Tuesday, February 21, 2017

REFLECTION....

IT IS 1:19AM OF FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I HAVE RECOLLECTION OF THE PAST..... AS IF PAST EVENTS HAS BEEN PLAYING AGAIN IN SEGMENTS....

I HAVE RECALLED A NUMBER OF EVENTS IN MY LIFE.....

THE LESSONS THAT WE HAPPEN TO LEARN IN LIFE COMES WITH OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIVING......

NEVER BE TOO TRUSTING OF HUMANS.... THEY REALLY ARE A FRAIL RACE...

THEY OFTEN COMMIT MISTAKES... AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT THEY BETRAY....

THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE SO CLEVER FOR THEIR OWN GOOD....

THERE ARE OTHERS WHO STEAL RESOURCES FROM OTHERS......

THERE ARE THOSE WHO COMMIT EVIL AND WICKEDNESS AS IF IT IS THE NORMAL THING TO DO....

I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE.... AND WHAT THEY DO.......

WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT BE CAREFUL OF THEM......

AS WE LIVE LIFE.... LET US TRY TO ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING.....

BUT OFTEN, LIFE HAS MORE LESSONS TO OFFER THAN ENJOYMENT.....

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO EVIL TO THOSE WHOM THEY ARE JEALOUS OF......

AND THAT KIND OF EVIL REALLY BRINGS THE WORSE IN OTHERS....

I HAVE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES HOW EVIL PEOPLE CAN BE....

AND I ALSO HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KIND AND COMPASSIONATE......


THE WORLD WE LIVE IN IS DOMINATED BY THE FORCES OF EVIL....

PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED BY GREED... OF SELFISH DESIRES.... OF WANTS......

PEOPLE ARE BLINDED BY THE ILLUSIONS OF THIS WORLD...... THAT THEY HAVE TURNED TO EVIL TO OBTAIN THEIR DESIRES AND WANTS.....

YET, IF YOU THINK OF IT.... EVERY PERSON CAN LIVE A LIFE THAT IS SIMPLE.... AND SELF SUFFICIENT.....

ONLY IF PEOPLE CAN REALLY TAPER MUCH OF ONE'S DESIRES, CRAVINGS, LUST, GREED, AND THE LIKE.......

THEN PEOPLE WILL FIND OUT THAT WE CAN REALLY LIVE SIMPLY..... AND STILL ENJOY THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR.....

BUT IF WE TEND TO INCREASE WANTS AND DESIRES, IT ADDS UP TO OUR BURDEN IN LIFE......

THUS, MAY WE ALL HAVE A HEART THAT CHOOSES GOOD RATHER THAN EVIL....

WHO PRIORITIZES GOD IN LIFE.....

WHO VALUES PEOPLE MORE THAN MONEY.....

AND USES MONEY FOR THE GOOD, RATHER THAN EVIL......

IF ONLY PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT, THEN THIS WORLD WOULD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN....

BUT IT IS NOT SO.....

THE WORLD IS UNFAIR.... AND IT WILL TREAT YOU HARSHLY.....

ONE NEEDS TO FOCUS TO SURVIVE.....
AND HELP OTHERS SURVIVE AS WELL, IF POSSIBLE.....

IF NOT, THEN THE HUMAN RACE WILL BECOME A DOOMED RACE....
WHEN PEOPLE FAILED TO CARE FOR THE GOOD OF ONE ANOTHER....
THEN IT WILL BE THE DOWNFALL OF HUMANITY.....

HOPE WE LIVE OUR LIVES IN GOODNESS RATHER THAN IN EVIL AND WICKEDNESS.....

GOD HAVE MERCY UPON US ALL......

IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER.....

1. EVERYTHING WE DO EVENTUALLY COMES BACK TO US....

2. IT IS AN INEVITABLE RULE THAT THOSE WHO ARE TAKING THEIR BLESSINGS FOR GRANTED WILL SUFFER FOR IT....

3. REGRET IS OFTEN TOO LATE......

4. WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM THE LESSONS FROM THE PAST....

5. DO NOT FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE WICKED.... IT ALWAYS END UP IN MISERY.....

6. MAXIMIZE EVERY BLESSING RECEIVED.....

7.  GREED IS SOMETHING EVERYONE SHOULD AVOID....

8. THOSE WHO WALK ON THE PATH OF EVIL MAY FIND THEMSELVES TO BE TOO LATE TO CHANGE THEIR WAYS...

9. IN OUR STRUGGLES IN LIFE... WE MAY FIND OURSELVES IN DESPERATION.... DO NOT LOSE HOPE.... AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE....

