Recorded these two bloopers @ Sue's house

I guess I'm the only person who laughs at this. Please laugh.

The Noise of the World and the Jolt in the Bone

There are many times that I get tired of the noises both in the real world and the virtual universe. The business of all creatures and the consequences of all works are quite overwhelming. There are so many likes and dislikes and discontentment is outrageously rampant. Too many thirsty and hungry self-centered individuals cry and shout out, "i don't have enough". Truly, discontenment is infinite. Nothing is new, all things are obsolete just a little later.

These and more are the reasons why there are times that I just want to shut the world in front of me and wonder about God's thoughts toward these noises.

I feel ashamed of my own world when I imagine God in front of me. But I know His faithfulness to those who remain in Him is as wide as from the east up to the west and His love endures forever, and His grace knows no bounds. But hey, He is just. All the  "jammed sounds" of all generations will be dealt by Him in His appointed time.

I pray that all of us will be ready on that day.

#SometimesItsOkToDeactivateYourSocialMediaAccounts

Can Buy Planet Shakers Ticket but Cannot Tithe?

If you have been in a relationship or in a relationship or perhaps married now, and your significant other can buy his or her close friend a box of pizza when you do not actually receive even a slice of it, surely, you will feel terrible about it. "You can buy him/her the whole box when you don't even dare giving me a slice?", perhaps you cry to him/her. You may rudely add to that too, "Oh wait, did you use the money I gave you to buy that?"

This may also be true when you went to the PlanetShaker's concert in Manila and spend a lot on your transportation and tickets. You bought the ticket online at 1800Php, drove down to manila (if you are from the province, like 200Km) and spend 1500Php for fuel. And you shout, clap, and enjoy the warmth vibration of the slams and clangs along with the enthusiastic power of every beat as your favorite Christian band starts to perform. Of course, they are leading you to worship the Lord- The Lord who has actually provided you the money that you have used for the tickets, fuel, and others. And what? You forgot about your tithe? (intentionally or not maybe?). You just act it out like "God this one is for you, let this be part of my tithe ok?".

I cannot understand why a lot of us Christians today miss the mark. This is not about us. This is not about who is singing out there or who is leading us to worship. It is about Him and our heart towards Him. Why do you have to spend a lot for an extravagant worship? Is that how you understand how God is pleased? Is attending concerts your definition of extravagant worship?

Reckoning with the truth that we have already heard, studied, and understood, most of us still fail. God is loving and gracious, but isn't it too much if we intentionally pursue the blindness that is tolerated by this world? Using the grace card too much is really dangerous.

It is ok to join the Planetshakers as they sing out praises to the Lord. It is totally fine. However, it is always about the motive of the heart that needs to be checked. If you can spend such amount for a one-night event, how come you cannot be faithful to God? or have you at least helped the poor or beggars or street kids? Have you realized how  far can 1800Php or 1500Php go for a poor family who eats rice and salt everyday? How can you worship God in Araneta Coliseum when you are aware of what is happening in the marginalized group of the society?

Attending concerts and  being proud of it while knowing yourself as an unfaithful servant of God is not something to be proud of. Do you really know who God is? Do you really understand what worship is in God's perspective?

Our selfishness is getting worse. This is the reason why many people hate Christians. I understand why some people get tired of us as we call ourselves Christians yet we are becoming more and more unChristians.

I am not complaining. I am crying over the time wasted. The efforts wasted. The early church's fire, I am afraid is getting non-sense in the eyes of the contemporary youth.

I hope everyone of us will be like that woman who gave her small cents- two last cents in her pocket to offer to the Lord. Such heart to give what she had for the master of all. She did it not for any return of relief or comfort or grandeur in her life. What she did was pleasing to God. Her heart pleased God.

If you love God, obey Him.
Know Him, know His commands then and understand the implications of such today.

#PreachingToYouAndMyselfToo