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Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Making Of A Mother

By the time the Lord made mothers, He was into the sixth day working overtime. An Angel appeared and said "Why are you spending so much time on this one?"

And the Lord answered and said, "Have you read the spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not elastic; have 200 movable parts, all replaceable; run on black coffee and leftovers; have a lap that can hold three children at one time and that disappears when she stands up; have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart; and have six pairs of hands."

The Angel was astounded at the requirements for this one. "Six pairs of hands! No way!" said the Angel.

The Lord replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem. It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers must have!"

"And that's on the standard model?" the Angel asked.

The Lord nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she asks her children what they are doing even though she already knows. Another pair in the back of her head are to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third pair are here in the front of her head. They are for looking at an errant child and saying that she understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word."

The Angel tried to stop the Lord "This is too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish."

"But I can't!" The Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick AND can feed a family of six on a pound of hamburger and can get a nine year old to stand in the shower."

The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, "But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."

"Will she be able to think?" asked the Angel.

The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason, and negotiate."

The Angel then noticed something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks like You have a leak with this model. I told You that You were trying to put too much into this one."

"That's not a leak." the Lord objected. "That's a tear!"

"What's the tear for?" the Angel asked.

The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her disappointment, her pain, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride."

The Angel was impressed. "You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything for this one. You even created the tear!"

The Lord looked at the Angel and smiled and said, "I'm afraid you are wrong again. I created the woman, but she created the tear!"


source: http://www.indianchild.com/making_of_a_mother.htm

Saturday, December 5, 2009

the forty fifth.

Psalm 45

For the director of music. To the tune of "Lilies." Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. A wedding song. [a]
1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.

2 You are the most excellent of men
and your lips have been anointed with grace,
since God has blessed you forever.

3 Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one;
clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.

4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously
in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness;
let your right hand display awesome deeds.

5 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies;
let the nations fall beneath your feet.

6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.

8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from palaces adorned with ivory
the music of the strings makes you glad.

9 Daughters of kings are among your honored women;
at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear:
Forget your people and your father's house.

11 The king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.

12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, [b]
men of wealth will seek your favor.

13 All glorious is the princess within her chamber ;
her gown is interwoven with gold.

14 In embroidered garments she is led to the king;
her virgin companions follow her
and are brought to you.

15 They are led in with joy and gladness;
they enter the palace of the king.

16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
you will make them princes throughout the land.

17 I will perpetuate your memory through all generations;
therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.

my devotional on the fifth of december:)
i especially love this chapter just because....
:)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

dreams divulged

dream.dream.dream
i have been dreaming a lot lately. and i really mean a lot.
well, to tell you honestly i'm not a dreamer (more fond of wishful thinking than dreaming i guess...lol)
anyway, as i was saying. i have been dreaming a lot lately.persons came popping in my dreams in random..as in...sometimes, it becomes too disturbing..i mean, i would keep on asking why is he/she in my dreams?
hmmm..then i was reminded by ma anne that dreams are God's language...
it was seconded by terej that sometimes God sends warning through dreams..

on snakes and EXes:
the first weird dream i had was about my aunt who works on a cruise line company abroad. in my dream, she was with her friends in a car then a snake came out of nowhere and bit her...
(apparently, she was betrayed by a co worker who caused mishaps in their company's protocol...)
Another dream I had was about a certain ex boyfriend of hers. In my dream, her ex boyfriend was chasing her in what seems to be a long and winding road. She was running very hard because she disliked that guy...luckily, after minutes of chasing after my aunt the guy gave up and just went away.
(true enough, a guy from the past called her up and started courting her again...)


mary*, not her real name

the latest was very eerie, it was as if im possessed and levitated and was shouting the name MARY*...it was a short dream but it was the most terrfying..it's as if i am helpless and can't move, it this bangungot?. i remembered i mumbled something like "God help me!" and the next thing I know, I'm already awake.(thank you Lord!)
(there was only one Mary* i know who happens to be a dear friend of mine. I texted her but she did not reply to any of my text messages. But the last time i checked her fb account, she posted in her last status message that was going through a predicament..hmmm,)


warning sign

smoke sends warning signs of an impending catastrophic fire and I believe somehow God is sending warning signals to these people through me. (God, you keep on surprising me..oh how you can use me in so many countless ways. such a humbling experience:)I remembered praying for the persons i dreamed about. I may not know the exact circumstances that they are into but I am sure that they need covering. I prayed fervently hoping that in these trying times they will find refuge in the Lord...Prayer granted for my aunt, i still have to check on Mary* but i vowed to continue praying for her:)

narcissistic dreamer
still, there are those dreams which features ME, myself and I as the main character..
dreams, that are not to be divulged (as of the moment)
for security purposes..bwahehhe

but Im praying about these dreams....especially those dreams that involve other characters ***wink

that's all for now. i need to hit the sack and maybe just maybe i will dream again:)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

sanguine attack.

