Joie

ECCLESIASTES 5:10-12)

WHEN THERE IS ABUNDANCE OF GOOD THINGS, THERE IS ABUNDANCE OF CONSUMERS. WHAT PROFIT IS THERE FOR THE OWNER EXCEPT TO LOOK ON?  SWEET THE SLEEP OF THE LABORER, WHETHER HE EATS LITTLE OR MUCH. BUT THE RICH MAN WHO HAS HAD HIS FILL  CAN NOT SLEEP. THERE IS A GREAT EVIL THAT I FOUND UNDER THE SUN, THE RICH MAN WHO KEPT HIS WEALTH TO HIS OWN HARM. A MISTAKEN INVESTMENT AND THESE RICHES ARE LOST: A SON IS BORN BUT THERES NOTHING TO LEAVE HIM.

TO BE CONTENTED DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CAN NOT ASPIRE TO SOMETHING HIGHER OR DESIRE SOMETHING BETTER. HOWEVER, IT MEANS AT ANY POINT IN TIME, YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH  GOD HAS  GIVEN TO YOU. YOU DO NOT BECOME GLITTERY WHEN YOU NEIGHBOR HAS MORE THAN YOU. YOU ARE NOT COMPELLED TO JOIN THE RAT RACE FOR MORE JUST BECAUSE OTHERS ARE IN IT. YOU DO THINGS OUT OF CONVICTION AND NEED. YOU ARE NEVER COVETOUS OR GREEDY. THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU SATISFACTION.

" THE SLEEP OF LABORING MAN IS SWEET, WHETHER HE EATS LITTLE OR MUCH. BUT THE ABUNDANCE OF THE RICH WILL NOT SUFFER HIM TO SLEEP ".

A LABORER IS SO TIRED AFTER WORK THAT HE IS HAFT SLEEP BEFORE HE HITS THE BED, WHILE SOME RICH MAN DOES NOT DO ANY RIGOROUS WORK, WHEN HE GETS HOME AT NIGHT, HE BEGINS TO STRATEGIES AND MAKE PLANS CONCERNING HIS VARIOUS BUSINESS. HE THINKS OF HOW TO PREVENT HIS WORKERS FROM CHEATING HIM. HE THINKS OF STEPS TO TAKE BEFORE HIS STAFF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM. HE CONTINUES HIS PLANS PROPELLED BY LOT OF WORRY AND ANXIETY. MOST OF THE TIMES, HE TAKE SEVERAL PILLS TO ENABLE HIM CATCH SLEEP FOR FEW HOURS. BUT IF YOU ASK FOR GOD'S HELP, HE WILL CERTAINLY AND SURELY TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR LOAD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO TRUST HIM AND SURRENDER YOUR WORRIES FOR HE WILL LIGHTEN YOUR BURDENS.

GOD NEVER FAIL TO HELP US, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TO SEEK FOR HIS WISDOM AND ASK FOR HIS HELP.

                                                          JOIE27 :)

      (1 KING 19:19-21) 

SO ELIJAH LEFT, HE FOUND ELISHA, SON OF SHEPAT, WHO WAS PLOWING A FIELD OF TWELVE ACRES AND WAS AT THE END OF THE TWELFTH ACRE. ELIJAH PASS BY HIM AND CAST HIS CLOAK OVER HIM. ELISHA LEFT THE OXEN, RAN AFTER ELIJAH AND SAID, "LET ME SAY GOODBYE TO MY FATHER AND MOTHER AND I WILL FOLLOW YOU". ELIJAH SAID TO HIM," RETURN IF YOU WANT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT I DID", HOWEVER, TURNED BACK, TOOK THE YOKE OF OXEN AND SLEW THEM. HE ROASTED THEIR MEAT ON THE PIECES OF THE YOKE AND GAVE IT TO HIS PEOPLE WHO ATE OF IT. AFTER THIS HE FOLLOWED ELIJAH AND BEGAN MINISTERING TO HIM.

