HUWAG SAYANGIN ANG NOW

by | Dec 13, 2017 | Today's Word

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Psalm 90:14

When morning comes, let your love satisfy all our needs. Then we can celebrate and be glad for what time we have left.

Para tayo sumaya, let us live by the day. Hindi natin alam ang mangyayari bukas pero alam ba natin ang nangyayari ngayon? Kaya, ngayon tayo mabuhay kasi ito ang mayroon tayo at ito ang alam natin. Bakit kailangang i-fastforward natin yung wala pa? Aalagaan ng bukas ang sarili nya, kaya ang alalahanin lang natin ay ang ngayon. Kapag dumating na yung bukas at yung mga alalahaning dala nito, saka na natin salubungin. We must learn to enjoy the day and savor the moment.

Hiram lang ang araw na ito, kaya dapat na pinakikinabangang mabuti. Yung kahapon, kumbaga sa pera, nagastos na iyon, wala na. Yung bukas, promissory note lang yun, hindi mo nga alam kung matutupad o darating. At yung present o ngayon ang equivalent ng cash to spend, kaya enjoyin. Huwag sobrang tipirin, kasi yung panggastos bukas bibigyan ng Dios ng panibagong budget. Ang pagmamahal at ang biyaya ng Dios ay laging fresh at bago tuwing umaga. Hindi siya nagkukulang. Kung minsan kasi, sobra tayong magtipid kaya hindi natin nae-enjoy ang ngayon. Kahit ano’ng pagtitipid ang gawin natin, hinding-hindi na ito babalik kaya habang narito, lasapin.

Napakaganda ng inilalaan ng Panginoon para sa atin na kanyang minamahal. Ibig sabihin, paganda nang paganda yan, at hindi papangit nang papangit. Huwag ubusin ang maghapon sa pag-iisip ng mga bagay na hindi pa nangyayari. Ang mahalaga, please God, trust God, do good, and enjoy the moment. Bukas may panibagong grasya. Bukas nandon pa rin ang Dios.

Ed Lapiz

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TAMA NA ANG MGA IF-ONLY’s

by | Dec 13, 2017 | Today's Word

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Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I think we should get as much out of life as we possibly can. There is nothing better than to enjoy our food and drink and to have a good time. Then we can make it through this troublesome life that God has given us here on earth.

Hindi totoo yung kapag relihiyoso ang isang tao, dapat puro na lang siya pag-aayuno, pagtitiis, pagtitipid, at wala nang enjoyment. Ituwid natin ang maling akalang yan. Si Solomon na mismo ang nagsasabing we should enjoy life, and at the same time hindi dapat kinakalimutan ang Dios. Enjoyment is from God and so we must be responsible for the kind of enjoyment that we engage in because there is going to be accountability also.

Because life is far from perfect, mayroon talagang naliligwak. Mayroon tayong pinanghihinayangang sandali, pero kapag nakaiyak na, we have to get on with life. Tama na ang mga sisihan at ang mga “if only.” Do not wallow in misery. Do not be possessed by regrets and sadness. Do not be mournful and fearful because these will rob you of happiness. Tama na ang pagsisisi, ang sisihan, ang paninisi sa kapwa at sa sarili. Do not be possessed by sadness. Change your attitude. Be free, be reachable, be available because the enjoyment of life is usually amplified when it is shared with others. Kaya dapat reachable din tayo. Allow people to reach you and reach out to people. Time is one of the greatest gifts we can give to people and to ourselves.

Life is short. Whatever remains of our lives today, we must not waste it. Enjoy life.

Ed Lapiz

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EVOLVE AND EXPAND

by | Dec 13, 2017 | Today's Word

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Ecclesiastes 1:13

With all my wisdom I tried to understand everything that happens here on earth.  

Hindi tayo nabubuhay para maghanapbuhay lamang. Naghahanapbuhay tayo para magkaroon ng buhay. Hindi natin ito hinahayaang mapanis. Tungkulin natin to edify it and lift it up to ever-escalating heights, meaning and value. Tungkulin natin na ito ay pagyamanin. Dapat nating pinapalawak ang utak. The more information and knowledge we process, the more capable our brain becomes. Pero pag pakonti nang pakonti ang iniisip at nilulutas, lumiliit din ang utak. Kaya kailangan lagi tayong may iniisip na ibang gawin so that our brain will continue to expand, to be enriched with knowledge, and to be wise.

