A Faithful Man of GOD

A woman is full of emotional struggles. But our GOD is full of love and grace to overcome those struggles.

I'm just very thankful that my Cody is a man after GOD's own heart. He may have his own share of failings but along the way, he seeks GOD alone. I'm so thankful about that because with this kind of foundation, it produces maturity and stability.

I would like to inform you that the things I share are not rules that I abide but lessons that I humbly learned from our dear FATHER.

My friend and I went out the other day and she asked me how she would know if a guy truly loves her. I asked questions and let her shared whatever she wants to share. Then, she spilled that she doesn't trust any man. She thinks that every guy is lying to her. I then advised her to change first and to have JESUS CHRIST as the foundation of everything. I also assured her that women mostly say things that are different from what they really feel. Admitting our weaknesses as women doesn't make us weaker but it definitely shows GOD's strength in us.

Anyway, I just want to share something about my beautiful blessing. I'd like to glorify GOD that by waiting for HIS Promise to me, I have received a beautiful man. One of my heart's desire is to have a faithful man as my husband. Why? I've been cheated on plenty of times that caused me to fear a lot. GOD IS GREAT for taking away every fear and changing it with hope, trust and love. So many times, I've been hit on by guys. Guys would come up to me to get my number. Don't get me wrong. I'm not even really proud of this coz now, I really do think that if a man has the courage to hit on me, why wouldn't he be brave enough to hit on other girls, too, right? Now, every time a guy would try to get my number out of nowhere, I just ignore him and get really annoyed. I can't help but think how many girls he had asked numbers from within that day. So I'm very thankful that Cody didn't hit on me. I befriended him first which was not my thing. hehehe! There was something about him. The warmth in his eyes. The cute facial expressions. After a few months of being friends, the love developed until we were inseparable emotionally and spiritually. Well, we're distant physically. Now it's more than a year and we're still together fighting for our love. For the love that we've always believed in. The love that makes us grow. GOD IS LOVE.

I can truly say that Cody is a faithful man of GOD. Whenever problems arise, the first thing he does is pray. Whenever his heart sinks coz of pain, he calls out to GOD. Sometimes, he tries to set me aside for a moment and pray to GOD. I can never be thankful enough for the Cody that I have now. I'm grateful that I haven't met him 10 years ago. GOD's Perfect Will in GOD's Perfect Timing.

Just amazing.

ALL THE GLORY IN THIS RELATIONSHIP BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

A Moment Like This

For My Cody - My Beautiful Blessing from GOD

14th monthsary

Yay another beautiful month!

Every day with Cody means so much to me. It's a beautiful survival.

14 speaks of Deliverance and Salvation.

This month, my prayer is full of these words. Deliverance because of what happened to my dad and the history of it all. Deliverance is a word used by my mouth so much. hehehe! Salvation is something that I am very grateful for. Without salvation, I won't have peace in my heart. GOD's Peace.

Cody and I are two different people and a Christian couple. But you know what? We undergo trials. That is something we know that everyone encounters. My number one desire in our relationship is to be a couple after GOD's Own Heart.

Cody has been my partner and friend for 17 months now. He is such a faithful man. This relationship is my first ministry. My top priority. I will be substandard to other ministries if I fail in my soon-to-be marriage. As I go about my everyday life, one thing that I really desire is to have Cody with me physically doing GOD's ministry. Cody has spiritual gifts and I know he will make a great spiritual leader and ministry partner as he is already. As we all know, it is much different to have your lover by your side and being a team.

My quote for our relationship is this...

MY MATE IS NOT MY ENEMY

Cody, thank you so much for everything. You are my every dream come true. You are my heart's desire that I never expected but I'm very much thankful for. You are my reward. Forever you will be my partner and the love of my life. (Next to GOD - it's a given hehehe) You have no idea how much I think of you each day and how much I really love you. I just pray that we will always depend on GOD and HE will always be our FIRST LOVE. You are my beautiful blessing from GOD. Always.