MOST OF THE TIMES, BEING BUSY IS THE REASON WE USUALLY GIVE FOR US NOT TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND GOD'S WORK. AND I ADMIT I AM GUILTY OF IT. I MOSTLY DON'T GO IN SOME CHURCH ACTIVITIES FOR THE REASON THAT MY FAMILY NEEDS ME, THAT I HAVE SOMETHINGS TO ATTEND TO. BUT THEN I REALIZED, IF GOD REALLY WANTS YOU TO BE IN HIS DIVINE WORKS, HE WILL CERTAINLY KNOCKS IN YOUR HEART, FOR YOU TO DECIDE THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO BE THERE, AS A PROOF HOW MUCH YOU REALLY LOVE AND OBEY HIM.NO MATTER HOW COMPLICATED IT MAY LOOK, GOD ALWAYS FINDS A WAY BECAUSE HE LOVES US SO MUCH THAT HE DON'T WANT US HIS CHILDREN TO BE FAR FROM HIM. HE ALLOW US TO REALIZED THAT WHENEVER HE CALLS, IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRAISE HIM, TO GIVE THANKS, AND TO BE BLESSED..

  it was another usual day,when yvonne suddenly asked me,wt is true love..i told her..its a feeling that u feel when u meet the right person that u wanna spend ur whole life with..(i tried to explain things to her as much as easier she could understand).then i asked her..y, u think u found ur truelove now?..she simply said yes..(i just smiled)..i asked, y u say so?..she said without hesitating,because i wanna see him everyday and i feel sad everytime he's absent.(she told me the boy's name)

i decided to take yvonne outside for a walk..while heading the door,im already thinking wt would be the proper words/way  how should i explain this kind of matter to her. i was afraid that i might say somethings that her innocent mind can hardly bear.how am i suppose to explain such a powerful thing to a 8 yrs old girl..but then i realized,i could give it a shot..as a girl,as a friend and as a mother.

i told her that wt she feels right now is just a simple love..they called it puppy love.true love is far away beyond this two.

she asked wts the difference,i just said u will know when time comes that u already found the right guy.when u reached the right age..(but she insisted)so i continue to explain in more lighter way as possible..i said,the difference are:

1.in puppy love, u only feels sad whenver he's not around..true love makes u feel sick when he's not around.(she said,it only saddens me ma.)

2. in puppy love, u wanna see the boy everyday..true love,wants u to be with that guy evertime.(she said,i dont want to be with him everytime coz he's annoying.)

3.puppy love, u misses the boy if he couldnt go to school coz he's sick..true love, makes u hope that u could be beside him to tkecre of him till he feels well.(she said,i dont like that idea ma,bka mahawa p ako..:D)

4.in pupy love, u like to share ur snacks with him while true love is ur willing to give ur all.(she said,eh d nagutom ako..:(

5.in puppy love,when he gets mad at u,u'll feel the same and will no longer talk to him atleast for a couple of days..while true love,when he gets mad, u'll do everything to ease his madness and try evrything to forget wt had happened.(she said,ay,dko p nkakalimutan ung pagsigaw nya s classroom n crush ko xa.)

and lastly..

in puppy love,when u got back home,when u started playing and doing all that stuff with ur friends,u rarely think of him,while truelove, all u could think of,is how to hve a time with him,wt he's doing,if he thinks of u too and how will u mke and wish to hve a  future together..:)

after a while she say,ur right ma,this isnt a truelove yet..coz wt i think right now about my future is how will i make u and papa proud of me..(i was touched)

thought that conversation was over..but i was wrong..hehehe

this afternoon,she made a letter,she's playing a "messanger" over this boy and her friend.

her friend wants her to say something about this boy..(seems,yvonne gets herself into a "love triangle").asking her to put into a writtings such a message,saying this girl is hating that boy.

i told her y she hve to obey or do that letter.she said because shes my friend, and they "broke up",and i wanna let this boy know that she hates him already..

in her young mind,she doesnt know how selfish she could turn into if she did that..wt matters to her is for him to aknowledge her, to get the attention, for her to feel the "love".

