Manna from Heaven

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Of TIA and Anime

I was confined at the hospital for three days couple of weekends ago. I asked my girls to take me to the ER when I felt a tingling sensation and then numbness on the left side of my body- head to toe. I did not panic or showed intense fear for I had no time for such emotions. I was busy praying and texting. I was praying to the mighty God to take care of me and I was texting some of my close friends to pray with me and for me. Praise God! I was diagnosed to have suffered temporary ischemic attack (TIA) or a mini stroke. Although I have to take a lot of medications, I am fine now.

I was online the other day when my son asked if he could use the computer for a bit. He said he has to download some anime stuff and his laptop is quite slow for the job. My son is into anime and on occasions I have watched some anime with him too. I told him that there is actually a Free Anime Chat room that he could join to swap ideas and thoughts about their mutual passion. My son got excited and has actually joined the chat room.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

On Good Friday

It's Good Friday. What will you be doing "later"? Go to church? Go out on an outing? Stay at home? Though the real day of Christ's crucifixion did not actually happen on April 10 or any other day near it, let's just remember the meaning and significance of the day. For the Christian world, no matter what denomination, Jesus Christ died for our sins to save us and give us everlasting life.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,

that whoever believes in him shall

not perish but have eternal life.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Daily Blessings

There are a lot of social networking sites that we can join to get your blog more exposure. We are sometimes literally bombarded with daily emails alerting us to the latest posts, or uploaded pictures or videos of out contacts. Sometimes it's fun but most times it is not for. Why? The topics are just way-off my interests. So what I did was hop on over to feedcluster.com and created my own blog aggregator. If you don't have an idea on whatblog aggregators are, it's fairly simple. My blog aggregator is DailyBlessings. Blogs of the same genre can sign up under this feedcluster and all members would be alerted of the dailies of each other. It's a great way to socialize and add exposure to each other' blogs. Hop on over to my feedcluster and sign up under Add My Blog or you can just click the widget below.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

One God

It's Holy Tuesday and while the rest of the world are going about their daily business, most of the Philippines is at a standstill in observance of the Holy Week. My view of Holy Week has changed over the years. While still at a very young age, I was prompted not to make noise during Holy Week, especially on Good Friday, because God dying and come 3:00,P.M., is dead. That train of thought confused me a lot because at a very young age I was taught in Sunday School that we have an everlasting Father of a God, that was crucified then risen from the dead. So how can that same God die every year? I became older and later learned that the "dead God" thingy was just a ploy to shut me up back then.

Holy Week is a time to contemplate more on the sacrifice that Christ did for the world in order to save us from us sin and give everlasting life for those who believe in Him and accept Him as their personal Savior. No amount of self-penitence on your part would come close to His sacrifice so the bottom line is confess your sins directly to God, ask for forgiveness, and accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.

1 Timothy 2:5 (New International Version)

5For there is one God and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus,

Friday, April 3, 2009

It's Just Not Safe Anymore

It's just not safe to let our kids out by themselves at night. Two days ago,my youngest daughter with some of her girlfriends went to their friend's house to attend a birthday party. The house was about a block away from our house so there was no need to bring any form of transportation. About 10:30 P.M. my other children and I heard a commotion from one of our neighbor's front gate. When we went out to "investigate" we learned that a man suddenly appeared from nowhere and started to molest our neighbor's 18 year old daughter. The sex offender was able to get away and that was that. I immediately called my son to fetch his sister and her friends from the party.

Our house is located in a supposed-to-be safe area. Well, no more. Incidents of 'exhibitionists' and other offenders has been heard for quite a while now. I am glad I stumbled into a Sex Offender Lookup site where you can actually put in your zip code and the number of offenders within your locality would be presented. Detailed report such as names, addresses and offenses could also be had. Check out the site, put in your zip code and find sexual offenders in your area.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Grace and Peace to You

Today's Scripture

“May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace” (2 Thessalonians 1:2, NLT).

Today's Word from Joel and Victoria

People all over the world are searching for grace and peace. They are powerful forces in the life of the believer. First of all, we are saved by God’s grace through faith. We don’t deserve it and can’t earn His grace and forgiveness, but He gives it to us anyway. Grace is God’s favor that opens the door to salvation, but it doesn’t stop there. His grace is supernatural favor and empowerment to live the life God has called us to here on earth.

Peace is every bit as powerful. It’s not just a feeling; it’s a state of being. Peace means “to set at one again.” We are settled internally. And nothing externally can move us from our position of peace.

Receive His grace and peace today and declare it over the lives of the people around you. Remember, as you sow words of blessing into the lives of others, you’ll see that increase of harvest in your own life in return!

A Prayer for Today

Father in heaven, thank You for Your grace and peace at work in my life. I choose to stand in my position of peace by following your Word and staying in the plan You have for me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Lap Band System

Lap Band system is an option we've been considering for an obese niece. She's about 100 pounds overweight and is still on the rise. She has been an overweight child and many of us thought it was cute. Because she has been accustomed to eating a lot, she continued to eat a lot even when she's not hungry. For the past 8 years, she has went through different diets and exercise routines. No amount of dieting and exercise helped her lose the excess poundage. I checked on 1-800-GET-SLIM and found support communities for some tips and advice. I also read on some lap band testimonials and the reads are quite encouraging. The procedure is fairly safe and is advisable for those whose BMI is more than 27 and whose excess weight is 50 pounds and up. I better let my niece about this procedure and give her the link to a lap band before and after video for her to get encouraged.