In my life I reigned supreme,
Did everything that feed my dream,
They may say my youth seemed wasted,
I did not care as I had 'em tasted.
You stood along my way,
Blocked the road I traveled like maze,
I know my youth will be halted,
If I let You, my life will be jaded.
I could care less for my life,
I wouldn't mind living in strife,
So I challenged You to bring a new being in me,
That I know would struggle You to achieve.
A full control by You I gave,
To consume all the power You have saved,
In a snap I know I could change Your mind,
Surrender to me so others You may start findin'.
Lost, defeated I've become,
For Your ways are higher than mine,
Light-footed I hopped this life and traversed,
As I allowed You to take me out of my course.
Humble, I'm baffled,
Left with Your gift no words to mumble,
For nothing did I receive as precious as this,
A life of victory, second chances and new beginnings.
That was I am,
In life of lies and all shamble.
This is me now,
In YOU - changed, victorious, I come humble.
-mmp 15march12 3:02am
Showing posts with label surrender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surrender. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
[Poem] Aking AMA
Isang hapong malamlam,
Na ang araw ay hindi matanaw,
Samu't sari sa aking balintataw,
Alaala ng kahapong wari'y nais nang maparam.
Madalas sa isipa'y sumasagi,
Aking buhay yaring ibahagi,
Sa kung sinumang nais pumawi,
Ng lungkot sa mukha ay nakaguhit.
Taon ay lumipas,
Waring kahapon ay kay layong binagtas,
Pusong sawi sumuko at napagal,
Na ang buhay minsa'y inibig nang mapigtal.
Ngunit nang Ika'y lumapit,
Iyong sabi'y sa Iyong kamay ay kumapit,
Ako'y sumunod na pawang nabatubalani,
Patungong daang matuwid ito'y aking batid.
Ikaw na nga, Ikaw na,
Ang pinakahihintay ng aking tadhana!
Kulang man ako sa Iyo'y haharap,
Walang katumbas ang buhay sa Iyo ay nahagap.
Panginoon ako'y Iyong patawarin,
Sa mga kasalanang hindi ninais hangarin,
Taglay sa puso ako'y Iyong mapansin,
Nang mapawi lahat yaring isipin.
O Ama kay buti Mo,
Buhay ng Iyong Anak ay isinugo,
Upang kaming uhaw at tuyo,
Ay mailigtas, bagaman kulang, Iyo pa ring binuo.
Na ang araw ay hindi matanaw,
Samu't sari sa aking balintataw,
Alaala ng kahapong wari'y nais nang maparam.
Madalas sa isipa'y sumasagi,
Aking buhay yaring ibahagi,
Sa kung sinumang nais pumawi,
Ng lungkot sa mukha ay nakaguhit.
Taon ay lumipas,
Waring kahapon ay kay layong binagtas,
Pusong sawi sumuko at napagal,
Na ang buhay minsa'y inibig nang mapigtal.
Ngunit nang Ika'y lumapit,
Iyong sabi'y sa Iyong kamay ay kumapit,
Ako'y sumunod na pawang nabatubalani,
Patungong daang matuwid ito'y aking batid.
Ikaw na nga, Ikaw na,
Ang pinakahihintay ng aking tadhana!
Kulang man ako sa Iyo'y haharap,
Walang katumbas ang buhay sa Iyo ay nahagap.
Panginoon ako'y Iyong patawarin,
Sa mga kasalanang hindi ninais hangarin,
Taglay sa puso ako'y Iyong mapansin,
Nang mapawi lahat yaring isipin.
O Ama kay buti Mo,
Buhay ng Iyong Anak ay isinugo,
Upang kaming uhaw at tuyo,
Ay mailigtas, bagaman kulang, Iyo pa ring binuo.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
[Blog] Life at its fullest!
We often think why am I here and why am I doing this? Does this have any connection with my degree? Looking at this, I would say that this is the most subtle way of complaining...discontentment...whining...I am no exception to this. I am a graduate and a licensed secondary Math teacher but I only had less than 3 years of teaching experience which I am proud of saying because I worked with the best schools there is in the metro. After that, I transferred to a marketing/research company who does surveys for their clients. Moving forward in July of 2004, a friend introduced me in the BPO industry which then had been my house for the next 7 years. The first 5 years were spent in WCMG in Makati and it was a nice journey for a first timer. I started as a Tier 1 then Tier 2 then Quality Assurance then Team Leader and these opportunities opened doors of success for me.
Fast forward 2011, I am still in Operations and is on my second year in one of the biggest BPOs in the country then one day, I stopped and thought to myself that I was not getting any younger. I started searching for a morning job that pays the same as what I am currently earning but for many, it was kind of a suicide to look for that kind of job as if it's a needle in a haystack but God promised that He will give me anything that I pray for in His Name.
