SING TO SERVE THE LORD

My two daughters were both choir members of our parochial church. I have spent so much for them to have a singing career but I had proven it a few times and I don't need to force them since they are still of a young age. So when they were both called to be a choir member; no doubt, I don't need a second thought. Now they're more than a month singing to serve the Lord.

Depression

Two friends of mine are both under the state of depression. The younger one was swindled by her hard earned money that reaches almost 15 to 20 million pesos. I don't need to elaborate to really what happened because it is indeed a bad experience. I was with her when she first visited a psychiatrist. I thought she was joking at me when she asked me to accompany her to the doctor. But it wasn't a joke she paid the psychiatrist two thousand pesos for the consultation. She was given three kinds of medicine. The first one is for the mind's zero toning which I can't understand myself. The other one is something sounds like a relaxant and the last one is a sleeping pills that she needs only to take whenever she had a hard time to make a sleep. She’s beautiful inside and out as I look at her face from time to time while she was interviewed by the doctor. But she was strong enough to carry herself alone for two years and come up in the open to tell me everything and told me that nobody understands what she felt at that very moment. I understand the pain and the agony of her heart since I was also a mother. And the money was her saving for the education of her three children. But it was gone and all she needs now is to sue the swindler, until she was jailed. I told her to forget the bad experience and move on to her businesses and start saving again.
The next one is my best friend. She's 63 years old. She was strike of depression for almost two months, a week after her daughter left for Canada to work as a care giver.
And why can't you fell depressed, when you're one and only daughter that you care for almost 32 years and now will left you when you are almost at the peak of your age which supposedly you are tenderly cared by her. Her daughter graduated three courses here in the Philippines. So as she was blessed and given a chance, I told her why miss it when you can have a good chance to use what you have studied. She’s an Accountant under Board, a registered Nurse and a Management graduate. And where her daughters suppose to apply her degrees, if she will not go and try her luck abroad? I have seen the determination of my friend's daughter the day she left because I was with their family when she was sent to the airport. But the most affected was my best friend because in-spite of the fact that she's sickly, she had to attend to her grandson who is a special child. They belong to a middle class family here but the promise of tomorrow inspires her daughter so much that after two years she will be a Canadian immigrant. And that she could get her family to be with her the time; she become a Canadian citizen. But my big question is, I know that my friend's daughter can sacrifice the time to over come the homesick. Will for how long my best friend be ever stay, to over come her depression. I also accompanied her to the cardiologist for a consultation. Well that's life it's your choice how to handle your feelings. I've gone through a lot of depressions but here I am still standing alive and kicking. As I had experienced, a doctor, friends and relatives are a big help in times of depression but still it's up to you how to deal with it.

Who will be the next President?

Who will be the next President of my beautiful Philippines? Is he or she is in mind and heart of the people, or is it because of the colorful baller ID that some of the candidates were throwing on the streets during their campaign? I hope not. Two days to go and Filipinos will make the most out of each single vote to make a change for his country. But inspite of so many controversies about the country's first ever automated voting, there are still a lot who still don't know whom to vote for. A lot of Filipinos today are puzzled about the capability and the character of the candidate, if he can really put an end to the sufferings of the population once he is elected. They just want to make sure that they will not commit another mistake, again. Hoping for the best and honest election is what really in their mind. Let us pray for our vote. All we need to pray for is to have a President that will really make a change today and for the future, as all of them again promised to the Filipino people.

HOW TO WALK

Dana and Rich went out for an afternoon bike ride expected to come home refreshed. Instead, their lives were changed forever. As Rich rode down the hill, he lost his control of his bike and crashed. His body was mangled, and he barely made it to the hospital alive.
Dana faithfully kept vigil by her husband's side. He couldn't feed himself,and he couldn't walk. One day, as the two of them sat under a shade tree outside the hospital. Rich turned to his wife and said. "Dana, I don't know if I'll ever walk again, but I'm learning to walk closer to Jesus, and that's what I really want." Instead of shaking his fist at God, Rich reached out and grabbed His hand.
Sometimes in the midst of our trials, we need to think about someone like Rich to help us adjust our perspective-- to remind us of the remarkable relationship with God through Jesus Christ.This is the relationship we need most when the going gets the toughest.
We are not equipped to handle all the problem we face, but God is.That's why he told us to give it all to Him--- to "cast the burden on the Lord.." (Ps.55:22). As Rich, found out, walking with Jesus doesn't depend on our legs. It depends on our heart. -- Dave Branon
I don't worry o'er the future,
For I know what Jesus said;
And today I'll walk beside Him,
We can walk through the darkest trials
when we walk with God in the light.
For He knows what is ahead. ---Stamphill

Source: OUR DAILY BREAD Year 2008

WHY?

Everything in this world were equally and beautifully created by our Creator.The only difference within and between them, were their sizes and color.

Extension landline number

This afternoon, I provided a land line extension number to one of our tenants. Just to make sure that I'll be updated every now and then of what's up at the apartment. And also today Kathy sings the national anthem for the opening of the Barangay Basketball League at the Barangay covered court. She also rendered an intermission number.

Article Directory

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