CRYING IS GOOD? Part 2 (Last part)

Before coming to America, I had a good paying job, at home, we have 2 household maids, so, I did not bother myself to wash the dishes. I love to take care of babies of my sister, but not to the point, I will clean the poh poh, when this happen, I rather call my sister or one of our housemaids.

I was so grateful that the cousin of my friend accepted us in her condo unit, she is married and with one 2 years old son. Since, were not paying rent at all, we did the household chores voluntarily and that includes, babysitting.

One day, I discovered that I am totally penniless, and yet months have passed, still I cannot find myself to have atleast a part time job, so that I will have money of my own. Am almost felt frustrated, and I cannot even decide to come home for I dont want to consider myself a losser. So, I continued to let the days past with the same routines.

There was one occasion that my friend decided to look for a job, he left his nephew to me to babysit while he will go to New York to find his luck. I babysat his nephew, gave food to eat, prepared milk and let him sleep. But the boy was really very active and played a lot. Then, I noticed, he made poh poh, of my God, I dont know what to do, for this is what I hate most. Since, I have no option, I did what I should do. Afterwards, I made him felt sleep. I also laid to bed beside him.

Then, I started to reminisce. I said to myself, what I am doing here, I had a better job back home, but because of this american dream, am encountering this kind of situation. The things that I am not doing back home, now, am doing them. I started to feel the sadness in my heart, then, I started to cry, yes, to many tears and with groan and I remember the promise of God, saying, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. " And i started to ask God, why did you bring me here in America? To have this kind of suffering? How I can land a job here, I have no legal working permit, I dont have any relatives here, now tell me, is this plan your telling me? And i kept crying...until I heard the phone was ringing, so, I immediately stood up and answered the phone, I did not even finish crying to God when the phone started to ring. Then the lady was on the other line and she was looking for my name, and I asked her, how come you knew my name? And she told me, remember, you met my friend when you were in the house of the lawyer and the lady told me that I was recommended by her friend since I have a good working experience and can learn new things faster. In short, she tried to offer me a job in her restaurant and to start as a kitchen helper. At first, I did not accept her offer, coz, I need to ask permission to my cousin's friend where I stayed. Since, the lady kept calling me, I accepted the offer to be a kitchen helper in her restaurant. Then, even in short period of time, I earned some extra money.

I remember when one of the characters in the bible, asked something to God, she cried a lot and beg to God to give her a son. Until the Lord remembers her prayer, then she was granted a son. Therefore, if we are really sincere in our prayers, humble ourself to God and reason with Him, I believe, because of His mercy endures forever, there is no doubt that in his proper time, He will answer us. God also requires us to reason with Him, in fact, in Isaiah 1:18, he said, "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

And the Lord continued to bless me and gave me more other extra works and I even tried different kinds of work, be it in the restaurant, insurance office, marketing office, manufacturing firm and the last was with the hospital. With that experienced, I thank God for He is really a loving God, merciful God and full of compasion. May the Lord God Jesus shows favor on you the way He did to me. Amen.....

AFRAID OF TYPHOON? Part 3 (Last part)

I kept silent knowing that there is God who can deliver me from that storm. I prayed and asked for forgiveness for the sins I have done, like, ignored the news, watched bold shows at 42nd street, etc. I did not cover up my sins, I said to God, forgive me Lord, for I am stubborn, have mercy on me if I have little faith on you. Then, suddenly, I felt the mercy of God, I felt that I was clothed with braveness and I said to myself, why should I be afraid of, if really, Jesus was with me and I claimed his promise, if God is with me who can be against me and confessed that I have great faith to our God that He will deliver me from that storm.

So, I posed myself by positioning my umbrella, made it closer to my head, holding firmly for the wind was really very, very windy and taking into consideration the heavy rains too. I walked toward my house direction where its only one small block away from the intersection of the road. While walking, I noticed that the wind was becoming weaker and weaker, the leaves were like dried that someone was sweeping them away toward the direction I was heading and likewise, the rains also became weaker and weaker, until the rains and windy winds subsided and had a full stop. I was amazed that the storm was gone, so, what I did, I walked fast to reach my house. Then, when I was at the door and about to open it, the storm returned, windy winds, heavy rains came back, and I said to God, Lord thank you, am home now. And I remember the story in the bible wherein Jesus calm the storm.

After that unforgetable experience with the Lord, I made a testimony in our group service at home, how faithful our God is. There is a song goes like this......Be it unto me according to your word, according to your promises, I can stand secure, curve upon my heart, the truth that set me free, according to your word O Lord, be it unto me....

Therefore, readers, do not under estimate the God of Abraham, Jacob and Isaac, for He is the God of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Just like David, when he sinned to God, he did not cover up his sins, he acknowledged it and asked forgiveness to God. Always remember that our God is a forgiving God, a merciful God, a soveriegn God, and Almighty God. May the Lord God Jesus, bless you, give you peace and joy. Amen......

PRAYER REQUEST PORTION...Missing?

