A Love Letter

A love letter.. We used to write that to our loved ones especially during times of wonderful occasion, filled with love in the air :) ..Strong emotions with overpowering words of affection.. And as a reader, we can't help gushing out our joy and delight!  I do have with me a box full of treasured letters from diff kinds of people in my life :) Below is a love letter that expresses how deeply we are loved by The One =)

My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother's womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented
by those who don't know me.
John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4

And I'll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

Universe's Most Distant Object Spotted

The approximate location of the most distant known galaxy is shown in yellow in an older Hubble picture.

Hubble image courtesy ESA/NASA

(National Geographic)

WASHINGTON – Astronomers believe they've found the oldest thing they've ever seen in the universe: It's a galaxy far, far away from a time long, long ago.

Hidden in a Hubble Space Telescope photo released earlier this year is a small smudge of light that European astronomers now calculate is a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago. That's a time when the universe was very young, just shy of 600 million years old. That would make it the earliest and most distant galaxy seen so far.  (Yahoo News)

(..Amazing! Science really never ends! I'm so much enlightened with many discoveries and Astronomy is one of the things I'd like to feature as of the moment. More pictures below:)

The Carina Nebula, located 7,500 light-years away from Earth, in an image taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope in February 2010.
Photo: Reuters/NASA/Handout 

(National Geographic) 

 Cygnus Loop Supernova 

  This 1991 image shows a small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant. The formation shown here marks the outer edge of an expanding blast wave from a colossal stellar explosion that occurred about 15,000 years ago. The blast wave slams into clouds of interstellar gas, causing it to glow and revealing information about the composition of the gas.

(National Geographic) 

 

 

 

Something Old, Something New

Two star clusters caught in a single image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission are providing astronomers with a study in contrasts. Released April 23, the picture features the Coronet cluster, a small grouping of about a dozen young stars, nestled in a wispy cloud of dust about 420 light-years from Earth.

 Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

(National Geographic) 

Martian Ice Exposed

Exposed ice glints inside a recent impact crater in a newly released picture from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The HiRISE camera aboard the orbiter caught sight of the roughly 66-foot-wide (20-meter-wide) crater inside a dark, half-mile-wide (800-meter-wide) blast zone in March.

This crater, caused by an unknown body, is one of only seven discovered by the HiRISE team that shows the planet's subsurface ice. Even though about half of Mars is thought to have buried ice, such craters are hard to find. That's because the camera most easily spots craters in dusty regions, where the impact blows out a wide swath of dark material that stands out against the bright surface.

Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

(National Geographic) 

 Small revelation: I never had the chance yet to peek in a telescope.. One day I'll do.  And I can feel that it'll be one of the most magnificent sights I''ll ever witness :)

What A Beauty!

October 16-17, 2010, went up to Baguio for our store visitation.  On our way up, i can't help but stay awake immersing myself with the beauty of nature.  I was once again inspired by God to create a poem glorifying His majestic creations everywhere :)

Natural Creations

Oh Lord, how wonderful it is,

Having to See all these creations,

From the blue skies and highest valleys,

To the vast lands and green plantations.

Oh Lord, how pleasant it is,

Having to Smell all these creations,

From midnight wind and rainforest leaves,

To defensive skunks and distinctive scents.

Oh Lord, how excellent it is,

Having to Hear all these creations,

From the rumbling thunder and tossing waves,

To the chirping birds and hooting owls.

Oh Lord, how awesome it is,

Having to Taste all these creations,

From citrus fruits and red hot chilis,

To brewed coffee and chunky sirloins!

Oh Lord, how magnificent it is,

Having to Feel all these creations,

From the sun's heat and warm breeze,

To the calming raindrops and cold seasons.

Oh Lord, how marvelous You are,

The Source of myriad existences.

Infinite Creator of all, thus far,

From and To with Your perfect presence.

>Ü<

 

Early Eagle

Someone once preached,

That you can't soar like an eagle if you surround yourself with chickens.

