Time Machine

"Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." - Matthew 6:34

The Time Machine. It's human nature to want to turn back time, to relive moments in their lives of glorious splendor. Or perhaps to speed up time to see the wondrous future, or to make fast the suffering one is undertaking currently (like Med School! GAAAAH!).

But see, time machines don't work that way. How do I know? Because I have one.

Going to the future on this is pretty simple. However, I've learned that this time machine that I have can't turn back time. Now you're thinking it's pretty useless, but then I wondered why, and stumbled upon an easy answer. See, if it could go back into the past, and since this time machine is so easily acquirable, then the world would be in utter chaos! Time includes EVERYONE, so if everybody started changing their pasts, then there would be no real history. The space-time continuum would be broken in pieces! So that is why it can't do that, its some kind of failsafe mechanic for our lives to actually work despite the use of this time machine.

Now, to tell you about this time machine.

There was a boy, he was 10 years old, and he was riding a car. A nice Corvette convertible. The driver of the car, an old Italian man, was going 90 on the highway. Top down, the wind was blowing through their hairs, the fields as far as the eye can see from both sides disappeared in hazy blur. The Italian man then said to the boy, "You know what a time machine is?"

The boy wondered, and said "Yes, I do. Why?"

"You're riding on one" the Italian man smirked.

The boy was perplexed. This car, a time machine? That's silly.

Seeing the boy all confused, he pointed with his thumb towards the back. "That is the past."

He pointed towards the road ahead with his index finger and said, "That is the future."

Lastly, he pointed on the steering wheel and said, "Here, now, I am driving this beautiful baby. I have to make sure I do it right, or else I won't be able to go to the future," as he nodded towards the road ahead, "and this, is the present."

Sometimes we get so overwhelmed with what is happening now, with all the work, all the studying, and all the seemingly endless suffering that we wished that we could turn back time to easier days, or rush through today so we can see a brighter tomorrow. But without the here and now, without knowing what we need to learn, to experience, to bring with us for tomorrow, there would be nothing waiting for us. No better us, no better days, no better lives. And if the past were to be easily altered, there would be no YOU now. That's why we can't go back in time, for the lessons we learned back then is exactly the reason why who we are today.

No tomorrow, no yesterday. Just today, is sufficient enough. To enjoy life, to savor it's bitterness and sweetness, to stop and smell the flowers (or maybe even perhaps the pollution?), to see that smile on a child who have less than what we have, to live LIFE. This is what it's all about.

Tomorrow will deal with itself, when we get there.

I found out that my shoes were magical time machines. I'm sure you could find one in your closet.

Antonio Miguel Unabia

Med Student

To Forgive And Forget

"One day Peter asked, 'Master, how many times should I forgive someone who keeps wronging me? Religious people agreed that it was fair to forgive a person three times but Peter generously suggested, 'how about seven times?' Jesus smiled and shook his head. 'No Peter,' he said, 'seventy times seven is nearer the mark."

"Forgive and forget." I have encountered this phrase about a million times over in my life, and it's one of those that I'd personally like to brand as ''cliche!"

Some people say it's rather easier to forgive, yet difficult to forget, and others say and think the other way around. If you ask me, neither one is "easier'' nor ''difficult.''

 

I am no stranger to fights or falling-outs. And I am well aware that being in that situation is rather unpleasant, all because I'd always have to CHOOSE between forgiving and forgetting the person(s) who has/have wronged me. Quite honestly, I barely know of a time when I did both.

But here's the thing: I've noticed that whenever I try to ''forget'' someone (and claim to have forgiven that person), sooner or later thoughts about that person would resurface in my mind, and we all know that it can't be helped (human as we are). And the danger there is that, if the thoughts come out in a bad way, then surely I'd be talking smack about that person again, just as I did prior to ''forgiving, yet forgetting" him/her. Well it obviously isn't forgiveness, is it?