One day, I saw an email from Lina and applied for two companies which I was clueless of their identities. I just took a chance and just prayed that God's will be done. I patiently waited but thought of what would it be like to work in the morning again. Some of my friends are surpised to know that I already talked to 5 people but no results yet. I know that I can be affected by that thought but I just waited quietly til our faithful God gave me the job! Everything that I prayed for in a morning job was given to me and I am just at awe at His faithfulness to me. But that did not stop there for my concern right now is how will I succeed in this new job given the fact that I do not have any single idea of bolts and nuts work but I felt God illuminated in me a realization that He is Greater than anything. I got the confidence from Him that i can always come to Him whenever I would start something because the best lesson I have learned is that total surrender to God is the start of God's reign in our lives.
As I anticipate the end of this long wait, I silently looked back and was so ecstatic to know that God prepared me for this. With those years of experience, He made me go through every single task there was in my previous jobs for He is preparing me for this. I am just so thankful for His presence in my life. He is the Only One who can make things happen in the most unexpected way. He will leave us jaw dropped in awe of His wonderful works in our lives. I believe that the formula in a successful life is:
GOD + Dream + Pray + Faith + Surrender + Believe
Follow this formula and experience life at its fullest!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
[Blog] Lord, save me!
A lot of us had gone through a lot and there are so many of these things that we think that we cannot resolve anymore so we end up giving up and not finishing the game anymore. One thing that keeps me going in my faith and to continue growing in faith is the fact that Our God is very much able and willing to give us what we desire of having. However, since we commit sin, we hide our face from him and we decide to just be drowned to it as if no one's gonna save us from it. Like quick sand, when we slide to it, it catches us, slowly pulls us in and sadly, get drowned to it unless someone notices and quickly gets us out of it. This often happens in our life and I call it "QUICKSAND EFFECT".
There are so many things that we usually do everyday that we think is right because we are too conformed to the thought of it. That people do that too that's why we will just be like them as well. Just like in work. We are tasked to do many things and at most times, we end up whining and complaining and simply not do it. What happens? Things pile up right under our nose til we cannot see no more. Compliance to daily-weekly-monthly deliverables is something I fight at most times and I end up just giving up on them altogether. My boss called me one time asked me why is that metric not showing any improvement and I just told him bluntly that I gave up doing it months ago for whatever effort I put to it, nothing changes. He did not argue with me instead, he told me to just to do it and he will send someone to help me and my team understand how can we arrest this issue as soon as possible. He gave me an EOM target of only 2% when our threshold is only between -1% and 1%. At first I didn't believe that I can because we ended around 10% the month prior and we were heading 7% already that week of the month. So as promised, he sent us to the best person who can explain things to us patiently and she was successful to serve her purpose. Fast forward end of the month, I gave my boss 0.19%. This to us is very surprising that after almost two years of my stay in the program, I made it. FINALLY!
This only goes to show that if someone is sent to you who will guide you properly as to how things should be done, I am very sure that the end target will be met and even exceeded. I thank my boss for having that eye to see through it and believing that my team can do it. I also thank him that he was able to act on it that early on to that month and sent us the best person who would be able to make everyone buy in to the thought. She challenged the team that she will check on this on a daily basis and will wait til the end of that month to see our traction and we did not fail to amaze her day after day for the improvement we have been showing from the time she trained us about it. But more than all the efforts placed by everyone to make this possible, I thank Our God for making that possible. He is the one who see this day coming. He sent me to my boss to bring the message that I need to shape up and to address this issue immediately for this number shows behavioral issues on the agent's side, so as mine. I thank God for giving my boss the best decision making skills that he will have to send the best person who can turn things around for the team. But I give thanks to GOD and GOD alone for he made this happen.
As I mentioned at the start of this blog, I mentioned about the one I call "QUICKSAND EFFECT" but I realized that we will never be in that position have we had the right perspective and the right person to call and cry our hearts to. On the hind sight, we tend to forget that we have Our God whom we can hold on to and cry our hearts to in "quicksand" times. When we sin, we stumble down, it catches us and creeps in us slowly BUT if we call on to God to help us and take us out of this burden, He will come to our rescue, take our hand and pull us out of the quicksand. Just like how Peter cried out to God when He saw Jesus walked in water [Matthew 14:22 - 33]. He said “Lord, save me!” when he drowned and Jesus regarded him as man of little faith. Many times in our lives that we have little faith in God that we do not have anymore to call on to when we are already drowned deep in our sin but God.
Let me boldly say this to you, God sent His ONLY begotten Son to take us from the quicksand [SIN] and be saved from them - past and future. His blood cleansed us and washed all the sins of the world both our past and our future. As I finish this blog, the fire burns [LOVE OF GOD] in me and will never be put out. God is our only hope. God will rescue us. God will save us. God is the Only one who can pull us away from quicksand of sin. God is almighty to do this all in a snap of a finger.
As I write this, two songs keep on playing in my head and these are the songs that my heart worships at God right now. Come along and sing this with me.
----------------------------
FIRE BURNS by Jon Owens
Don't wanna go back Lord to the way I used to live, the way I used to live
I won't go back Lord to the way I used to be, before you rescue me..
I will not stop til' every tribe and nation bows before You..
