Seasons of Love

 

 

 

 

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments, oh dear
Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

 

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Why hello there. I was away from this blog for two years. As in two. long. years. That would mean I turned 2 years older now (how old am I again? =D) but more than the age, I grew up wiser also. Well you see, it's not just possible to come out of a year or two (2013-2014) and not be a better person, right? And I may have been missing scribing my thoughts over the past few months and years, but believe me, God never failed to let me experience His favor and blessings all through out. He is faithful, so very faithful. On another note, how I wish I could write everything had happened on this entry or if only reposting my photos on Instagram (well, I sort of kept it on this app) is as easy as 1,2,3. But I guess blogging about the present is as significant as the past and the future. So yeah, let's talk about the "current" and the seasons I'm in now.

SEASON OF GOODBYES AND HELLOS.

 

 

I bet we all went into that situation wherein we considered we'd be staying longer on that stage or maybe our last stop in a long and winding journey. However, there are also things you were once so sure of, and find out later that these are just mere phases in your life. Agree? Well, pretty soon I'd be saying goodbye to one of the many facets I adhered for the last four years. Nothing is permanent as they say. So yeah, at least for this particular time I am more ready to pack-up, leave the unnecessary baggage behind and go when God says it's time to go. And to where I am heading to, I know He is already there, me ready to shout my sweetest hello and Him all prepared to give me His warmest welcome. Sheesh... Why does it have to be this exhilarating?? Thrilled!

SEASON OF GROWING

Non-living things aren't made to grow. They're anything that is not now nor has ever been alive. It doesn't go through the cycle of life, like you know, birth, growth and death. You and me? We don't belong here. We grow, I mean, we MUST grow. A.W. Tozer once quoted, "Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will." Allow me to share an instance where I found myself become better, I know it's kinda petty but at least I improved in some ways. Well, everybody in the family knows that my cooking skill sucks. Despite of having a grandmother, mom and sister who are all champions in cooking, here I am an all-fried-ulam-rookie. I used to make an excuse that I'm a better dishwasher and together with those dishwashing liquids, sponges and pangkuskos, these made me a champion in  one of the most dreaded household chores at home. And as to cooking, my fried chicken was---average. My fried hotdog was so-so. Fried lumpia? Okay lang din naman.  But that feeling of "fried na nga, di pa masarap" made me come to my senses and let me realized that there is still room for improvement. I Googled recipes, repeated cooking episodes on Youtube and allowed some experts to teach me. Now I can simply cook and make some sumptuous desserts, maybe not as expert as the chef in the famous resto, but I'm already fine knowing that I'm a know-how when it comes to cooking.  How about you? What are opportunities you grabbed to be more matured in character or a sharper skill perhaps? We really can't afford to remain stagnant, noh?  Because if ignorance is expensive, then I can also conclude that a non-improving self is chintzy in this evolving and innovating world.

 

SEASON OF LOVE

 

 Remember the love
(Oh, you got to, you got to remember the love)
Remember the love
(You know that love is a gift from up above)
Remember the love
(Share love, give love, spread love)
Measure in love
(Measure, measure your life in love)

If your country is residing almost near the equator, well you must love summer. I love summer. I was born in this season, at the height of sun's temperature. I grew up playing around and went home with a pocketful of sunshine. But no matter how joyful it gets from end of March to last week of May, still nothing beats the spirit of Christmas which we all know starts in September in the Philippines. It's the period of the year when people go wiggle-giggle-giddy-giddy-yup-yup-yup! Aaahh, just full of smiling, singing, laughing, giving and loving. You might also want to add those beautiful Christmas lights twinkling every night and Christmas trees standing tall with flowing decorations which you don't like to miss taking pictures with. So many things can happen in this merry season that will leave us inspired, amazed and awed. But what really blows my mind is the thought of our Father in heaven and how much it took for Him to give up His own Son for the ransom of many. Yes, Jesus Christ was born to redeem mankind including you and me and this alone is the conclusion that He's the reason for this season. To have a full understanding of this will surely not stop us from marveling at the wonder of God's love for His children. So consuming.

 

Christmas is already here and it will just fly by the same manner it came.  May we treasure every moment we have with our families and friends, the ones who stood by with us the whole year round. Above all, it is my prayer that we won't be missing the true message that God is telling us which can also be summarized in 3 words: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is LOVE.

 

 

 Come join me in this season. Will you?

 

 

 Together we celebrate,