The Art Of Letting Go

There comes a point and time in everyone's life when they need to let go. It's easier said than done, and even when most recognize the need to let go they can't do it.

Letting go is about freedom; freedom that can only be experienced through the disconnection of the things - or the person - that cause the mental imprisonment. It's about clearing a path that will take you from where you've been, to where you want to go. It's about stepping out of the shadows of not-so-good-experiences and emerging as a victor. It's about having more of you to offer, and offering more of yourself to love.

Yesterday does hold lessons. Before you can move on from anything or anyone, you must first truly embrace the reality of where you are and how you got there. Was it due to poor judgment? Bad decisions? Impulsiveness? Personal or professional growth? Shift in values? Was it an unhealthy or unproductive relationship? A non-reciprocal friendship? Whatever the case, it's imperative that you know where you are so that you can avoid a return trip to this place of adversity in the future.

When a habit or association imprisons you to an undesirable fate, or clouds the brightness of your present and future, it's time to let go. Your motivation to do so is directly correlated with your desire to be free; free from the adverse conditions that your choices have, or will create. Letting go is a challenge, but it's always a choice.

Thick and Fast Tuesday!

PLEASE CLICK PHOTOS TO READ CAPTIONS CLEARLY. THANK YOU =)

Hala-win photo shoot

Starting last night, the Hijas' Network
are in **busy mode**
in preparation for the most awaited
big event this October.
Left and Right photo shoots,
video and voice recordings,
and practices for the cheer dance
and hijas primary twelve's surprise number!
Weeeeeh!
pakakaabangan....Hala-win!!


Photo courtesy of: maryaribekah (official photographer last night.haha)
model: isah narsha arcilla from el fuerte hijas (darling's network)

My 2nd online journal

My 2nd online journal

Blog title: Rebekah's Daily Dwellings By the Well

Oooopps.. sorry. **private-mode** haha. =)

Happy blogging everyone!

Happy birthday hija_Ross!

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Hi ding!

I'll share to you an excerpt from the Bible.
Cge lang, dili man pud ni wali. hehe

John 13 (Jesus Washed The Feet of His Disciples)

verse 5: After that, He poured water into a basin and began
to wash His disciple's feet, drying them with the towel
that was wrapped around Him.

verse 6: He came to Simon Peter who said, "Lord, are
You going to wash my feet?"

verse 7: Jesus replied, "You do not realized now what I
am doing, but later you will understand."

verse 8: "No," said Peter, "You shall never wash my feet."
Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."

My message:

I really thanked the Lord for making you as part of my twelve.
You just don't know how the Lord sharpened my life
and leadership through your lives
(with ezra and marj as gi-seed up)
Thank you also for letting me disciple you and
wash your feet like Jesus did to His disciples!
Naa dinha ang pagserve, love, care etc.
And as we know, naa pud sa washing ang mga corrections
na at times we don't want to hear.
Maybe you do not realized yet what I'm doing as a discipler
but pareho sa answer ni Jesus: Later you will understand.
[Unless I wash you, you have no part with me]
And I am so excited to see you doing the same thing
--washing the feet (and be a servant leader!) of your future disciples.
Though it's not that easy but God is there..add mo pa ako
and your spiritual sissies! We'll together run this race.
Oie, coming na sila (your multitudes!) pangandam nah! =)

**Dings, you are loved. You are special.**
Happy Happy Birthday!

Lovelots,
Mamee Bek

As for me and my blogs, we will serve the Lord!

I'm still a 2-month old baby here in the world of blogging but im sooooo in to it! It's fun reflecting, contemplating and writing all of the things running through my mind. For me, some of its benefits are: meeting wonderful people (Though sometimes i only ever know them in the digital world, but that's ok); It also causes me to reflect on my life as a whole.;I can look back and say, “Wow, I did that?” Or, “What was I thinking?" Haha. But the best of all is when people get to browse my online journal and they feel blessed.

hhhhmmmm....

Wait. Let me share about this first.

Luke 6:45 - The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. FOR OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF HIS HEART HIS MOUTH SPEAKS. hhhmmm....Familiar? Para sa mga bcc peepz, super familiar na ta ani! Our dear pastor ruffy is preaching about this for 3 consecutive sunday services. I've learned about the great power of the mind, the need to guard and manage it (aka heart)--Prov.4:23, and of course it's constant renewal through the blood of Jesus.

