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Tag Archives: Blessings
Abiding Presence
As I look back at my life, I realize that there is nothing that I ardently prayed for that God did not grant me. All my fervent prayers have come to pass, often in measures and manner that I have … Continue reading
Another Day in Paradise
Yesterday, I was watching Jane and Anabelle as they were enjoying their snacks under an old redwood tree. There was a precocious five-year old young girl, with her sexy-genarian Lola, picnicking under a two-hundred year old tree. Every now and … Continue reading
The God of Surprises and the Unexpected
Anabelle and I shall be completing six years of stay in the US within the coming months. All those years, I have been not been productive. I have not had a job. I have not been creating wealth. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Encounter, Faith, The Good News
Tagged Blessings, Fidelity, Gratitude, Humility, Jane, Jonathan
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Challenged and Changed by God
I can often be so wrapped up in my own world, I forget the bigger world around me. In recent months, I met and saw old friends and family whom I have not seen or met for a long time. … Continue reading
A Prayer for Life
I have always sought perfection and wholeness/holiness even as I am deeply aware of my imperfections, shortcomings and sinfulness. But when this fact should be the source of my hopelessness, it is in fact a source of hope and encouragement … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Life, Mystery, Philippines/Filipino, Sin
Tagged Blessings, Forgiveness, Healing, Hope
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Limitations and Possibilities
I am bound by many limitations; but I am also a bundle of almost limitless possibilities. Because of my body, I am tied down to my here and now. But with my mind and imagination, I can be anywhere and … Continue reading
In My Inviduality is the Universe
On the surface of our existence as human beings, there are a lot of differences and disturbances among us. People come in many different sizes, shapes, colors, dispositions and aspirations. Often, what drives people would bring them in conflict with … Continue reading
Perspectives
When I do good, there is always the temptation to believe that the good I have done is because of me and me alone. When people praise and applaud the good things I have done, there is always the danger … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Relationships
Tagged Blessings, Grace, Gratitude, Humility, joy
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Compassion
Often, I rationalize myself into selfishness. Faced with the enormity of the problem of poverty, I would opt out from helping in any way I can and rationalize away my failure to help by saying what good would the little … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Discipleship, Relationships
Tagged Blessings, Generosity
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The Gifts of the Magi
Breakthrough! That is what happens when God reveals Himself to us, when we discover God in our lives. God’s boundless and infinite love and being is like light breaking through the dark clouds, piercing through and driving away the darkness. … Continue reading
Posted in Encounter, Faith, Photography, Presence, Relationships
Tagged Beauty, Beginnings, Blessings, Eternity
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