i'm having it again.
my dreaded sanguine attack.
:(
and i hate it because i'm not trying my best to fight it!!!
argh!!!

Monday, October 19, 2009

revived

i was awaken by a dream...the guy we revived during my night duty was so alive in my dream.(he was supposed to be dead because the doctor pronounced him dead at 9:50 pm yesterday yet he is very alive in my dream!)he was walking all over the resuscitation area of the emergency room where im working as an ER spiritual nurse (tnx sa term terej)...my partner during the shift was talking to the supposedly dead guy, i can see a worried look on his face..he was saying something like `sir, diba patay naman ka..higda na balik beh kay ihatod nka namo sa morgue ba..mag endorsement pa bya mi!`
that vivid scene now became vague as i see a familiar face coming into the picture...
it was my papa..
my ill and frail papa..
taking the place of the resuscitated guy...same order..he arrived pulseless, hypoxic, no signs of life....flatline as the ecg monitor reads..the doctor pronounced him dead...all the contraptions removed as the aides were doing the post mortem care..then unraveled the most unexpected thing...a slight movement of his fingers...a blink of an eye...a barely unnoticeable rise and fall of the chest wall...then viola! he came to life once again...

i woke up...it was a dream...
i thanked the Lord he woke me up...
it`s as if God is saying...``yes Ga, i will do the same to your papa. I will revive him spiritually!``
i kept on whispering thank you`s...
thank you Lord!!!
thank you..
thank you...

i know you will answer my prayer...if the dream was a confirmation Lord, i would love to see it unfold my very eyes...

`today SALVATION has come to this VERY HOUSE`-Luke 19:9

Monday, October 12, 2009

you've got SPAMmed!

SPAM MAIL
i was checking on my mail and got a bit disappointed on how my mail got flooded with nuisance emails. Despite the spam mail that yahoo! offers, there are still those emails which can get through the techie filter system..tsk...i spent almost an hour 'cleaning' my inbox.i clicked boxes and sent it to trash...
as I was doing this routinary work (i clean up at least once in two weeks), the Holy spirit ministered to me. Ga, are you doing the same in your spiritual life?
are you sorting out?are you filtering out infos that enter your eye and ear gate?

ang revelation tlga pag galing kay Lord parang mentos...anytime, anywhere!!!(kahit sa email!!!)

thank you Lord..yes, once again I'm reminded..
sort...
filter...
wise decisions..smart choices...

"You can never control what information will you receive,
at least you will have a say on what will you save!"

spam your soul, mind, body and spirit!!!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

blog reloaded

blog reloaded
finally i have been motivated to post more blog entires.. i guess it has something to with mother agila's anointing and of course my primary titas..hehehhehe:)
and i ust feel ive been missing out on the updates lately. blame it on fb fasting i havent got a feel of what other churchmates are up to...then come one great idea..why not blog again??...hmm...hehehhe..y not and the nest thing i know im blabbing out and typing hastily on my blogspot...


how are you these days?
usual answer: i'm fine, thank you....radical christian answer: im growing, i hope you are too!!!
bitaw ui, kamusta na bitaw ko?
hahhaha..
well, started my city detail job as an er nurse for the dreaded ah este the reputable davao medical center. I got wide eyed when i got my assignment, EMERGENCY ROOM!..Great just great...and i havent even got inside that er complex..just heard stories though (stomach quenching stories..hahaha)..anyway, im almost a month old there and i can say i'm surviving...actually, im enjoying it..the action and the drama all combined made me love dmc-er!
it's just so sad it's a short lived experience because the job contract will expire until oct 31st only...(mura lng ko ug gipa ibog sa idea na er nurse ko..hahaha)
nonetheless, i had valuable lessons learned...


James 4:14

"Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes."

