Yeeees!

I've been trying hard the past months to submit my blog to anywhere it can have more readers. Then I acidentally found DeafRead. I hope the human editors will see my post about my ALD.

From tonight onwards, I will try to post more about my experiences, thoughts and feelings about my deafness. As some sites have advised- Don't be shy.

Amnesia

flowers at church last Sunday

we were at table no. 5 during our church's post valentine party

I woke up this morning with a vague pain around my neck and left shoulder. The beginnings of a stiff neck perhaps which I promptly asked the Lord to heal. There was also a little headache when I opened my eyes around 7am so I decided to sleep more and I woke up at 8:30 am. Then I saw on tv that it's a non working holiday today as it is Edsa I anniversary. I decided today is my holiday, too. I deserve a break. So since this morning, I have not done anything praiseworthy or industrious in nature. I just watched a little of SIS, a little of Takeshi's then the high noon news. I am following Lozada, ok?
Youngest son left to work and eldest son came to visit as there's no work he said. There's still the stiff neck and the tiny headache so I tried to drink the left over blue pepsi only to change my mind when I read from the label that there's aspartame in them innocent looking pepsi. I even suspected the aspartame in the pepsi I drank last night caused these fair maladies I'm experiencing today. I decided to have a cup of coffee instead and from the feel of things, coffee seemed to have cleared the headache, lessened the neck pain and perked me up so now I'm blogging.
I have been studying in my mind some of the things I learned from our bible study lessons at precepts and from the blog posts of my sis MTDTee. I think another problem area in the Christian personality is forgetfulness or in some cases full blown amnesia. You see, Sunday in and Sunday out we hear from the pulpit when the pastor speaks or when the deacon prays about Christ's finished work on the cross. It was a complete and perfect work when Christ did the will of the Father, died on the cross for our sakes so we will not suffer anymore. But by the way most of us, including me, behave it seems we're always trying to finish what Christ had already finished on the cross for us. Christ's work on the cross is complete, nothing has to be added to it. We just have to believe, continue believing and not forget. In that way we can relax and not be fidgety. We can serve the Lord with gladness, worship Him in awe, and richly bless others from the abundance of His love.

Align Our Hearts

God is calling His church to align our hearts with Him once again. It's about grace not our efforts and religious activity. The Lord is calling us to depend on the totality of His work on the cross. It is complete and sufficient. He wants us to depend on His love, be filled with it and then minister it. - Pastor Terry Somerville

This is an excerpt from an article written by Pastor Terry Somerville. It is a very profound statement, a call to the Christian churches and an appeal to every professing Christian's heart.Perhaps the reason why church activities, even praying become routine is because we forget why we became Christians in the first place. It's good to be reminded of God's complete love and abounding grace and the finished work of Christ on the cross. I think our only part is to be dependent on God's love and share this love to others. Love ya all.

Our living room, also called sala. The furniture is made from narra, Philippine hardwood and fifty years old already. This was sold to us by two Chinese wood carpenters named Iking and Peping for a few hundred pesos.

This is the curtain crocheted and finished by mum in record time - two months.

Dawn Watch

The dawn watch a Korean pastor introduced to our church is supposed to end after forty days but our church took to dawn watching like duck to water and decided we want to dawn watch till forever. Arrrrgh!

Anyways dawn watching was began by Jesus in the New Testament. It's not literally watching the early dawn and the sun rising but worshipping God and praying at church first thing in the morning, hence dawn watch. It's the coolest thing to do in the Christian life really. Aside from the joyful singing and worship singing we also do stretching and limbering exercises as in spirit and body get tuned up.

I decided that after dawn watch I will walk the three kilometers back home so I can have a proper exercise. I always wanted to do execising but I lack the discipline and thanks I now have the chance to do what I've been meaning to do all these years. So this morning was my first try. It was a success. It was pleasantly cold, and there were still few people in the street, I wore a pair of comfortable slippers and I arrived home feeling, of course, exercised. But to tell you the truth, at this moment my feet are achy, my legs tired but I promise myself I will get the hang of it by and by. It's just the beginning, ok, ok?

Happy Nu Yr

What have become of me posting a New Year blog on January 4th? I have been busy really. This is what I got by beginning the new year procrastinating. My Kiwi nieces are coming over tomorrow to join our family swiming party to be held at Covelandia.

This morning I washed the linen so the Kiwi nieces will be satisfied when they lie down to sleep in our big bed. The linen are now smelling sweet. I used two sachets of Del fabric softener that's why. I replaced our pillow cases with new floral prints. It has pastel shades of green, blue and violets. Lovely.

By the way, the pic of fireworks above was taken by Richard, my prospective future son-in-law. I was really trying to shoot pics of the fireworks display myself but I can't capture it. I kept jumping and scampering away whenever our neighbor Alfie lights firecrackers in front of our gate.

Mum's being fidgety again whenever visitors are coming over.

Oooops!

I forgot to check the time and it's already 7 minutes before 11 pm. I intended to post something interesting tonight. But I have committed myself to attend dawn watch tomorrow at 430 am. S0 as soon as it's 11pm I have to log off so I can have a longer sleep. 5 minutes to go. Aside from dawn watch I also plan to attend a cell group although it ends around ten pm every Wednesday. The cell group's meeting place is quite far. 2 minutes to go. I also have to prepare my clothes. Thanks to the Lord because this morning I asked for tranportation money and early this evening I already have the money. Mayaman si Papa!

Ok, bye for now good nite. Sleep tight.