I AM SO BACK!!

Glad to be back in writing. I have abandoned this site for about 7 months. Sorry.

Hello. As I read my previous post I was stunned and amazed of how mighty the God that I served during those times. But it amazed me more knowing that I still serve the same God today. Oh, Lord you never change! 

September 3, 2014-- I left my beloved country Philippines to have my first ever overseas work here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I applied thru an agency in this conpany called DaVita. And my journey in KSA started..... ;)

There's Power in His NAME!

There is power in the Name

There's healing in the Name of Jesus

Jesus.

I ALREADY CLAIMED IT! HE IS HEALED! TOTAL AND COMPLETE HEALING IN THE NAME OF JESUS! THANK YOU SO MUCH LORD FOR THE POWER OF YOUR NAME! HALLELUJAH! IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.!

I pray for my friend, Jessica, as she takes her exam tomorrow. Lord, give her wisdom and understanding as she answers each question. May she finds great favor from you all for the glory of Your precious name. Thank you for her life as she lives to honor you, in Jesus' mighty name, AMEN.

I pray Lord for my Father, Armando Lagazon, for complete healing of his fatty liver, I pray that you already removed it and it is only thru You that he will have clear ultrasound findings.. Thank you Lord, in Jesus' name, AMEN.

I pray Lord for my Mother, Lourdes Lagazon, for complete healing of her throat condition. May she be comforted by You and be at peace always in all thing, in Jesus' name, AMEN.

I pray Lord for the progress of my application, I pray for the availability of our plane ticket so that I can start preparing my luggage. I pray that I am in good hands as I entrust my future in other country, Riyadh. I know God that you will give me favor with this and you will fulfill your promises in my life as I live according to your word. Thank you so much LORD. I entrust to you my whole life! I love you LORD! :)

----------I will soon be proclaiming His goodness about ALL THESE!!!!!!!! I'm excited! Hang on, Manuel, fight the good fight of faith! Carry On! Your in good hands! In the hands of our Savior! =)

so grattteeeeeeful. :)

My Cup Overflows :)

But if you stop your sinning and begin to obey the LORD your God, he will change his mind about this disaster that he has announced against you. Jeremiah 26:13


I am so loving on how God spoke to me through His word. I miss this. I miss talking to my one true living God. Thank you Lord for your constant reminder on how you love and thank you for teaching me to obey you always.


I felt your love and it radiates in me as I see the glow in my eyes as manifestation of your overflowing love and grace in me.


It overflows. I cannot contain it. Thank you, Lord!




I love you :)

A Wasted Life

Whoa! Almost Two years had past and I forgot to update this blog, I forgot to write my ups and downs and my "kaartehan" moments during those lovely two years.

One thing is for sure, I did not live a wasted life, and I never dreamed of living one. All by the grace of God I believe I surpassed the challenges that I faced in this journey of mine in the past two years.

To sum up all things, here's a short recap of my life in two years time.

March 19, 2013--- I went to Manuel's province with my sibling, Ariane, and there we have decided to have our relationship back. Twas a hard decision and I believe God was and is with us all throughout of our relationship---and yes, up to this time.

Our decision to again involve ourselves in a relationship was a tough one, INDEED. We chose to continue to fight in faith not anymore in SOLO, but DUO in the BATTLEFIELD. You know, it's easier to say "I want my life to be pleasing with the LORD so I will stop our relationship, blah blah blah.." somehow it helped me and it made me really a better person, the span of one year gave me enough time to grow and to think about many things, a lot of time to pray about those things... and God wants us to be in the BATTLEFIELD, where struggles, problems, temptations are, and ONLY THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD WILL BE MAGNIFIED!

And really, we had a lot, I almost give up the relationship, hot-cold-lukewarm and all but one thing remain, HIS GOODNESS in our lives. There's nothing in me that I can brag about my walk with the LORD, in fact, I became the worst example of a Christian before him that nobody knows, except him. And he still chose to love me, despite all. And yeah, VICE VERSA. We have seen the best and the worst in us. 

Temptations over little hugs to more than hugs, kisses and too much intimacy, but ofcourse still NO SEX and NO INTIMATE KISSES before marriage (as our personal covenant with God), kept me off guard, I became too comfortable with him and I hate myself for that. I became distant to God, irregular to no quiet time--- I saw myself just crying and looking for help, and God is still there, picked me up and STILL LOVE me, His undeserving people. Many times I pleaded to God to please take away everything including my relationship with him. I no longer find it helpful to my growth, instead I found it as a distraction. And God spoke to me thru 2 Samuel 22:47-51:




“The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!

Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! He is the God who avenges me, who puts the nations under me, who sets me free from my enemies.You exalted me above my foes; from a violent man you rescued me.


Therefore I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing the praises of your name. he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.”


“He gives his king great victories;
he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.”


Through this, I know God is forever at work in my life, in our lives. I know he (Manuel) is from God and there's no way that Satan will rule over our relationship. We will have struggles, we will have temptations but those things will not stop us to pursue God in or relationship, instead, IT WILL BE PART of God's wonderful story on how we were able to overcome everything not by our own power but BY HIS GRACE and by HIS POWER THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. I know, our story will be told all throughout the NATION TO BRING GLORY TO HIS WONDERFUL NAME!

Thank you LORD and ALL GLORY belongs to YOU ONLY!

Note to self: Be on your guard. ;)

I live not a perfect life. I have my lapses, my weaknesses and my personal struggles. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:9 And above all these, it is God who is being magnified in my life. Not me nor my circumstances, but God.

