Category: Faith
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Seeking God During Difficult Times
Tough times can drag us away from fully experiencing God. Things tend to overwhelm and swallow us even in the midst of His wonderful words. And, if we are not careful enough, we will drift away without knowing it at a glance. I have experienced this for many times and I always end up thanking…
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Start the Year Right
The serenity and peace that transcended through the beautiful sceneries of the places that I had been these past days left my soul in awe of God’s creation. Such a good way to relieve the stress that I had because of the uncertainties of last year tagged as the pandemic year. Yet all of the…
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Finding Hope in Chaos
In this ever-changing world, where do we place our hope? We know that this year has been a challenging one to all of us. Our normal is disrupted by this pandemic. Many plans were thwarted. In an instant, many things have changed. People live in a sudden chaos. If there is one thing that this…
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Celebrating God’s Faithfulness
What if one day, we will be able to know that our time on Earth is almost the end? What if we only have days, months, or a few years to live? How can we live when we know we are dying? Anyway, I will not talk about death today, but life. Today, another year…
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The Misty Mountain
Earlier this year, my best friends and I traveled to a beautiful place of Sagada, in the northern part of our country. The place was far from the city and the way was too steep, so we had to travel by bus. It was long hours of drive, so we decided to commute using a…
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Beyond Brokenness (Part 2)
I was fascinated by the Japanese art called kintsugi, an old art of fixing broken pottery using dusted gold, silver, or platinum. This emphasizes the fractures and breaks rather than hiding and disguising them. People even say that repaired pottery becomes more beautiful than the original, giving it a new life and a new form.…
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Beyond Brokenness (Part 1)
Brokenness is such a familiar word to many of us. Maybe you’ve been broken because of your family, friends, people around, unmet expectations in life, depressing situations, and the like. The world even makes us broken in so many ways. Sometimes it makes us feel bitter and resentful. Perhaps some people have become callous with…
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What Makes it a Merry Christmas?
Twenty six days to go and it is Christmas. By now, we can already feel the cool wind breeze slightly touching our skin. Christmas trees and Christmas lights can be seen all around. The children’s laughter and giggles remind us that it is time to buy gifts for our loved ones. Christmas bonus and presents…
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Ministering to a Hurting and Suffering Friend
When someone is going through suffering and hurt, we always want to help, don’t we? But there are times that our good intentions can be misunderstood by the person that we are helping. Words are powerful. Our words, no matter how truthful they are, do not mean that it is helpful to the person that…
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What Are You Chasing After?
“What am I chasing after?” This question came about after I studied the book of Hosea. Many of us might be familiar with the book of Hosea and his love story with Gomer. She is the unfaithful wife of Hosea. Their love story depicted how Israel sinned against God by being idolaters and God’s faithfulness despite…
