I began going up the mountains to hike when I was in college and continued loving the mountains when I started my fitness journey. Jesus likes the mountains, it one of the places where He prays.
Reaching the top and finishing the itinerary are the best parts of the whole experience. The going up and the descends are the hardest. In betweens, we would experience walking in a valley, some valleys that are muddy, some easy, some dark.
These valleys are low points between two hills. I can remember Akiki trail's valley which was one of the darkest and scariest valleys I ever crossed. I conquered this valley and survived the peak of Mount Pulag.
Metaphorically, in one way or another, we go through the valleys of life. The valleys of despair. Valleys of low points. Peter and Paul, great men of God, went through many dark periods of introspection to forced them to think about what is really means to follow Jesus. It is where in these valleys that God gives Himself and it is where Peter experienced the unconditional love of the same Christ that he denied just days before; the same Christ who loves, forgives, and gives grace to Paul who had persecuted the followers of Christ.
In Psalm 23, David said that even though he walk through the valley of the shadow of death, He shall fear no evil for God is with him.
What to do when we go through the valley? Just go through it while we remember His promise that He is with us. What we go through doesn't need validity, it is okay to feel, to think and but in the end of each valley, entrust everything to God. Stay focused on the end goal of the journey, whether it be fitness, spiritual discipline, emotional maturity, or life itself.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Friday, November 4, 2016
04 Nov 2016 New Beginnings
It's been two months since I last blogged. I have not stopped reading and meditating, I just had ample time to do blogging until now that I needed to use the laptop for some flyer-making.
I finished the books of Job, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Nehemiah and now reading the book of Romans. Within the months that passed, I had been doing the business. We started off September with some papers, and October for soft opening. Still a long way to go. I do paperworks, buying stuff, cleaning, refilling, and help Tatay for deliveries. Sometimes I am busy, sometimes I am just lying on the sofa to rest. My sleeping nights were okay because my body is often tired.
I also had writing projects which I wanted to testify here. The day of fireworks explosion in Bulacan, I was supposed to interview the owner of the fireworks store (who, sadly, died). It was providence for us as the meeting was moved, and there were other schedules. I was with Kuya Ding then who told me about everything we have been thankful about. Our lives were spared.
October also was the month of JIL anniv and I was blessed and honored to work for phototeam and MIS.
I have been planning and praying that the business would be protected, and that after a year, I will be able to go back to corporate world. I wanted to also marry as I am not getting any younger. But I don't have a boyfriend now (Wiii) Haha. God will provide. He has always been. Only I need to again and again trust His sovereign power. He is my Father, He is my God.
Writing helps me. I feel okay and I really don't know why. So it is a good thing. I may not be able to write often as before but I wanted to write at my free times.
I finished the books of Job, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Nehemiah and now reading the book of Romans. Within the months that passed, I had been doing the business. We started off September with some papers, and October for soft opening. Still a long way to go. I do paperworks, buying stuff, cleaning, refilling, and help Tatay for deliveries. Sometimes I am busy, sometimes I am just lying on the sofa to rest. My sleeping nights were okay because my body is often tired.
I also had writing projects which I wanted to testify here. The day of fireworks explosion in Bulacan, I was supposed to interview the owner of the fireworks store (who, sadly, died). It was providence for us as the meeting was moved, and there were other schedules. I was with Kuya Ding then who told me about everything we have been thankful about. Our lives were spared.
October also was the month of JIL anniv and I was blessed and honored to work for phototeam and MIS.
I have been planning and praying that the business would be protected, and that after a year, I will be able to go back to corporate world. I wanted to also marry as I am not getting any younger. But I don't have a boyfriend now (Wiii) Haha. God will provide. He has always been. Only I need to again and again trust His sovereign power. He is my Father, He is my God.
Writing helps me. I feel okay and I really don't know why. So it is a good thing. I may not be able to write often as before but I wanted to write at my free times.
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