Once again, from the email that came to my friends, one thing, I noticed, they all sent to me one request that came to one Lady in the Philippines asking for help how she could find her mother wherein nowhere to be found. Her mother left them to work for abroad to find a greener pasture for them. But in the long run, things became gloomy. Because, the mother has no way to be contacted or the oher way around. The Lady who asked for help also solicited the assistance of the proper authorities in the Philippines and also abroad, but until now no accurate information can be relied on. Hence, the Lady resulted to this passing of email to others.

Dear Lady,

In behalf of those who received your email, we all pray that all things will work for good. All we know that there is a God who controls the universe, our planet, the wind, etc. Just remember, the following verses below and try to meditate, how these verses will work miracles in our life if we focus our hope unto Jesus.

"Mat 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Act 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Joh 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Isa 50:2 Why, when I came, was there no man; why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst. "

Therefore, if in the past, you asked for help to other authorities, why not this time, ask the authority of Jesus to find favor in you that He may have mercy and compassion to you and to your mother. That everything will work for the good of those who loves Him.

God bless you,

dwitness

AFRAID OF TYPHOON? Part 2

While inside the bus, I was frighten and thought of what will be my next move? When I looked at the window, really, it was zero visibility, I cannot even see the bus stop where I should make a stop. Of course, while at the bus, I did not forget to pray, and I began to prepare my umbrella because I could see a little bit the bus stop station where I should get off. This bus stop station was closed to a residential condominium, so what I did, the entrance door of the said condominium became my refuge and no one was there. Can you imagine, it was almost past midnight when I noticed.

Indeed, I was afraid how I can reach home at that time, thinking that the condominium is just a block away from my residence. But I cannot forced myself to go against the heavy rains and winds, because if I did, I might end up in a highway accident, coz, the wind could toss me towards the highway. I remained silent at that time, contemplating that, why I ignored the news.

Since, before this happen, I already attended some bible studies in our community in New Jersey, and I recalled that there was one instance in the Bible that some of the disciples of Christ were also at that same situation wherein they also encountered this typhoon or storm and they all became fritghten and they asked for help to Jesus where at the time where with them. When they woked up Jesus, he said to them, how little faith you have. Then Jesus calm the storm.

So when it came to my mind, it seems that Jesus spoke to me, telling me how little faith I have. So, why should I be afraid of, if really Jesus was with me. Then, what I did first.........to be continued

PRAYER REQUEST PORTION

Dear all,

Just recently, i received a prayer request from my personal email and came from one of our brothers, asking us to pray for his sister in the province who has suffered from mild stroke and still experiencing some dizziness. And our brother is scheduled to visit his sister in the province.

Dear Brother,

In behalf of our readers, we agree in prayer with you that you may see your sister in good health and that you may travel safely. Let me quote some passages in the bible, and try to get the message from the verses below:

"Mat 9:28 When Jesus had gone indoors, the two blind men came to him, and he asked them, "Do you believe that I can heal you?" "Yes, sir!" they answered.

Mat 9:29 Then Jesus touched their eyes and said, "Let it happen, then, just as you believe!"--- "

Therefore, if you believe that there is nothing impossible to God, then let it be done according to your faith.

Sincerely yours,

dwitness

AFRAID OF TYPHOON?

Long time ago when I was in New Jersey, USA, I used to rent a room and had a part time job in New York. During my stay there, i noticed that the weather forcast is good for one week, therefore, you can plan your activities or what have you. So, let say, i watched the news on Monday, and as part of the announcement, there will be a typhoon coming to New Jersey by Friday of that week. But i did not bother it.

When Friday came, i went on a normal routine and brought along with me my umbrella and reported for work in New York. In the afternoon of that Friday, my friend passed by to my work place and invited me to stroll in the city since it was his birthday. So i accepted his invitation and we roamed in the city. Since we want to experiment what this Apple City stored for us, we visited some establishment along the 42nd Street, New York that showed some nude photos on their entrance door for us to find out exactly what was going on inside.

After strolling the city and it was already 11:00 in the evening, we decided to part ways, my friend went home to his apartment in New York, while me, i took a bus that enroute to New Jersey . While on the bus, and we were already in the area of New Jersey, the typhoon came with heavy rains and winds that was almost zero visibility on the road. To be continued....

CRYING IS GOOD?

I know it is not good for a man to cry, but there are men who really cry, not just crying, but they really cried out loud. But there are those who believe that crying is good for our health. Do you agree?

We know it is not appropriate for a man to cry in public, that is why there are men that they hide themselves when they cry. Are you lonesome? How often you cry?

Usually, people cry when they are in big or deep trouble. They are not only crying, they really cried aloud asking for help. Do you have this kind of experience?

Well, let me tell you my experience on this. When i travelled to New York, USA, the only person i knew was my friend who joined me to this trip to USA. When we reached the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, we stayed at the Holiday Inn Hotel, from there, my friend started to call his relatives in New York and in New Jersey. So far, his relative in New Jersey responded to him and we moved on the following day to his cousin in New Jersey.

We were fetched at the subway station at Journal Square, New Jersey, we visited the Liberty Park, we visited also a Filipino restaurant near the area where we also had our lunch. In short, we were allowed to stay for a while in his cousin's apartment.

