to help the earth? To help yourself? To help your future children?

It’s your choice, your calling. It’s either you act now or you act never.

God bless you!

PS

Observe what’s happening on the planet. It’s here. Everything that I’ve said here are facts. Research. Understand. ACT. NOW!

When Love Strikes

We, as human beings are created for someone. Don't believe me? well, why don't we go down memory lane?

If you don't believe in the bible, well I don't know if you will agree with me or not but I do believe in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

In Genesis Chapter 2, after our gracious and loving God created everything that we can see, feel and hear He created Adam - the root of all human beings. Then when God saw that he's not happy and he needs someone to be with him, He created Eve and the rest is history.

We are created out of love that is why we needed love. We are created that way. I wonder why there is a quarrel between lovers and when the moment that a partner decided to be with the other person; there are tears because the other one left.

I am a believer. I can somewhat understand the true meaning of love. The meaning of love can be found in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. If you will read it carefully, you will understand the meaning of true love and I guess there will be no person in the world who will cry because of a heartache.

.... > to be continued.... :)