Tuesday eManna: 1 Timothy 6:10

I have random posts every Tuesday, posting only what comes into mind. However, after the reflections on the happenings of our today's environment, I decided that I would post my reflections on the word of the Lord every Tuesday of the Week. To make this a double digest, I decided to make this a meme and would call it , "Tuesday eManna". To know what is Manna , know it here.

Word for Today:

For the love of money is a root of all evils, because of which some, aspiring after money , have been led away from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains.
1Tim 6:10

Paul does emphasize the fact that none of the believers should be under the bondage of wealth. We should not be bound by riches in any way. Rather, the slavery of riches must be nullified. We are not for riches; riches are for us. We must be free from our material possessions and use our riches for the fulfillment of God's purpose.

Of course, as human beings, we need money in order to live. But we never should be enslaved to money. Money should not be our master. Rather, money should be under our management and should be used for God's purpose. If money is not under our control and if it is not used for God's purpose, then we shall be enslaved to it. As a result, we shall not be able to enter into the kingdom of God.

May we be impressed with the truth that the best way to handle our married life is to take Christ as our replacement and to experience His death and resurrection. Likewise, the best way to keep ourselves new, fresh, and young is to take Christ through His death and resurrection. Furthermore, the best way to handle our money is Christ with His death and resurrection. The only way to handle these things properly is to be replaced by Christ through His all-inclusive death and His wonderful resurrection.

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Happy Birthday Zel!

Once you've love, there's a part of your heart that simply belongs to that person.
It can't be sold nor rented- as it is theirs, you give it to them, they live on it, claiming their space all the time..
To you Zel, my husband.. I'll love you forever..

Happy Birthday to you..

Perfect Christmas Presents: Laundry bags and Backpacks

Two months or less from now, Christmas is coming!! I can even feel the spirit in the air. I am so excited not only for the season but also on the thought that my baby will likely come out on Christmas Day!!! It doubles the celebration if it would be the case. Can't wait for it anymore..

Anyway, since tis' a season for giving, by this month I am already starting to collect items to giveaway during Christmas. I have browsed again at posylane.com for great giveaways. I have eyed on the cool mint laundry bag that this online store got. A cool laundry bag would be perfect for them. At $16 dollar each, I have already my gifts for my favorite student friends. Of course I would want it to go with the bags matching towel to make it a great Christmas present set.

Who would think a laundry bag could be as cool as this? It has a shoulder strap for easier way of carrying it around.

For my nieces and nephews and toddler cousins, I have found the ideal presents for them. Posylane's stephen Joseph quilted backpack is so adorable and great for toddlers. I have been in love from first sight of them. These are made from 100% cotton and are washable and durable. Of course I have ordered ahead for my little girl. Look at the photo below and see how cute it is, no kidding.

so cute.. isn't it?

Of course I wouldn't forget the older kids. If I'll get the cute stephen joseph backpacks for the toddlers, I also decided on the personalized kids backpack for them. This would be ideal for kids going to school as it could accomodate notebooks and books as these have enough spaces. I am thinking of putting their names on the backpacks as it is easy to personalized it to have a personal touch. Look at the sample below..

See? It could have their names on it..

I have my presents ready.. But of course, I'll still look around for more.. Do you have yours ready too? Why not check on posylane for the perfect Christmas gifts.

Lord's Day Memory Verse: Colossians 4:6

Every Lord's day of the week my post would be a memory verse. Sharing the word of the Lord strengthens us and refreshes our spirit..

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Colossians 4:6

Amen. Praise the Lord. Let Every word proceeding out of our mouth must be with Christ and must be the uttering of Christ, who is grace. As salt makes food agreeable and pleasant to the taste, speech seasoned with salt keeps us at peace with one another...

Oh My It's a Girl!!!

Praise the Lord for His mercies ever new. I had some recent worries regarding my blood sugar level as when I had my 50mg oral glucose test, my result was high. My Ob-gyne required me to undergo 100mg OGTT because of that. I had it yesterday and was leave from work. I stayed at the laboratory from 8am until 12noon past to have series of test on my blood and urine sugar. I was truly happy as the result was okay. My blood sugar level is normal and my urine sugar is negative. Thank you Lord for keeping me safe from gestational diabetes.



While having OGTT , I had ultrasound scan too for fetal biometry and gender. Guess what, the sonologist said, " It's a GIRL!!!".. Oh My!!! We always thought and assumed my baby to be a baby boy. In fact , Alikah (bebay) named and called the baby always as "Baby Jepjep". She always wanted a baby brother as she said her kuyas are not with us. But still thank you Lord for our baby. No matter what the gender be, our baby is a gift from Him and truly a blessing. I said to bebay, don't worry we will still call her Baby Jepjep. What I thought now is just find a name that would still go for that nickname. But, really I can't find a suitable name that rhymes with it. he he. Do you have any suggestion?

When I was on my first trimester, I was already preparing for a baby boy's name that would fit for the nickname my daughter calls the baby. I was thinking of Lael Joseph as I want to have "LJ" as initials. Now, that our coming baby is a girl, I am thinking still of LJ initial and think that " Lishan Jeshaiah" would be great..

Meaning and Origin of the name " Lishan Jeshaiah"
pronounced as: "Lee-shan Je-sha-ya"

Lishan is an Afrikaan baby name and it's meaning is an award or medal, or an honor..
Jeshaiah is Hebrew in origin and it's meaning is salvation of Jehovah or Jehovah has saved..
So whole baby name would mean: Those who are saved by Jehovah brings Honor and reward ..