I love reading other people's blogs---mga kakilala and not even a kakilala. Hindi naman sa usyosera whatever ako (haha!) but I just want to know what's on their mind (parang facebook?!) and guess what? I even found some blogs of the artista. Yup2x! Some blogs are so interesting and inspiring (nakakablessed talaga) but there are some na ginawang expression of hurts, pains, rejections and hatred (sad...need jud magencounter!) Blogging??? sus, Luke 6:45 jud ni ba. And that is when I've made a commitment to make blog entries that will serve as a channel of blessing gyud to other people by God's grace. Through this, they'll get to know more of our Father--everything about His greatness, goodness and His loving kindness! Yeah, more of Him and less of me =)

Kaya nga I'm (and still!) more inspired to do this thingy. Oh, have I mentioned that I want my future generation to be blessed as well when they read my blogs? (Yup, kayo 'yan my future children and my future grandchildren!) I promise not to delete any of my entries for them to read how God blessed me as a single and pati na rin sa POST-SINGLE life!! Hehehe =)

Weeehh!! Blogging is fun! Especially when it is dedicated to the Lord---the original Blogger! (official blogsite: The Bible)

AS FOR ME AND MY BLOGS, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!

p.s. I've made another blog account diay [Rebekah's Daily Dwellings By the Well; www.mywellwishes.blogspot.com] kaya lang naka **private mode** haha. And if you're given the chance to view it (if you may ask) magbunyi ka!! CLOSE TAYO! =)

The Wedding Ring

Why should the wedding ring be worn on the fourth finger?

There is a beautiful and convincing explanation given by the Chinese.


Thumb represents your -- Parents
Second (Index) finger represents your Siblings
Middle finger represents your Self
Fourth (Ring) finger represents your Life Partner
& Last (Little) finger represents your Children

Firstly, open your palms (facing together), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back
Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip
(As shown in the figure Above)

Now, try to Separate your Thumbs (representing the parents)..., they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong and have to leave you sooner or later.

Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings). They will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives.

Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children). They will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.

Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse).
You will be surprised to see that you just CAN NOT.


Because Husband &Wife have to remain together all their lives ---through thick and thin!

ISN'T THIS A LOVELY EXPLANATION?

To meet and part is the way of life.
To part and meet is the hope of life.

*got from jm flores =)

Baby Seth Turns 1! =)

My Pamangkin.
My Palangga.
My Baby Seth.

How Great Is Our God

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD
by Louie Giglio

(i am inspired by this message. feel free to read it!)

Your life is a miracle, and the creator of the universe knows you by name!

He's big enough to breathe out stars, yet intricate enough to fashion together the trillions of cells that make up every facet of who you are. The God who spoke the universe into existence made you, too, and knows everything about you. From the smallest molecule to the situation you find yourself in right now, He's aware of your circumstances and intimately acquainted with everything you do. And He cares about you and promises to carry you through.

That's where we find hope in the midst of the darkest places in life. The journey often complicated and painful, filled with confusion and chaos. Yet, the cross of Christ reveals God's promise to preserve and restore you no matter what the circumstance. He will hold onto you and hold you together, giving strength to those who hope in His unfailing love.

He is the everlasting God!


About the author: Giglio was born in 1958 and grew up in a Christian home in Atlanta, Georgia. One morning at 2 AM during his freshman year at Georgia State University in 1977, he decided to follow Christ instead of the party life. That conscious decision led him to become one of the architects of the modern worship style geared towards young people with its emphasis on informal attire, expressive worship and low-key, visually driven sermons.

His ministry is based on Isaiah 26:8 - "Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts" (from the New International Version).

hapi bday, hija_cath! =)

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To my dearly beloved spiritual daughter Catherine:

Happy 18th birthday!
Though I wasn't able to greet you @ 12midnight due to broken CP
(Coz that's how i greet people who are so dear to my heart,
dapat aq ang mauna ug greet!)
I made you this special blog naman
(haha, bumabawi ding noh?)
Anyway,
Just want to let you know that
I consider it as a blessing and an honor discipling you!
Paspas kaayo ang panahon, 9 mos na diay ko nimong
spiritual nanay. hehehe.
Maski things were not that easy between us,
but we both endured.
I'm looking forward for another
9 months, 9 years, 9 decades, 9 centuries (hahaha!)
of us being together sa vision.
Padayon ding, kay lugi ang muundang =)

Proverbs 6:20-22
My son (daughter!), keep your father's commands and
do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Bind them upon your heart forever;
fasten them around or neck.
When you walk, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
When you awake, they will speak to you.

iLoveyousomuch, ding!
You're one of my treasured treasures in the Lord.