I never fully grasped the meaning of this verse until I came to work at DMC-ER. You'll be amazed of the many usual and not so usual reasons people die...There are those people who die due to tumors, abnormal tissue growth, vehicular accidents..trauma brought about by their enemies' wrath...but there are those who die just by sitting, sleeping and doing nothing...still, they die...

bottom line: we do not know when will we breathe our last!
so might as well breathe properly...
hehehe
breathe for the Lord!!!!
which reminds me of the song that keeps popping on my head..blame it on LSS..
every breath Lord, all that I am..
I want my life to bring you glory!

ang dali kantahin, ang hirap namang tuparin...

so my prayer: God, give me the courage to do just what the song says that I ought to do...

Monday, August 24, 2009

superWOMAN meets SUPERLORD!

Life, if you will call it such before being a Reloader was just simply going through the motions of living. Being a product of a broken family, I grew up held in the bondage of hatred, of angst and of pain. I tend to question God's existence and justice and would often blame Him for all the misfortunes that my family experienced. All the painful things I have been through, I went through it all with HUMAN EFFORT and NO DIVINE INTERVENTION. That went on until I have to leave our province to pursue my college education here in Davao. I have been very attached to school because of my extra curricular commitments that all the more I could not find time to have a personal relationship with the Father. I felt like I was SUPERWOMAN who can carry all the emotional baggages and still come flying if others need a hand.
After graduation, when all my extra curricular activities were drastically gone that is the time when I realized how I was so exhausted and I came asking, is there more to life than this? The answer took me by surprise that I could not say no for an opportunity to take my life into a 180 degrees turn. I said yes to an Open Cell and Youth Reload invitation and I just cannot say enough. I wanted more of Him, that is why I joined the Encounter God Retreat and that is the time when I've said SUPERWOMAN meets SUPERLORD.
As I face the world as a new believer, I can say that the year that was since my encounter has been a rollercoaster ride. I became a cell leader and became very active in organizing and hosting Youth Reload events. I enjoyed serving the Lord and leading people back to Him but there was really a time when I'm confronted with the idea of giving up because of persecutions, indifference and self-absorbed battles. My cell was closed and I started missing school of leaders classes and started drifiting back to my ugly past once more. It was a good thing that my fellow eagurls especially my bateleur family did not gave up on me, they were the glue that allowed me to stick to the one person that is holding my life - Jesus Christ.
After that victory, I resolved that giving up is not a solution whenever I felt tired and weary. I continued on the process until I graduated with the School of Leaders 3. I can finally feel that this eagurl is growing some mature feathers when I became a spiritual guide to my girls and started molding them into Christ-likedness. Now, I'm on my way of completeing my twelve. My desire is to win the multitudes for Jesus and that includes my family and friends.
As what Pastor Lagat says, "mao pa ni pero dili pa ni mao", I know that this is but the start of a long, winding journey with the Lord but I will not falter (never again) because with Him I can always be that scared little daughter behind the facade of a superwoman.

Friday, January 16, 2009

anong kurso mo?BSN ba?

anong kurso mo?BSN ba?
paki define nga ng BSN..marami na kasi siyang meaning ngayon eh.
Batchelor in Narseng ba?
ay oo, nga pala...
ang mga gumradweyt sa kursong ito talaga namang napaka "anytime, anywhere"
versatility, ingenuity, enthusiasm ika nga nila..

pwede silang BSK as in BINUHI SA KOREANO - ito yung mga NURSE- KOREAN TEACHER. talaga namang sa pang-araw araw na buhay nila ay kapiling na nila ang mga salitang anyong haseo, kimchi at mogi.

pwede din silang BSC as in BINUHI SA CALL CENTER - Ito yung mga NURSE - CALL CENTER AGENTS. Pamilyar sa kanila ang mga katagang inbound at outbound. Kagaya ng stethoscope, ang kanilang headphone ang kanilang newly found bespren ngayon. Graveyard shifts?sisiw lang yan sa kanila, ahem..sanay yata mag 11/7 ang mga yan.

pero karamihan yata ay BSIT as in BINUHI SA INTERNET - Ito yung mga NURSE - INTERNET TRENDSETTERS. Yun bang mga ginagawa ang lahat ng uso sa net,mapagkikitaan man o gamot sa simpleng pagkabato. Madalas sila yung nka online 24 hours sa ym, friendster o multiply. Sila ang laging numero uno sa friends' updates o di naman kaya sa who's viewed me.

