In everything!

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                         I want to see, hear, feel ,taste and...........

Lord, I want to taste your sweetness....

Lord, I want to  see your beauty in this flower....

Lord, help me to see you beyond the clouds......

Lord, make me flourish as this tree.....

Lord, let your light shine in the darkness of my life......

Lord, make  me blossom like this white rose.

Lord, help me not to grow cold.......

Lord, give me wings so that I can soar on high.....

Lord, let me always see the works of your hands.....

Lord, let me swim in the beauty of your holiness.

And Lord, let me see and feel you in me!

A peek on my day!

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Brekfast with my hubby!

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House cleaning

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Baked cake!

Then, maybe you wonder...is there someone's birthday? Not actually, but my niece Tracy Ann is going to Bali to study a three month course, so she decided to invite us to get together before she leaves

So she invited me, my husband and my daughter. Taking picture first before we leave, but  my husband prefferred taking picture of his wife than be with her in the picture.

Our daughter drove earlier to help her cousin prepare the foods!

The happy guests:)

Pictures under are Tracy Ann's neighbors.

Another guest invited to slice the turkey:) Just joking. But he did it very well.

Here is the big turkey!

Bacalao

Waldorf salad

I made this salad

Spareribs made by my sister

Foods are ready to be served. To be eaten with cooked potatoes.

By the way, I made kaldereta too!

Since Tracy Ann  invited us, we told her that she was the one to taste the foods first. She began with my kaldereta:)

Thanks to Jan the owner of the house. He is a very hospitable man. 

And after that. the desserts....nam nam

This is the cake that I baked.

My sisters chocolate cake. 

Cynthia's leche plan

Tracy Ann's blueberry pie!

And guess what? We have eaten thousands of calories today.

But the star of the day was Tracy Ann's cat Toffen!

Saying goodbye with this sunrise that my husband has taken this morning!

Thought of the day

Using your bible as the road map keeps you off the detours of sin.

Does it help to pray?

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Jesus said so!

I've pondered about Jesus words and a thought came into my mind. How many prayers had been prayed by me or others in Jesus name, but didn't get an answer? Thousands maybe or more. But I know too that Jesus does not lie. His words are true. Then why not all prayers in his name  getting answered?

And to think that he wants us to ask, so that we will be joyful. But if our prayers are not answered, how can we be joyful?

Then again it striked me. How do I pray in his name? How do you pray in his name?

Do I pray for things that give honor to his name?

Do I pray for things that can poisoned my body, mind, soul or spirit?

Do I pray wholeheartedly?

Do I pray with unselfish motives?

Do I pray in faith?

Do I pray in line with God's words?

I am humble when I pray?

So maybe my or your prayers are not getting answered because of lack of faith and wrong motives. 

But then what Jesus name means to me and to you?

Jesus name means a lot to me. For me his name has many definitions like:

Saviour

love

hope

peace

joy

inspiration

humbleness

forgiveness

Actually we can use the whole alphabet to describe Jesus name.

But I believe that God is telling us  that if we pray in Jesus name, then we should be praying out of love. That there should be faith, trust, hope and thankfulness in our prayers. Our prayers should be about the salvation of ourselves  and others in every area of each and every ones lives. We pray because we want  to be inspired by God. To be filled with his presence. To hear from him. To know him more. To be healed body, soul and spirit. To be cleansed and be made whole.

                              

Does it mean that if we pray in Jesus name, we will be spared for trials? Of course not. But Jesus said that in him we will have peace no matter what. He had suffered more than we could ever suffered and had overcome the world. If we have him in us and with us, we will also overcome the world.

My conclusion is " yes it does help to pray because in every unanswered prayer, there is lesson  be learned. And despite of unanswered  prayers, there were answered prayers too. 

Father thank you for revealing something from your words and may your words inspires us more to pray and to trust no matter what!

JOY

My husband!

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I just want to make you curious. Yes, I am going to make a post about my husband. But in a funny way.
For those who don't know it yet, I am married to a sailor man who is away from home most of the time. And you are right. I am missing him too much.

Anyway, as most of you know,  I like making stuff dolls. And that is why I bought this book. How to crochet different kinds of stuff toys.

And to my surprised I found my husband inside....I mean a sailor like stuff doll.

Guess what  surprised me even more!  He is sitting beside me....I mean with an asian stuff doll. It just like me and my hubby.

 

Well, it gave me an inspiration to make a copy of my husband:)

Had been making my husband ( the sailor doll) in the last few weeks now so it would be finish as a gift to my husband when he return home. He didn't get his Christmas gift yet because he was not home last Christmas.

I started to crochet the body and filled it with wadding.

the sweater...

At last, you can now  say hello to my sailor man:) He is a little bit different from the pattern. More lighter ansd sweeter and has different hair color. But I was satisfied and I hope my husband will like my gift to him. Now, I just have to make him a wife. The asian stuff doll:)

Last, but not the least, I just want to thank these sweet and nice ladies who sent me a greetings.

Monica from" F.L.A.G. 

F.L.A.G - Fundamental Learning Academy for Girls

Their goal is to Educate, Enrich and Empower underprivileged girls in the Philippines.

And Leah from " Travel Quest" with this beautiful card with a beautiful message. Thank you so much too.

May God bless you more.

Well, there will be hectic days ahead I believed with work and studying again  among other things. So, there will be little time for blogging. But anyway, may each and everyone's life be blessed!

Joy