LESSONS LEARNED TODAY- 2/10/2012

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.


TODAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THIS BLOG.


MAY THIS BLOG RESULT IN GOOD FRUITS IN THE DAYS TO COME WITH THE HELP OF GOD.


PRAISE BE TO GOD.


1

AROUND 5AM, I MET THE PEDDLER OF "TAHO" WHO USUALLY PASS BY OUR HOUSE ON THE SIDE OF THE MAIN ROAD. IT IS ABOUT A FEW KILOMETERS AWAY FROM WHERE I CURRENTLY RESIDE.

I COMPLEMENTED HIM FOR BEING INDUSTRIOUS.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE IS DOING THIS FOR THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY- FOR THEIR FAMILY NEEDS HIM TO WORK TO SURVIVE.

HIS COMMENT TOUCHED MY HEART: HE, A PEDDLER OF "TAHO" HAVE SHOWN ME CHARACTER: HE IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE FOR THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY.

ANOTHER TRAIT I HAVE OBSERVED WITH THIS "TAHO" PEDDLER IS THAT HE VALUES WORD OF HONOR.

I SAW SOY BEAN DRINK AMONG HIS PEDDLED ITEMS. HE TOLD ME THAT HE IS RESERVING THIS AS ORDER BY SOMEONE. THOUGH HE LIKES TO SELL ME THIS DRINK, HE VALUES WORD OF HONOR, TO HONOR EARLIER COMMITMENT MADE TO OTHERS.

THIS TRAIT IS COMMENDABLE. MAY THESE TRAITS SPREAD AMONG MANKIND.

I GAVE HIM A SILENT BLESSING AS WE SEPARATE WAYS.

2

SHARING FROM A LOCKSMITH WHOM I HAVE A CHANCED CONVERSATION:

HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PEOPLE BELITTLING HIM, FOR HE ONLY HAS A MEAGER PROFIT OUT OF HIS LIVELIHOOD, AND HE WAS LOOKED DOWN UPON OTHERS.

I TOLD HIM THIS: 

GOD SEES US AS WHAT WE ARE.

IT IS NOT FINANCIAL STATUS THAT IS IMPORTANT WITH GOD, BUT OUR HEART: WHETHER WE ARE SINCERE WITH GOD, AND TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO FOLLOW HIM.

MORE IMPORTANT THAN RICHES IS HAVING GOOD CHARACTER.

GOOD CHARACTER CANNOT BE BOUGHT BY MONEY: IT IS SOMETHING INNATE AND IS COMING FROM OUR HEART.

WHEN WE BASE OUR ACTIONS IN LOVE, FOR GOD AND FELLOWMEN, WE PRODUCE GOOD ACTIONS.

GENUINE LOVE PRODUCES GOOD CHARACTER, WHICH IS RARER THAN TREASURES OF THIS WORLD.

3

I INTRODUCED OUR ORGANIZATION D.E.U.S.(G.O.D.) TO SOMEONE.

HE ASKED ME WHERE IS OUR CHAPEL OR TEMPLE.

I SHARED HIM THIS TEACHING:

GOD'S TEMPLE IS US HUMANS WHO SINCERELY LOVE GOD AND WITH SINCERITY TRY TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL TO THE UTMOST OF OUR ABILITIES.

WHEN OUR HEART HAS GENUINE LOVE FOR GOD AND NEIGHBOR, THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN IN THE CORE OF OUR BEING.

4

SOMEONE TOLD ME THIS: THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE PRONE TO COMMIT ERRORS AND SIN AGAINST GOD. IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW GOD.

WHAT I TOLD HIM IS THIS: 

AS LONG AS WE ARE LIVING IN THIS MATERIAL BODY, IT IS TRUE THAT WE ARE PRONE TO ERRORS AND SIN.

THEREFORE, WHAT SHOULD WE DO THEN?

BE SINCERE WITH GOD, AND TRY TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL, EVEN IF WE CONTINUALLY SIN OR FAIL.

THOUGH WE HAVE LIMITATIONS, AND WE ARE PRONE TO ERRORS, GOD SEES THROUGH OUR HEARTS, AND OUR INTENTIONS.

IN DUE TIME, WE WILL RECEIVE HELP FROM GOD, AS LONG AS WE TRY TO IMPROVE FOR THE BETTER DAY BY DAY BECAUSE WE LOVE GOD.

5

DUE TO THE LIMITATION OF FUNDS FOR OUTREACH, I WALKED A FEW KILOMETERS GOING HOME, WITH THE INTENTION OF SAVING A FEW PESOS FOR THE POOR.

TRUE ENOUGH, I MET POOR PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY.

GAVE THEM MONEY- INCLUDING THE FARE FOR THE TRICYCLE GOING HOME.

IN MY HEART, I AM GLAD.

WHY? FOR I WALKED FOR GOD, TO HELP THE POOR I MEET.

I HAVE REALIZED THAT I LOVE GOD THAT MUCH THAT I AM WILLING TO SACRIFICE MANY THINGS IN MY LIFE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

MAY GOD BE MERCIFUL TOWARDS US AND HELP US IN OUR LIVES.

HOPE THIS SHARING BE OF HELP.

GOD BLESS....