On the other hand, when I choose NOT to forget my wrongdoer yet decide NOT to forgive him/her, I feel very heavy inside- as if there were elephants trapped inside my chest. It is all because I keep a grudge and refusing to let the faults/misdeeds go when they all need to. 

The bottom line is, you cannot really do away with either one (i.e., forgiving or forgetting). As much as we all refuse to face that fact, these two actions MUST always go together. Here's the deal: if Jesus had ''forgotten'' about those who had done him wrong, then why are those people able to receive his blessings still? I mean, why are they still able to eat, sleep at night, possess things, experience life's joys, etc. the same way that His faithful friends/followers do? And on the other hand, if He kept a grudge and never forgave sinners, then why are WE still here? Why does He continue to love us, considering the weight of our sins?

Ergo, the reason why Jesus advised Peter that forgiveness is done ''seventy times seven."

Contributed by:

Maria Inez Lacaya Ocampo

Student Respiratory Therapist

Find a way to the real world

As real as this world seems, it is just a stopover. The real world for us is Heaven and the eternity we hope to spend there. A sure way to get there is to live a holy life on earth.

Follow the model. When Jesus said, "I am the way" (John 14:6) He meant for us to follow Him and live as He lived. Jesus did not retreat from the world. He ate, slept, worked, and cared for friends and family, much like we do. Search the gospels for clues to imitate Jesus in your own life.

Eliminate distractions. Are there thoughts or activities which hold your attention longer than they deserve? For example, do you watch more television than you should, or spend too much time on the internet? Cut back and give the time you saved to God in some way.

Embrace the tough stuff. There are days when we are tempted to stay in bed, but God intends us to work (Genesis 2:15) and deal with our burdens instead of hiding from them. Cheerfully handling work and suffering turns problems into prayers.

Look over your shoulder. God is with us each minute of every day in a very real sense. Become conscious of His prescence and you will increase His influence over your actions.

a post from Christ the King Church

as submitted by:

Maricar Uy

Half Turn Notes

I believe it is possible for ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. For me, the difference between an "ordinary" and an "extraordinary" person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all. I have no idea why people choose to do what they do. When I was a kid I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I did know what I didn't want to do. I didn't want to grow up, have 12 kids, get married, the whole white picket fence thing. And I certainly didn't think about being an activist. I didn't even really know what one was. When I decided to live a life hundred eighty degrees from my past with the idea of trying to change in this country. I certainly had more than a few ideas about how to begin, but what if nobody cared? What if nobody responded? But I knew the only way to answer those questions was to accept the challenge. If I have any power as an individual, it's because I work with other individuals. We've all worked together to bring about extraordinary change. The 180 degrees kind of life is not just about fun, fun, and more fun -- it's about the power of individuals to change and live in a different way. I believe in both my right and my responsibility to work to create a world that doesn't settle for, but where we seek different solutions to our common problems. I believe that these days, daring to voice your opinion, not by merely talking but living it out, can be an act of courage. I know that holding such beliefs and speaking them publicly, I mean living it out is not always easy or comfortable or popular just like Paris Hilton. But I believe that life isn't a popularity contest. I really don't care what people say about me -- and believe me, they've said plenty. For me, it's about trying to do the right thing even when nobody else is looking. I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action. I believe that words are easy. I believe that truth is told in the actions we take. And I believe that if enough ordinary people back up our desire for a better world with action, we can, in fact, accomplish absolutely extraordinary things. Verse to reflect on: Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.   2 Corinthians 4: 16 Contributed by: Ernie Gagno

Addiction No More

“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”

Luke 5: 12

Raised by Christian parents, grew up with strong Christian values. When I was young I never imagined that it would become one of the dark chapters in my life where I was hooked with drugs.

After I graduated in high school, I was blessed to go to a well- known university in the Philippines. But when I started my first year of college life. Everything was so different. I felt intense freedom which resulted to failing grades. I ended up returning back home to finish college.

