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Longing for Our Days

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I wish we could return to old days, Weekends spent in meaningful ways. Time was treasured, gently embraced, But life feels so serious now, what a fast paced. I understand the hardship you bear, Providing for us with constant care. Even if it steals another day, That was meant for us in some way. I know you don’t have a choice, Work demands its steady voice. Years in the Admin office taught, This sacrifice is what life brought. I long for that month to arrive, Where Saturdays keep love alive. A special time, just you and me, With you, my favorite person, my happy. But burden grows, is this love’s test? A sacrifice that steals our rest. Another day, another taken, Our quiet hours left forsaken. Friday comes, oh blessed day, Yet Saturday is swept away. Sunday meetings claim their part, Another absence weighs the heart. What then should I truly feel? Longing for time that won’t heal. With my children, with my boys, With my man, my greatest joy. I sometimes forget ...
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Stitched Together

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My reflection through crochet When God created us, He was glad. Everything He had made was perfect—until sin entered the world.Hi! Before this year ends, I’d like to share something about God’s love for us—through crochet.Wait, what? Crochet?! Yes, through crochet! Let me share my reflection and how the Lord used this craft in my life.This draft began way back in 2019. Let me finally continue and finish it before 2024 ends.The photo above was taken in 2019, when I tried to recreate the turban/headband I bought. It was my favorite hair accessory. Oh, how fascinated I was with wearing turbans—and with crocheting too!As I finish this post, I want to highlight God’s creativity. It amazes me to imagine how He created everything we see and enjoy—all the resources we have—and sadly, how often we fail to care for what He has made. Crocheting became a reflection of His creativity in my life. By the way, I also have a small business called ADMiRe Handmade—you can check it out on Facebook and I...
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Marriage is for Companionship

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 Proverbs 18:22 says "The man who finds a wife finds a treasure and he receives favor from the Lord"      When two people get married, they take on many new roles. They become husband and wife. They become lovers. Eventually they may become mother and father, and even grandmother and grandfather. They essentially become partners in life, even in business. Yet, as the years go by, it is easy for that couple to lose sight of the one thing that brought them together in the first place: friendship.     This verse reminds us that marriage is not just some simple agreement between two people. It is a unique blessing from God Himself. While God has given some people the ability to be happily single, He has given others the gift of lifelong companion for that reason, we should never take the friendship of our husband or our wife for granted.         When you trace marriage back to its roots, you see that God brought Adam and Eve together because...
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God speaks, it is so.

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Thank You Father for sending Jesus. Because of Your love, of Jesus' blood - we can experience Your goodness and faithfulness in our lives ❤ You are TRUE and ALIVE! Thank You Jesus for Your promises. Indeed, when You say You are with me, You do not just say it but You allow us to experience it. You allow me to experience Your promises.  All praises to You Jesus! 🙌 I pray that we will not be like the Pharisees who were satisfied with having Your words in mind yet not fully experiencing You. I pray Father to hear Your still small voice everyday. For I believe that when You speak, it is true and it is alive! *****  Hi there! Thank you for spending time browsing this blog. ❤ It's been a while. Let me share something with You about how I experience Jesus and His goodness.  Since the beginning of this quarantine period in our country, I have been anxious and praying "Lord, in what ways can you use me? In what ways can I use my hands you lend me to serve you and glorify You?...
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Talking and Listening: Two Ears, One Mouth

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//Okay, let’s get right at it. Why is it so hard to get people to listen to you? For the same reason you don’t like to do it. Listening is an act of surrender--you surrender the agenda to the speaker. You lose control of the conversation. The speaker will probably start telling you what to do (God forbid). You probably know everything the person is going to say (blah, blah, blah; yada, yada, yada). Listening seems weak. Except that it’s good. And godly. And smart. “He who answers before listening--that is his folly and his shame” (Proverbs 18:13). You can’t learn when you’re talking. Listening shows respect to someone else. Listening first helps you avoid revealing that you don’t know what you’re talking about. Listening first gives you time to organize and focus your thoughts, so that when it is your turn, your words will have greater impact. Practicing listening to other people is also excellent training to help you listen better to God.//
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Talking and Listening

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Walt Disney knew that children wished animals could talk. And so he gave them a talking mouse, duck, and dog, plus an entire chatty menagerie. Even after seven decades of Disney, however, animals still don’t talk. People alone can do that.  God talks. It was his marvelous decision to share that ability with his children. But with that ability comes serious responsibility. When your mother was comforting you about playground bullies, she encouraged you to shrug off mean words, since “names will never hurt me.” Nice try, Mom, but you know that’s not true.  Words have enormous power. In fact, “The tongue has the power of life and death” (Proverbs 18:21). Words can crush the life and hope out of a person. Words can help a broken heart start beating again. Words are God’s chosen vehicle for sharing the good news of our Savior Jesus Christ.  We could all stand a tongue overhaul in God’s shop. Listen first. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who lo...
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Enjoying Life Begins with a Choice

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Although we don’t always have the power to change every unpleasant circumstance in our lives, we   do   have the power to change our outlook. Nobody enjoys a troubling or painful circumstance, but I’ve found if we look at it in a hopeful, faith-filled way, we can watch God work all things out for our good (Romans 8:28). Enjoying life begins with the thoughts you choose to think. Yes, it   is   that simple! No matter what is going on in your life today, if you will choose happy, hope-filled thoughts based on God’s Word, you will feel happier. Our thoughts are intricately connected to our feelings, so if we want to feel better, we need to   think   better. Think of the mind like the gas tank in your automobile. Your automobile will run well, or perhaps not even run at all, depending on what kind of fuel you put into it. In the same way, when you choose your thoughts carefully, your quality of life will improve in amazing ways! I used to be an extreme...
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