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I have been with my highschool friends, one of them asked: "Sino may music sa phone ?" He turned to my phone and said, "May mga kanta yan?"  Pia: "Yup." Friend 2: "Naku! Puro Hillsong yan!" Pia: "Hindi kayaa!"  Then, confidently I added, "...Jesus Culture!" My best friend and I laughed. And I am happy.  I remember what the Lord told me before going to bed last night. The cost of following Jesus Christ. "I will follow You..."  It's a commitment. Engagement. Attachment. Jesus' involvement over our life. It's knowing that I must  do something even if it's against my will, against my convenience. It's gonna be wanting what I do not want to do; loving what I do not love & I haven't loved before. Losing what I have been keeping... But knowing that it's Jesus whom I'm gonna follow, it's gonna be experiencing amazing things and seeing miracles and doing great things! And ...

I was nearing in having the most excuses in His kingdom. Last night, off to bed I prayed and told God how I am no longer kneeling before Him for days now. Having to tell many reasons why I can't. And why I don't. Reasons which only grace can make valid. Thank You, Jesus. Even so, this morning... err, afternoon. Waking up in a high degree of room temperature which even dry goods can't contain, I know that it's not the summer weather... it's me having too much sleep! I thought about my long hours of sleep as wasting time. Very. I could've accomplished more things than the average idle thoughts I could produce on my mind. I took a strum on the guitar I borrowed from my brother (the spiritual brother). Then  sang choruses of God-exalting songs from Jesus Culture band.  Then I whispered a prayer and bowed for a fervent one.  I am in awe. I am awestruck by God's presence. How He would answer the prayer of the righteous. Again, that is by grace. And so it goes....

Many things I learned today, few things I will do. I've learned that it's really cool to do people shopping when you've got nothing to think of or at least trying to divert your mind from something you're sick of racking your brain to. But I can't do that anymore. It's bad. Do I have to explain its badness? I've learned that sometimes it's okay to be late in class just as long as you'll have good test results. And note-writing ability. But I can't do that anymore. I chose not to. I cannot tolerate my being late at school. It's not cool and I don't want to disappoint my parents who, in their selfless will, trying their very best to wake up early, prepare stuff for a hassle-free day for me, and the whole family. Their effort of going to work as early as they could so they'll have job and paycheck and so my tuition and baon. Wow. And I  thought of that just now? I've learned today that it's just okay to spend your 5-hour cl...

HOW CAN YOU MAKE YOURSELF RELEVANT to the country, to your family, to the lives of other people & that of your own? Nakikisiksik, nagpupumilit, nakikisawsaw, nakiki-usi... Mapapel, papansin, maingay. Unless you know what your purpose is.. HINDI MO NA KELANGAN IPAGSIKSIKAN ANG SARILI MO SA PAGPAPANGGAP, PAGPAPAPANSIN, AT PAGMAMATIGAS.   I just felt the need to share this.    Know your purpose. Just as a gadget needs its manual to know how it works, so are we, people made by One Divine hand, needs our Creator to know how we are supposed to live . :) God bless your day!