March 30, 2010
I've read the entire Bible once and I've been hearing verses and excerpts during masses and I've been reading ang rereading verses and excerpts but I have not hit upon the answer to the question of why God created me in particular. It might sound and look like a self-centered question, but the answer is the foundation of how I would like to live the rest of my life.Sure, I have plans and dreams for what remains of my life which I am praying to GOD for realization, and I am praying that those plans and dreams are part of God's purpose for my life. Maybe I'm too presumptous to be asking that, but it would be nice to know , me, nearing senior citizenship in a few years.
Jeremiah 33:3 says "Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things which you have not known. " According to God's word, may I ask, please. Some thoughts have crossed my mind -- such as that God loves me and therefore created me so I could keep Him company; that God wants me to be a showcase of His love and generous abundance and become His 'apple of the eye'. Thinking like a spoiled brat , I admit, but I think it would be wonderful to God's pampered 'spoiled brat' . It is very delightful to be thinking along those lines. On my part , I know that I would like to serve God and obey Him in all things and become a delight to Him.. On the cosmic scale, I really want to feel like 'Daddy's girl' .. Is that being presumptuous?
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Imago Dei
March 29, 2010
I've always been intrigued, fearfully so, by this piece of information from the Bible. That God created man in His image is such a huge, mindblowing information. How does one interpret it and apply it to one's ordinary, every day life? I mean, hellow, God is sooooo UP THERE!!! in creative power,strength, love, loving-kindness, forgivingness, generousity and all those good, great character traits and abilities while I'm so painfully aware of my own weaknesses, faults, sins, mistakes, failures, powerlessness, negativities,bad temper and thoughts and all such things ... Then a realization , which presented itself in a wee, almost unnoticeable way, almost like a whisper and the gentlest of breezes, almost like a tingling baby's breath on one's check , came and intimated in the remembered verse about the 'Vine and the branches' , on 'abiding in God and God abiding in one's internal life/spirit', about 'the Kingdom of God being inside you..' .... And behold, it's quite very reasonable, logical and profoundly simple ... that one can only be an image of God if God dwells in one's spirit and innards , one's soul, mind, heart and body which is another way of saying that one loves God with all of one's soul, body, heart and mind and when one connects with God all the time, every moment ...Whew !
I've always been intrigued, fearfully so, by this piece of information from the Bible. That God created man in His image is such a huge, mindblowing information. How does one interpret it and apply it to one's ordinary, every day life? I mean, hellow, God is sooooo UP THERE!!! in creative power,strength, love, loving-kindness, forgivingness, generousity and all those good, great character traits and abilities while I'm so painfully aware of my own weaknesses, faults, sins, mistakes, failures, powerlessness, negativities,bad temper and thoughts and all such things ... Then a realization , which presented itself in a wee, almost unnoticeable way, almost like a whisper and the gentlest of breezes, almost like a tingling baby's breath on one's check , came and intimated in the remembered verse about the 'Vine and the branches' , on 'abiding in God and God abiding in one's internal life/spirit', about 'the Kingdom of God being inside you..' .... And behold, it's quite very reasonable, logical and profoundly simple ... that one can only be an image of God if God dwells in one's spirit and innards , one's soul, mind, heart and body which is another way of saying that one loves God with all of one's soul, body, heart and mind and when one connects with God all the time, every moment ...Whew !
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
21 Day 7 Great Prayers Challenge --- Second Day
Day 2 : ' THANK YOU GOD '
Thank You God for You, for Your Son Jesus Christ, for the Holy Spirit.
Thank You for Your love, mercy, generosity, abundance/prosperity/growth/progress, forgiveness, holiness and for all the beautiful things that You are.
Thank You for Your Creation and the vastness of it.
Thank You for my family, friends and loved ones, the community, and my country.
Thank You for a ‘First World Philippines under You’ !
Thank You for the lessons of the past , the life and living of the present and the realization of future dreams. Thank You for a bright, prosperous, abundant tomorrow. Thank you for the charmed life today.