meron din namang BSHT as in BINUHI SA HOSPITAL TRAINING -Ito yung mga NURSE -TRAINEE, ayan seryoso sa pagiging nurse. Nagtatrabaho na sila ngayon sa mga iba't ibang hospitals na madalas ay yung mga malalayo sa kabihasnan dahil ang training dun walang bayad kung hindi ikaw pa ang binabayaran..o di kaya sila ay CI na sa mga eskwelahang tumataggap ng mga di pa lisensyadong nars...ang saya naman ng life nila.

at hindi rin magpapahuli ang BSN - CPE as in CONTINUING PANINGKAMOT EDUCATION - Ito yung mga NURSE - ESTUDENT! Marahil sila ay nag rereview para sa NLEX ah este NCLEX, nag-aaral ng FINN LANGUAGE para madaling makalabas ng Pinas, umaatend sa halos lahat ng seminar na i-offer sa kanya o dili naman kaya ay nag-aaral ng potograpiya, culinary arts, adobo photoshop ah este adobe photoshop.

pero marahil ang pinakamalaking populasyon ng mga nars ngayon ay mga BSN pa rin..syempre naman...
BINUHI SA NANAY!
ano pa!!!
Nay, pamasahe!!!
Nay, baon!!!!
Nay, sanina!!!
Nay, LOAD!!!
Nay, Project!!!
(project gud!!!hui!!graduate nka!!!pagmata!!!)


disclaimer:
Ang tala pong ito ay di ginawa para mang-inis lalo na ang mangonsensya.Ngunit, datapwat, subalit ginawa po ito para i-larawan ang buhay-buhay ng mga nars na grumadweyt at nagkukumahog ng makita ang resulta ng board exam.
Nagpapatunay lamang na ang isang nars na tulad ko, tulad mo (kung BSN ka man) ay napakatalentado!
all around ika nga..yung iba nga, dalawa pa ang major course sa mga nabanggit


bato bato sa langit ang tamaan wag magalit!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

book review: joyfully single

book review: joyfully single

author: Dr. Harold Sala

whoa!i have to give this book an "A". This is the first book I've read this 2009 and I must say this gave me a new perspective living as a SINGLE WOMAN in this COUPLE-FILLED WORLD. I love the concrete citations and practical solutions to most of the problems that singles are actually facing from handling one's fiances and other people's expectations.
It is a must read for people who still believes in the saying that
"true love waits"


***special thanks to annmae ong who gave me this book last march 04, 2008 as a bday present=)

Sunday, January 4, 2009

In Bem's memoriam

During the last night of his wake, many (if not majority) of our batchmates came to pay tribute to our late friend, Bembem.
As one family, we all united in prayer and in reminiscing of what have been our times together with Bem.
Some told stories of their fondest memory with him, others express their regrets of losing touch while many chose to recount the many times that Bem-bem made them laugh and smile.
Being the funny guy that he is, he never ceases to crack jokes, to hop from one chair to another (or better yet from one classroom to another) and to make light of the situation.
That is why when thought of, people who knew him, always tell stories of how Bem-bem brighten up their gloomy days.
Though in mourning, we, the people who loved him, find comfort in the fact that he was just ahead of us...
Thus, his wake was a celebration of his life...
and each night was like a mini reunion for us all..

The last night was special not just because of the batch attendance but also because of the necrological service we had for him and also because of this text message sent by an unknown number to Bem-bem's dad..
here it goes:

I my dream last night, nagyaya ako..
di kayo sumama tapos nagulat ako bigla kayong dumating wearing my favorite black shirt,wow!color coding!
napaluha ako, i tried to hug you guys but i can't, tapos umiyak kayo..
naiyak din ako, kasi i saw myself lying on a coffin.
Buti na lang pala namatay ako noh?
At least, naging kumpleto tayo lahat kahit...
ANINO NA LANG AKO...

His death...it was not without a reason.(as many would like to put it)
His death...it served as a wake up call to us all that at any given time death can snatch a person away
His death...it brought us, his batchmates, back to our senses that one should never let the communication ties break lose to people who matter.
His death...it was with a reason..

we may not know it...
we may not truly understand it...
but we daresay, it was with a purpose..
for it reminded us all, just like this next Bible verse has reminded us, the truth about the lives that we live...

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.
- James 4:14

So long Bem, we will miss you!

-IHMAcians'04

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