I will not stop til' they all see your glory see your glory..
Lift up your eyes to see the glory of the Lord is on the earth
Arise.. Arise.. Arise..
Your Fire Burns within me
Burn within me with your fire
Arise generation no longer forsaken
Arise, Arise, Arise
----------------------------
CAME TO MY RESCUE by Hillsong
Falling on my knees in worship, giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord all I am is Yours.
My whole life I place in Your hands.
God of mercy humbled I bow down in your presence at Your throne
I called You answered and You came to my rescue and I wanna be where You are
In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
----------------------------
Arise and commission your life to God. Everything else will fall into proper places. If this is my only way to show my fellowship with God then be it and I will not stop til the whole world hears me that Our God is great! Be blessed and be a blessing to everyone!
There are so many things that we usually do everyday that we think is right because we are too conformed to the thought of it. That people do that too that's why we will just be like them as well. Just like in work. We are tasked to do many things and at most times, we end up whining and complaining and simply not do it. What happens? Things pile up right under our nose til we cannot see no more. Compliance to daily-weekly-monthly deliverables is something I fight at most times and I end up just giving up on them altogether. My boss called me one time asked me why is that metric not showing any improvement and I just told him bluntly that I gave up doing it months ago for whatever effort I put to it, nothing changes. He did not argue with me instead, he told me to just to do it and he will send someone to help me and my team understand how can we arrest this issue as soon as possible. He gave me an EOM target of only 2% when our threshold is only between -1% and 1%. At first I didn't believe that I can because we ended around 10% the month prior and we were heading 7% already that week of the month. So as promised, he sent us to the best person who can explain things to us patiently and she was successful to serve her purpose. Fast forward end of the month, I gave my boss 0.19%. This to us is very surprising that after almost two years of my stay in the program, I made it. FINALLY!
This only goes to show that if someone is sent to you who will guide you properly as to how things should be done, I am very sure that the end target will be met and even exceeded. I thank my boss for having that eye to see through it and believing that my team can do it. I also thank him that he was able to act on it that early on to that month and sent us the best person who would be able to make everyone buy in to the thought. She challenged the team that she will check on this on a daily basis and will wait til the end of that month to see our traction and we did not fail to amaze her day after day for the improvement we have been showing from the time she trained us about it. But more than all the efforts placed by everyone to make this possible, I thank Our God for making that possible. He is the one who see this day coming. He sent me to my boss to bring the message that I need to shape up and to address this issue immediately for this number shows behavioral issues on the agent's side, so as mine. I thank God for giving my boss the best decision making skills that he will have to send the best person who can turn things around for the team. But I give thanks to GOD and GOD alone for he made this happen.
As I mentioned at the start of this blog, I mentioned about the one I call "QUICKSAND EFFECT" but I realized that we will never be in that position have we had the right perspective and the right person to call and cry our hearts to. On the hind sight, we tend to forget that we have Our God whom we can hold on to and cry our hearts to in "quicksand" times. When we sin, we stumble down, it catches us and creeps in us slowly BUT if we call on to God to help us and take us out of this burden, He will come to our rescue, take our hand and pull us out of the quicksand. Just like how Peter cried out to God when He saw Jesus walked in water [Matthew 14:22 - 33]. He said “Lord, save me!” when he drowned and Jesus regarded him as man of little faith. Many times in our lives that we have little faith in God that we do not have anymore to call on to when we are already drowned deep in our sin but God.
Let me boldly say this to you, God sent His ONLY begotten Son to take us from the quicksand [SIN] and be saved from them - past and future. His blood cleansed us and washed all the sins of the world both our past and our future. As I finish this blog, the fire burns [LOVE OF GOD] in me and will never be put out. God is our only hope. God will rescue us. God will save us. God is the Only one who can pull us away from quicksand of sin. God is almighty to do this all in a snap of a finger.
As I write this, two songs keep on playing in my head and these are the songs that my heart worships at God right now. Come along and sing this with me.
----------------------------
FIRE BURNS by Jon Owens
Don't wanna go back Lord to the way I used to live, the way I used to live
I won't go back Lord to the way I used to be, before you rescue me..
I will not stop til' every tribe and nation bows before You..
I will not stop til' they all see your glory see your glory..
Lift up your eyes to see the glory of the Lord is on the earth
Arise.. Arise.. Arise..
Your Fire Burns within me
Burn within me with your fire
Arise generation no longer forsaken
Arise, Arise, Arise
----------------------------
CAME TO MY RESCUE by Hillsong
Falling on my knees in worship, giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord all I am is Yours.
My whole life I place in Your hands.
God of mercy humbled I bow down in your presence at Your throne
I called You answered and You came to my rescue and I wanna be where You are
In my life be lifted high
In our world be lifted high
In our love be lifted high
----------------------------
Arise and commission your life to God. Everything else will fall into proper places. If this is my only way to show my fellowship with God then be it and I will not stop til the whole world hears me that Our God is great! Be blessed and be a blessing to everyone!
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