Mondays: Endings and Beginnings

(Picture not mine, saw this in Pinterest after I searched for keywords 'Monday')

Monday. Just hearing the word send tingles to your body and makes your heart ache for the weekend. But no matter how much you stare at your calendar and clock it won't turn back the time (or make it faster either). It is definitely Monday today.

Bakit kaya?

I really don't know why many hate it but it might involve the words like deadline, work, requirements and so on and so forth. The bliss of the weekend just ended and the dawn of reality is about to begin (that's my take on it!). Pare-pareho halos lahat aang tingin at nararamdaman ng marami lalo na pagdating ng umaga ng Lunes. Parang 'aLones' o balik 'Loones' nanaman daw. hahahaha..

Same with them, I feel ok and at the same time not whenever its the first day of another week. My reasons? Unlike others, I don't have a 'regular work' with a time in and time out. Most of the time I work (Pastoral is really full time- may Kristyano bang Part time? Everyday yan!) and my online job (Web content writer and now lead researcher- hawak ang oras at depende sa cliente).

Bakit Ok na Hindi?

Pagsapit na ng Lunes, it's always two things on my mind:
'Nagend na talaga ang last week'

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'Another Week is about to begin'.

I still have remnants of the last week- the extra spaghetti sauce now on a piece of toast with hotdog slices, an email of the training schedule for my new work, problems of people I had to tackle last Friday and still remain unresolved and so on. Then things that are about to begin this week with a new set of 'things to do' on my notepad.

How do you define something has ended?

Naisip ko yan today. Usually, this is the day I contemplate much what is happening in my life. To many Wednesday is the middle of the week for them, it is usually mine this day since my work day as Pastor is jam packed every Sunday (Preached 4 times yesterday- go figure!).

I define what an 'end' truly means for me- it is when something is about to begin. Tama diba?

Malalaman mo ang isang bagay ay tapos na pag ikaw na ang magsisimula nanaman. For me that would be Monday.

Its the day where I stop and think through what my life consist of as another week of it just ended and another is about to start. I think of my dreams, desires, plans, purpose. I usually ask the same question I asked when I went home from the city to this small town in North Cotabato- 'Why?'

For many, life is now in auto-pilot. They wake up, do their morning ritual and their off for the day and the rest of the week. They get through it by thinking, 'in just a few days its gonna be Friday again and the weekend!'.

I don't have those (usually my work gains momentum on Friday to Sunday). All I have is every day. And I never ever want to live a life on routine. I want to live it each day like its Monday.

Ano nga yung sabi nila?
'Live your life as if it is the beginning of the end'

Ganoon sana buhay natin- Mondays. Life living on the beginning of another beginning's end. Magandang Simula and have a purposeful week to you!

To God Be the Glory- My Testimonial During the Youth Reload last Friday- May 13, 2011 was a night filled with music, dance, laughter and even tears for the One and Only Star in our Lives- God. BCC was once again filled with so many young people, there are lots of “VIPs” and also the “Many Timers”- I’m one of them. I’ve been coming to BCC for almost 2 months now. After my Encounter, my passion to go through these events increased and going to BCC is already part of my Weekly schedule. But that night was different. Our Network-Eagurlz and the Arios Knights were the sponsors for the YR’s program. It was different because I was not just there to watch but to be watched. We were called “Las Chicas Agilas” and we danced Stacie Orrico’s “I could be the one”. But before the dance, there was one part were someone wil

Tula sa Nangungulila

Missing someone(s) right now. So I'll write right now. Di mo man ako pansinin, Ibaliwala ang pagsuyo at pagtingin, Basta huwag mo laging kalimutan, Ikaw ay nasa aking mga panalangin. Di kita tatantanan o bibitawan, Makita ko lang ang inaasam na pagbabago. Mawala na ang inyong lumang pagkatao, At maghari ang Buhay ni Kristo! Ngayong araw, ikaw ay nasa aking mga dasal, Alam mo man o Hindi, Ako'y nananabik para sa iyo. Hanggang sa makita kang muli. Sa aking harap at sa iyong tabi. English Translation: You might not notice me now, Don't mind my persuasion and affection. Just don't always forget, You are always in my prayers. I will not leave you alone or let you go, Until I finally see the change for you I've longed for. That your old you be gone, And see the life of Christ in you! Today, You are in my prayers, You might know or not, I am longing for you, Until I finally see you again. Face to face and by your side.

“Restless? Be STILL”

See the picture? That’s our University field. It’s so vast for me even I’ve seen it almost my whole life. Growing up inside the campus, growing up seeing all of these for 22 years, I still never get use to these. Masarap mag senti sa mga lugar na ito. Maaliwalas, tahimik at malawak- kasing lawak ng imagination ko. Peace. Lately, I’ve been struggling with peace. Heart. Mind. Body. Soul. Whenever I see this vastness I would dream again. That God would fill this with so many young people that will worship Him, give their lives to Him. And you know what? It excites me. And scares me. It makes me happy. And makes me nervous. Maybe it’s just really part of my personality. As Kabacan Ministry is taking off- Sunday services and open cells, my list of goals and dreams also increases. It’s not a bad thing- having goals are all important so that you would know if we really are progressing. “But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.” Phil3:16. Since all of these are happening,

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