For the multitudes,
Nanay/ Mommyding

Fyut and Tyur!

** This entry is dedicated to Armie Love aka fyut, my 5-days-in-a-row-buddy2x last week. We printed application letters and CVs, dated in a coffee shop, planned for the future (ai, October Big event diay sa YR. hehe) laughed together, reminisced the past, teased one another (uuuuyyy), fished, naglakaw2x sa dakbayan sa dabaw (kay nangapply man), window shopped (girls will always be girls!) etc2x. Whew! Purely sissie bonding--and t'was fun!

I've read a quote which says, "There's a special kind of freedom spiritual sisters enjoy. Freedom to share innermost thoughts, to ask a favor, to show their true feelings, and the freedom to simply be themselves." I totally agree! I'm so blessed to have her with my 10 other spiritual sissies (ate karen, ate rose, frolaine, darling, rosalie, haide, kristel, jessel, jennelle and rose ann---cge lang mga terz, i'll write a blog next time na kamo na pud ang bida!)

Allow me to share some facts about fyut and tyur.

** We knew each other since elementary. We were churchmates---classmates sa sunday school to be specific.

** We became good friends when we entered the tambourine ministry with Yvette and Aleli, 13 years ago ( groupname: Magic Girls)

** We (the four of us) used to sleep sa church before every saturday night in preparation for the sunday service the next day (nagasayaw mi tambourine!), sabay matulog (kadlawon na, cge sturya2x ug crush2x. hahaha!) sabay mukaon, maligo, mag-ilis. Hahaiz..mga bata talaga!

** We went to different youth camps in different places in Mindanao. crush2x na pud! tsk3x. Haha.

** We were school mates in Davao City Nat'l High School (She was a rover scout, i was a girl scout..laging handa!)

** Then the G12 vision came. We became spiritual sissies under the leadership of our beloved mother hija, Ms. Deborah Tutor (2004).

** We both went to high and low (lowest!) points of our leadership, but we lingered. Our relationship was tested but we learned to forgive each other.

** 5 years had passed and we're still glued together. We're persisting in the vision, overcoming struggles, enduring hardships, hanging on to God's promises, dreaming bigger things and enjoying discipleship!

** And Why do we call ourselves as fyut and tyur? haha. that is pertaining to a FUTURE---a very bright future with the Lord which includes our future 144, 1728, multitudes, ministry, work, business, husband (woohoo!) and family.

PROVERBS 18: 24- A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

For the multitudes and for the future!

Purple Butterfly

Fascinating.
How can you be so beautiful?
Ah--yes.You've changed.
So admirable.
But it's time to fly now
and leave your sweet cocoon.
Have to kiss those colorful flowers
and say hello to the busy bees.
but please
take a rest with nature's tall trees.
Go on and fly away.
And as you rise in the air,
hear this echo from afar...
"You are loved...You are loved."

p.s. a well-watered garden awaits you. please return soon.

I shed tears. He shed blood.

I shed tears when I thought what I did was right.

Only to know that it was done by my own might.

I shed tears when things suddenly went wrong.

How will I mend it? Just thinking all day long.

I shed tears when I’m in my utmost point of desperation,

Don’t know where to run, don’t even know how to get my portion.

I shed tears when my dreams were stolen, and broken into pieces.

My heart is torn, an anxious feeling inside of me never ceases.

I shed tears when it seems all hope is gone.

There’s a deep emptiness, I felt so undone.

I shed tears when I couldn’t get the answers to all of these.

I cannot see the reason; Lord will You help me please?

Then TRUTH came, consumed me and it shed light

Taught me to stand up, move forward and uphold the fight

This truth took me to a special place, where I found freedom, peace and salvation

There Jesus bled and died for me, on that cross I saw it washed my imperfections

He shed blood to open up my eyes and see

That I am His best and faith has made it easy

He shed blood to cancel my mind’s negative arguments

He renewed my identity, gave me love that was really truly meant.

He shed blood to restore my cherished godly dreams

Gave me strength and hope to pursue every visionary scheme

Oh Jesus, thank You for all You have done!

That each time I shed tears, I’m reminded that I’m Your precious one.

© September, 2009.