FATHER, THANK YOU FOR CODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE FOR US. THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS THAT YOU HAVE INSTILLED IN OUR HEARTS. THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER MONTH TO CELEBRATE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF YOURSELF. YOU COMPLETE US, LORD. YOU ARE OUR GOD FOREVER. YOU ARE OUR PERFECT LOVE.

ALL THE GLORY IN THIS RELATIONSHIP BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Consider Yourself Blessed

If you are one of those people who have married the person that you love or who are yet to marry that love of your life but undergoing predicaments in your relationship...

CONSIDER YOURSELF BLESSED!!!

This is just a short post.

I have been watching a tv series. The lead man was being asked to marry a woman he doesn't love just because of business. So now, he has to choose between his family (dad and sister) or the woman he loves dearly. This does not only happen in movies. It also happens in real life. I have heard myself complain of how difficult it is to deal with trials in the relationship with the man I love. Come to think of it, there are other people who suffer endless pain because they have married someone who they don't love or they are arranged to marry just because of money/business.

Again, if you have married someone you love or yet to marry your soulmate but you experience trials along the way, CONSIDER YOURSELF BLESSED, my friend!

Most of the time, we need to count the many, little blessings we get in order to appreciate what we have because what we have is actually the BEST for us. If we choose to believe that WITH GOD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, we will see beautiful miracles everyday that we haven't encountered before.

I feel blessed that I have Cody - the man I love. THANK GOD!

ALL THE GLORY IN THIS RELATIONSHIP BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

This is my FATHER's Love Letter

My FATHER? GOD is my FATHER.

HE is your FATHER, as well.

Love Letter? I call this "My FATHER's Love Letter" because I wrote a letter about the man I love to our FATHER.

Habakkuk 2:2
Then the LORD replied:
"Write down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald may run with it.

Definition:
herald - An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

We are GOD's army. We are always in a spiritual battle.

I would like to share a sample of my letter...

Father,

Tonight, I petition (Cody's complete name) from You to be my LIFETIME PARTNER who seeks and pursues You more than he does to me. I declare our love and commitment for each other to be forever until eternity...I seal all of these with the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST wrapped in Your love and faithfulness. I bind the works of the enemy in our relationship. Your peace and kingdom be upon our relationship and upon us. I claim the shield and buckler of Victory be wrapped around us everyday.

Signed,
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I was reading text quotes from long ago in my phone. I have felt so much encouragement rush in me and right through where the bones and spirit have been separated. Then, GOD impressed upon me to write in "MY THOUGHTS" notebook. I was inspired to write this letter. I am going to write more about our similarities and differences. The purpose of this letter is to remind me of my ultimate purpose and it will serve as an encouragement to run this race and so I may complete my commitment and remember my love for this man everyday whenever trials arise. It will serve as a reminder of my covenant to GOD. Similarities will make me appreciate more of him. Differences will drive me to love him more. All of these will serve as a reminder that everyone is unique and different from each other. This is also a proof to let you know that I also undergo trials, pains and struggles in life. The only Key I have that makes me strong is GOD.

I am not perfect. But I refuse to be a loser so I shall be a fighter. Not against the man I love but with him, I will continue to fight in this race called life.

My friend, I advise you to do the same. I assure you that it will enlighten you and make you think of all the beautiful things about your boyfriend or spouse. Read it when you don't feel like desiring him. Read it when you're sad. Read it when you're upset or mad. Letters have a way of changing something in us. A very good way.

Just a thought I shall leave you...do you want to leave a legacy of someone who never gave up?

If you do, DEPEND ON GOD!

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

A Covenant of Commitment

Before reading this, you must commit into reading the whole article I've written because every word is important. At least for me. hehehe!

I'm committed to making things work...not only that, I'm committed to LOVE and FAITHFULNESS!!!

Proverbs 3:3
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.

I'm committed to GOD. My only KEY that I wouldn't allow anyone to take away from me in making my relationship with Cody work is GOD. Honestly, I can have all the positive qualities in the world just to make things work but then, all else will fail but GOD will never ever fail.

