December 25, 2009
Dearest Loved Ones, Brethren & Friends,
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
It’s such a wonderful day to rejoice and remember – the day of great significance in all of our spiritual state of being. Yes, we have good reasons to be grateful - for 2009 years ago God stepped down from heaven, put on the robe of humanity, to be among His creation to see how it is to be like us. He came out of the abundance of His love, to take us out of the dark dungeon of sin and the clutches of fear to bring us into the light of His presence, in order to relate with us and reconcile us with Him, and take us back to be with Him in the everlasting life.
For our family, it’s very special season to count our blessings. God poured upon us great favors in His grace. Sustaining us in the worst season that we went through this year – yes, worst - in this land of abundance and overflows God has positioned us in Florida, USA. It made us aware that there is no exception for any one. Material provisions are not guarantees. Bad seasons can happen even in the land of plenty. Trials can confront us even in our faith. Praises to our Lord Jesus, He fulfills His promises. He is always with us. He rescues us. He uses bad situations for our good – to strengthen us. For all that – we are grateful. His name – Jesus is high and lifted up.
Starting new endeavors and projects at this late period of our life is very challenging. Considering, the worst economic condition we have just gone through. Most of all the family is maturing with Hannah and Sarah now shaping their lives ahead and our spiritual activities in doldrums – 2009 came out as one of the worst season our life faced. But, in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we pulled the year through to make it a great Christmas of reflections and thanksgiving for our Lord’s faithfulness.
Business-wise Felix’s company – FRS Management, Inc., along with the FRS Group, made significant stride for growth amidst the economic depression. Trusting God as our only source – he is expectant for the business to prosper ahead.
Mae is now going into her 4th anniversary in her new, God given profession, foraying with great courage in the medical field as a nurse. We praise God for new heights she’s climbed in such short period of time in her work as Charge Nurse at Citrus Memorial Hospital. It is a major feat under God’s guiding hands, considering the entirely different careers in other seasons she has gone through, firstly - as a shipping executive during her early corporate years in Cebu, Philippines, and as educator during our memorable adventure in Saudi Arabia.
Hannah, equipped with her BS Economics degree from the University of Florida, is now developing her career in corporate America working as an account executive with Blue Horizons - one of the largest Insurance Company based in Seattle, Washington. She is now pursuing her Masters degree at the University of Washington.
Sarah is now a young lady in her Senior High at Ocala Christian Academy. She’s enjoying her role as manager of the school’s volleyball team. She is very active as vocalist with her FUSE Band, a youth group at our Church..
It is with profound and deep gratitude that we offer thanksgiving to our Father in heaven, as we send you this greetings of Peace and Joy, to celebrate the reason for the birth of our Lord Jesus – We. Christmas is for Us. We are the reason. His love for us is the reason. We have indeed a cause to be glad and rejoice as we welcome this season, the anniversary of our Lord’s birth when He brought us the gift of Salvation through His Grace and Mercy. Glorify and honor our King – the King of Kings… Yes. That is Christmas!
WE LOVE YOU ALL.
AGAIN, OUR PRAYER FOR A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!
In the mighty name of our Lord Jesus,
Fel and Mae, with Hannah & Sarah
Friday, December 25, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Take the Best out of Every Season
Take the Best out of Every Season
What does this mean?
"We must not leave a season empty-handed.”
It is part of our Creator’s design when He establish the dimension of time, He divided it in seasons (Genesis
Seasons come and go.
It is wise that we learn how to get In and Out of seasons with optimum benefit, knowing that life is brief.
How?
Psalm 90:12 [NLT] “Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom.
This verse speaks of wisdom. We need wisdom. With that we must be teachable. Let’s get wisdom to help us in the management of our limited life-time.
We should know that when we operate in wisdom, the result is always best.
Season and time is the “clock”, the “watch”, or the “time marker” of our life.
It is essential we make our time counts to make our life counts.
Right now, here in this - ‘dimension of time’ in between eternities – that is - Eternity before time and Eternity after time. Our goal is to cross into and be part of that next Eternity with our Creator.
The period of time is measured in moments, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years and seasons after season between our physical birth and physical death.
In this limited dimension of time, where we are now, time is our currency.
Let’s value it.
We must not waste time.
Let’s respect and honor time of the people around us.
We spend and buy time, wisely.
Lamentations 3:21-23 says:
“Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:
The faithful love of the Lord never ends!
His mercies never cease.
Great is his faithfulness;
His mercies begin afresh each morning.”
Time is for our stewardship.
We must sow time with goal for increase – in eternal gain.
We have to manage time well in order to hope to have better seasons.
God provides fresh time every morning through His mercies and compassions.
Always 24 hours. No less.
It’s like our daily cash allowance.
We must steward it.
Proverbs 12:11 (Amplified Bible)
“He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits is lacking in sense and is without understanding.”
Time is life.
How we spend TIME is how we spend LIFE.
In spending our life it is important to perpetuate good seasons.
We must be aware that what we do in each season determines our future. How we spend our time determines the result. Spend it well. Not on worthless pursuits.
Ephesians 5:15-16 (NKJV)
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”
Psalm 90:12 (KJV)
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom”.
These verses, advice us to
Redeem the time because the days are evil. Number our days wisely - Budgeting.
We must provide margins in time budgeting.
Ephesians
Rather redeem – use time wisely.
We should keep asking ourselves, is my (our) season better? Is it living upward between eternities? or, spiraling downward to eternal destruction?
While we are in this life of time, it is essential that we must spend our time with the Timeless One.
The FIRST BEST PORTION of our time is for Him. We spend it for, with and in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let’s use our currency - TIME, to transact with God, SPIRITUALLY.
Make use of our limited time for unlimited eternal commodity and gain. Spend and transacted with God, our limited time currency – then, we can receive spiritual benefit for the eternal life.
Psalm 90:12 [NLT] “Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom.”
Let’s have this attitude in prayers. Let’s spend our time with our timeless Heavenly Father in Christ Jesus our Lord, for a secure and certain better seasons, in our life ahead –in wisdom, taking with us the best of the season we’re leaving behind.
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