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Every Gising Is A Blessing

ni Nanay Anita Sasaki

As for today’s Bible reading: Vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! … Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” What do people gain from all their labors? What is crooked cannot be straightened; for with much wisdom comes much sorrow.

Yan po ang maganda natin pag kuwentuhan po. VANITY OF VANITIES! Ang baluktod ay hindi natin madederecho.

At the start of each day, I find it helpful to pray: “Lord, help me take on only what You want me to take on. Guard me from taking on tasks or concerns that don’t t into Your greater scheme of things.”

When I encounter delays due to traffic, delayed in replies or changes in appointments, I remind myself of Psalm 31:15, that “my times are in Your hands.” Remembering this calms me. It reminds me that Jesus is in control and will not allow anything that will not work out for good.

With this in mind, I can focus on making sense of what goes on around me. As we journey in life, we pick up a lot of non essentials along the way. Oftentimes, placing an unnecessary burden on ourselves. Ecclesiastes directs us to consider what we give ourselves to and how our involvements t into the bigger scheme of things, and more importantly, into God’s call upon our lives. As we try to see Jesus in the mundane things, may we avoid vanity and be grounded on what’s essential.

MEANINGLESS… WALANG KATUTURAN, BORING. Hindi po ba? Halimbawa po. Pag pinagusapan ang Financial Literacy, lalo na ang insurance, ang usapang yan ay “mundane“. Wala na po. Pero kung ang paguusapan ay LOUSY PEOPLE, all ears na po sila. Agad agad, now na ang gusto. Meron nga po tayong 3 kinds of people: 1. The Intelligent People - People who talk about ideas. 2. The Poor People - People who talk about events. Halimbawa, “ngayon, ang mahal ng gas.” 3. The Lousy People – People who talk about people. Halimbawa po si “MARITESS“. Ayan po ang “real talk“ nowadays.

VANITY OF VANITIES. HINDI PO BA PARANG “BANAT DITO BANAT DOON” PO.

We are in vain of changing our God given natural beauties. Di po ba pag medyo sarat ang ilong natin, gusto natin itong pa tangosin? Pag maliit ang mga mata natin, gusto natin palakihin, etcetera… Pag kulubot na ang mukha natin gusto natin BOTOX OR YON BANAT DITO, BANAT DOON. Kung kulang ang hinaharap natin, (yon dibdib natin) PADADAGDAGAN NATIN. Kung kulang ang balakang natin (yon balakang o puwit natin) PADADAGDAGAN PO NATIN. O sobrang laki ng balakang natin, YON NAMAN ANG BABAWASAN DI PO BA. Yon bang … DAGDAG … BAWAS po.

Pero pag nagbuntis na, ayan dahan dahan nagbabago na ang pinaayos, di po ba? At ang masaklap ay pagnanganak na, ayon po lalabas na ang pinamana natin ang “our real self na pamana natin“. Ang numipis na ilong na pinagawa natin ay lalabas ang tutuong genes natin na SARAT NA ILONG O ANG LIKAS NA HUGIS NG ATING BINIGAY NG DIYOS NA KAGANDAHAN. At pagtanda natin yon pina “BOTOX“ natin ay babalik sa pagka electric pleats na rin po. Kahit paano mo pina BANAT DITO BANAT DOON.

VANITY of VANITIES will stay or return to our original real self.

LESSON: Whether male or female, THE PHYSICAL LOOKS WILL NOT STAY BUT THE BEAUTY INSIDE WILL REFLECT OUTSIDE.

“HINDI MO KAILANGAN MAGING MAYAMAN O MATAAS NA PINAGARALAN UPANG MAKATULONG SA KAPWA MO PILIPINO” – Nanay Anita