So what do you think? Does it sound okay? If you have a better suggestion for a name that goes with Jepjep it would be appreciated. But anyway, though the name would not have the same ending sound, we would still call the baby Jepjep..

Mommy Moments: Special Trips

Happy Friday everyone!! It's time for us mommies to share wonderful stories and milestones of our kids. This weeks theme is " Special Trips". And for this theme, I would like to share to you my daughter's first school field trip as this just happened recently.

The trip happened sometime in the last week of August. Too bad as I was not able to accompany her, though how much she wanted me to be with her, due to my pregnancy condition. Her daddy was the polite replacement of course. They enjoyed the trip a lot but came home very tired and dizzy. But she did enjoy it as she was bubbling a lot about it the day after. Look at the some of the photographs below.

Daddy and her on their bus...

They at Clark Museum- one of the place they visited

At Nature's Spring Plant..
The Kalesa at Clark Expo

Bamboos.....


The pouting lips and the ricefield behind..

According to her, "It's a volcano mama"

I love this pic...

up , up she went at Mabalacat Fun park...

She loved the drive..

I would love to see your Children's special trips too. Join us here at Mommy Moments.

Friday Photo Flashback No. 10

Praise the Lord for another Friday! Time to showcase our old pre-digital photos which brings a lot memories. Glad that Alicia is hosting again. Got many of them? Why not hit the scanner and share it with us by playing along.

INITAO CAVING YEAR 2002

When my children were only two back then and I was younger, I enjoyed a lot of outdoor activities with friends. I remembered in the year 2002, we went to Initao Cave, a cave located in one of the regions of Mindanao specifically, Initao, Misamis Oriental. Unusual species of bats with cauliflower-like noses can be found in this cave. This is the only region in the country where you can find these animals and perhaps unique in the whole world, are found here.

I enjoyed the trip a lot as I remembered a lot of crawling for us to get through the small passages of the dark, cold and wet cave. I was even scared that I couldn't get out.. But of course I did!! LOL.. The experience was great and I miss doing it now that I have an additional girl and one coming this December.... Besides I am now a busy working mother doing work and at the same time taking care of my family. That's why these pictures are priceless for Me!!!

There's me coming out from the small hole. Good that I have fitted.. LOL

Though it was dark I still managed to get a pose, great that the flash was working!

These were my great friends.. I miss them a lot..

Wish I could do it again one of these days!!!

52 Weeks Challenge: 1st Photo/ 52

I got the idea participating in a year long challenge when I visited Alicia's post, hosted by Carin at Forever In Blue Jeans. The goal is to be in one picture a week, for 52 weeks. Mostly we moms have always the joy of taking photos of our children leaving us behind, now our goal is to have a picture with them even once a week. I think it would be a real fun. If you want to play along click here and join in on the fun!

Here's my first photo for this challenge. Hope it's not too late as this is my first. LOL!! Glad that I have one! We were watching tv in this and my little girl was already sleepy. Her nanny has to get her from me and tucked her in to bed. This is truly a lot of fun as I noticed that I only have few photos of myself with my kids as I do the shooting most of the time. Will be joining again next week!!

Leah Questin- Murdered by Her Internet date

A Filipina caregiver was found dead whose body was found in a suitcase by a dog walker, in a pond near Rochester in Kent last September 24.

The 37-year-old Filipina from Cricklewood, in North London, was caught on CCTV leaving the Elephant and Castle tube station on September 12 but then vanished.

The suspect of the crime was a 35-year old man who is from Lewisham, South-East London, a man the victim has met via Gumtree Internet dating site as she was seen with him weeks ago. He was in custody at a police station in the North of the city.

Ms Questin, who was originally from the Philippines, was reported missing by a friend at around midday on September 12 after last being seen at her home address. When her body was found it was naked and badly-decomposed in a black suitcase fastened with a heavy padlock. Detectives said that they believed the body had been kept elsewhere before being dumped at the remote spot, known locally as the Old Pond.

This is truly shocking and very alarming. We meet a lot of good people online, but it can be a fact too that there are some of them who has black souls. I think the lesson is we have to keep ourselves on guard, especially if we meet people we haven't met before. The odds that one of them might be a predator is not far from becoming true. I pity for Leah, may she find true Justice and find her eternal rest.

News Source: Times Online

Tuesday eManna: Revelation 21:4

I have random posts every Tuesday, posting only what comes into mind. However, after the reflections on the happenings of our today's environment, I decided that I would post my reflections on the word of the Lord every Tuesday of the Week. To make this a double digest, I decided to make this a meme and would call it , "Tuesday eManna". To know what is Manna , know it here.

Word for Today:

And He will wipe away every tears from their eyes and death will be no more nor there will be no sorrow or crying or pain anymore ; for the former things have passed away...(Rev.21:4)

Praise the Lord for the word of the Lord. Truly in the new heaven and new earth there will be full satisfaction and rest; there will be no more cause for tears. Death which is an element of the enemy will be wholly swallowed up by life and will be cast into the lake of fire, in the new heaven and new earth there will be no more death. How we need to be today's overcomers, overcoming the degradation of earth today and living for the eternal goal which is the new heaven and new earth- the NEW JERUSALEM.. Amen

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