10. LIFE HAS MANY ILLUSIONS.... AND IT OFTEN THESE ILLUSIONS MISLEAD THE SOUL.....

11.  BETTER TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE.... THAN TO JUST HAVE A LIMITED OUTLOOK.....

12. BETTER TO LIVE SIMPLY.... THAN TO LIVE IN COMPLEXITY, AND DROWN BY ITS OWN ALLURE....

13. THE BASICS SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.... AND THE BASICS ARE THE THINGS WE MUST BE REALLY STRONG AT....

14. THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SACRIFICE WILL REGRET MANY THINGS IN LIFE.....

15. WHEN DEATH NEARS..... IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR REGRET......

16. LIVE EVERY DAY AS IT IS OUR END.... THAT IS THE WAY TO REALLY LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST...

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

December 30, 2015

December 30, 2015

This day, will go to the provinces to attend a funeral of a cousin, who died recently.
In truth, her life is but an extension already coming from God.
Her condition should have claimed her several years ago.
But God willed her to go recently, to rest in peace.

Meditating on death.
We will all die.

This is inevitable.
All of us one day will meet our end.

We must be prepared everyday to die.

When we die, we cannot take anything from this world to our final destination.
Nothing that we owned or accumulated can be brought to where we will finally be in the end.

In the past, I have met a person who died, but was given the chance to come to life again.

She died in the hospital due to a critical medical condition.

During her death, she saw herself in a court, in front of a judge, unlike any other here on earth.

She was asked this question: WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME?

Then, at an instance, she had her whole life being reviewed by her.

She had realized this: she has not done anything for God.

She pleaded for mercy, and gave the promise that if she is allowed to go back, she will correct her ways and do service for Him.

Then, she came back alive on the hospital......

She was revived from death.

Nowadays, she continue to help people in accordance to her capacity to do so, within her profession, as service to God.

I am lucky that I met this person and she shared her story.

May it also serve unto us a warning of what lies after death.

That we really need to prepare for our final destination.

That everyday, we need to do the will of God, for the good, for the love of Him.

When we die, we will be asked the question: WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME?

Hope that when our time comes, we can answer this way: I have done what I can God, for the love of You.

God have mercy.

God bless.

MATTHEW 25:40

Matthew 25:40

"The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

MEDITATION:

REMEMBERING THAT MAN IS CREATED IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD, AND GOD BESTOWED ON EVERY HUMAN BEING THE INHERENT DIGNITY AS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF THE CREATOR.

THUS, WHEN WE DO EVIL AND WICKEDNESS TO ANY HUMAN BEING, ESPECIALLY THE POOR AND THE NEEDY, WE ARE DOING IT TO GOD, WHOSE IMAGE IS IMPRINTED ON EVERY HUMAN BEING.

THUS, INEVITABLY, WHEN WE DO ANY FORM OF EVIL AND WICKEDNESS TO HUMAN BEINGS, ESPECIALLY TO THE LEAST AMONG HUMANITY, WE ARE ALSO DOING THESE THINGS TO THE ONE WHO CREATED THAT HUMAN BEING.

THUS, THE GOLDEN RULE: DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO UNTO YOU, AND DO NOT DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE DONE UNTO YOU.

THUS, IT IMPLIES THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING IS A REFLECTION AND EXPRESSION OF THE SELF, THAT WHAT WE DO TO ANYONE, WE DO TO OURSELVES, AND WE DO IT TO THE ONE WHO CREATED US.

THUS, IT ALSO IMPLIES THAT THE TRUE NATURE OF EVERY HUMAN BEING IS THE DIVINE EXPRESSION OF GOD CLOTHE IN MORTAL FORM, WHICH WE SHOULD HAVE RESPECTED, AND GIVEN THE DIGNITY, FAIRNESS, COMPASSION AND MERCY, AND MOST OF ALL-- LOVE, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CREATOR, WHOSE IMAGE AND LIKENESS IS UPON EVERY HUMAN BEING.

IT IMPLIES THAT HUMANITY SHOULD FROM THE VERY START, HAVE LOVED ONE ANOTHER, CARED FOR ONE ANOTHER, HELPED ONE ANOTHER, AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE LIFTED EACH OTHER UP, TO BUILD UP EACH OTHER FOR THE GOOD.

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT GOD INTEND EACH HUMAN BEING TO DO.

BUT, HUMAN BEINGS, MANY OF THEM, HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM GOD, AND HAS DONE EVIL AND WICKEDNESS TO ONE ANOTHER.

THESE ACTS IS ALSO DONE TO OUR CREATOR IN THE PROCESS, FOR WHEN WE DO THESE TO THE LEAST AMONG HUMANITY, WE DO IT TO GOD.

