Greatness is Dependence

Who’s excited to go back to school?! This should be an exciting time for everyone. I can still remember the eagerness, Iooking forward in seeing my buddies again after the long summer vacation. For our new university students, I can still remember my first day! Oh man that was a long time ago but I can vividly remember the feeling of excitement and fear at the same time while I was entering the university the first time. That was a  start of a new chapter in my life. New teachers, new friends, new school, everything is new and honestly new can be scary sometimes. Take it from me though, it’s going to be fun! I actually met my wife the during the first day of university, so yeah everything will be fine. Unforgettable memories will start today for you guys.  No matter how you felt today at school, I hope that you never forget that you are still followers of our Lord Jesus Christ. As full time ambassadors of Christ in our respective schools, this should be the question in our...

God can never associate Himself with sin because He is holy. Holiness can never be involved with SIN. Think about this, if you were wearing a white shirt with white pants, white socks, and white shoes, will you ever walk on muddy ground? Will you ever touch something that’s dirty? I know I wouldn't especially if I’m going to a party! Well, God is perfect and holy and it’s in His nature to never associate Himself with sin. That’s why you can see God’s wrath against it because someone who’s ultimately holy absolutely abhors sin. However, it is also explained in the Bible that God too is loving and merciful. He also unceasingly pursues us sinners to be reunited with Him, for us to acknowledge that He is Lord over our lives, and enjoy a life with His presence once again.  I’m currently reading the Old Testament and I’m in the part where God is explaining to Moses how to set up the tabernacle. Honestly, this part is boring and tedious because it’s full of detailed measurements on h...

Wow, the last time I opened my blog was more than a year ago. I felt both nostalgia and disappointment as soon as I re opened my blog. I'm happy to see all my posts and how excited I was before to share the love of God in the internet. But I was disappointed at myself for stopping for a long time. If only I kept up and wrote consistently I would have reached out to more people. Although I am convicted for not persevering in this blog there is always time to restart and God has moved me to write again. The Bible tells us that: "The  Lord’s   loving kindnesses indeed never cease,  For His compassions never fail.  They  are new  every morning;  Great is  Your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23 I will start again and hopefully be more consistent this time only by God's unending grace :) So what's up? I just got married two weeks ago and all I've been feeling ever since is pure joy. Have you ever had the best date ever? A day f...

by: M.C. Manaligod Josh was finishing up for a board meeting that will commence in a few minutes. He works for a company that manufactures perfumes and sells them to big distributors in North America and in the majority of Europe. He strongly believed that the company’s sales would exponentially grow when they add ” La Coeur De Lavande ” scent in their product line. He has been preparing for this presentation since the start of the month. Josh knew that this presentation could be his chance for his long awaited promotion in the marketing department. Since Josh started as a sales agent for the prestigious perfume company, he has used his wit, confidence and enthusiasm to contribute to it's overall success. The first years were certainly undulated. He was able to close some deals but more often he was rejected. With the support of his then girlfriend and co-workers, Josh persevered and never lost faith, which led to his great success in the company. He maintained his cr...

Were these words ever spoken to you? Every time I talk to my friends about my personal problems when I was younger, they always tell me those words. “I can relate” That short sentence had always given me comfort when I opened up to them. It’s an assurance that my friends were also experiencing the things I was going through. “My mom got furious about my grades in Algebra. She’s cutting the DSL, can’t go online for a week” “Hey man, I can relate. I flunked in English. My dad confiscated my PS2. Can’t play my Final Fantasy 10 ” I have more grown up problems now but whenever I heard someone who went through the same things I did, I felt comforted. It creates an atmosphere of openness and I would always tell them what I felt and the same goes for them. We would talk about the same problems and we will help each other out. It was practicing accountability. When you’re trying to quit at something like drinking alcohol, you’ll need an accountability partner who’s going thr...

Oh thanks for asking. You might’ve gotten worried about me because I haven’t written about anything for almost a year now. No need to worry, I’m still alive. Actually I’ve been wonderful. Lot’s have happened in my life for the past year. Let me give you an update. 1. I'm now engaged. Oh yes! You know the girl that I write about in most of my blogs? I’m now engaged to her. We are happily planning for our wedding happening in a year. We still need to save up for our dream wedding to push through. I can write tons about how our relationship grew and became more God centered. Surely I will share everything we learned in my upcoming entries. We’ve been through a lot of trials and challenges but God has surely blessed us with more wisdom, love, peace and joy. I did an awesome job proposing to her too! 2. My eldest brother got married He got married and the wedding was amazing. We did this dance for the reception and I discovered that I was completely hopeles...

It's been a while since I last wrote a blog. The loss of my grandpa had a huge impact to a lot of people and as for me, the passion for writing dwindled a bit. While inspirations, ideas and blessings still continue, the actual passion for writing about them got affected when my grandpa went home with the Lord. It's still difficult to accept and we're still praying for comfort as we face this devastating incident.  The holidays were tough for most of us since it's our first time not having grandpa around. He usually wears the santa hat and distribute the gifts on Christmas eve. The season is quite different now, I didn't have the honor to wear the santa hat though. It's important to keep in mind that Christmas is all about the coming of Jesus in our lives. With that mindset, I would say I still had a good holiday with my family and friends.  Once we put Christ in the center of our lives, no matter how things change, peace will still rule in our hearts. I now ...