i adviced her,its better if she wont,coz   that thing is only between her friend and this boy..that she should not do such things that could only bring favors to her expence.

because love is a freewill..it cant be force..it cant be ask..it should come frm the heart.(yvonne didnt say a thing)

she just put the letter in the trash and go to sleep..after awhile, i look at her as she sleeps..seeing her peacefully..i cant help but to cry..love is a battle,no ages.it only goes in different level..but still love is love..its indeed a  feeling

but it is also an ability.

to love is to give,to understand,to surrender but still to hve a hope.. a faith, that true love may find its true meaning,in  the right time,in the right place and in the right persons..and in my little girl innocent mind..im already proud of her coz she learned to give way..:)

joie27;)

AS A MOTHER.

SHE CARRIED A CHILD WITHIN HER BODY

HAVE COMFORTED A BABY ON HER CHEST

HAVE KISSED BOOBOOS,MENDED BROKEN HEARTS,

BEEN PUKED AND PEED ON,WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

TO FEVERISH CHILD AND MORE.

HER BODY MIGHT NOT BE A MAGAZINE PERFECT

BUT WHEN SHE LOOK IN THE MIRROR,SHE SEE A MOM,

AND THERES NO GREATER HONOR OR BLESSING THAN THIS.

WHEN YOU ARE A MOTHER,YOU ARE REALLY NEVER ALONE IN YOUR THOUGHTS.

A MOTHER ALWAYS HAS TO THINK TWICE,ONCE FOR HERSELF AND ONCE FOR HER CHILD.

AS A WIFE..

SHE ENDURE PROBLEMS WITH GRACE AND BRAVERY.

WHEN YOURE WITH HER,IT'S LIKE A WARM FEELING IN THE MORNING.

IT'S LIKE AN UMBRELLA WHEN IT RAINS.

IT'S LIKE A BLANKET THAT COVERS YOU IN JANUARY.

IT'S LIKE STRAWBERRY ICECREAM DURING SUMMER.

AND IT'S LIKE WEARING A "TSINELAS" AFTER A WHOLE DAY IN SHOES.

A LADY..

SHE MIGHT NOT BE PERFECT,BUT SHE'S THE BEST YOU 'LL EVER HAVE.

YOU 'LL REALIZED IT THE DAY SHE STOP COMING BACK.

YOU CAN ONLY PUSH  A GIRL SO FAR,UNTILL SHE WALKS OUT ON HER OWN,

SO MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT YOU WANT..BECAUSE ONCE SHE HAS GONE,SHE'S NOT COMING BACK!

SILENCE IS HER LOUDEST CRY.IF SHE IS SPEECHLESS,

HER HEART IS TOO TIRED OF WORDS..

IT'S NOT THE STRONGEST OF SPECIES THAT SURVIVEs,

NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT.

IT'S THE ONE THAT' MOST ADAPTABLE TO CHANGE. 

REMEMBER,WOMAN WITH REAL BEAUTY,SMILES THROUGH THEIR TROUBLES,

BECOMES BRAVE WITH DISILUSIONMENT,

DEVELOPS COURAGE WITH FAILURE AND GATHER STRENGTH THROUGH PAIN..

                                                           JOIE27 :)

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders,

It's seen in the width of his arms that encircle and protect you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice,

It is in the gentle words he whispers.

The strength of the man isn't in the words he speaks.

It's in how he keeps his word.

The stength of the man isn't how many buddies he has,

It's how good a buddy he is with his or "your" children.

The strength of a man isn't how respected he is at work,

It's in how he is respected at home.

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits,

It's in how tender he touches.

The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest,

It's in the heart..that lies within his chest.

The strength of a man isn't in how many women he's loved,

It's in whether he can be true to the ONE woman he's trying to love.

The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift,

It's in the burdens he can carry.

The strength of a man isn't in how much food he eats from your table,

It's in the effort he puts forth when you are unable.

The strength of a man isn't in how he makes love,

It's in the understanding that there is more to making love..than making love.