That was in the year 2001, I was so depressed I got involved with people who changed my life after that time. It was out of depression and curiosity, I did it. I took the drugs in my system and it had been a craving for 3 years. It was God’s greatest battle for me. I felt it. I remember I would come home not in the right mind, my dad would hug me and he would say this “ How is my daughter? How’s school?” And he would kiss me in the forehead.

I would just run into my room and burst into tears. I can’t take it. And then the drug’s effect slowly would be gone and depression sets in again. Every time we took it, i would pray in my head “ Lord, please save me from this. Make me stop ...please...” I wanted to be saved, to be cleansed from all this wrongdoing. Addiction is a sickness that I believe only God can make it stop as long as you are willing to.

After 3 years of battle, I just woke up one day and the craving was gone. God saved me. I believed he healed me from it. I was the only one in the group who never resulted to drug rehab. Praise you Lord God!


-Jean

The Right Kind of Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
 
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

When I was growing up, I was given all the love and affection I could ask for. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was the youngest child in the family, and of the 8 and 7 year difference between me and my two older sisters that made everyone treat me like a princess. With this, I believed I could have everything done my way. Love for me was all about having others please me.

And then I met the kindest, most patient and understanding person I know. Like the family I grew up in, he gave me unconditional care and support. And with each shower of affection he showed, I realized with each passing day that I can never lose his love for me in any easy way possible. I banked on this thought a little too much that it came to a point when I began taking emotional advantage of him. My insatiable demand for emotional needs grew more and more. I was taking more than what he was able to give me. Everything that he did had to be perfect, and if not, I would bring him down and mock him for his imperfections. It came to a point when even for my faults, he’d be the one to apologize. My friends took his side, but nothing they said made me budge or in any way change the way I treated him for I was confident that I had him wrapped around my fingers. Like a helpless puppy, I led him on, striking him blind from ever having the courage to stand up for himself.

It took one line from him that turned me around completely. After degrading him to a pulp with my harsh words during one major fight, he broke down. With tears in his eyes, he looked at me and said these words:

“You know I have always believed in everything you say because I love you. And because you say I’m worthless, then I believe I am. “

That line hit me hard. I realized for the first time how selfish I was during the course of our relationship. I became needy of constant appreciation and perfection that I refused to even acknowledge my own faults. I was too proud to admit I’d been wrong the whole time. I came to realize that I had never ever apologized to him before. And for the first time that night, I did.

I prayed to God to help me become a better person, someone who accepts other people’s mistakes and forgives them. I am not perfect myself, and there is absolutely no reason why I should expect others to be this way. Love isn’t just about yourself; it’s about the other person. God, who is the perfect example of love, exemplifies forgiveness, understanding and acceptance. With this wisdom, I have learned to acknowledge my shortcomings and I have not allowed my pride to get in the way of the best relationships I have ever again.


Allen Maris Espina
Operating Room Nurse

One Way, Jesus!

Matthew 14:6

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - Jesus"

That statement changed my whole life. I'm mean, it OVERHAULED my life literally.

I grew up with a nice family, we had the money and everything I wanted to get. So that made me so happy that I forgot think of the things that should give sense to my life (God).

But, we go to church on Sundays and prayed the rosary together until it became a habit and where everything just became a cycle. So I got bored and just wasted my life in alcohol and other worldly things. Then I met this girl. She's a Born Again Christian. When we got together, I didn't drink beer and stuff. I was acting like I'm a good boy. One time, when we were hanging out, she started sharing some things about the Bible and God. I admit it that I didn't read the bible during those times. She prayed for me and she got me to attend their fellowship every Sunday. Our pastor shared Matthew 14:6. I cried and said sorry to the Lord.

Now I'm living a new life. Instead of wasting my time on worldly things, I am now focused on God and his word. Now I'm pursuing to be a successful Real Estate investor to be a blessing to those people in need.

