Stubborn love

Kathy Troccoli

Caught again. Your faithless friend.
Don't You ever tire of hearing
What a fool I've been?
Guess I should pray,
But what can I say?
Oh, it hurts to know the hundred times
I've caused You pain.

The "forgive me" sounds so empty
When I never change.
Yet You stay and say, "I love you still,"
Forgiving me time and time again.

CHORUS:
It's Your stubborn love
That never lets go of me.
I don't understand how You can stay -
Perfect love embracing the worst in me
How I long for Your stubborn love.

Funny me.
Just couldn't see
Even long before I knew You,
You were loving me.
Sometimes I cry -
You must cry, too
when You see the broken promises
I've made to you.
I keep saying that I'll trust You
Though I seldom do.
Yet You stay and say You love me still,
Knowing some day I'll be like You.

CHORUS:
It's Your stubborn love
That never lets go of me.
I don't understand how You can stay -
Perfect love embracing the worst in me.
And You never let me go -
I believe I finally know
I can't live without Your stubborn love!




THANK YOU SO MUCH LORD FOR YOUR STUBBORN LOVE!!!

Business Plan

I'm excited! We've been praying for a small home based business for quite sometime now and just this afternoon a friend of mine which happens to be our housemate and a fellow missionary also came up with this business idea and we are getting our first client so soon!! We are no business plan writers and we didn't have any feasibility study about this because really it is just a small business.

We will be renting out chocolate fountain for parties!! and who does not love chocolates especially kids right? Actually, I've been thinking about this few months ago and I am just so happy to finally see it happen.

I wanted so badly to work at home because of the ministries. I want to spend time with what God has been impressing in our hearts and so this is really a big start for us, so aside from printing shirts and selling sweets, we can now rent chocolate fountain and when the income from these sidelines indicates that i don't have to work anymore in the office to cover all our expenses then I will surely quit my job and focus on the ministry.

Oh well, it may sound idealistic but let's see. Nothing is too difficult and too big for our God.

Thankful Thursday

It's Thankful Thursday once again and this week I will only have one here but that doesn't mean God didn't bless us enough this week, It's just that I am so much grateful for this and wanted to write it down;

My dear husband has resigned from being a full time worker in our church, he worked there for almost 9 years and He felt, we felt it's time to move on. Resigning though doesn't mean he stopped serving the Lord but it only means new beginnings, new hope, new opportunities. He is now doing volunteer work in International Teams Philippines ( a mission organization) and we hope this small step will lead us to where God wants us to be.

But it is not easy, moving out of your comfort zone is not always easy, changing direction is not easy, making tough decision is not easy and I know hubby is going through some tough time, adjusting and making plans and thinking of what to do. But God is so good and I believe He has great plans for us and we hold on to His promise to us in Psalm 32:8

" I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you"

There are times that we still feel lost..do not know what to do next or where to go..but Praise God for always leading us. We still do not know where we will be ten years from now but we are assured that God will still be with us 1o years from now and that we are going there together as husband and wife and possibly with kids.

I thank God for conviction, for that nudging of the Holy Spirit to always go back to the Lord whenever we feel at lost. I am thankful for His WORD that enlightened, encouraged us to go on in serving Him.

What are you thankful for this week? Please do share it and link to Lynn of Spiritually unequal marriage.

Have a blessed Thursday everyone!!

Random thoughts

We went home to province last Sunday, it's my mom's 70th birthday celebration :) It was nothing grand but you can see how happy she was, she prepared snacks for the church people as she always did on her birthdays.

So we attended church service there and it's great! I can say it's a breather, a rest from what you have accustomed to. The Pastor is our cousin and we were blessed. he talked about Psalm 103: 1-5

¹ Praise the LORD, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

² Praise the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits-

³ who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,

⁴ who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,

⁵ who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

he taught 5 things

1. GOD FORGIVES

2. GOD HEALS

3. GOD REDEEMS

4. GOD CROWNS

5. GOD SATISFIES

Can't thank the Lord enough for HIS goodness :)

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On another note, old acquaintance from there notice how I gained weight of course and everyone didn't forget to ask me if we already have a child (that's the "ouch" part) but we just smiled and said we were still praying.

