La Luz Resort ( Philippines)

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My older sister, who also lives in Norway and I had been planning to have a family reunion with our relatives in the Philippines. Last March, we got the chance to go to the Philippines. We took the opportunity to invite each and everyone. 

But since it was peak season, my second daughter in the Philippines had trouble finding a place where we can have an out of town trip. Luckily, she managed to avail a day trip package in La Luz Resort for 36 people. We grabbed the offer  since there were no more rooms available for overnight.

Here is La Luz  Resort and me walking. Borrowed pictures from from daughter's

 blog: www.michiphotostory.com

This is how it looks like there. 

The Cabanas that we rented

Breakfast was included in our package . We arrived at 8 am in the morning. They served drinks upon our arrival.

This is the place were they served the lunch...... 

and the snacks

Anyway, it is really a place to enjoy the sun and relax.

The best part: soaking ourselves in seawater.

Me and my two eldest daugthers

My granchildren...six of them. Bonding time.

But not everybody wanted to swim. My son preffered  his Ipad

My sister's grandson took  a nap

My son- and- law and his son wanted a time for themselves

A group of people having fun by playing at the beach.

Then at the end, picture taking with my sisters and mother as a rememberance. 

My children with their own families

and the rest of the clan:)

We were not complete because not all can be present, but we will cherish this day for sure because who knows if there will be a next time again. 

                                                  JOY

God's painting!

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I am always fascinated by skies different colors. It seems that God is experimenting everyday with different paints. 

Anyway, I was really impressed with these breathtaking sights.

Reminds me that when everything in me is darkness,  I can just look up to heaven where God resides and his light will penetrate my soul.

Magnificent rays of the sun at the back of a tree.

Sunset ended with these awesome colors!

Anyone wants to buy God's painting? It is  free for the taking:)

         "Thought for the day"

Bad things submitted to God, became good in His hands.

Edwin Louis Cole

Mother, May and Eden!

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Yes, it is the month of May! And  in many parts of the world,  mother’s day is celebrated in this month. In Norway, we celebrated it in the second sunday of February.

This post will be about mothers and the month of May and my sister Eden.

My definition of  a mother:

                                  Mother

M- Management

Managing her home, her children and household.

O- Outstanding

For she sacrifices a lot for her family.

T- Talented

She has the ability to think or to find solutions to whatever problems her children are facing.

H- Hardworking

She gets up early and sleep late to provide for the needs of the family.

E- Empathic

She has the ability to identify herself mentally with a person or thing and so understand his/ her feelings or its meaning.

R- Remakable

Worth noticing, exceptional, unusual

And this is for the month of May according to the word of God    

                                    May-

M- Master

Identifying the real master

No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despised the other. You cannot serve God and Money. Matthew 6: 24

A- Affection

Control the way we live

Above all else, guard your heart. For it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 4: 23

Y- Yoke

What Jesus meant by it

Matthew 11: 28-30

Come to me all of you who are heavily laden and I will give you rest.

The last part of my post is dedicated to my sister Eden who wanted to know what God says about her name. I searched in the Bible and  I found these words.

                                                         

 Eden

E- Endurance

What God requires

This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus. 

Revelation 14: 12

D- Darkness

When you feel surrounded by darkness

Send forth your light and your truth,

let them guide me;

let them bring me to your holy mountain,

to the place where you dwell

Then I will go to the altar of God,

to God, my joy and my delight.

Psalm 43:3-4

E- Effort

Getting to know God takes effort

Ask and it will be given unto you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 7:7-8

N- Need

Trust in God

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Phil. 4: 19

In Wikipedia:

Eden (Hebrew: עֵדֶן) as a given name, has several derivations, from the Biblical Garden of Eden, meaning 'delight, pleasure and place of pleasure.

Septuagint note that Eden is similar to the Hebrew word (eden) meaning finery, luxury, delight

 (2 Samuel 1:24, Psalm 36:8).

So my dear sister you are a delight, a pleasure, finery, and luxury. The best is yet to come to you.

To all the mothers: Happy mother's day and may you all blossom in this month of spring:)

JOY