Hindi katawan lang ang mahalaga. Dapat yung espiritu na nakatira doon ay mag-evolve into the great spirit that it is destined to be. Ganun din ang buhay. Hindi yan para lang kumain at para maubos sa kahihintay ng pagsikat at paglubog ng araw. We’ve got to go beyond the basics and the survival level. If we are too busy just trying to survive, we will not be able to evolve into the refined personalities that we should be.

Napakaraming lugar na dapat mabisita. Napakaraming pagkaing dapat matikman. Napakaraming librong dapat mabasa o maisulat. Napakaraming kaibigan na dapat maging kaibigan, makilala, makadaupang palad. Napakaraming karanasan ang dapat maranasan. Pero kung umikot na lang nang umikot ang buhay natin in the same routine every day to the point that we become bored, then we are cheating God who created life, and we are also cheating ourselves. Dapat lagi tayong mayroong bagong nararanasan, nalalaman, at naia-apply sa buhay.

Ed Lapiz

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BREATHE AND LIVE

by | Dec 10, 2017 | Today's Word

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Hebrews 6:1-3

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And God permitting, we will do so.

Ang puno, pagka ito ay lumalaki, tumataas ang mga sanga pero lumalalim ang mga ugat. Kung taas lang nang taas ang sanga at hindi lumalalim ang ugat, konting hangin lang tumba ito agad. Ganito rin ang spiritual life. Mahalaga na hindi lang tumataas kundi lumalalim din ang ating pagkaunawa. Lumalalim ang pagkabaon natin sa salita ng Dios na siya nating pinagkukunan ng spiritual nutrients, at tumataas naman ang antas ng application nito sa ating buhay. Kaya mahalaga that in our spiritual life, we pursue higher and deeper learning, that we graduate from basic things.

Hindi madaling lumampas sa elementary teachings. This means leaving our comfort zones. Papaano tayo tataas kung meron tayong fear of heights? Paano tayo susuot sa lupa kung tayo ay claustrophobic? Paano natin iiwan ang mga saulado na at dati na nating alam kung ayaw nating mahirapan ang ating isip at loob?

Bawat pagbabago ng isip ay dumadaan muna sa panandaliang kaguluhan. Kasi kung meron ka nang mapayapang pinaniniwalaan at niyayakap, magkakaroon ka ng transition period. Pero mahalaga ang paglago. Kasi if our knowledge, understanding, perception or belief is stagnant, wala tayong growth.

Laging merong konting hirap na kakambal ang pagbabago. But since we are being changed from glory to glory, hindi tumitigil ang pagbabago kaya dapat lang na lagi tayong nag-a-adjust.

Ed Lapiz

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WANT WHAT YOU GET

by | Dec 10, 2017 | Today's Word

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Ecclesiastes 6:7

We struggle to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied.

         Some of life’s mysteries, ironies, contradictions, and senselessness in man’s struggle to acquire lie in his inability to get satisfaction. Even if you are working very hard, hindi guaranteed na masisiyahan ka pagkatapos. Nagkaroon na ng tatlong bahay, hindi pa rin masaya. Nagsisikap na magka-award, hindi pa rin kuntento pagkatapos makatanggap ng sampung award. Whatever you like, you will never really have enough of it, kaya sa maraming tao nagiging dios ang kanilang desire.

         Ang mahalaga, appreciate what you have. Do not always want something else. At yan ang problema natin kung minsan. Mayroon ka na, iba pa yung gusto mo. Pag umorder tayo sa restaurant, parang mas masarap yung order ng nasa kabilang mesa. Yung iba naman, ikukumpara ang asawa nila sa asawa ng iba. Yung mga mapuputi, nagbibilad-bilad para umitim. Yung mga morena, payong nang payong para hindi umitim lalo. Yung mga kulot, nagpapaunat ng buhok. Yung may straight hair, nagpapakulot. Lagi na lang may kulang.

         Sabi nila, “Get what you want so you will be happy.” But you cannot always get what you want. So, what do you do? Want what you get. Sasaya ka rin. Kailangang turuan ang sarili na sumaya. Kasi kung lagi mong aayawan yung kung ano ang mayroon ka, magiging miserable ka. ‘Tapos lagi mo namang hahangarin yung wala. If you like whatever you get, you will be happy. You will enjoy. Pag ang lagi mong hinahanap ay yung wala, hindi ka sasaya kahit kailan.

Ed Lapiz

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