God's Boxes


I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box, And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes,
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day, The black was as light as before.
With curiosity, I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole,
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be!"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're all here with me.."
I asked God, why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
The black is for you to let go."


Source: http://www.christianlifestories.com/poems/popular/godsboxes.html

Friday, January 21, 2011

Don't make life Complicated

This morning was my midterm exams in one of our major subject in the course the DC 4 (fundamentals of Educational Communication).

During the exam I am so confident to get a high score, because most of the questions were easy for I had come across to them last night while we had a care group meeting in the Starbucks with my co-LDP students.

I wonder why the exam was so easy. It doesn't even makes me sweat. Yet I still continue to answer some of the items until I'm finally done and was able to pass it early. I really feel na may kulang at mail ako, hindi ako napalgay kaya hindi ako umalis sa room. I waited outside for my classmets and asked them about the instructions kasi duda akosa exam eh.
 eh yun ngah... may twist ang revised true or false na exam namin.

the instuctions goe like this: Write T if the statement is false. Underline the word/phrase that makes it  false and correct it.
I overlooked the instructions. I remember the words that my mother would always remind us, " Simple instructions cannot follow." I have learned my lesson so much today. I may get perfect zero in that test,but this experience also was a 100% suitable to me as a leader. Learn to depend on God in everything, trust him and not lean on my own understanding. I may be good in my sight but in God's sight my deeds are all nothing but just a filthy rags.

My QT this morning really alarmed me already to this, be humble and be careful to obey every instruction. As a Christian did we obey God without any delay? take it from me, let's obey God or regrets and destruction will come.


-- pati ba naman itong blog ko la nag ka di mao?? hahahyss. na stress na noon koh dah, la sa exam but sa pag follow sa instructions.