Being a YEAST

      My travel today is not my regular business trip.  It is to pay respect to a very dear woman.  A woman who is never tired of doing good.  Good not to benefit herself, and family but for the community.  A woman who defines sacrifice by doing it, because her heart understands the plight of the communities who needs help.      I am talking about this person in this news item.  http://bulatlat.com/main/2014/09/09/development-worker-killed-in-abra-encounter/ Call all negative emotions to describe the impact of her loss is my present emotional state. Our last visit to Baguio with my family was last Holy Week 2014, I don't know by then, it  was our last fellowship together.  Whenever she knows we're going to the North she never fails to ask to drop by Baguio City. She never fails to ask how are the kids doing? But most specially to our angel. The moment she learned we're dropping by, She constantly coordinated with me, very specific details.  She was ve

There is nothing new under the sun. We can read that  in the book of Ecclesiastes.  Since we are mortal beings we will surely pass this earth in our lifetime. What makes it challenging, is we don't know WHEN?  Many of us are in denial of this timeframe. Others do not want to talk about this either.  But listen to what God is saying with regard to this topic.   "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12 NIV).   How to number our days?  According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, " 70 years was the average life expectancy at birth of the global population in 2012" . Numbering our days is simply subtracting 70 to your present age.  In my case I have 9,855 days or 328.5 months or 27 years EXPECTED remaining days.  What is the importance of knowing this? Imagine yourself in a doctors clinic and diagnosed of ALS. Why ALS? It is because of that viral ice bucket challenge? I used this example because being diagnosed with ALS, t