I’m Thankful For: LOVE

For a month, I haven’t watch any TV series, commercial, etc. And  I was so intrigued of the Mcdonald’s commercial that everyone talks about. The line “Ikaw pa rin ang first love ko” was stucked in my head so I searched it in YouTube. Our internet connection is kinda choppy so I watched the video bit by bit. And when they came to the part that the girl was introducing her husband, tears streamed down my eyes. I thought of those days back in my first year in high school. (I’m being open about this ha. )

When I entered MunSci or my high school years, I wasn’t aware that this is the stage where teenagers get into relationships. I was so surprised when my classmates were talking about how many boyfriends they’ve had. Being that innocent person I WAS :p, I didn’t talk or made comments about it. Eventually, someone courted me in the class, and I was about to say yes to him. Buti na lang! But I have to admit, he is my first (puppy) love. But I wasn’t ready to commit and until now, I value my days of singleness. And as I watched my friends having boyfriends or girlfriends one by one, and seeing some of them fall out of that relationships for some reasons, I am so thankful of the people who thought me how to love sincerely and whole-heartedly.

Every time I feel alone, I always envy those who got lots of people around them. I just realized that not all of them loves that certain someone. And even if I’m alone, I know that those people who are closest to me are the ones who loves me best. To enumerate them all may take me a whole day or days, but I’ll list my top 5:

GOD

Obviously, my great and amazing Father is the one who loves me the best of all! He created me in the uniqueness of His image and called me her daughter. He provides for me well and gives me everything I need. He takes care of those people I love and His love will never be compared to anyone else’s love for me.

PARENTS

God gave me 2 of the most wonderful people in the world. My mom and dad! These two gives me the physical affection that our Father can’t give for now. They taught me how to value other people and the essence of loving anyone even with their faults or difference.

FAMILY

My family showed how loving is. I was showered with gifts, money, and all the material things they can buy for me. But nothing will ever replace the values and memories they gave me. Including the way their love is for me.

FRIENDS

Yeah, I know we fight. But you’re the bestest people close to my relatives! You showed me how you love other people. You showed me the consequences and everything about teen life and love even if not deliberately. I’m most thankful of my bestfriends who never ever left me and loved me for who I am.

CHURCH FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES

My spiritual family is also the best. With the best values, they taught me things about life. They inspired me to do others good and love those unlovable people. They taught me how to be kind and compassionate to everything.

I give thanks to everyone who loves me. Those who took the time to know me. I’ll never ever forget, that I should be thankful for those person who loved me despite of my imperfections.

…at kahit hindi naging kami sa huli

sya pa rin ang first love ko.

For Everything I Give YOU Gratitude

Since I had an idea on what the wealth of the world is, I became one ungrateful person. Sure, I was happy to have this, or that, but I’m not really contented with my life. I was that ignorant kid thinking of herself as a low-class person because I don’t have things that my friends have. As they say, all human beings tend to be envious and try to worship material things. It was when I grew older that I realized that these things are not worth anything. That I should be more than thankful for the wonderful moments and memories I’ve shared with the most important people in my life.

I grew up with an extended family. It was still 2006 that we seperated from them. Almost all of our relatives are catholics, so I believed and practiced catholic traditions. When I reached my 2nd year in high school, I commited again to the Lord and my life is turning to be one great experience. In my high school days, I also met different people with different stories. Some of them is like an adapted tale from those fairytale books that we’ve read when we were kids, and some were like those telenovelas that our mothers watch (and we are so sick of watching it with them). I realized the importance of family, of relationships, and of great faith in God. With this realizations, I’ll be starting some entries of why I am so thankful about the life that God has given me.

Praise God for giving every being their breath!

Faster, Higher, Stronger! (Part 2)

Ok. Second part, here we go!

Before I went to VCF, I bought a pack of cotton candy (what i call pang-suhol). I was a little bothered in going directly there because some weird things are running in my mind. “What if there isn’t anyone whom I know there?”. “What if Kuya Mikko isn’t there?” “What if there isn’t a service?”. Haha, my paranoid side is always out in situations likes this. And of course, none of these happened. I immediately saw Ate Maane and Kuya Mikko chatting near the escalator.

(Skip chatting part before Youth Service)

I was feeling a bit bitter about some incidents. Only a few knows this. Wala lang. It’s just that it isn’t so great that someone is hiding something from you. I know, it’s really a lame excuse but… Basta! ) Anyways, here’s my notes from the service:

NEW SERIES: Faster, Higher Stronger
Hebrews 12:1

Unbelief will make you slow down

pride unforgiveness bitterness envy lying unconfessed sin backbiting gossiping

TAKE OFF THESE LOADS & BAGGAGES

• Prepare First you cannot run others’ track (Ephesians 2:10)

• Stay on Track some people will pull you out of your track. When you aren’t focused, the people around you gets affected.

It’s not how fast you start, but how strong you finish.

How we prepare will determine how we are going to finish the race,

• Prepare to Win (Corinthians 9:25; Hebrews 12:2) fix our eyes on Jesus

There! I wasn’t natamaan or something. We went to small group and talked about things that bothers us. I opened up about this bitterness issue that I have to Ate Denise (or is it Ate Danielle?). And then she said that it’s okay basta I’ll forgive the person and all that. There. Then we seperated ways. I have to go to Watsons pa kasi to get something.

I went up again and listened to Pastor Janssen’s preaching. I was moved by the story of the man who finished a race in the Olympics limping because of an injury. But still, he finished it anyway. And after that he asked us to stand up and repent for the wrong thing that we did, for all our burdens and sufferings to be offered to God. To repent. And the worship team played Heart of Worship, which is my super favorite worship song. Oo na, I cried. But at least, I was able to forgive him, and everyone I am angry with, everyone and everything that caused me pain.

There. The thing that made me realized that repentance and offering God everything that causes us pain will lessen our burden.

Till next post,

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Faster, Higher, Stronger! (Part 1)

Here I am doing another post of another tiring day in my life. Naks, ganda ng intro.

I woke up a little early for a scheduled meeting of our group in AP. We have to present an advertisement as our project for the first quarter. But the twist is, the characters in our “commercial” should be historical people or people who made remarkable history. Being my lazy self again, I didn’t bother to wake up my mom who slept late because of watching those crime stories on FoxCrime. Instead, I went outside and ate biscuits and drank a glass of water while looking for a nice show on TV. The noise woke up my mom, and she went out and said, “Anong oras ka ba aalis?”. I told her that I should be at school by 10am. We ate breakfast (a real breakfast for me now), and I went back to bed. Talaga naman! Tamad talaga!

I went back to watch some TV. And I was so ecstatic when I saw GinBan Kaleidoscope. Gosh, it was super good anime series. And i was tempted to watch and stay home until 12 noon. I did not eat my lunch and just took a bath and did my own manicure and pedicure (haha, when vanity strikes. ^^) and went straight to school.  When I got there, I saw them doing nothing. They just talked daw. “Sinasabi ko na nga ba!”. Haha, it was 2pm going 3 so I have to hurry to Festival. I then realized that I have no one to go with. I was FORCED to go with the boys. The good thing was a female classmate will be going with them too! Nagsiksikan kami sa isang tricycle. There were 6 of us! Hai, talk about masikip.

After about 30 mins. of travel, we arrived at the mall and I seperated from them. Time to praise and worship!