In any family, communication is very important, especially husbands and wives communicating love to each other, parents to their children and children to their parents. But the problem is that many times, we communicate love in ways that are often misunderstood by those receiving the message. A book written by Gary Chapman entitled the “Five Love Languages” explains this very clearly.
Much like communicating with other people, when we use a different language that the other person can’t understand, this creates miscomunication or misunderstanding. In order for two people to communicate clearly they must both use the same language - either one has to learn the other person’s language. Continue Reading »
I have shared in one of my previous entries why it is important to know your spouse’s love language.
Allow me to jump on to the third love language- Gifts. When you say that someone’s love language is receiving gifts, it does not necessarily imply that it means that you are in a high maintenance relationship. If this is your spouse’s love language, Continue Reading »
Read this: There is an actual ad in a Kansas newspaper that reads “I will listen to you talk for thirty minutes without comment for $5.” And your guess is as good asmine, that ten to twenty people called that advert everyday. Imagine the extent of what people are willing to do to get someone to listen to them! Continue Reading »
Ephesians 4:31-32 “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. “Continue Reading »
In any marriage conflict is inevitable and normal.First of all, the differences between a man and a woman are reason enough for conflicts to arise.Furthermore, the differences in personalities and the differences in upbringing spell disaster. Continue Reading »
Category:Movies
Genre: Classics
*** I’m posting this reflection paper I submitted last semester in my subject Principles of Guidance and Counseling.
Jennifer L. Aspacio Educ 321
Dr. Lerma G. Pasco
This movie is amongst the ranks of movies like Stand and Deliver, Dangerous Minds, et al. These kind of movies continually inspire individuals to go beyond the level of mediocrity. Continue Reading »
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Author: Sara June Davis & Lindy Beam
I got ahold of a copy of this booklet several years ago and it has proven to be a keeper with its now tattered state, it tells how it has been used and abused even as I employ this every so often in the discipleships that I do with my girls. Continue Reading »
The first basic need of women is Affection. This involves a variety of factors that changes over time. It changes through the seasons of a woman’s life. Security, comfort and approval. Continue Reading »
I have heard a number of how-to’s in keeping love alive in marriages. I will not dare claim to be an authority on love, I just hope to share with you, even as I do with the people we counsel, the factors that work for us in our own marriage. Continue Reading »
“Read your Bible, pray everyday, pray everyday, pray everyday. Read your Bible, pray everyday. And you grow, grow, grow.”
What better reminder this is to start the year. We did our first family devotion for the year last night. And even as we saw Jed getting restless as minutes passed, he still tried very hard to stay put to listen and when his papa led the prayer, he would babble with random words “salamat po, et al,” trying to participate in the family prayer in his own way.
Our heart is for our family to grow spiritually (even as the song suggests) as we choose these spiritual disciplines and instill in our son the love of God and putting Him first.
You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. Deuteronomy 11:18-19
Tomorrow, Jeff will officiate a wedding yet again. Weddings are just the finest events on earth if you ask me. Going back to the time God presented Eve to Adam, how lovely could it have been? That’s the scene that repeats itself in my head even as I witness weddings that I have planned and coordinated, some of which I was just one of the many guests. No matter how many details are entailed for the organizers, weddings never cease to make me giddy all over again. Need I say more? I love weddings! That’s why I truly take pride in the weddings that I deliver and help coordinate, because I only give my best, no less. Continue Reading »
They say that old habits die hard, and its true. I often get approached by the people I counsel who try to negotiate and express their wanting to go back to dating. The problems in dating are but numerous, here are but a few of them. Continue Reading »
This project dates back to the seventies and is unsurprisingly still relevant to this age. This was a ten year study of children between 8 to 18 months. The researchers were led by Dr. Burton White, intently studied the young children to find out how experiences in the early years contribute to the development of a healthy, intelligent, competent human beings. These are the conclusions, as originally reported in the American Psychological Association Monitor: Continue Reading »
Six years ago today at this exact hour, I was up with Mama and Rose inside one of Great Eastern Hotel’s large junior suites, having our breakfast. Continue Reading »
In the spirit of Christmas, I’m jumping on this taggin’ train. The idea is to make a list of all your godchildren. I will try my very best to recall each and every one. I will have to dig in really deep (blame the anaesthesia!) and might probably just have to get back to edit this list when a name gets back to me. I’m jotting down my own godchildrens’ names, not counting the ones I acquired through Jeff. Continue Reading »
The Little Children’s Bible Storybook by the Scandinavia Publishing House has long been a staple in our bedtime routine. My sweet sister, Rose regularly showers Jed with all the gifts any loving Aunt can give, and this is one of our favorites. Continue Reading »
My wife and I will be celebrating our 6th wedding anniversary this Saturday, December 8. And after almost six years of being married, I thank God that Jennie and I are still together braving the difficulties of marriage at the same time enjoying being together with our 2 1/2 year old son, Jed. Continue Reading »
Jeff
That’s why I truly take pride in the weddings that I deliver and help coordinate, because I only give my best, no less. 