During our stay at my friend's house, there were occasions that we were invited to attend gatherings at the park where they can meet their fellow townmates and have some chatting. There were times that we tried to look for some part time job just to give us some sort of extra income to add to our pocket money that we brought. But it gave us a hard time to have one. To be continued

PRAYER GRANTED

It was really a nice experience to travel in a long distance. Am not fond to travel by airplane because, i have fear of hights and i always feel dizzy and always suffer from motion sickness. So most of the time, i bring with me some medicine for this kind of motion sickness or dizziness.

It was one Sunday morning in the first week of May, 1995 when i started to travel from Manila to Tokyo then to New York, USA. I travelled with my friend with the said flight and it was a long trip going there to New York. We arrived at the Apple City airport almost 6 o'clock in the afternoon but then the sunlight was still high because Summer was approaching.

Since it was my first trip to New York, i dont want to experience to be deported just because of some documentation problem or fail to pass the immigration clearance at the airport, because someone told me that it is not a guarantee that when you landed at the airport it will give you a guaranteed clearance, therefore, i need to subject myself for immigration clearance, so what i did, i prayed that there should be no more interview on my part. What happen next, my friend who was standing in front of me was asked to move to another lane, so he was separated from where we lined up. When i reached the immigration officer, i gave my passport and other related documents and the immigration officer did not even asked me what was the purpose of my visit nor how long should i stay, although, before landing, i filled up a form and mentioned those things. So i was so happy that my prayer was granted that no more interview was done for me while my friend was complaining to me that he was asked so many questions before he was approved by the immigration officer. My secret? Pray without ceasing. Because, from the time we landed at the airport and all the way to the immigration counter, i kept praying that i should be delivered from any interview at all and it really happen. To God be the glory.

SICKNESS DISAPPEARED

God is good? Yes, God is always good, all the time? God is good. Not only that, God is always at work for those who love him. I was then involved in a christian church when this sickness affected others. There was some sort of sickness wherein the virus will not be easily stopped until all the members of the family has suffered to it. Influenza is one of the common sickness that will not leave the house until all are infected with it. Another one is sore eyes. Because these kind of sicknesses can be easily transferred to one person to another by means of air, close contact with sick person, etc.

My life in New Jersey was like living in the Philippines, because, i found a room with my fellow countrymen and the house was situated in a Filipino community. It is close to the church, just a walking distance from our place.

There was one occasion that were having a Sunday gathering in our house. I have noticed that for the past few days, almost all my fellow room mates have suffered from this sickness called influenza, and someone told me that this kind of sickness will not leave the house until all the members have infected by this sickness. Upon hearing this kind of spirit ( wherein the Bible says, test the spirit) i rebuked that spirit, and saying in Jesus name, i will not be infected and let this sickness be gone in this house. Indeed, there is power in the name of Jesus, really God is good, because, that sickness disappeared in our place and to God be the glory, he never allowed that sickness to infect me. So, the next time around that someone has said this kind of spirit, rebuke it in the name of Jesus, so that you will not be infected. Believe that there is nothing impossible to God.

HOW IT HAPPENS

One day, long time ago, my mother was about to deliver me and my father was with her in the hospital, because that time, not all hospitals were equipped for some sensitive delivery and so my father decided to transfer my mother to another hospital as my mother was suffering from some kind of seizure, one of the nurses in the emergency room gave my father some stick saying that if in case that my mother will encounter this seizure my father has to put this stick to my mother's mouth so that she will not gnash her teeth and to avoid damaging her tongue. And the time has come while along the way travelling to another hospital my mother experienced the seizure and my father has remembered the instruction of one of the nurses in the emergency room, so he did as what was instructed to him and my mother gave birth to me and that is why I was born in this world and I was not placed in an incubator or intensive care unit and my parents were happy to know that I do not have some sort of any deformities or some kind of traces that I was not in good shape.

As the years past, when i was at the elementary level, I became a side kick of my polio brother, he was older than me by 3 years, we both started schooling from elementary up to high school. And because of this situation, I used to carry his bag with full of books and other things. And most of the time, we have to take a long walk before we reached our school. So can you imagine my hardship in the hands of my polio brother. But you know, there was on many occasions that we had a fight, but this was true and common to all brothers.

When I looked back at my elementary age, there was one occasion when I was bumped by a bicycle, I was ranning towards him, so what happen, the guy who bumped me was the one who felt down while me has no pain nor scratch on my body, thinking that I was only just a small boy. Yes, am still young when I witnessed how my father and I almost met a car accident, the feeling was, I have no feeling at all, it seems that if you are really in near death experience, you will have no feelings, just like, you are waiting to be slaughtered, waiting what is to come, we escaped the valley of death.

I did not finish my elementary in one school because we moved to another area or location, so it follows that I need to transfer my elementary and that was the time I was in grade 4 when this thing happen. The reason of our transfer was the house and lot were sold and these properties were inherited by my mother from her parents. Because my father needed the money to support his bar review in order for him to become a full pledge lawyer and my mother agreed to sell the said house and lot and that was the reason we moved to another place and rented an apartment instead that was close to the school. To be continued