Gab Arboleda
Real Estate investor

A Notification From the Lord

1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you.

I am a facebooker and friends in Toastmasters even jestfully called me the facebook queen. It does not matter because the joke was confined in our toastmasters meeting venue and sometimes in our comments or post or status.

While I was reading the post of my facebook friend, a chat message just popped up and said “how are you today?”. Oh, it came from Dan of Spokane, WA., a church mate, school mate, a special friend and we have not seen each other for more than 40 years. He is now a missionary of Faith Bible Church, Volunteer on International Students, Spokane, Washington - meeting practical needs of Bhutanese refugees--furniture, driving lessons and other needs.

We talked for a while until he said “ how is life?” and “how is your family?” Out of the blues I just told him I have a little problem with my two (2) daughters because they are not in speaking terms lately. Both are competing for my love and attention. Being a mother I always love them with no point of comparison.

I poured out my emotion to him, how I felt and that I was in pain for what was going on in my life. Then he said, just remember 1 Peter 5:7 and we prayed online and I ended up saying thanks Dan for being with me and for praying for me and my family thru chat window.

After our chat, I felt my spirit lifted and I immediately opened my bible and checked on the verse. Oh, it simply says “1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxieties on Him, for He cares about you.”

The following day I posted the verse as my status, just to let my friend Dan know that I really checked on the verse he mentioned. And it was also my way of sharing to others a verse that lifted my spirit.

Praise the Almighty Father for He answered my prayers. I lifted my anxieties to Him and now my two (2) daughters are in speaking terms and we celebrated our Christmas Eve and New Year's eve together as a family.

I have learned a lesson in life, that if we feel that we can't take our problems anymore, let us all look up in prayers. Let us cast all our anxieties to the Lord and everything will be fine in God's grace and time.

If our friends are just a phone call or text away to help us in times of troubles, the Lord God is just a prayer away and He will listen to our needs and the rest will follow.

Contributed by:

Margie G. Villanueva
Cagayan de Oro City

He Who Strengthens Us

"I can do all things through Him, who strengthens me."

Philippians 4:13

It's been more than 3 years since my brother first got diagnosed of brain cancer. Everytime I look back at that experience, I still cannot believe that I made it through all that. 

At this point, I feel like a huge maiming thorn has been pulled out from my flesh and I am enjoying life once again! Obviously, it was my brother who was suffering- but physically; and I suffered emotionally and almost mentally. 

It really is true that God NEVER gives you a challenge that is way beyond what you can handle. He knows exactly what your strengths and weaknesses are; no matter how we whine and complain about how and why each life challenge is seriously difficult, we will all be surprised about how we've finally made it. And we must all take into account that we made it through because of Him, who strengthened us!

Contributed by:

Maria Inez Ocampo

Registered Nurse

From A Dead Fish Springs Life

There are many times in my life when I experienced difficulty. When I was a child, I was sexually molested by my cousin. I thought that it was just an ordinary thing, but now I realized that it really affected my life.

We were 4 in the family, my parents, my brother, and me. When I was 18 years old, my brother died by an accident. I was so shocked and I had so much pain inside me. And I said to myself, I would have rather died in exchange for my brother. And that I believed that was also how my mother felt. My brother is a very good person, and we’re very opposite in terms of personality. He is now in heaven with our Almighty God. I never knew about God fully then, but I continued my journey.

 Then I met a girl who has the same character as my brother. I thought she was the girl of my dreams, she was very nice, sweet, and beautiful. But after six months, we ended our relationship because she left for Germany to work and live there.

As the years went by, I was held bondage to sexual desires, masturbation and watching pornographic movies. For many years I was a sex addict and I never knew that this thing was related to my childhood.

Then after five years of not having a relationship, I met this girl who was half-Muslim. I knew that my father will not agree to this, but I continued having an affair with her and it was terrible as hell because we could not be together on our dates because I’m afraid that all of my relatives will know about it. And if they found out about it I would be in bad situation. My life was terrible. When my parents found out, I could not describe my feeling, I felt so much pain and I cried. I knew they would bring those bad memories with them until they die.

