The Book That Stands Above All Other Books

Have you ever read a unique book that stands among the other books?  You might be wondering what book I am referring to, well I'm talking about the Bible.

Before I continue let me just clear things up, I haven't read the entire Bible YET.  Well, there are verses and parables that  I am familiar with but I haven't reach the point wherein you just give me a chapter and verse and then I could give you the message it contains (though I really want to).  But, I am taking some baby steps now and hopefully before I turned 27 next year I'll be able to finish reading it. 

Well, back to the topic...

A sister in Church of my employer gave me a booklet explaining the uniqueness of the Bible among the other books.  Actually while I'm making this post I have the booklet in front of me hoping I could share it with you guys. By the way, the article in the booklet was taken from series of gospel message given in Moscow and St.  Petersburg, Russia in 1992. 

So what makes the Bible so unique among the others?  The booklet gave it reasons of uniqueness.   The first reason Its record of authenticity.  Second,Its wisdom and profoundness.  Third, Its Ethics and Morality.  Forth, Its influence and lastly Its Nature.

• Its Record of Authenticity
• The Bible holds countless references of actual events, people, and places.   Long before human discovered that the earth was round ( Isa 40:22) and that it hangs upon nothing (Job 26:7) it was already written on the Bible.  It speaks about the creation of the man, the universe and the earth(which has more valid explanation rather than the theory of some scientist).  Everything that had happened in the past, that is happening in the present and will be happening in the future were already written in the Bible.
• Its Wisdom and Profoundness
•  This is the only book that doesn't change as time pass by;  it always remains the same from the day it was written til this very day.  It contains the super wisdom concerning man's relationship with God and his fellow man.  It covers all kinds of knowledge. 
• Its Ethics and Morality
•  The Bible contains high standard of ethics and morality.  It describes proper love as a human virtue.  It defines love in the extending of forgiveness even to our enemies.  It even describes the love of our Heavenly Father for us in which He give up His only begotten Son in order to save us from the world(John 3:16).  It speaks of God's righteousness,  holiness, faithfulness, sincerity and of humanity.  It speaks about family and marital relationships.

• Its Influence
• Many great man who have read the Bible have been inspired to  believe in Christ and have changed their lives.  It is a source of teaching and revelation wherein Christians are convicted, corrected, instructed about righteousness and equip him for every good work.

• Its Nature
• Everything that has been  written in the Bible is divine in nature because it is God-breathed ( 2Tim 3:16).  He have spoken to us through His Spirit which goes into and out from the writers. 

So for those who would  like to know the truth  and wants to know their purpose here on earth all they have to do is to read the Bible because the answers are already written on it.

And I Thought I Could do More if I Were Rich

There was one post on my Facebook wall today that caught my attention, it has a caption "Bai Fang Li: A Rickshaw Operator Who Gave Much To Orphans".  I was too curious about it that I tried searching his story on the net.  Well, as expected there are different version of his life's story on the web but one thing for sure he was a rickshaw driver that was able to send more than 300 orphan and poor children to school.  How?  Through the money he earned as a rickshaw driver.  Can't imagine how he did it with the type of work he has but he made it possible. All along I thought I needed to be rich to be able to send a number of children to school. I was wrong.  His story made me realized that with little that I have now I can still make a different in this society.  

I just need to believe on it and do something to make it possible.

If I Were A Rich Girl

So I admit it,  I'm one of those people who would look at the lottery result for the day and  wished I won the mega jackpot prize(even though I didn't place a bet on it) , and daydream about the things I would do if I were rich.  

The first thing that always comes into my mind if given the chance is to give my parents what they always wanted - both material and non-material things.  I'm not a perfect daughter, I admit it.  My father and I would always have a misunderstanding over small things but it doesn't mean that I don't love him.  I have been praying for the day to come that everything that he always wanted for my life to happen would come to reality so he would be proud of me.  Well, back to the topic, so once I have provided my parents what they want my next priority would be my siblings.  I'm going to give them enough money to start their own business or for their savings, who knows how long I'm gonna be rich so while I still have the resources I'm gonna help them with their dreams too.

 After providing my family what they need I'm going to buy a property.  About 2-5 hectares of residential land would be enough for my ambitious dream.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not planning to build a subdivision wherein I'm going to sell it afterwards.  Well, it's true that I'm going to build a number of houses there but it's for humanitarian reason.  I always dream of providing a home of their own to a family who deserve to have one in return they have to do something good for others too.  It's like the movie Pay it Forward. I also wanted to send some deserving students to school where they could start achieving their dreams.  

 You might be wondering why I always point out that the people I wanted to help are those I consider deserving individuals.  Well, let’s face it who wants to spend his/ her money to those people who doesn't do anything but lay down under an apple tree and wait for the apple to fall down?   Get my point?

As for myself I just want to have a house of my own and also to travel the world.   Well, these are just few of the dreams I wanted to happen when I get rich.  I don't know when that day would come into reality but as of this moment I’ll just do the things I can in order to make the things I would do if I am rich into a reality.  And be thankful for the things I have now.

Fun Run 2012

Yes! I made it!   I was able to complete my 5k run today during the 2nd Ficco fun run.   Though Nyl and I were a few minutes late and started running together with the 3k runners, we were able to catch up with the rest of the 5k runners who run ahead of us.  I have to admit that at some point I almost take a turn back when I reached the 3k turning point but I didn't.  I always remind myself at that time not to give up and I can finish the entire 5k run - and I did it.  I'm so proud of myself. Hehehe!  

Well, these are some of the photos taken by my office mate Roy, who also joined the fun run.  Just too lucky to be able to catch up with them since I haven't brought a camera during the run.

At the Marcos Bridge.Going back to the starting point.

At Velez Street

At the finish line with Roy's girl. 

With my office mate Roy and behind him is my talkative Nyl. 

By the way, there are other fun run events coming up this year.  To name a few:

Kagay-an Festival Marathon

RACE DATE: August 19,2012

START/ FINISH: Paseo del Rio, CDOC

REGISTRATION: La Cabana Spa

                        CHAM's Convenience Store

Run for Justice 

RACE DATE: July 29,2012, 4:30AM

START/ FINISH:Kiosko Kagawasan Divisoria CDOC

REGISTRATION: Hall of Justice Lobby CDO

                            North Concourse, Limketkai

By the way, a fun run is, it's a friendly race that is held to raise funds for charity.  In other words, it is an activity that hits two birds in one stone:  you stay fit through running and at the same time help raise money for charity.

So to the next fun run event, I hope to see you there.

Updates

It has been a while since my last post. I was busy and at the same time lazy lately that I didn't find the interest to post something on my blog. So just in case you are interested to know me, these are the things that happened for the past few days. 

June 16,2012. I attended Nyl's mom Funeral. I have to admit that I really don't know what to do during the wake of his mom or even when his mom was confined at the hospital. I now realized that just by being there at his side and giving him moral support was enough during those time. 

Photo taken by januaryfebro.com

June 17, 2012.  I had the chance to visit my grandparent's farm together with my family.  I was so happy to see that the corns which we( Nyl and I) financed, looks healthier than I expected.  I'm just hoping and praying that we will have a good harvest this coming September.

June 25,2012.   We had a small dinner at our place that day in celebration of my 26th year of existence : ) Well, it was just a small gathering for Nyl and my family since I'm not fond of organizing a big one for myself.
June 26, 2012.  Had a lunch with my office mate at Greenwich which was sponsored by our dear supervisor.  Thanks Maam Vics!

Tomorrow I'll be joining a fun run organized by FICCO (it is a cooperative here in our place).  I just hope that I'll be able to reach the finish line especially that I haven't run for quite a while.