Thank You for the slow-travel/vacation/pilgrimage in the Holy Land, France, Italy, Spain, Prague, Montenegro.
Thank You for the resources that will enable me to retire from government service and start my new life. Thank You for the resources for my retirement home,car, successful design-related business and that will enable me to do volunteer work for those in need, for Your glory.
Thank You for guiding me in my everyday activities towards the realization of the plans and dreams for the next five years, as stated above.
Thank You for reminding me always through the restlessness I feel inside , that I still have to fulfill my highest potentials. Thank You for propelling me towards my dreams coming true by reminding me to extricate myself from some situations and relationships that drag me down and away from the path to the realization of my dreams and the fulfillment of my potentials, according to Your will.
Thank You for the daily bread. Thank You for everything.
Thank You God for You, for Your Son Jesus Christ, for the Holy Spirit.
Thank You for Your love, mercy, generosity, abundance/prosperity/growth/progress, forgiveness, holiness and for all the beautiful things that You are.
Thank You for Your Creation and the vastness of it.
Thank You for my family, friends and loved ones, the community, and my country.
Thank You for a ‘First World Philippines under You’ !
Thank You for the lessons of the past , the life and living of the present and the realization of future dreams. Thank You for a bright, prosperous, abundant tomorrow. Thank you for the charmed life today.
Thank You for the slow-travel/vacation/pilgrimage in the Holy Land, France, Italy, Spain, Prague, Montenegro.
Thank You for the resources that will enable me to retire from government service and start my new life. Thank You for the resources for my retirement home,car, successful design-related business and that will enable me to do volunteer work for those in need, for Your glory.
Thank You for guiding me in my everyday activities towards the realization of the plans and dreams for the next five years, as stated above.
Thank You for reminding me always through the restlessness I feel inside , that I still have to fulfill my highest potentials. Thank You for propelling me towards my dreams coming true by reminding me to extricate myself from some situations and relationships that drag me down and away from the path to the realization of my dreams and the fulfillment of my potentials, according to Your will.
Thank You for the daily bread. Thank You for everything.
Monday, February 22, 2010
21 - Day Prayer Challenge
I'm taking on the 21-day prayer challenge , inspired by the '7 Great Prayers'.
First Day , Feb 23, 2010 :
'I Love You God'
I love you God for You, the source of all things, the creator of all things.
You are all powerful,all knowing and omnipresent, holy. You are my God, Lord, Creator,Father,Provider, Healer, Peace.
Father God, You created me in your image and in my love for You, I would like to be a showcase ,a channel,an image of Your character, Your loving-kindness, Your abundance and generosity.
Father God, grant that I may know how You see me, so that I can consciously try and become , and also see myself the way You see me.
I love you God and I want to take my identity and self-worth from You, my Creator and not from anything and anybody else. You are my Creator and You know me, what I am the most. I have worth because You created and loved me.
I love you God and I want to obey You. I love you and I want to fill my entire being with you. I am in You and what You are is in me.
I love You because You are You. I love You because …. I just love You.
And I pray please teach me to love You the way You should be loved. And forgive me if I can only love You the way a mere human being can love.
Thank You, Father God.
First Day , Feb 23, 2010 :
'I Love You God'
I love you God for You, the source of all things, the creator of all things.
You are all powerful,all knowing and omnipresent, holy. You are my God, Lord, Creator,Father,Provider, Healer, Peace.
Father God, You created me in your image and in my love for You, I would like to be a showcase ,a channel,an image of Your character, Your loving-kindness, Your abundance and generosity.
Father God, grant that I may know how You see me, so that I can consciously try and become , and also see myself the way You see me.
I love you God and I want to take my identity and self-worth from You, my Creator and not from anything and anybody else. You are my Creator and You know me, what I am the most. I have worth because You created and loved me.
I love you God and I want to obey You. I love you and I want to fill my entire being with you. I am in You and what You are is in me.
I love You because You are You. I love You because …. I just love You.
And I pray please teach me to love You the way You should be loved. And forgive me if I can only love You the way a mere human being can love.
Thank You, Father God.
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