"We grew apart" is often just a self-justifying excuse for self-centeredness

So right on time...

Today, Christine, we believe God wants you to know that ...

forgiveness is more powerful than revenge.

Vengeance only begets vengeance. It is a destructive cycle. But when you forgive, you inspire change in both yourself and the other. Forgiveness has the power to transform people and create better world for all.

Thank you Lord for surrounding me with women of faith.
Thank you Lord for surrounding me with women of courage and strength.
Thank you Lord for surrounding me with Godly women.

Nothing in life happens to you; it happens for you. 

God wouldn't have allowed it if He did not have a purpose. 

Contentment comes from unconditional love

When you love conditionally, you have to keep deciding if the other is worthy of your love. You can never let go of your guard enough to be content. Why not decide once and for all, and love once and for all. And be content.

Cry no more for the Lord knows your hurts
Weep no more for the Father knows your heart
Rejoice for everything is beautiful in God's time
Be strong, you are not alone.

Celebrating a new year anniversary! My first year anniversary with God, my faithful husband,who never demands, who never accuses, and who never fails.

Thank you Lord for making it so subtle.  Thank you Lord for sparing me from the pain.

I will no longer cry over spilled milk.
God will give me another one, in a glass that is not broken.

Saw this from my niece's post:  If your man asks for a space, it only means, huwag ka munang magulo, mambababae muna ako.

Oh Dear!

My bees (that is how I call my two adorable boys), aged 11 and 3, are the most thoughtful and sweetest boys I've ever known.  Our bed, for some reason, was giving up already.  My husband is currently in another country working. So we are left on our own to mend a "broken bed."

Saturday night when I was fixing the bed,  I found out that it was sagging all the more.  Only to find out yesterday morning that my two boys fixed the bed. They got the hammer and tried to fix it like how their Papa would have done it.  But alas! they were not really able to fix the broken bed.

But then again, as I reflected, I was so honored and so happy that my boys would really take time to do  something extraordinary to help and give me a surprise.

Kids are really a blessing.  And I really have to thank God everyday that I wake up being embraced and hugged by the most wonderful boys!

And yes,  I am praying, that they stay sweet and happy, with the right fear of the Lord, loving God above else, and growing in faith.        

I can't help wishing sometimes that I was a kid again..because skinned knees and bruises are easier to deal with than broken hearts. 

Yet, thank God, for He purges us to be more like Him.  This too shall pass, a new season is coming.  

Because when God said, IT IS FINISHED.  It is indeed done.  He has already won the victory over sin and death.  Jesus overcame.  Jesus won the victory.  

Indeed, He is the author and finisher of my faith.  The best is yet to come!

Thank God for the broken heart..indeed, when I am at my weakest,  there I feel strongest, because God is carrying me at the palm of His hand. 

I am loved by an amazing God!

The reason why I can love freely, and forgive freely, is because I have experienced first hand how it is to be loved unconditionally and how it is to be forgiven without ifs, without conditions, and without keeping tab of the things I did.  

Only God can do that.  

And indeed, He is a promise keeper and a covenant keeper.  

I have been through several storms in my life. And I can say that when I am hit hardest,  it is also at that point where I can say that my joy is at its highest.  I am not crushed.  Because God's love and amazing grace sustains me.  He makes all things beautiful in His time.  

I learned to enjoy the seasons I am in.  Yes...even during the worst storm.  Because God is a big God.  He is bigger than all my concerns, than all my issues,  than all the problems there is.  And when Jesus died on the cross,  He died for all those kinds of problems, too.  He promised that He will allow all these to happen,  but with the assurance that we will not be tested beyond what we can bear, and will only allow us to experience what is common to man.  When Jesus came,  He experienced everything there is to experience and He surpassed them all.  When Jesus rose again,  He has won the victory over sin, over everything.  

So when all things seem so bleak, I trust the heart of the Father.  He has the best plan for me.  

I am an orphan.  I have no Dad and Mom to run to. No Papa to fight for me and protect me.  No Mama to hug me and embrace me. But God is amazing! When He said, I will never leave you nor forsake you, He indeed keeps His promise.  I have no one to run to but God.  And indeed,  He embraces me, and more than that, He gives His joy, His peace, His love and forgiveness.  

My God is an amazing God!

Thank you Lord for I am one day closer to my miracle.

I have seen good days.  And I believe in my heart I will see better days.
Indeed, the best is yet to come!

I am loved by an amazing God!

2 Corinthians 4: 8  We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair. 

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.  For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.  So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.  For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.   

Amaaazing!

Hanggang ngayon di pa rin ako nagbabago???
At hanggang ngayon hindi ka pa rin nagbabago.  Defensive ka pa rin. Ahahahaha.

Yes, forgiving unconditionally.  I choose this.
Because I want to be free.

Yes, I'm still blessed. Even if circumstances say otherwise. I have faith, a new season is coming.  - rianne

Israelites say Goliath is too big to defeat
But David says Goliath is too big of a target to miss.

My ultimate dream is to become a happy, rich, pretty full time wife and mom.  The best is yet to come!