Walking through my christian life will never be as easy as it is. My life is an open book which everybody's love to read. I am not afraid of committing sin just because people will get disappointed of me but more of because I am serving a living God and He doesn't deserved anything that displeases Him. "'Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 20:7

The good things that I am doing, the stories that I am sharing and the words that I am proclaiming are not for me to be righteous, for its is only by His grace that I am still able to stand before God inspite of my imperfections. The Lord that I am serving is a faithful God and equally just. This is not about rules. This is not about do's and dont's. This life is about how to make our life worth living for His glory. It might be hard to live a life under God's law at first, but I assure you, it is a lot harder to live a life without Him. "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." 1 John 4:4

Never underestimate the power of what God can do to your life by simply doing things that you want without considering if it pleases God or not. We will never know how we hurt God everytime we claim that we are His and yet doing things that dishonors Him. Claiming that we are Christians but not living in His Word. "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." James 1:22

And also, do not be overconfident Christians. We will be facing trials of different kind. Be on your guard. The enemy is just around the corner. Watch out!"So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!" 1Corinthians 10:12 " Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings." 1 Peter 5:8-9

Lastly, be with the right people. People of the same faith. People who will not condemn you but will encourage you instead. People who will remind you that you cannot really live your christian life alone. ;) "And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone." 1 Thessalonians 5:14

Glory to God!

-Len 11-06-12

 

NBSB No More.

No-boyfriend-since-birth.

Narinig mo na ba yun? Sigurado ako, Oo. Di ba? Mabenta yan sa mga kabataan. Hindi ko alam sa paanong paraan mo titignan ang isang tao kapag nalaman mo na NBSB sya. Kung makamundo ka at hindi mo pa tinatanggap si Kristo bilang Panginoon at tagapagligtas, iisipin mo, 2012 na! Hindi na uso si Maria Clara! Pero kung Kristyano ka, tinanggap mo si Kristo, you have renewed your mind, uhmm, you know what I mean..NBSB means WOYL, Waiting-on-you-Lord. :)

NBSB? I was once.

I was 21-year-old when I actually had my first relationship. But before we end up together, we were first friends, churchmates and schoolmates. When he asked me if he can court me, I did not just gave my answer just because I felt that it was about time to enter such thing. I did pray, I asked God for confirmation and I believed by faith that God wanted me to have this man in my life to learn things, and to grow with him in Him. As we went through our journey as boyfriend/girlfriend, we learned a lot of things, things that I won't be learning if I wasn't in a relationship. I have learned to give love without asking to be loved in return. I have learned to wait on the Lord, always. I have learned to open up with my parents regarding relationship. I have learned to value people without judging them. I have learned to trust God that His plans are perfect and will do ho harm to me and to my future. I have learned to put limitations physically and allow God's grace to sustain me and resist every temptations that we have. I have learned to proclaim God's goodness in our relationship without compromising it. I have learned to be a good example of a follower of Jesus to my siblings for them to look up to when the time is actually right for them to have one. I have learned to respect my parents and earned their trust without breaking it. I have learned to walk my talk. And above all, when I enter my first relationship, I have learned to put God first in the middle of us to guide us and to keep us on track. These are few of the many things that I have learned when I had my first relationship.

I am no longer a NBSB, because I already had one. Though I dreamed of having a boyfriend to be my first and last, I am not giving up of hoping and faithfully waiting on God for His plans in our lives. Having him for a year is one of the best thing happened in my life. Losing him this time won't determine my future, because God is the one who's holding mine. Next to trusting God is believing that His love will always be enough.

Kaya kung NBSB ka, be proud! :) Wait til you blossom to a wonderful person God wants you to be before you enter a relationship. Let God be your first love. Devote yourself on how to give honor and glory to God. Focus on serving Him. There's no greater feeling than being a child of God. Having Him as a Father, a friend, and a lover is the best thing, ever. :))

-LEN<3

Suma-summer, Halo-halo :( :) :/

Pare-pareho lang naman ang length ng isang buwan di ba? Mula January-December, syempre except February. E bakit parang antagl ng May? Andami na masyado nangyari, parang bawal kumurap. tsk. Ang hirap lang talaga. :/ And thank you God for sustaining me, dahil kung ako lang talaga, sorry hindi ko kaya. =(



I can't really go on with life if God didn't allow me to meet Him, and to actually have a personal and intimate relationship with Him. Grabe lang. Sa lahat lahat ng pagsubok na meron ako, malaki talaga ang pasasalamat ko sa Lord kasi alam ko marami akong pagkukulang as His servant pero hindi talaga ako iniwan ng Lord. Thank you Lord!



Namiss ko magsulat. Hindi ko alam kung bakit hindi na ako nakakapag-blog. E eto yung pinakagusto kong gawin sa lahat. Ang magsulat. Pero sa lahat ng sinusulat ko ang gusto ko talaga is to bring glory to His name. Yung makita ng tao how mightily He works in my life. Na kahit hindi ako perfect mahal na mahal ako ng Lord. Yun lang naman yun e. Nun nalaman ko yung grabeng pagmamahal ng Lord sa akin, wala ng nagkulang sa buhay ko, naging kumpleto talaga ako. Bukod sa isang napakasayang pamilya na meron ako, sa mga totoong kaibigan na for sure meron ako, nagpapasalamat talaga ako sa Lord, kasi alam ko I'm loved. Na kahit wala na akong boyfriend, alam ko may taong nagmahal sa akin ng totoo, and thank you Lord being so faithful in my life. :) You've been so good thats why you deserve all the honor and praises!



Kahit mixed emotions ako sa mga event ng buhay ko, salamat Lord for being my God. Thank you for carrying my yoke. Kahit wala na akong boyfriend, ikaw pa din anng first love ko. Kahit nawalan ako ng kaibigan, ikaw pa din ang bestfriend ko. Alam ko wala kaming pagsubok na haharapin nahindi namin kaya. Thank you Lord for your love!

Mahal na mahal kita Lord :) I will do everything for you! :)