I've seen the importance of the spiritual aspect in my life. All of my relationships in the past weren't grounded on GOD. All of them failed. One of the most intense topics and very delicate, if I may say so, is the spiritual subject. Cody and I have strong personalities and strong, deep convictions and the spiritual aspect has always been a huge issue for us. So one thing that we made sure is to communicate about it and respect each other's views and convictions. I have imprinted in my mind that Cody is not my enemy. That would make things a LOT easier for couples. Some people would easily get upset when their partner has done something that have made them upset and they would act like their partner is the enemy. Well, in fact, we must look deeper. The battle is not just the physical, it is MORE ON THE SPIRITUAL. In order to know more about the spiritual is to have an intimate relationship with GOD first. I do not want to make it a routine, a habit or even a law to abide. I desire a personal and very intimate relationship with GOD because I know that WITH HIM, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!

I say these things because I experience and learn them on my own.

So anyway, some messages that Cody sent me days ago have really touched my heart...

i've absolutely opened my mind to the things you share with me. and then i can turn to the Scriptures, to GOD's Word for further study and verification. it would be no different than what i would do if i'm in the same situation with someone i worship with here, or something i get from Bill (their preacher). i don't prescribe to a certain set of beliefs from people around me, say, in a worship setting. so i do always open my mind to what you share with me.

yours is the face i think of. nothing else comes to mind. it's like there's always an image imprinted in my mind.

This is his covenant of commitment to me. One thing I've noticed about Cody is that he is always ready to work things out. He is always open and willing to communicate. I've been inspired by this attitude to strive it more each day instead of manipulating him or taking advantage of his positive qualities or even worse, take him for granted. None of those negative things shall I do to him. One important thing I've learned is that if I desire change, I myself must change. I must be a model. I must not practice hypocrisy if I wanted to be treated right and fairly.

I must admit that having a relationship is not easy. I speak like things are so easy but that's not the case. I have personal struggles that affects my relationship with Cody. But you know what happens if you have an intimate relationship with GOD? You feel so different. I've never felt this before with my past relationships. I've never felt so much joy, peace and love with GOD. GOD IS MY STRENGTH!

I'd like to share this email devotional I received today...

LOVING ACTIONS

Finding Treasures in Trials...

"Almost every trial increases our love for others. So even if we don't see any other good, we know of at least one--more love."

- From "It Takes Two to Tango" by Gary and Norma Smalley
All excerpts from "It Takes Two to Tango" are copyright 1997 Gary and Norma Smalley, and are used with permission.
Find more relationship resources at http://www.smalleyonline.com

More love...My friend, MORE LOVE!

I am a product of a SUPER tested marriage. You have no idea what my mom is going through right now and all the things she has gone through. She also wanted to get away from it all but she loves my dad and she loves GOD above all.

I'll encourage my mom to make a book about her life so that she'll also be a huge encouragement for others especially women. Imagine your husband forgetting your name and that you're his wife just because of amnesia. That really hurts for my mom. I've seen her face flush with so much pain and it seeps into me but I stay strong for my mom. Two nights ago, my dad didn't want my mom beside him so she slept beside me in my bed and she cried her heart out. I just let her cry and gave her tissues (an encouragement to cry some more hehehe jk). GOD IS GREAT! HE MAKES ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME!

More to know at my other blog "GOD is our First Love." I'm not advertising my other blog. hehehe! Although, some points should go there. So off we go to the other blog. hehehe!

Oooops...I almost forgot! I need to testify one thing. I've asked my parents about my future wedding. I have both of their approval and blessings. GOD IS SO GREAT! I've been so pressured about telling them this before. I'm quite comfortable now. They have made me comfortable. Now, Cody, it's your time to shine. hehehe! Cody, it's your time to ask for permission. hehehe! Everything is falling into place under GOD's Perfect Will and Perfect Timing. I'm also taking care of something that will add up to the blessings. I pray that it works out. ALL MY FAITH IN GOD! I'M PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE NOW! ALL MY FAITH! IT'S ALL GOD!

