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Monday, July 04, 2016

Love Heals


"If only I can touch His cloak." Matthew 9:21

Jesus was always walking and I have no doubt that there were 
many more occasions that people tried to touch the tassels on His cloak. 
In the 9th chapter of Matthew, a woman who had been 
hemorrhaging for 12 years came up behind him. 
Although she was trying to be inconspicuous, Jesus turned around, 
saw her, and said, "Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you." 
And she was healed.

Love heals. Love combined with faith always heals. 
One thing I like about Facebook is we are given 
many opportunities to pray for each other. 
We may live in different continents, 
but we can reach out to each other in prayer. 
When someone asks for prayer, I try to pray right then and there. 
And the wonderful thing is, 
I have seen answers to prayer proclaimed on Facebook as well. 
Jesus' cloak covers both the one who prays and the one who receives prayer. 
We are One in His healing Spirit. 
Let us not be afraid to reach out across the miles to pray for one another. 
When we do that, we are able to touch His cloak in love and healing. 
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Sunday, July 03, 2016

Citizens of Heaven!


"Rejoice that your names are inscribed in heaven." Luke 10:20

There are many things that give us joy. With my brother in law, he delights in traveling. A friend of mine loves to concoct pastries in the kitchen and all her friends are thrilled when they are invited to taste it. Indeed many love to eat and the proof is in all the new and favorite restaurants to choose from. You can see the myriads of things that occupy our hearts when we look through our Facebook and Instagram posts.

When the disciples returned from their journey, they excitedly told stories and reported to Him their triumphs. But Jesus sort of said to them, "Hold on, hold on! Among all these things that excite and thrill you, among all of it, rejoice that YOUR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED IN HEAVEN." Indeed do we ever get thrilled thinking that our names are registered as citizens of heaven? I do not remember this in the course of my day, but I should! It would change the way I think, the way I see things, the way I feel! I would go around suffused with gratitude! Lord, may I always remember that I am a citizen of Your Kingdom and that I should act  and think like one!   


 
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Saturday, July 02, 2016

Bursting with New Life!


"Nobody sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old garment..." Matthew 9:16

Imagine if you had a new dress, and it got torn. Would you get any old cloth to mend it? Jesus is teaching the disciples that He came to bring a new way of life, a new way of thinking. It's not a rejection of what God has already done, but an embracing of ALL He has in store for us. 

Many people have been telling us that they like the new papemelroti, the new products and designs, the updated look of the shops. One of the reasons for that newness is my niece Elyse joined us. She graduated from UP Fine Arts with a magna cum laude, and she is bursting with new ideas and a new vision for our stores. Imagine if we old "fogeys" rejected those bright young concepts? We would be caught in a rut!!! 

Lord, may we embrace everything YOU came to bring us. May we continue to discover more and more of how You see, how You love, how You want to usher us into Your Kingdom which is ever pristine and always bursting with new life! 
 
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Friday, July 01, 2016

Paint Party Friday: Follow Me!


"Follow me." Matthew 9:9

Jesus saw Matthew the tax collector sitting
at the customs post and He said, "Follow me."
Tax collectors were the most despised people in Jesus' day.
They collaborated with the Romans and were considered traitors.
Today, here in the Philippines, the Bureau of Internal Revenue
is considered one of the most corrupt.
We have a problem with the BIR and one of the agents said,
"It's so easy for your problem to go away!",
insinuating that if we gave him grease money, he would help us!

It was amazing that Jesus would choose Matthew!
He must have known that this man was a sinner!
And it was precisely for that reason that Jesus picked him out of the crowd
and made him part of the chosen Twelve!
Jesus told the protesting Pharisees,
"Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do."
The Pharisees did not realize that they were 'sick' too!
All they wanted to do was observe Jesus and criticize Him,
and catch Him doing wrong.

Lord, may I not be like the Pharisees.
May I realize that I need You!
Thank You that in Your mercy and grace,
You allow me to be part of Your team, the Chosen ones!
May I follow You and learn from You!

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Wisdom to the Simple !


"The decree of the Lord is trustworthy, 
giving wisdom to the simple." Psalm 19:8
One of my favorite saints is Saint Joseph of Cupertino. 
His start in life was highly inauspicious. 
He was mostly a nuisance to his family and other people in his village. 
He was simple minded and slow and he could not understand his lessons. 
His mother tried to get rid of him by apprenticing him to a shoemaker, 
then to the monks, but he was always rejected.

Finally he became the caretaker of the mule in the Franciscan monastery. 
After some years, he was asked to study scripture, 
but there was only one verse in the Bible that he managed to master, 
"Blessed is the womb that bore you!" (Luke 11:27) 
When he was being tested for the deaconate, 
the Bishop opened the Bible to that very passage, 
and Saint Joseph was able to explain it well! 
Eventually he became a priest passing his exam by the same grace. 

Indeed we do not need to be smart or  
articulate to do God's will or become a saint! 
Lord, thank You that You do not choose the wise, 
but You make the simple wise by Your Word! 
 
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

WOYWW: Running the Race!


Last night I decided to 
arrange my paintings 
according to the books of the Bible.
So I took them out of the box. 


  I have been painting for 
several years now
and it is quite a pile! 

But now I have been painting on my Bible. 


  "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, 
I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7

When I was young, my whole family 
joined the Milo Marathon training. 
It was fun because there were a lot of people joining in. 
I found it funny because during the first and subsequent sessions 
we walked very sloooowly, that I got so bored. 
I would bring a book with me to read while walking. 
That was how serious I was about the training. 
My sister Peggy was more earnest and followed the instructions of the trainer. 
Eventually she finished the course by completing the whole marathon 
while I watched from the sidelines. 
I think it was because I was not seeing the goal. 
I was just there to be with the family and have fun. 
When the going got tough, I opted out. 

As Christians, we have to set our eyes on the prize- eternal life! 
If we don't, we can lose our way. 
We can just be watching from the sidelines 
while others are running the race seriously. 
Lord, may I set my eyes on You, and seriously follow You! 
Like Paul, may I say, "I have fought the good fight, 
I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."




Joining the lovely Julia Dunnit for a 
peek at desks and projects!

I find a lot of inspiration
visiting my friends here:

Blessings!
Patsy 
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

WOYWW: Our Inner Room

 There was really nothing interesting on my desk
when I woke up.
So here is what I did this morning.

 After I read the Bible, I chose a verse to illustrate.
Then I found a picture from a magazine
to trace on to my Bible page.

I like painting pictures on my Bible pages
so that I can remember the verse
during the day.

 After painting, I outlined and shaded using a 
brown Stabilo pencil...

 ...and wrote the Bible verse with a .05 unipin.

 "And when you pray, go into Your inner room..." Mt. 6:6

Sometimes people ask, if Jesus was the incarnate Son of God, 
why did He pray so much? 
Isn't it but natural that He really desired to talk to His Father? 
When Jesus was on earth, 
He was separated from His Father 
by space and time and flesh made from dust. 
But Jesus longed to be with His Father. 
Shouldn't we too should have that same longing?


Jesus would go off,
slip away to have long hours
communing with the Father.
People usually slip away to something they really like doing.
We too should slip away to our "inner room" to pray.
It can be a prayer closet, but it can also be our cubicle at work,
the library in school, beside our bed,
somewhere where no one will bother us for some time.

Lord, may You never tire of listening to me,
waiting for me to "grow up",
and becoming the person You purposed me to be.
Thank You Lord, that in my "inner room",
You come and meet me for our special time together!




Joining the lovely Julia Dunnit for a 
peek at desks and projects!

I find a lot of inspiration
visiting my friends here:

Blessings!
Patsy
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