Thanks To You

I am very thankful for the recent events that I got to meet with friends who are honest and bold enough to ask me hard questions that I need to process and think about. I praise the Lord of their lives and just how God has continued to connect us.

So Close

Working from a geographically distant place always gives an atmosphere of excitement everytime I am able to get a break and travel back home 'closer' to family and friends. I usually try and ask friends that I believe who are close to me to meet together, update each other, and talk just like 'old times'.

But i guess my excitement is slowly fading everytime i get back. Slowly i am beginning to think that people are so busy that trying to meet them would just waste their time or take their time from what they need to do. Plus the fact that i know that in meet-ups i usually come in the latest, so that really stinks. Somehow i just want to settle with SMS and email to know how they are doing and meeting up would be the last option i would take.


One of the saddest thing that i know i do is that when i feel that communication with a friend becomes indirect, my heart starts to shut towards that friend. My usual eagerness to tell them stories would just end up with template answers like "Ok naman!"


Anyways i know that i am not a perfect friend, i have much to learn, i know that people are do busy with their calling and fulfilling their destinies in life, and i don't want to take them away from that. I just believe that life is meant to be shared, so i hope i would be someone that could be considered.


Maybe its better that i'm far.... at least i know that i cant to anything about the distance...

27 Random Thoughts

1. Getting old is out of the question, growing and maturing is.
2. If a text message encourages; how much more an email, a phone call, a video, or a chat?
3. There are more stars here in the province than in Manila, guess why?
4. If you keep your birthday a secret, no one will greet you and if they do find out, you wished you've told them.
5. Sweating and feeling your muscle ache after exercising actually feels good.
6. Getting tired from a long walk is not so bad after all (especially if your alone, walking in near pitch black darkness). After reaching your destination, you'll look back and say "Wow, I actually made it!"
7. When you're walking in near pitch black darkness, you'll appreciate even the littlest light.
8. Late greetings are late, but you'll appreciate them anyway.
9. When people text you Bible verses, you should get you Bible, look for them and read them.
10. There is a list of people you'd expect to greet you on your birthday.
11. If you're far away from home, you'll appreciate you family more.
12. What you plan, you should do.
13. One of the greatest if not the greatest physical ache in the world is the tooth ache; it can keep you crying for hours.
14. Laundry work is tiresome, even if it’s just your own clothes.
15. You can only do so much in ministry. Praise the Lord! For if everything was up to me; it would be a total mess and I would be a total failure!
16. It's sad to see adolescents and teenagers caring more about how they look than how they behave.
17. There are two kinds of discipline-preventive and corrective.
18. Theologically, God is good, all the time; Experientially, He's the best!
19. Christians should put the pressure on their peers.
20. Problems expose who or what we really believe.
21. Some of the most passionate and spiritual people I know are funny, cheerful and energetic-they are the people you don't meet everyday.
22. There's no place like home, but you'd rather be where God wants you to be.
23. The real problem with conflict is selfishness.
24. The question is not if you have been influenced by the world; the question is how much; and if you’re are Christian, the next question is how is 'your mind being transformed by the Word?'
25. When you read notes and letters given to you by friends from way back; they still touch your heart today.
26. Computer games are a great source of entertainment and a total time-waster.
27. When you blog; you hope people who would read it would also post comments about it.