Help Me See The Point

Since the new shop at Kapitolyo opened after I entered my empty nest season, it has been like being a new mom all over again (my shop being the new baby) with the accoutrements a bundle of joy brings… the robe of excitement and laughter…along with that, sleep deprivation and multi-faceted challenges. Therefore when I caught the flu last month, it…

The World Falling Apart Means Word Falling Into Place?

Even as ISIS continues to terrorize to pursue its goal of seizing land and take over the entire Earth, as France retaliates to ISIS Paris attacks saying, “We are going to lead a war which will be pitiless,” on the other side of the world, my husband’s favorite goose might be harder to find. Hong Kong’s famous Yung…

Not-to-be-missed Joy Tanchi Mendoza Live Testimony

I’ve heard the story from her mom and dad.  I’ve watched the 700 club feature. I’ve read the book, When A Good God Allows Rape.  But it was different watching her speak live at the Ikaw Na Ang Maganda event at CCF Marikina yesterday. Joy walked in wearing a short, elegant, floral duchess satin dress that…

Dessert Sometimes Comes Through Our Guests: JP and Roochie Masakayan

JP and Roochie Masakayan came for lunch one day. They have been among my spiritual parents, teaching me in my walk with God.  JP was one of the people I intermittently consulted through the time my business had slipped from my hand in 2011. Then, he reminded me of God’s unchanging faithful character, the unchanging…

Treasure Found

The more I get to know God through His Word, the more I see how far and vastly I fall short of His standard, the more I see His grace at work as He enables me to stand amidst challenges. Lord, thank You for my flaws and failures, for my trials which you turn into platforms for…

Why I Didn’t Fight Her On This

Dear Lord, Thank You for Joy, Defense, Blessing, Favor! Thank You for today’s YouVersion verse to remind me that I can rejoice in You, I can trust You.  You let me Shout for joy, an emphatic declaration of joy because You are my Defender.  I take refuge in You.  The woman who was not satisfied…

Do You Long For Home?

Home is where God is and God is with His people! Even if you get lost in a new country, even if the road home entailed a detour, even if you are with strangers, or just feel alienated in a place or among people, anytime you long for home, in God’s presence, you are at home.

God Uses The Broken

In Matthew 14, there were five thousand people who needed to be fed. The disciples’ idea:  Rely on Man “Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.“ Jesus’s idea:  He can work beyond your limitations. “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” Isaiah 55:8…