SUCH EVILS AND WICKEDNESS REACHES GOD, AND INEVITABLY INCITES THE WRATH OF GOD, WHICH GOD IS ACCUMULATING THROUGH THE YEARS THAT HUMANITY HAS DONE EVILS AND WICKEDNESS FROM GENERATIONS, BECAUSE HUMANITY HAS LOST THE SENSE OF BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD AMONG EACH OTHER.

THUS, WE ARE FACING TROUBLED TIMES, DUE TO THE EVILS AND WICKEDNESS HUMANITY HAS DONE TO ONE ANOTHER.

WHAT CAN WE DO?

REMEMBER THE TEACHINGS:

'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.'

THUS, WE REALLY HAVE TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF EMPATHY, COMPASSION, MERCY AND MOST OF ALL, LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, WHO HAVE NOTHING OR LACKING IN MOST THINGS.

WHEN WE DO THIS, WE FULFILL THE COMMANDMENT: LOVE ONE ANOTHER, WHICH LEADS TO THE LOVE OF GOD.

WE CANNOT LOVE GOD WITHOUT LOVING THE LEAST OF OUR BRETHREN.

THIS IS THE TRUTH.

FOR HOW CAN WE LOVE GOD WHOM WE CANNOT SEE WHEN WE CANNOT LOVE THOSE WHOM WE ALREADY ARE SEEING.

THUS, AS WE MEET OTHERS, LET US KEEP AT HEART GOD'S WILL FOR US TO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

IF ANYONE IS EVIL AND WICKED TO US, JUST TO KEEP THE PEACE, WE TAKE MEASURES TO AT LEAST STOP THEM FROM PERSISTING IN DOING THEIR EVILS AGAINST US.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, AND FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, KNOWING WHAT GOD WILL DO IF EVER HE SEES ANYONE DOING EVIL AND WICKEDNESS, I HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO CUT OFF TIES IF NECESSARY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ADVERSE AND HAVE BEEN CONDEMNING ME FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS--- THAT I MAY NOT BECOME AN OCCASION FOR SIN TO THEM, THAT THRU THAT INITIATIVE ON MY PART, THEY WILL NOT FURTHER INCREASE THEIR SINS AGAINST ME AND GOD, FOR DOING SUCH THINGS THAT THEY DO.

GOD HATES THE PROUD, THE ARROGANT, THE BOASTFUL, AND THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE EVIL AND WICKED, WHO PLOT EVIL SCHEMES AT HEART.

KNOWING THIS, THAT GOD HATES THEM, AND WILL TRIGGER HIS ANGER WHEN HE SEES THESE KINDS OF PEOPLE, AND WHAT THEY DO, I REFRAIN FROM FURTHER MEETING PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THAT CATEGORY, FOR THE LOVE OF HUMANITY, KNOWING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH, WHEN THESE PEOPLE INCITES THE ANGER OF GOD.

THUS, TO AVOID PEOPLE WHO WILL DO HARM TO YOU IS ALSO AN ACT OF LOVE, THAT YOU PREVENT THEM FROM FURTHER INCREASING THEIR SINS AGAINST GOD, KNOWING THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

FOR PEACE, THERE ARE TIMES WE MUST ALSO SACRIFICE IN FORM OF PATIENCE, TOLERANCE, UNDERSTANDING, AND AVOIDING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CAUSING TROUBLES AND PROVOKING YOU, AND PUTTING STUMBLING BLOCKS ALONG YOUR WAY, THAT YOU MAY STUMBLE IN THE PATH YOU WALK IN, FOR THE SAKE OF DOING THE WILL OF GOD.

THUS, FOR PEACE, THERE ARE TIMES WE KEPT SILENT, AND ENTRUST ALL OF THESE TO GOD, FOR THE SAKE OF THE GREATER GOOD.

TIME IS SHORT, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE TIME IN CONFLICTS AND CONFRONTATION AGAINST THESE EVIL ONES, FOR THE MISSION WORKS ENTRUSTED TO US BY GOD IS NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND THUS WE FOCUS ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT, AND LEAVE TO GOD THE REST.

OUR DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO GOD IS TO DO HIS DIVINE WILL, AND ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL COMMANDMENTS IS LOVE.

THUS, WE TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO DO IN EVERY OPPORTUNITY WHAT IS GOOD, UNTIL THE END OF OUR LIVES.

DOING WHAT IS GOOD IS LOVE, FOR IT PROMOTES GOODNESS TO ONE ANOTHER, WHOEVER THEY ARE, IRREGARDLESS OF STATUS, RACE, CREED, BELIEFS, STANDING ETC.

GOD IS LOVE, THUS WHEN WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, WE FULFILL THE DIVINE WILL.

GOD BLESS EVERYONE.

