Saved At Sea

Found this very touching story from a christian problogger about a man's sacrifice to save another's soul...

"After a few of the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church’s pastor once again slowly stood up, walked over to the pulpit, and gave a very brief introduction of his childhood friend. With that, an elderly man stepped up to the pulpit to speak, “A father, his son, and a friend of his son were sailing off the Pacific Coast,” he began,” when a fast approaching storm blocked any attempt to get back to shore. The waves were so high, that even though the father was an experienced sailor, he could not keep the boat upright, and the three were swept into the ocean.

The old man hesitated for a moment, making eye contact with two teenagers who were, for the first time since the service began, looking somewhat interested in his story He continued,” Grabbing a rescue line, the father had to make a excruciating decision of his life…..to which boy would he throw the other end of the line. He only had seconds to make the decision.

The father knew that his son was a Christian, and he also knew that his son’s friend was not. The agony of his decision could not be matched by even the torrent waves. “As the father yelled out.’ I love you son!’ he threw the line to his son’s friend. By the time he pulled the friend back to the capsized boat, his son had disappeared beyond the raging swells into the black of night. His sons body was never recovered.”

By this time, the two teenagers were listening very attentively, waiting for the next words to come out of the old man’s mouth.” The father,”continued,”knew his son would step into eternity with Jesus, and he could not bear the thought of his son’s friend stepping into an eternity without Jesus.Therefore, he sacrificed his son.Oh, how great is the love of God that He should do the same for us!”

With that, the old man turned and sat back down his chair as silence filled the room. Within minutes after the service ended, the two teenagers were at the old man’s side.” That was an awesome story,” said one of the boys,” but I don’t think it was very logical for a father to give up his son’s life in hopes that the other boy would become a Christian.”

“Well, you’ve got a point there, the old man replied, glancing down at his down his worn Bible. A big smile broadened his narrow face, and he once again looked up at the boys and said,” It sure isn’t very logical, is it? But I’m here today to tell you the fact THAT story gives me a glimpse of what it must have been like for God to give up His Son for me.”

“You see, a boy….I was the son’s friend.”

My Niece's Wedding

Just recently, my niece Liezl just got married to a guy he met at the church. Both of them are serving the Lord since childhood as her husband is a member of the dance ministry and she is a member of the choir. It was like a dream come true and their story is like destined to happen as ordained by the Lord. Both their parents are very happy to see them tie the knot and anyone can see how much they love each other. Whenever I remember that memorable wedding, I can't help but sigh and wish I would have one like that in the future. Yup, like the rest of the single girls out there... I too is dreaming of a nice wedding. I want it to be solemn and simple but at the same time joyful. I want it to be a celebration of love and I want all of my guests feel that they are a part of our relationship. Jojo and I often discuss that before we sleep and both of us are so excited for that event. We're still on the planning stage but I would really want that to happen next year, hopefully by September. I already have a plan on how the wedding should be and I know that everyone would enjoy the ceremony. I saw that kind of ceremony on Facebook and I would like to adopt the couples gimmick. LOL. I hope after the wedding, all things would fall into it's proper place. I hope there'll come a time that I don't have to work anymore and just spend my spare time playing casino and socialize with my friends. Haha, I know it's not feasible especially in our current financial status but I just hope and pray that after our wedding... God would bless our relationship and would open doors of opportunities for us just like Liezl and his husband. Again to my dear niece, best wishes!

Expect Blackouts in the Metro

MANILA, Philippines - As the country struggles to rise from the devastation of storms “Ondoy” and “Pepeng,” Metro Manila and Rizal province are facing long power outages after a fire forced the shutdown of a power transformer in Taytay last Wednesday.


The rotating blackouts that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) had hoped to end today are expected to drag on after three of its substations tripped “due to critical loading and in its attempt to shift load” to compensate for the shutdown of the Dolores substation of the National Grid Corp. of the Philipines (NGCP).

Meralco said the development “will result in longer duration of power outages in affected areas.”
Meralco, in a statement, said the three substations that conked out were Mandaluyong, Hillcrest and SM-Shangri-La.


“Both the NGCP and Meralco are doing everything to restore normal state of power,” the Meralco statement read. “

We beg your indulgence for this inconvenience.”


Eleven cities and towns in eastern Metro Manila and Rizal province were subjected to rotating blackouts yesterday. Meralco had targeted to restore normal power today but its substations tripped.


The blackouts yesterday lasted three to four hours each twice a day in Makati, Marikina, Mandaluyong, Pasig, San Juan and parts of Quezon City, and Binangonan, Taytay, Angono, Cainta, and Antipolo City in Rizal. Marikina, Pasig and adjacent areas have been experiencing blackouts in the past two weeks due to floods left by tropical storm Ondoy.