I just hope I really be serious and committed in losing weight, actually, 2 of y friends who wanted to lose weight also have scheduled an "exercise day" for us. Wednesday and Friday night. I am thinking of making an online journal about it to encourage myself to really lose weight and be accountable to readers who will read it. I'll probably write about food I eat, my weight progress, our work ups, our chats, diets, and maybe even write about running machines, bikes, dip bar and body press.

I actually started it by cutting off coffee and I did it for 5 straight days :) but sad that I had a relapse tonight. I beg hubby just for a cup. I said give me a break! it's been 5 days..lol :)

Anyways, I've been blabbing so much here. Will have to hit the sack now..I still have work tomorrow er..later.

GOD BLESS YOU EVERYONE!

Reminder

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Start Spending smart

Would you love some tips on How You Can Start Spending Smart? well, do you know that you can buy an $ 8 Rx eyeglasses at zenni? that's spending smart, because if you want different pairs that would match your outfit then I think you don't need to buy expensive ones unless of course you have the money to spend. The photos below would be My favorite high fashion eyeglasses if I wear one. Fortunately my vision is still clear and ok. Thank God for that.

Thankful Thursday- Count your blessing

Lynn has a beautiful theme and post for this Thankful Thursday.Let's all count our blessings one by one and I am sure we'll be counting for a long time. God is so good and He has blessed us in so many ways.

So to start , I'll count one to ten but I assure you this is still not enough :)

1. My mom is celebrating her 70th birthday on Sunday- Thank you Lord for the gift of long life and good health.

2. Good health for me and hubby (although I fell sick last Tuesday night) I'm alright now.

3. good friends - who showered me with love and affection.

4. answered prayer- this is countless..

5. Unanswered prayers- I know God is teaching me through this

6.Decent home, nice and warm bed

7. Food ( that we are not deprived of sometimes what we want to eat)

8. My nieces and nephews - sweet blessings

9. My job

10. My ever loving and understanding husband - God's best gift to me ever.

Count your blessings too!!!

Dream vacation

I want, I dream, I long, I like, I wish to at least one day have a vacation in Mexico and checked in at one of the isla mujeres hotels. Imagine waking up with this buffet breakfast


and then spending the day leisurely here
and then cuddling with dear hubby during evenings here


That would be awesome! wonderful! great experience. But I guess I am dreaming too big, bu then again there is nothing too big and impossible with our God. So I'll just keep on dreaming and while I am dreaming big I'll get back to reality and work.

God will heal our land

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Thankful Thursday

Lynn is hosting the Thankful Thursday for this month. Head on to her site if you want to share or read more TT entries.

Maybe you have heard of the recent flooding due to storm here in Manila,Phil. We were devastated, the whole Philippines is grieving, a lot lost their homes, some are even worst because they lost their loved ones.

Our house was not spared, inside our house the water was above knee level, outside it's higher than the waist level. But you know what, I still am thankful for a lot of things, I still feel blessed and I am grateful.

Here's why..

1. I am thankful it happened on midday -we are about to have lunch. Had it happen on evening where everybody is sleeping it could have been worst.

2. Grateful that it happeed on weekend. Saturday. I have no office and we are at home. I was thinking if it happened on weekdays and nobody is at home then we could have not saved any single stuff.

3. Our motorbike which was our very means of transportation was submerged. Hubby said we should bring it to repair center and I know it means money, but then when he cleaned it and tried to start it. It is still working!! Thankful for God's protection even to our motorbike.

I am also thankful that in tough times like this, filipinos are united, joining hands in helping the victims. People all over the world especially Filipinos scattered all over the world are helping.

We will move on, we will rise up after this tragedy and we will praise the Lord for He is Good!!

Here are some of the pictures I took during the flood;


and for more photos i took, visit the link below
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=144890&id=507437717&l=6747ef8b83

Please keep on praying for the Philippines and for the flood victims.