Isaiah 43:4

Isaiah 43:4

Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

SOMETHING OF NOTE:

WHEN YOU TRY TO DO HARM TO SOMEONE WHOM GOD LOVES, GOD WILL ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO BECOME SACRIFICES JUST FOR THE ONE HE LOVES TO LIVE.

GOD WILL GO TO THE POINT THAT EVEN NATIONS WILL BE SACRIFICED FOR THE ONE HE LOVES, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE LIFE OF THE ONE GOD LOVES, HE WILL ALLOW NATIONS TO BE SACRIFICED FOR THE ONE WHOM GOD LOVES.

THUS, IF ANYONE ATTEMPTS ANYTHING AGAINST THE ONE LOVED BY GOD, GOD WILL HIT THIS WORLD BACK, TO THE POINT THAT NATIONS WILL BE SACRIFICED SO THAT THE ONE GOD LOVES WILL SURVIVE.

KNOW THIS- GOD WILL GO THAT FAR FOR SOMEONE HE LOVES, AND WHO IS PRECIOUS AND HONORED IN HIS SIGHT.

THUS, NEVER PROVOKE THE ANGER OF GOD BY DOING THIS KIND OF EVIL.... FOR IF YOU DO THIS, GOD WILL TAKE REVENGE ON THIS WORLD, AND WILL INCREASE ITS SUFFERINGS THE MORE THAN IT ALREADY HAS.....

THERE ARE EVIL/ WICKED PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THIS, WHO ARE DUMB BEYOND BELIEF, THAT HAS CAUSED FOR THE WRATH OF GOD TO FALL UPON THIS WORLD THE MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE HITTING AGAINST THOSE WHOM GOD LOVES..... AND AS CONSEQUENCES, LIVES WERE DESTROYED AND NATIONS SUFFERED DEATHS OF THEIR PEOPLE DUE TO THE WRATH OF GOD BEING POURED UPON THIS WORLD....

REGARDING RELATIONSHIPS

REGARDING RELATIONSHIPS.

RELATIONSHIPS CANNOT BE ONE WAY, NOR CAN IT BE ON ONE SIDE ONLY.

IT HAS TO BE WORKED OUT BY BOTH PARTIES, AND TO DO WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP.

IT CANNOT BE ONE SIDED, AND IT CANNOT BE WITHOUT COMPROMISE OR MEETING HALF WAY BETWEEN THE PARTIES INVOLVED.

IT CANNOT BE A MONOPOLY OR SOLITARY RULE, OR A DICTATORSHIP.

IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE MEETING HALF-WAY, AND BOTH PARTIES SHOULD BE WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON A MIDDLE GROUND.

THAT IS IF YOU REALLY WANT PEACE TO BE WITH BOTH OF YOU.

IT CANNOT BE AN ABUSIVE OR CONTROLLING RELATIONSHIP.

IT CANNOT BE A RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PATIENCE.

IF YOU DO, THEN THERE WILL BE A BREACH IN YOUR PEACE, AND PROBLEMS WILL HAPPEN AND CONFLICTS WILL GO DEEPER.

TRY TO RESOLVE THINGS HALF-WAY IN A RELATIONSHIP.

IF IT CANNOT BE SO, THEN THAT RELATIONSHIP WILL FALL APART, SOONER OR LATER.

HOPE THERE BE PEACE WITH OUR RELATIONSHIPS.

IF IT CANNOT BE, BETTER TO AVOID CONFLICTS IF POSSIBLE.

BETTER TO LIMIT COMMUNICATIONS, THAN TO TRIGGER POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CONFLICTS WITH ONE ANOTHER.

12-29-2015--- STORY

THIS DAY, I MET A DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN ENDOWED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD.

HE HAS RECOGNIZED THE TEMPORARINESS OF LIFE, THAT NO ONE WILL ESCAPE DEATH, THAT ALL OF US NEED TO BE PREPARED ALL THE TIME FOR DEATH, AND TO FACE GOD WHEN OUR TIME COMES.

THUS, THERE IS A NEED TO DO ALL THE GOOD WE CAN WITH WHAT MEANS WE CAN.

IT IS NOT WEALTH THAT WILL MATTER IN DOING GOOD, BUT THE HEART TO DO WHAT IS GOOD.

WHEN WE LIVE OUR DAYS FOCUSED IN DOING GOD'S WILL, WE WILL BE PREPARED FOR DEATH, ANYTIME OUR TIME COMES.

THESE ARE THE ESSENCE OF OUR CONVERSATION THIS DAY.

WE LIVE ONLY TEMPORARILY IN THIS WORLD, AND THEN WE FACE GOD, OUR CREATOR.

HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO FACE GOD DOING THE BEST ONE CAN FOR THE GOOD AND FULFILLMENT OF HIS DIVINE WILL.