Hatyai, Thailand
31 Jan 2010 1 Comment
in travel
We’re going to Hatyai, Thailand on the 12th this month. I am excited. I would be meeting friends there for sure. Hatyai has been a memorable place for me. There, I experienced on how it’s really like to live in faith and by faith. I went there without anything but a bare 600 Pesos. I was totally leaping in faith then. It was really a struggle, knowing that I didn’t know what the future would be like. I almost gave up.
God has shown me so many things. The more we trust in Him, the more He would show Himself. He has shown Himself in so many ways. If I can just write in details on what I have gone through and on how God has seen me through, you would be amazed to see where I am at right now.
Hatyai. A time of learning, re-discovering, being broken and shattered but being picked up again.
Hatyai. There I learned the true meaning of worship. No church to lead worship with, no instruments, no nothing. Just my heart and Him.
Hatyai. There I fell. but God picked me up again.
Hatyai. There, a time of desperation, hopelessness, helplessness, insecurities, and a time of nothingness. But God took me out of darkness.
Hatyai. My wilderness. But in that time of wilderness and aloneness, God met me.
Hatyai. My most unforgettable experience.
Through that experience, God has shown His glory.
He alone can pick up the shattered ones.
He alone can comfort those who are in sorrow and loneliness.
He alone can make a person whole.
He alone can set one free.
He alone can give breakthrough.
He alone can give unconditionally.
He alone can turn the insecurities into confident ones.
He alone.
He, my God.
Now I am going back to Hatyai. This time, I am different. No longer an insecure, shattered one… instead, a joy-filled life, a blessed and a blessing to those who, once was like me.
Hatyai. The start of my new life.
Hatyai, I am coming. Again.
“. . . until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.
And this righteousness will bring peace.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
My people will live in safety, quietly at home.
They will be at rest.
. . . the LORD will greatly bless his people.
Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.
Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.”
Isaiah 32:15–18, 20
Am I Pregnant?
29 Jan 2010 2 Comments
in parenting
Or is it just psychological? I realized last week that I had miscalculations. It gave chills down my spine. And then I started thinking about it. Then I started having anxiety attack. What if… what if??? Then a thousand scenarios started coming through. It scared me. What if… what if?
I just started having a life! This year, I am going to launch again into the ministry. I have been putting it off (or been slowing down) for awhile. My priorities were for my kids. But now that they’re starting to become more independent, I am more free to do things.
But wait… what is this I’m feeling? Symptoms are pretty obvious. Constant craving for food, feeling feverish, feeling bloated down in my abdomen. It’s been more than a week since I’m delayed.
I hope this is just a dream. Please Lord, let this be just a dream. Please???
Being Called
27 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in parenting
Louie Giglio had nailed it. Again. I’ve been posting in my FB status that I needed time to take everything in. When I said time, I didn’t know that I needed a LOT LOT of time to do it. I think I need a year just to reflect on what has happened. I am starting with Beth Moore, still pondering on what she shared about being called.
To say the least what she shared… and to say what has stroke the most was: We are not called to be somebody i.e., pastors, evangelists, missionaries, preachers, singers, etc. but we are called to follow Him and we use our God-given gifts and talents to do so.
In our situation where we are at a cross-roads now, it’s quite an eye-opener. We can do other things we’re not used to do and still follow Him. All we need to do is to listen to Him, make sure that the path we’re taking is really where He wants us to be.
Click Louie Giglio’s post about The Post-Passion Syndrome here.
Greater Heights
20 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in encouragement, travel
It has been 4 days since we’re back from our blessed trip. I had a bit of jet lag but thankful that since we came back, I could sleep the whole night through. Unlike last time when we came back from our London/Colombia trip. I couldn’t sleep at nights and I slept in the afternoons for 1.5 weeks.
2009 was a year of travel for me. Indeed, I was thankful to God for taking me to greater heights. He knew that my dream would be to travel around the world. And He was satisfying that wanderlust desire.
Anyways… what can I say about my Dec-Jan trip? I truly had a great impression of America. We went to six different cities/town (2 states – Georgia and California), 3 countries (USA, Mexico, South Korea). I say, everywhere we go, we met different people, tasted different cuisines, experienced different cultures and everywhere we went, there’s always a special attribute to it.
And it seems that almost all my trips for this year 2009, I had to take a cable/tram ride going up to a resort of some sort. And I always ask God.. while riding up and down… what is it, Lord?
And He would put this in my heart: “I am taking you to greater heights. Relax.”
Passion 2010 in Atlanta, USA
03 Jan 2010 1 Comment
Passion 2010 just started tonight. We waited in anticipation on what God will do for this period of time where people from across America and from all over the world come together to worship Him, hear from Him, and make His name more famous.
I was thrilled too because I didn’t realize we’re that special until we were given a gold badge. We have free lunches and dinners. Today, for the dinner, we went to Headgrill… something like that. I was amazed to realize we could actually see Chris Tomlin Band practicing.
What’s more awesome was David Crowder came and watched the practice. Since our table was nearby… the hubby called him and we talked a little and we took photos. I was humbled by his humility!
After dinner, we went down the Philips Arena. We took the front seats as we could sit any where we wanted. That has blown me away. God is totally awesome for giving us this favor. Of course, I am grateful that I am with my hubby as he gets this special treatment from the Passion Team everytime.
Christy Nockels did the opening song… followed by Chris Tomlin. Louie Giglio came in to welcome everybody. He did the message as well.
It wasn’t one of those messages with scientific references (as what he is known for -at least that’s what I’ve known him for, thanks to Indescribable and How Great is our God. He took the message from the Gospel of John where Lazarus died. It was a great message for those who are lost, who has never known the salvation and those who wants to be filled up by His word. In short, the message was for everybody. LOL. I could have said that straight away, couldn’t I?
Awakening.
We need to die in small little things so we can see greater things… something to that effect.
Jesus has raisin Lazarus from death. He was concerned that Lazarus could be smelling foul because he was there for 4 days already. So he insisted that they open the tomb. Lazarus indeed has risen from the dead.
In reaction, he made a feast and invited Jesus and told everybody his testimony. That’s when Mary poured the perfume on Jesus’ feet and wiped it with her hair.
It was an amazing site of celebration.
Jesus has raised him up. and he celebrated.
We should do the same thing.
Let Jesus awaken the dead in us. He doesn’t care about how much baggage we carry, how heart broken we are, how broken we are, how bad we are… He only cares about doing stuff that can make God famous.
And then there’s the celebration. We should, in our own ways, celebrate Jesus and trumpet it to the whole world.
God has taken us back to the basics… that’s what I believe God was doing tonight.
And so… after the message, there was a song from a guy (sorry I forgot his name) and Chris and Christy and Kristian joined in the later part. Charlie Hall closed the meeting with a song (he was in GWCC – Georgia World Center). Chris Tomlin then introduced his new song from his latest album. And the community group was formed according to the color badge.
Since we got the gold badge, we could join any groups. We joined the silver community group just to see how they did it.
We wanted to be at the Late Nite with David Crowder Band but we had to come back to the room to get out water because my lips were burning already and decided not to go back because we wanted to rest.
I expect greater things tomorrow. Planning to join Beth Moore’s group.
Change, A Very Nature of Life
02 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment
in spirituality Tags: encouragement
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On this day of your life, Janet, we believe God wants you to know … that change is the very nature of life, – welcome it.
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No glass ever became sand again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened fruit ever became a flower. Welcome change, and choose what kind of glass you create, what kind of bread you bake, what kind of fruit you harvest.
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