Spending Life as I should

 

“Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.”

Psalms 90:12 (Paraphrase)

 

“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

Psalms 90:12 (NIV)

 

It just dawned on me that my life is numbered. Just have few days to spend here on this earth. I was drawn between seeing my Master & Lord Jesus immediately and still staying with my little children and wife here on earth.

Of course I would be glad to just go where my Master lives, worshipping Him not from a distance but closer…. much closer which is my ultimate goal. But it saddened me also to leave my family at this very moment. I can’t imagine leaving my two years old and six years old sons under the lone care of my wife. I want to enjoy their presence as much as they do to mine. And I can’t even imagine leaving my wife – my better half just for now. I want to see her hairs turned to gray and mine falls off leaving me balder and balder everyday. (Bald is great….. it suits me. I have tried it. Bwahahahhh…)

But who can tell if at any moment my God calls me home? Do I have the courage to say “not yet my Lord?” Of course not.

So, I have decided to realign my priorities (my family is first), and to do what pleases my Lord while still living here on earth. Counting each day as my last and enjoying God’s goodness allotted to me day by day. Throwing all life’s garbage to where it belongs and embracing the gift of life as it presents in every divers ways.

Have you prayed for your Employer?

One attendee of our Bible study meeting every Thursday shared with the group what she read in a book about the role of a Christian in a work environment. The writer, she said asked this simple question: Have you taken the time to pray for your employer and company?

Whether the companies where you are in today is smoothly sailing or have some little ruffling environment Christians are expected to pray. But since prayer is only directed towards God Christians’ actions are expected to direct a positive impact too towards those whom he interacts.

Christian must react wisely then. Not too loud as to offend others nor too slow that would be considered as nonchalance.

Running different courses

Three blogs with same entries is so boring for the readers….. So I decided to post spiritual related stuffs here while my other two sites would run in different courses. One will bear my adventures and misadventures (bwahahahh). That’s my itchy feet site (www.phileagle69.blogspot.com). The other one “life in abstract” (www.phileagle.bravejournal.com) will show forth some personal stuffs, political views and maybe some informative materials that would help the general public.

How to Identify China Made Products

 

Since melamine contamination in milk products manufactured by China leaked in the media the whole world panicked. Nations pulled out not only milk products but all food products made in China for positive testing of melamine. Since the public has been aware of these products there is a possibility that businessmen would never put the identity of the manufacturers in these products again. That would leave us in the dark and if we are not cautious we would end up consuming all those poisons in melamine contaminated foods manufactured by China.

Don’t misunderstand me please. I’m not saying that all foods manufactured in China are melamine contaminated. But how do we know its not? So just to be so sure we consumers would refrain buying those China made products regardless whether its contaminated or not.. But how do we know if the products we are buying are not made in China since we would not be seeing the “Made in China” identity? Simply look for the barcode. The first three digits (others just two digits) identify the country where the product is made. The first three codes for China made products are 690, 691 and 692 barcodes. Taiwan is 471 while USA and Canada are 00 to 09. France bears the codes of 30 to 37 while Germany is identified through 40 to 44. Japan is 49 and United Kingdom is 50.

Our responsibility is to save ourselves from contaminants. Let us educate ourselves.

My Bamboo House

During my college days I became fascinated with different architectural designs found in those glossy magazines I loved to collect. I vowed to myself that I’m going to build one similar to those model units albeit I would introduce a touch of simplicity to it.

When my wife and I decided to build our own house I want to implement what I dreamt. But when we did the accounting of the cost of materials we fall short of our budget. So I told her why not we go native which is within the limits of our budget? Then we began deliberating on what materials would we use as medium of our house? After so much deliberation we decided to use bamboo because of its sturdiness and thriftiness. Below are some pictures of our new bamboo house.

All glossy outside.......

 

...and inside too.