Dad punched me in the face and dragged me to an altar where he told me to kneel in front of Jesus Christ until I accept Jesus Christ as our Savior. I blame myself for all of this. After that I cried to God that I would repent all my sins since birth.

So now, He is still creating me in a new life with love. For the past months I have been serving in the Light of Jesus Community, CDO. There are a lot of trials that come into our life, but he gives us the authority to choose what will be our destiny. He is the carpenter to give us hope for a better future ahead of us. God is our destiny.

I was sitting on the seashore when I saw a man walk towards the sea. He took some fish from a plastic bag and removed their scales with a knife. He cleaned them in the water, cut their flesh and put them back in the bag. The dead fish, after being cooked, would nourish and satisfy him.
I got this word of God, Matthew 1:17. “All those listed above include 14 generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and fourteen from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah.”

Like dead fish, the genealogy of Jesus was filled with dead spirits because of their sins. Most of them were disobedient human beings who offended God. But in spite of this, Jesus was born from their race. The hope for salvation came from them.

I am a sinner. I too, die spiritually because of my sins. But with my repentant heart and God’s forgiving love, He cleanses me and gives me new hope and salvation. He renews my spirit and nourishes me.

In my spiritual death, He teaches me life lessons so that I may become wiser and walk closer to Him. Like a dead fish, there is still hope for me. In spite of my sinful past, I can still give satisfaction and be used to nourish others as long as I put my hope in Jesus.

Contributed by:
Hester Roa,
Light of Jesus Community

Though Trials May Come

"Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
   for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
   until the disaster has passed." 

Psalm 57:1

Even amidst the trials that I am facing right now, I will praise Him and exalt His name. I know that the Lord has allowed me to experience these things because he wants me to learn something from it. He wants to mold me into a better person.

I give my life to the potter's hands. I will forever trust my todays and all my tomorrows to Him who holds eternity in His hands.

Submitted by:

Kate Krystle Pamaran

Registered Nurse, Clinical Instructor

To Him Who Is Given More

The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:13-30)

This parable made me look at the subject of God and money in a whole new way especially after reading this parable being mentioned in the book "Why We Want You To Be Rich" by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump.

This parable is about the master who went on a journey and gave his three servants talents(money). One servant received five talents, another servant two talents and the last servant one talent. The first two servants doubled what their master gave but the last one buried his talent. Now, when their master returned the master said to the servants that doubled their talents, "‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master."
However, to the master was not happy with the servant who buried his talent and the master said "Evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter? Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten."

Many questions may come up as we reflect on this parable. If the "master" is God, does this mean that He is happy when we are rich? Does this mean that God is angry to those who do not multiply their money? Does God reward the rich people and punish the poor? What does this say about people who have money and people who do not have money? That people without money are lazy? That people without money are evil?

Whatever answer we come up with these questions, I think, will determine the rest of our financial life.

Let me end with Matthew 25:29
"For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him."

Submitted by:

Argel Tiburcio
Real Estate Investor, Internet Marketer

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Starting Afresh

"Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within
me" Psalm 51:10

I remember the day I read this and I remember where I was when I was reading it. It was the second day of my new job and I was sitting in my car trying my best not to cry.

It has not been an easy year, and it has not been my proudest either. There was stress in my old job, drama in my family, frustrations and disappointments. So somehow in the middle of all of this, I lost my way. I allowed myself to become someone I almost did not recognize.

When I lost my job, I started coming home late, spending more money then I should, taking out my frustrations on my family, staying away from home, lying about where I was, who I was with, I even stopped planning about my career. I allowed myself to drift. I was a boat going nowhere, just trying to disassociate from all the drama that has become my life.