My ways of time I have breached,

Away from being a sleepyhead chick to the early eagle's season!

:))

  

"Peeve Factor"

It's 10:48pm and i'm lying down on my bed ready to rest for the day.  No matter how tired i am, something inside me kept whispering, urging me to write down my thoughts.  Well, here it goes.. Let me tell you about today.

My day started out fine.  Woke up 7am, morning routine, reached the office, mingled a bit, spent almost 8 hours with researches and analyses of work related stuffs.  Clock ticks 6pm, packed up, rode the train, got home, petty relaxations, night routine fast forward to now lying down on my bed typing these things on my qwerty phone. Sounds typical right? Not until you dig between the lines.

Have you ever encountered someone that annoys you? People who think independently without considering truly the whole perspective.  Have you perhaps encountered situations that bothers you?  Like walking along edsa and got irritated by the massive air pollution, or was witnessing how people open their water faucets as if they're doing laundry when in fact they're just washing their slim hands.  Does being in a crowded area bug you on how you can't walk straight towards your destination because people don't want to yield?  Or better yet, how traffic jam peeves you because of that!  Well, feel free to insert those between the lines.

On the other hand, it got me thinking on how it's really hard to go together in our tainted society.  We can't please everybody, and everybody can't please us.  It got me wishing on how my days would be if it would revolve around predictable situations (talk about a saccharine culture).  Imagine the comfort in that zone!  However, I know that's not the thought to be settled in.  We are all different in the way we see things, how we handle situations, how we perceive factors that affect our daily lives.  What we carry out would affect not only ourselves but also the people around us, whether a friend or a stranger.  Even to the slightest idea that we thought is meaningless, for the others it may mean a thousand things.

So what now, you may ask.  Well, there goes the challenge!  Everyday is a challenge to show who we truly are in this distinctive surroundings, a challenge to be assertive in the right way, to subside the overrated statements of life and live in a Godly standard.  A challenge to make a stand in this little planet of ours, wherever we go, carrying the best image that God has created us to be.  It might be hard, but then again, where's the challenge without hardship?  Where's the success without perseverance? And where's the testimonial of faith without making a stand?

11:20pm is the approximate time i finished typing my thoughts.  I was uncertain last night if i should be posting it or not.  Turns out i did.  And turns out i added few more thoughts to my composition last night hehe! 

*Signing off. .

A Creation for My Creator

"Poetry - any communication resembling in beauty or the evocation of feeling" (~WordWeb).  An art in my life.  Writing has been one of my interests since I was still a child.  I used to have journal of essays and poems with various instances occurring.  I even wrote a poem for my first dog who passed away!  Lately did I just realize that I've been writing about all the temporal things like reviews around the Metro, features for our school paper, well, the eminent disposition of love, so and so.

Below is the first poem I wrote inspired by A Being who has been continually changing my life for the better towards His glory =)

A Creation for My Creator

 There's something I feel inside of me,

   A great wonder beyond what the eyes can see.

Amidst the chaos in a crowded scene,

   Appeared an image of lightness so serene.

My heart hushed down to the beauty of it's rays,

   There within was a Man of such power and grace.

Near He came, reaching out for my hands,

   As I felt the warmth of His loving presence.

 I desired to draw near but something kept me,

   Obscurity behind like shadows of frailty.

Enchained, I was, with my mischief scars,

   With the bind of failures, I struggled for hours.

 I was led nowhere with my own might,

   Until a small voice whispered in delight.

"Be still, My child, I'll never forsake you,

   Surrender to the Highest, be free and renewed."


Before I knew it, my chains were gone,
For guidance from above has long begun.
My soul found rest in my God who spoke,
Fear was conquered and I was reborn.

Then and there, I felt love so real,

   An unconditional gift more than once revealed.

Now I choose to see, to believe, and follow Thee,

   To love You back as You've always love me.. :) 

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To God be the Glory!