Single and blessed

A lot of single people are happy and contented with their lives, being single. But there are those who also long to be with someone for the rest of their lives. Single people should pray constantly to God to let them find the one He prepared for them. And while waiting, preserve your purity and human dignity. Remember, you wouldn't want to be used by someone who will be married to someone else in the future, or you wouldn't want your future spouse to be someone who has already been used by others.

Begin possible relationships with the right intentions. It is not to have a boyfriend or a girlfriend for people are not possessions. It is not to have an experience because people are not events. It is not to have someone to enjoy with because people are not toys. It is not to taste it or try it out, because people are not chewing gums you spit out later when it losses its sweetness or a shoes you can throw out when they become worn out.

It is to have a committed, loving relationship. It is to be married t each other someday. If that has no possibility or not even desired at the very beginning, then there should be nothing to begin at all.

Tuesday Quotable Toots (3)

Love is something eternal

the aspect may change,

but not the essence.

-Vincent Van Gogh

Tuesday Quotable Toots (3)

I have found the paradox that If I love until it hurts,

then there is no hurt but more love.

-Mother Teresa

Precious Moments to Last a Lifetime

A single photo can capture a very special moment in our lives. Since we are now in the age of technology, with all the gadgets we have, ranging from digital camera and video cam, we can have all these precious memories capture either in photo or video. But here's the tricky part, where should you store it so this would not be wasted with things such as viruses on your computer, a crush on your hard drive. Even a hard copy of your photo can deteriorate in time.

Enter the My Heart Will, a great website that can solve your problems. You can store family biography or personal biography. You can even store photo from your facebook personal page. It's a nice site where you can even put description of you photos for your relatives, families, and friends to see or even add an audio to explain what happened during the taking of that photo.

Love like Jesus loved us

Why should we love like Jesus? Because God is love. Let us then use God's love for us as a standard for loving others. God's love is an agape kind of love which is translated as charity. The meaning of charity nowadays is simplified to just mean giving something or doing something for the less fortunate. But if charity is the best word to describe agape, the love of God, then it must have a deeper meaning.

But how about how we love? As Christians, we are told to love one another, to love like Jesus loved us. Is this an impossible thing to do? Without God, it would be impossible. Without God, our love will remain based on feelings or selfish motives. God's love is not because He feels like it but because He does love us.

Is your love based on feelings, which are momentary and can just come and go? This is like falling in love as if you were catching a disease, and just as easily falling out of love as if you had a big accident. This kind of love is what many couples start with. But if they just remain in this kind of romantic love, then it will not survive because feelings change and problems arise. Unless a conscious commitment, a deliberate choice is made to love completely, then the love is only a temporary fantasy.

This is why true love can only be complete in Holy Matrimony. Like Christ being wed to His bride, the church, the exchange of persons, of relationships is where love can truly exist. While our concept of love is constantly distorted by movies, love songs, books, and television, sins like fornication and adultery continue to wreck lives and families. Let's not learn love from wrong perverted sources. Let's look God, how He loves us, and love the same way.

Life's lessons

• Learn that you cannot make anyone love you but you can make yourself be loved and lovable.
• It's not good to compare yourself to others.
• Learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
• Two people can look at the same thing but see it differently.
• A rich person is not the one who has the most, but simply the one who need the least.
  

Tuesday Quotable Toots (2)

Today, see if you can stretch your heart

and expand your love so that it touches

not only those to whom you can give it easily,

but also those who need it so much.

-Daphne Rose Kingma

N3r3n first ever giveaway!

Wohoo! Neren of My Life, My Thoughts invited me to join her first ever giveaway. I'm really not much into joining contests since I'm very busy but I love Neren's prizes so I'm giving this a shot:). Those lovely items will surely be a very nice addition in my kikay's kit.hehehe. It's my first time to join a contest and I hope Mr. Luck will be on my side.LOL

Here, I re-post her contest so you guys will know the details on how to join and what are the prizes at stake.

“FEBRUARY 2010 CONTEST“

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Travel Bottles

St. Ives Apricot Scrub 1 oz.

Eucerin Moisturizing Lotion 1 oz.

Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer 2 oz.

Maybelline Lip Color

Carmex Cherry Flavored Lip Balm

Loreal HiP Jelly Balm

Covergirl Lipgloss

Elf Super Glossy Lip Shine SPF 15

Smashbox foundation primer Sample

Halo Shampoo Sample

Halo Conditioner Sample

Halo High gloss rinse Sample

NYC Lipstick in English Rose

Wet n Wild Eyeshadow Trio in Sweet As Candy

Revlon Lip gloss in Midnight Swirl

Almay Hydracolor Lipstick in Rose

Victoria’s Secret Lotion in Strawberry and champagne – Not in the picture

and more….

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Write ‘Enter Me’ into the comment of this blog post / followed by the link of the blog post you created / and your email add. (Please include all the info in one comment so I won’t be confused.) Thank you so much and Good luck!

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The giveaway is open internationally and you can only enter once. The closing date will be on Wednesday 31st March 2010 at Midnight GMT. The winner will be chosen randomly using random.org.

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS

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Love...love...love

Love is not something you get and then have for the rest of your life. It is an experience that you create in an on-going basis. An experience that grows out of the actions you choose to exhibit. In that sense, love is a verb. Emotions and feelings follow the actions you choose to take.

Tuesday Quotable Toots (1)

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar,

but the best improve with age.

-Pope John XXII

In love and committed

Funny how when we are so in love and we feel we have found the right person, we vow to be the best for him and promise to steer clear of our vices, bad habits and unpleasant behaviors. And funny too, how when the relationship has gone sour, we suddenly forget those vows and go back to our former way of life.Worse, we leave him behind. It is in this trying times that our faith, love and commitment are being tested. These trying times that determine whether commitment was just something spoken from the lips or something that's within the heart.

Many times when my relationship with the man I love is put to test, I ask myself - how far have I promised to commit? But I guess the question should have been - how far I am willing to commit?