If you are so confused right now, I pray that you will go to the ONE who will make you see the LIGHT. I also pray for your complete transformation and that you will come to your turning point. The path that leads to GOD.

ALL THE GLORY BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Lily of the Valley

I have been struggling lately. Only GOD knows. I couldn't keep it from Cody so I finally shared it with him. I released my vulnerability to my GOD-given partner - my supposedly confidante and comforter in the human world.

I asked about our relationship of more than a year, "What if it's all just a test?"

Here are 2 of the messages he told me...

we could make up a lot of what-ifs. sometimes people let that rule their life. i'm sure it happens quite frequently concerning spiritual matters.

i can just tell you i've been committed to you for over 14 months and continue to be committed. you have all my devotion and commitment i can offer in a relationship.

FYI, Cody and I do not like the phrase "what if" because of rational reasons but then there are times I struggle. Women are known to be emotionally helpless and weak. That is mainly why men are the leaders and the decision-makers. I'm still human. I am not perfect. But I thank GOD for the existence of Cody in my life. An instrument of GOD's love, grace and strength.


I always watch this tv series (love story) during 6 in the evening. Lily of the valley has been highlighted. They said that you only give this flower to the one you love. In the Bible, GOD is the Lily of the Valley. So with all of me, I give this flower to Cody. I share with him my GOD. Our GOD. Our First Love.



Song of Solomon 2:1
I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

Who are you going to share your "Lily of the Valley?"

ALL THE GLORY IN THIS RELATIONSHIP BELONGS TO GOD ALONE!!!

I CELEBRATE 17 MONTHS OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND COMMITMENT WITH CODY! THANK GOD!

P.U.S.H.

GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY! When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

Stare at Your Spouse

Yes, stare at him. Then, think of all the wonderful things you adore about him. Reasons why you married him. Well, if you're a male, use "her" instead of him. hehehe!

I was telling my friend about the fiancee visa I was trying to fix with an ex before. She was asking about visa's. Then she suddenly uttered, "You're supposed to be in the US right now. Why did you break up with him?" I told her, "If we didn't break up, I wouldn't have met Cody."

Right at that very moment, I felt peace. I felt joy. I felt LOVE. Whenever I utter Cody's name, I feel so much love in me.

You and I have different predicaments but that doesn't mean that only my lessons are right. All our situations and decisions should be grounded on GOD's Beautiful Word because HIS Word is grounded on HIS Love.

I would not like to give a sermon here. I just would like to be thankful of my beautiful blessing and just stop thinking negatively even if things get difficult at times. I'd like to share messages he sent to me today...

will you be able to apologize at the time of an incident? would you be able to compose yourself in a manner that is genuinely apologetic? would you be able to recognize it then and there without having to go through an argument and period of silence?

(I'm the silent type when I get upset. hehehe)

i understand. i'm just curious if you can realize when you're acting out and desire to make it known to me and ask right then and there to make things better. so as to put an immediate stop to the negative feelings. it's like monitoring our behavior on a continual basis

well, it's also a humility thing. we have to trust the other person (in this case, the person we love so dearly) won't use it for manipulation or just rub it in

I would not like to compare spouses here. My relationship is not better than anyone. I just would like to share how Cody sees predicaments. If your spouse couldn't be the man you want him to be, you could, at least, be the starting point of his change. In all things, do them with love and humility then you shall live peacefully and joyfully.

Look at your spouse. Stare. Think of all the beautiful things about him and ponder about those.

I thank GOD because Cody is my spiritual leader. Cody is a very loving man who desires beautiful growth and changes in our relationship. GLORY TO GOD ALONE!!!

Cody, thank you for giving me yourself completely and desiring to grow with me in all aspects of our lives. I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH, MY FOREVER CODY!

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD!!!

P.U.S.H.

When you feel GOD's love, OVERFLOW!

If you have any questions, just leave comments. Thank you.