Steady Your Heart

Nakasalubong mo na ba si tamang ​p​ag-Ibig sa tamang panahon?

No matter what state your heart is in, we’re all after that search for “the one”.

Pero paano nga ba malalaman kung siya na ba si the one at paano nga ba masasabi na ready ka na?

Sabi nila may tatlong bagay sa buhay natin na kailangan pagdesisyunan:

Una: Ang korso na pipiliin mo sa kolehiyo
Pangalawa: Yong career na pipiliin mo
Pangatlo: Relationship

Kaya hindi rin madali ang pagpasok sa isang relationship. K​ailangan mong matuto na maging responsable hindi lamang sa iyong sarili kundi sa taong mamahalin mo. ​H​indi lang oras, pera ang ibubuhos mo kundi pati emosyon. Pag nagkamali ka, iyak, durog, ouch at minsan gusto mo na lang magka amnesia kasi gusto mong makalimot.

Sa panahong natin ngayon lahat​ ng bagay instant, 1, 2, 3, ayan na. Instant noodles, instant coffee, fastfood, lahat na. Pero when it comes to love, you really have to wait. The more na na eexcite ka na makipagrelasyon the more na maghintay. Sometimes kasi we love the idea of being in love. Our generation today is preoccupied with thoughts of searching and finding that one person who can make them happy and special parang siopao. Kaya ang daming may mga nakaka experience ng emotional or mental pain, they have looked for love at the wrong places and at the wrong person.

Graduate na at may work na ay pwede na.

Linya ko din yan before pero nung nagkawork na ako I realized na ang dami ko pa palang gustong gawin. Mga bagay na hindi mo magagawa ‘pag may ka-partner ka na. Syempre mahahati ang oras mo. Ang love parang kape, mas masarap pag hindi minadali. Don’t rush. Seize the moment and be molded first. Be the person that you are looking, looking for.

Hindi totoo ang ​katagang “you complete me” kasi both of you ay may kakulangan sa isa’t. Kaya there is Someone Who completes us. Magpahubog muna kay Lord para maayos ang relasyon. Bago​ naising maging intimate sa isang tao, kilalanin ​ muna ang iyong sarili​ at ang unang nagmamahal sa’yo, si Lord.

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Hindi killjoy si Lord para hindi ibigay yong ninanais ng puso mo.

Sa mga panahong gusto ko na pumasok sa isang relasyon, alam ko hindi yon yong gusto ni Lord kasi kasi hindi yon yong lovestory na sinusulat niya para sa akin kaya i chose to wait and allowed God to write my lovestory na hindi lang ako kikiligin but​ would also help me to grow in my relationship with Him.

Waiting is not easy, but waiting enables me to see how the Lord works​ in my life. And i know He is preparing something great, hindi lang yong gusto ko, pero gusto din ni Lord at​ ​kailangan ko din.

There is beauty in waiting.

Hindi dahil nasa tamang edad ka na o marami ka ng na-accomplished in life  ay yon na ang tamang panahon. Ang tamang panahon ay ang tamang ikaw, tamang relasyon mo sa Diyos. Bago siya, yong unang nagmahal sayo muna. Bago siya, ikaw muna. Every moment spent waiting is valuable time of preparation​.

While doing ministry and serving God, hindi ko alam na unti unti na pa lang sinisimulan ni Lord ang mga bagay na tanging Siya lang ang makakagawa. Hindi ko hinanap, or iniisipbut He reminded me of my prayers and desires when I was in my College days. One time, nagtanong si cell leader kung may balak ba akong pumasok sa isang relationship, of course meron and sabi niya I should pray about it na. Hindi killjoy ang ating mga leader, hindi kailangan magpasaway, papayagan ka din naman, hindi pa siguro ngayon. ​Kapit lang bes, parating na siya. Yes, I ve been praying about it. I ​wasn’t looking for love or someone special but God sent that someone at the right time and at the right season. Iba pag alam mo na kay Lord palang BUO ka na. Hindi lang yong mamahalin ka pero suitable partner mo din sa lahat ng bagay.

Okay lang maging single pag Valentines, may exipration din ang pagiging single mo. Enjoy the waiting season because He is preparing something great for you. Knowing that somehow, someday, someway, an answer is on its way.

Singleness is a season, relax lang, it is not gonna last forever.

God wants us to have patience: learn to wait. Sabi nga sa isang kanta “Love is waiting til everything is right.” Waiting develops character and waiting enables us to see how the Lord works. We honor God when we wait and we can trust God to give us the strength to bear our circumstances and allow the waiting period to grow in intimacy with the Lord. Maging busy sa mga bagay na para kay Lord until everything is ready.

Alam ko hindi pa tapos si Lord sa mga bagay na ginagawa Niya for me, at sa amin and I am excited to everything that God has in store for us and in this journey that we have. I know God will make all things beautiful for us in His perfect time.

Para sa mga nagmahal, nasaktan at naghihintay, let’s seize the moment. Our relationship should not be about us, but to glorify God. Steady your heart, let God write your love story and you can never go wrong. May forever, talo si popoy at basha, forever na pang out of this world. 🙂

Honor God in your season.

Eccl. 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to.

– Jae

Love Requires Commitment

 

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of  oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.

I Kings 19:19‭-‬21 NKJ

Love requires commitment, and commitment requires abandoning our exit strategies.

One of my favorite examples of removing any exit strategy comes from the prophet Elisha. The Old Testament book of 1 Kings chronicles Elisha’s extraordinary story. God called Elisha into a life of ministry, but Elisha wisely understood that embracing his calling would mean letting go of his current career. He had to make a choice between his love for God and his need for the familiarity and financial security of his home.

Elisha was a farmer from a family of farmers. His cattle and his farming equipment represented his family trade, his heritage, and his income. Elisha didn’t want the temptation of a comfortable exit strategy in his mind on the days when his new life in ministry might get uncomfortable. Elisha wanted to go all in with God.

To simultaneously celebrate his new calling and publicly display his commitment to God, Elisha threw himself a very unique going-away party. He slaughtered all his cattle and cooked their meat by burning all his farm equipment. He was symbolically and literally lighting fire to his exit strategy.

As he celebrated his new adventure with friends and family that night, they all knew he wouldn’t be coming home, because he’d made sure he’d have nothing to come home to. He had removed the temptation. He had eliminated the exit strategy. His love for God moved him to make a dramatic commitment.

God honored Elisha’s commitment. Elisha went on to become one of the most significant spiritual leaders in Israel’s history. His love, faith, and commitment to God continue to inspire people around the globe.

Love thrives where love is rooted in commitment. Make sure your loved ones know your love isn’t just a fickle feeling; it’s a promise for your shared future. Embrace a deeper sense of responsibility for and accountability to your loved ones, and you’ll be cultivating fertile soil where lasting love can take root.

From: 7 Laws of Love  (Ptr Dave Willis and Thomas Nelson)

The will of God…

The will of God is to stay planted where God has you until He says to move.

Appreciate little things

Ang galing ni Lord, kahit sa maliit na bagay binibigay niya. I was praying this morning na sana ung van na masasakyan ko dumaan man lang sa office kahit sa likod lang, kasi lagi nalang sa may reposo dumadaan, well….. hindi siya dumaan sa likod, sa harap. Thank you Lord

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