Build Each Other Up

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Magnavigate sa atung emotions nga murag ga fireworks usahay with different colors and forms.
But GOD can always calm our hearts. Let's lean on Him.

Kitang tanan may kasakit. We all want to be comforted but we cannot demand or expect it from anyone. After all, only GOD ra man gyud gihapon ang makahupay sa atung gibati.

There are people who get hurt when they are not able to express or show their sympathy and care for us when we need it most.

My heart aches for the people I love. But only GOD can truly satisfy. May they lean on Him and trust Him come what may.

NGANUNG IN ANA JUD NA SIYA UG BATASAN?

REMMBER? USAHAY DI OUD KA KASABOT SA IMUNG SELF, SA UBAN PA KAHA?

You can't have it all in this world but truly having GOD in your life is more than you can ever asked for.

IT'S ALL ABOUT GOD AFTER ALL 🙏

Happy International Women’s Day.

Thank you so much 😇 SSD Adventist Volunteer Service❤️❤️❤️

Where is God during the hard times? When difficulties come, most people feel their need to pray, but only a few people really understand God’s purpose for prayer. However, a living and active prayer life can give you the strength to pass any test and the courage to not give up.

💯 💯 💯

For the disheartened there is a sure remedy—faith, prayer, work.

The best is yet to come!

😍💖❤Self-Love😍💖❤

Okay, finally got to think and write.

These thoughts are my synthesis on the matter.

First of all, let me define what I think is the "self-love" philosophy. The basic premise is that if you look deeply within yourself, you will find beautiful things like love, peace, strength and hope.

This is different from self care. Self care is a mental health concept. As a person care for themselves and their health they can better function within society.
I think this is the basis of the Adventist health message. Notice however, the health message was given as a means to an end, the end being service to God and men.

So I believe self care is clearly Biblical concept
(3 John 2) based on Biblical anthropology (the concept that man is a whole rather than a dichotomy of body and soul).

Self love however is condemned by the Bible in the sense that man is fallen. All beauty and strength and hope that we see within is over powered by the evil of the human heart which is desperately wicked. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 condemns those who are lovers of themselves rather than lovers of God.

And this leads us to where we should find true love: the unfailing, unfathomable, endless love of God. Ka hilak man ta ani oi.

Pero yes, that is where we see true love, not within ourselves but above us.
We have value because God loves us. We are worthy because we are redeemed. As John says so beautifully,
"We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19

I hope this answer helps you as studying it has helped me.

Let me end with these words:
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
1 John 4:10 ♥♥♥

By:
Criscel Leo Garilva

Build Each Other Up Product of life's experiences

The elevation or deterioration of the future of society will be determined by the manners and morals of the youth growing up around us.

As the youth are educated,
and as their characters are molded
in their childhood to
virtuous habits,
self-control,
and
temperance,
so will their influence be upon society.

'The Adventist Home'

The power of speech is a talent that should be diligently cultivated.

Of all the gifts we have received from God, none is capable of being a greater blessing than this.

With THE VOICE we convince and persuade, with it we offer prayer and praise to God, and with it we tell others of the REDEEMER'S LOVE.

How important, then, that it be so TRAINED as to be most effective for GOOD.—
#335

Men will always preserve their egos. Ladies, do not be deceived by men's deceptive humility.

"KAMUSTA NAKA?"
Foremost, dili ko suicidal but I still needed this during that painful moment ( I am about to share) so how much more to those who are emotionally struggling.
I never knew that this simple, common and usually taken for granted question, was what I needed most that time.
Long story short, one not so fine day back in college (MVC), I received a devastating information. My final grade in one of my major subjects disqualified me from achieving my ambitious dream of graduating with flying colors despite being in such an extremely difficult working-student life.
I did not know what to do to relieve the heaviness of my heart. When I went down to the B.O, I met pastor Teddy Asok who is one of the most consistent ministers in the campus who always ask me ( and other students) kamusta naka ?
and yes, definitely he did not miss the moment to ask me, Uie __, kamusta naman ka? (plus a tap on my shoulder)
Right then and there, I already started wailing from within. I kept holding myself from letting it out kay kaulaw nalang jud kaayo. But I realized that I needed that question. That query made me able to process my emotional misery at that moment. After , I successfully overcame myself from crying in front of pastor Asok and in that area. I finished my transaction immediately and aimed to reach outside the campus gate before I brokedown. Just when I was leaving the commuter's locker room, my close friend D saw me and ask the same question. Just imagine the huge tears falling from my eyes but fortunately no sound came out yet. I hid my wallowing heart with "I am fine, I have to go". Of course, As soon as I hit the road going to Lilingayon I instantly and uncontrollably sobbed with all my heart.
It was already a mixed emotion at that point. My grade still hurt me but I also cried because of the question "kamusta naka?" because I felt cared. I felt I was not alone at that very trying times. I was so grateful that I could still remember how it felt walay atik.
I just cannot justify in description how that question helped me so much to be able to express myself and in a way relieve the pain .
That simple question or should I call, that simple yet sincere act of caring by simply and genuinely asking "how are others around us are doing" could mean so much.
Instead of saying, "Uie stress na kaayo ka, naunsa diay ka?, "Ka stress ba, smile pud.", I would like to suggest that we express our care appropriately with the very simple "Kamusta naka?", "How are you"?

So friend how are you? Please know I AM VERY WILLING TO LISTEN Or if you just want to keep it on your own, then just know, please believe it too, I sincerely care for you. How are you?

Worldly display, however imposing, is of no value in God's sight. Above the seen and temporal, He values he unseen and eternal.

In every emergency we are to seek help from Him who has infinite resources at His command.

Wherever hearts are open to receive the truth, Christ is ready to instruct them.

By the gentle touch of grace He banished from the soul unrest and doubt, changing enmity to love, and unbelief to confidence. At the sound of His voice the spirit if greed and ambition fled from the heart, and men arose, emancipated, to follow the Savior. |

The Savior's work was not restricted to any time or place. His compassion knew no limit.

GROWING A HEALTHY FAMILY is more than just a tittle. it deals with the stewards of life. Accountability is the rule of the game. Obedience to the laws of life is a requisite to vibrant living.

The Ministry of Healing Condensed Edition

Marcotting a shrub like flower
Mama: Nak, sama sa bulak di na jud nindot basta tigulang na.
Anak: Tsada lagi ang gagmay ma pero pang display ra. Ang mga tigulang na, naghatag man pud ug landong ma tapos maka marcot paka.

Let us remember. there are blessings in each stages of life