In His Pursuit

For I am not ashamed of Him who saved me. I'm in His Great Dance Flooooooor! Hey Jesus! You make me crazier because of Your crazy love for me, my Lord. I'm out of words how Jesus has forgiven me, how He has loved me (from the start though He knows that I will mess up) and how He wants me to be back in His loving arms. Aww. It's too amazing that He who created the world, He who holds the universe would want me to enjoy His presence moment by moment. My prayer: we will show Jesus in our lives. To honor Him. I failed so many times because I was doing it on my own. Rely on the Lord. He carried the shame for me. I carried His name but I put it to shame and that reflected on Him. But now, it became more real to me, that satan (not capital letter) has no sting over me. That God has won it all for me. And that I'm on the winning side--- Jesus!! You carry us, carry us when the world gives way. Since Passion, God showed me what freedom means. That God has...

A city on a hill that can't be hidden because of its light. The how-we-should-live. We arrived to a nearby province up north of the Philippines by 3:30 in the morning. What about that? Waking up from your shallow sleep in a lazy boy and not knowing that we're there already. I did not know that the bus flew. Haha. The city from top of the tops. Chocolate of the top instead of cream of the top. Haha. While on the road, I can't catch my sleep though I am in dire need of a rest from a week's work, and the anxy knowing that I have to leave for Baguio just eight hours before the scheduled departure from Manila. I can't sleep because I don't trust the bus driver. Haha. Despite the reminder posted above in filipino, "Ako ay isang maingat na driver.".  In englsih, "I drive safely.". I look at the windshield since we're on the first row, after a quick folding of the eyes. Though my mom advised me to take a nap, I guess she's te...

Video courtesy of Stephanie Bermudez. How GREAT is our GOD This was sick mahn! It's crazy!! In my awe, I can't even move to get my camera to record. I can't even say any word, even wow. I just marveled on what more does God know and what more I don't know. How frail I am. The only thing I know back then was that, I was very embarrassed. If the whales, the stars are worshiping God, how much more me. I was telling myself, Michelle, you're not worthy to be loved by Jesus but He did by dying on the cross just to reach you and what do you do? You hurt Him, You reject Him, You disobey Him and You break His heart! And still, He loves you the same. What a reminder it was! This was such a perspective-changing for me. How on earth will I know what's best for me if I, myself doesn't perceive everything the way God does, He is God. Period. I now understand as well what the pastors are saying that it doesn't matter if you're not in tune as long as you...

  Our God is a party-throwing God! -Louie Giglio

Are you in the ARK? Genesis 5 (NIV) From Adam to Noah This is the written account  of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.   2  He created them male and female  and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” [ a ]  when they were created. 3  When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image;  and he named him Seth.   4  After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.   5  Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died. 6  When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father [ b ]  of Enosh.   7  After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8  Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died. 9  When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.   10  After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh live...

Practice doesn’t make perfect… in relationships. I think every single person who has fallen to the trap of satan (I intended not to make it capital letter) that we have to try things to know what we can improve on in the future, which gives away part of us in waste in the process. All the people who have fallen to the trap would say “uhhh how I wish I could go back in that time and yell at my younger self and say, stop it, Michelle Aquino, just stop.” When we aren’t convinced of God’s goodness, we will not follow His design. When we don’t trust God’s goodness, we won’t listen to His instructions. When we doubt that all He wants for us is the best, we will not obey Him and thus suffer unnecessary pains. We are free to choose, but we cannot escape the consequences of our actions. In lawn tennis, volleyball or any other sport that gives the opponent the score when we make a mistake, they would always say, go for the next point. When we sin, humble ourselves, admit that we’ve sinned,...