Finally I was caught driving drunk and I saw the disappointment in my dad's eyes. This woke me up, and I am starting to put my life in order again. But it was only through acknowledging my mistakes that I was able to clean up.
By ignoring them and justifying them, I chose not to see them as a mistake.

How could the Lord use me then? If I choose not to acknowledge my sins? How could He work through me when I choose not to listen to him?

Dear Lord please help me clean my heart. Show me the sins I have gotten so used to, that I don't see them as a sin anymore. Help me turn away so I can be worthy of your Love and your Grace. Amen

Submitted by:

Anna Franchesca Noval

Registered Nurse

He Knows What We Need

“God your Father knows what things you are needing even before you ask him.”

-Matthew 6:8-

When I am distraught and broken, all I need to do is kneel.

God has always been my best friend. I’ve always treated him like my closest bud, my confidant and my comforter. He knows more of the things about me first even before I can shout them out in facebook.

When I was in high school I had this very huge worry. Like any excited incoming college student I wanted to study far away from home and try my luck somewhere. I took all entrance tests and I was very grateful that I passed all of them.

Unfortunately we did not have enough financial resources that time. My sister was taking up medicine, which was also expensive. Added to that my College Assurance Plan declared bankruptcy a year after I started college.

I was so down and broken that all I did was just to pray and wish that God will give me a miracle and that a better school would offer me a scholarship. For every end of semester I would always pray that by next semester I will be in another school. It took me three years in college to finally accept my fate and accept the fact that this was the life God wanted me to live.

Truly, God listens to every prayer. And even before we ask it, God already knows what we are about to ask. But he gives all of us a chance by kneeling down and asking humbly to God the things we fervently pray for. When God answers a prayer, he answers in three ways- yes, no or not now. God hears our prayers but he grants only those, which are best for us.

It took me time to realize that even if I wasn’t able to study faraway, I will still a fortunate individual to have been given the chance of a quality education. In my country where education is more of a privilege than a right I was fortunate that God blessed me with the right people in college who surrounded me and influenced me positively in life.

Sometimes it pays to wait for the answer and the reason why things have to happen because in truth there’s someone up there who sees everything and who makes sure that things are just in the right place. Truly even before I say things to God he already knows my prayer and when I kneel I talk to him more about my needs and I believe he listens to my heart.

Story submitted by:

Mark Grageda

Law Student, Toastmaster

The Danger of Spurning Discipline

Who likes discipline?


When I was young, I did not like being disciplined or corrected for what I did. Whenever I did something wrong and my mother was about to spank me with the stick, I would run and become very afraid. No, I did not look forward to discipline and never liked it.


Even now, when I do something wrong and somebody points it out, I still feel bad about it. But these verses are changing my mind about it.

 

Proverbs 5:1-2

"My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge."


Proverbs 5 starts with a fatherly plea to heed instruction. This whole chapter is a warning against adultery yet the verses apply not just to adultery but to any foolish action. You see this is what happens to a person who does not heed instruction.


Proverbs 5:12-13

You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors. And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”


Anyone who hates discipline gets into trouble! I can relate to that. I sure can point out the many troubles I’ve been in just because I hated discipline.


One recent instance is the discipline of going on time to an event. Going home from Singapore, we were late getting to the airport and we missed the flight. Ouch! That mistake spanked my credit card because we had to rebook our flight. It was an unnecessary expense that could have been avoided by discipline!


Oh how I love discipline now.


But it gets better in this verse.


Proverbs 5: 21

For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.


The knowledge that God is everywhere causes me to love discipline all the more. I realize that in the times that there is no one who could see me, no one who could discipline or correct me, I can be sure that God is watching me. I can also be sure that God will correct me and that is something that I’d rather not wait for.


Instead, I pray that I love his commands and keep them in my heart. Let me love wisdom and discipline! I hope you do as well.

story submitted by:

Ronald Cagape

Real Estate Investor and Coach

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