Contentment

Contentment

Godliness with contentment is great gain.

- 1 Timothy 6:6 -

Psychologist Joseph Kreisler said, "If you wish to be miserable, think about yourself and what you want. You will spoil everything you touch, and finally you will make pain and misery out of everything God sent you."

    Paul would have agreed! He wrote, "Godliness with contentment is great gain." And Paul knew how it is to be content in whatever situation. Paul had been shipwrecked three times. He had been brutally beaten five times and "forty-stripes-save-one." He had walked across most of Asia Minor, traveling hundreds of miles to tell how Jesus Christ transforms lives. Paul had no income or pension, no insurance or endowment, yet, he didn't worry about his next meal, security, position or his future. In fact, he wrote, "I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content" ( Philippians 4:11 KJV )

    Contentment can be your portion too, as you learn that God cares for His own. You can be content and happy or miserable and frustrated, as you please. You are the one who decides.

“Hope is patiently waiting expectantly for the intangible to become reality.” - Avery D. Miller

The Praybeyt Benjamin "Fever"?

Yes, i am guilty enough to say, that i was one of the contributors to the 300 million (and running) gross of this movie. My wife is very interested in watching this, and admitted that she wants to watch it because Anne Curtis watched it. Indeed proven as box office as it created terrible long lines. It may seem like exaggerated but the line went through each schedule for 12 stalls! Impatient as I am especially seeing the long lines, i invited her instead for Puss in Boots. She said she wanted Praybeyt Benjamin as she wants to laugh. And so we watched it despite the annoying long lines. Question is, is it worth it?

The advantage of staying in the line for too long as you are ready to watch, is you get to see the REAL reactions of people that comes out of the cinema, not the one's shown on commercial in which they were obviously forced to say something nice. Yep, we saw them all, the parents, the thunders, the children, even the gays and the famous. Most of them are frowning, disappointed. I saw felt tragic and wistful. And so it gave an initial impression.

Here are my personal ratings for each (out of 5 stars):

Plot: ★★

There were a lot of unnecessary scenes in the movie such as imitating the angry birds and the expression about discriminating the gay soldier. They were actually trying to create a scenario that would show that would portrait an underdog in a form of a gay, but they were so obvious that you know what will happen next.

Character: ★★★★

The lineup of the characters were solid. I like the fact that each trainee soldier of Vice Ganda has their own strengths and weaknesses. Adding Jimmy Santos and Eddie Garcia in the line up is classic. The characters were likable. There was one scene however that made it corny, it is the part where Derek Ramsey delivered gay lingos. It didn't convince of the character's being.

Diction: ★★

There were a lot of scenes in which there were obviously ropes, harness and special effects used in the film. Yup, too obvious indeed.

Melody: ★

Music was not utilized in the movie. I guess they were only trying to highlight the jokes of the main character.

Spectacle: ★★

Just like in showtime, i am looking for the wow-factor as well. And there's none. Is it the kissing scene? The day-dreaming scene? Nah. A movie that we should've just waited to be  aired on cinema one. Something that you would not like to talk about after watching the movie, which obviously showed to the others who we saw coming out of the theater. The gag is there, there was definitely comedy. If that's the only thing they were trying to achieve, then they made it. However the jokes were definitely predictable. They will simply not answer directly and point to a totally different context, defined as "Nang-babara/namimilosopo".

The elements were poor. It was never good, not awful, but it's not worth the PHP130. My wife and i both agreed that we should've watched Puss in Boots instead. 

Meeekolet

Disclaimer: all these are made out of personal opinion

sources: wikipedia, filmivore, twitter

CM: Beyond Borders

Dear Spark,
Here are the things i have learned today:
There are a lot of things that we want to do in our lives. Have a business, buy our own house, by a brand new car (maybe a sports car), travel around the world, have a hunky husband or a sexy wife, etc. 


Beyond these wants and dreams are some limitations. Questions like:

• I can't
• I am only a high school graduate
• I only have a small time Job
• I am afraid to take the risk

While most of these reflect typical human excuses, some are actually because of natural limitations such as:

• Contentment
• Stable
• Limitations due to present accountabilities

And so, God wrote:

Acts 1:6-8

New International Version (NIV)

 ⁶ Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

 ⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. ⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” http://www.biblegateway.com/

Much of us believe in the word "impossible". So much that we keep on saying it even though we haven't tried anything yet. Some of us even assume things that are going to happen, even if there's no proof - that is the definition of gossip.

The name of the person above is Harold Camping. An American Christian broadcaster. He predicted that May 21, 2011  Jesus Christ would return to Earth, the righteous would fly up to heaven, and that there would follow five months of fire, brimstone and plagues on Earth, with millions of people dying each day, culminating on October 21, 2011 with the end of the world. Without any solid basis, obviously none of them happened.

Matthew 24:14

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

If you want to know when the end will come? As long as we are done preaching the gospel to everyone. It is written.

2 Corinthians 10:15-16

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand, ¹⁶ so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else’s territory.

Yes, without a doubt, we have to spread the word Beyond Borders. We have to make sure that everyone gets to understand the gospel. Because of the continues efforts of our missionaries, there are:

• 238 Churches around the world
• 166,000 people hear the gospel daily
• 20.7 Million Accept Christ as Lord and Savior Daily

And the numbers speak for themselves. See how possible things can happen? The next time you say "I cant", then it is high time for you to go Beyond Your Border for you to become aligned to God's plan in your life and receive abundant blessings.

Have a Blessed Sunday!

Baby Bea's 1st Month

Dear Spark,

I am proud to announce that today is Bea's 1st month. I just cant imagine how fast she grows. Its true when they say "Time flies" and i still can't believe that i am truly a father now. We decided that she would wear her Hello Kitty set given by her Aunt Mikki.

Not only time is fast, but also her growth as her weight of 3.54 lbs as a new born, and now a whopping 4.30 lbs! Yup, the figures are right. She got her 1st month immunization as well. 

We celebrated her 1st month at The Dish Restaurant. The menu is:

• Sizzling Dinuguan
• Baby Back Ribs
• Laing with Shrimp
• Chocolate Cake from Red Ribbon

Yummy Menu! Bea gets to have her milk. :)

It is one heck of a day, Spark. Tomorrow, i would like to share my thoughts on the church message.

Sleepless nights with "Ineng"

Dear Spark,
1 day left and its our daughter's 1st month already. Up to now, i still cant believe that i am a full pledge dad. I am happy, I really am despite the numerous sleepless nights. Bea was labelled by her pedia as a "good-crier" and it definitely shows at least averaging every 2-4 hours. It was really though especially during the 1st few weeks as I have another patient, which is my wife. I was simply thinking that maybe God is testing my patience, and so i asked for more, beyond my normal limitations.


Spark, i am so glad that we are here home. I know it is really small, but i like the freedom that we have here. We sleep more, we can do whatever we want and we have the liberty to feel the responsibilities as a family. Our poor roof still needs repair, but i pray to God that he guards our "unrepairable" roof. Is there such a word as "unrepairable"?


Today, we went to ortigas to have a product training for our business. As Hong Kong Street food has a wide variety, we need to taste all the products. Janice and I tasted all of them, but they were really a lot. 


Spark, as i was doing before with you last year, i promise to do this on a daily basis. This a better scapegoat for my strange psp addiction.


I Miss you Spark.
Meeekolet