From an Email: How You Catch Swine Flu ;-)

FYI: This picture above is a FUNNY picture, not a true case. I just received it through email.

BUT:
Here is a link to real advice, which I also received from an email. I put it in Google Docs.

The Swine Flu Outbreak: What It Is and What to Do by Jacob Goldstein

Lyrics of Always by Hillsong United ( Reflections as I Looked at the Sunrise)

This is another one of my all-time favorite songs. It's a love song to the Lord. Last April 3, I was listening to this song as I was looking at this sunrise on the beach in Sariaya, Quezon, on the eastern coast of Luzon Island, here in the Philippines.

Who are we that the Almighty God thinks about us? Yet the Lord always shows His love to us in many ways. Like through this beautiful sunrise.

As I looked at the ocean, the Lord also brought to mind Job 38:16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?" The Lord Almighty who loved me and died for me and was showing me a beautiful sunrise as I worshipped Him is also the one who walks in the sea trenches. Wow.

Below: sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, Sariaya, Quezon

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Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints?

Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You

Chorus:
'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You

Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again
Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name?

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Watch Me Grow! : My Pineapple Plants (batch 2)

Last February 9, I wrote a post about a new pineapple fruit on one of the pineapple plants I planted in my parents' backyard.

Last March 22, 2009, I found yet another pineapple fruit! So that's two pineapples for this 2nd batch.

Here are some new pictures:

Below:Pineapple #1(pic taken Mar. 22 '09)

Below: Pineapple # 1 (pic taken today, April 10, 2009)


Below: Pineapple #2 (pic taken Mar. 22, '09)


Below: Pineapple #2 (pic taken today, April 10, 2009)

Lyrics of Everlasting God

These are the lyrics of "Everlasting God" written by Brenton Brown and Ken Riley, recorded by Brenton Brown, originally.

(This song was recorded later on by Chris Tomlin and Lincoln Brewster.)
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Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord

Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary

Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary

You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles

Listen to this song on Brenton Brown's MySpace Music page
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What makes this song even more significant is that if you read Brenton Brown's bio on his MySpace page, he suffered with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when he was in the UK. This song was probably written as he was trusting the Lord for strength in the midst of his fatigue.

Indeed, we get tired and weary but the Lord never does!

This song is based on Isaiah 40:26-31

"Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God"? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

Because of God's mighty strength, not one star is missing. He does not grow tired nor does He become weary, like we do! But, He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak! And those who wait and hope on Him will renew their strength! They will run and not grow weary, because God's strength is now in them.

My Reflections as I Reached the End of My Strength Last Saturday

Last Saturday(April 4), I drove for 4 long traffic-filled hours from Sariaya, Quezon(around 100km) to South Luzon Expressway with my two kids in the backseat. Two hours into the drive from Sariaya, I suffered an asthma attack and just "puffed" or inhaled a dose of my anti-asthma inhaler.I began to feel fatigue already. I had to just drive along because my two young kids couldn't drive for me, though they wanted to. They were in the backseat praying to God to give their mommy strength for the trip. As I drove through all the traffic, I kept on praying for God's grace in my weakness.

I was so exhausted that I had to stop at a gas station before proceeding to Manila to drive for another hour. My strength was at its end when I pulled into the gas station.I was able to rest at the gas station at the South Luzon Expressway. Then off we went to Manila(around 30 kms). I made it to Manila so my husband could meet us. However, after 10 minutes driving away from the City of Manila, I had difficulty breathing and I couldn't talk anymore. I knew I had to have nebulization. So we took a u-turn to go to the hospital where we work, Medical Center Manila. I had nebulization at the Emergency Room and felt better afterwards.

Last Sunday at church we sang this worship song, "Everlasting God". God spoke to my heart through it. Even if I was exhausted and weary, God wasn't. He does not faint or grow weary like we do. I felt that I was able to withstand what I went through because God lifted me up on wings like eagles. I was weak, but He was strong. I knew God was with me every minute of the way as I drove, protecting me with His angels. I thank God for being with me in spite of my shortcomings. Even if i was angry at some inconsiderate drivers who drive counter-flow on two-lane highways so they could get ahead of you and end up stopping the traffic altogether, I felt God speaking to my heart to forgive them. I did, even if they didn't apologize to me. I forgive because I was forgiven too.

I thank God for my two thoughtful sons, praying and interceding for me as I was losing strength.Thank you God for answering my sons' prayers. Thank you Lord that I didn't suffer the severe difficulty of breathing as I drove alone. That would have been absolutely terrible. Having an emergency along the highway and not being able to talk. I thank you Lord that all the hairs of my head are numbered by You and You know everything I go through. Thank you Lord that my way is not hidden from You.
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These are the lyrics of "Everlasting God" written by Brenton Brown and Ken Riley

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord

Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary

Our God, You reign forever
Our hope, our Strong Deliverer
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary

You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles

(Listen to this song on Brenton Brown's MySpace Music page)
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"The Prayer" slideshow

I would like to share with all my blogroll friends and readers this slideshow I made for an invocation at a seminar, in 2007.

Click on the link below to see it/download it:

"The Prayer" Slideshow on Scribd

This is a powerpoint presentation that I made of the lyrics of "The Prayer" by Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster (and 2 other Italian lyricists), together w/ pictures of the Lord Jesus. You may download it & use it for invocation at your events,conventions, lectures, etc. so it'll be"interactive" ,w/ visuals & the audience can sing along. You should have an audio CD of the song. then get someone to click the powerpoint presentation as the song plays.

Here is a screenshot of the slideshow: