Posted by h0bb3s at 04:15 PM on August 1, 2006.
"Guilt was not my problem as I felt it. What I felt most was a glob of unworthiness that I could not tie down to any concrete sins I was guilty of. What I needed more than pardon was a sense that God accepted me, owned me, held me, affirmed me, and would never let go of me even if he was not much impressed with what he had on his hands."
- Lewis Smedes
Posted by h0bb3s at 10:35 AM on August 9, 2006.
10 simple pleasures
1. chatting with a good friend who is quite far 
2. a good joke, as in...(ung mga tipong ul laugh, even when ur alone in a train... it's scary i know.. )
3. listening to a wonderful music, both the old classical and the alternative
4. a wonderful music (it must really have such that effect on me)
5. a good book
6. ice cream
7. a good movie/video game for the family
8. chips with dips
9. honest friends
10. answered prayers, even how simple they might be
for the rules, just visit one of my friends here.. hahahaha
Posted by h0bb3s at 09:21 AM on August 17, 2006.
when i stop and consider the reasons,
why God would love me,
when i will be tried,
to give evidence,
such that i would deserve a love from a God
when i look into myself,
and really find nothing there worth it
when i think how He protects,
how sovreign he is,
how for a time i thought His ways are a burden
and yet when He loves me,
i cannot even think he would...
his ways are joy, a source of joy,
his protection is always there,
and when he loves,
he just melts me
oh God, sovereign and almighty
let me see you,
know how you think,
know how you feel,
know howw you love...
for if you love me,
i would want to love, too
take me, in spite of me
you require truth and honesty,
you're never surprise, and you can take it all
amen
Posted by h0bb3s at 04:32 PM on August 25, 2006.
The best means of keeping near to God is the prayer closet. Here the battle is won or lost. If a man begins to be impatient because his prayers for any blessings are not answered, it is a certain proof, that a self-righteous dependence on his own merits prevails in his heart to a great extent; for the language of impatience is, "I deserve the blessing: I had a right to expect that it would be bestowed, and it ought to have been bestowed ere this." It is evident that a man who feels that he deserves nothing, will never be impatient because he receives nothing; but will say, "I have nothing to complain of, I receive as much as I deserve." Again, when a man wonders, or thinks it strange, that he does not receive a blessing for which he has prayed, it shows he relies on his own own merits. The language of such feelings is, "It is very strange that I, who have prayed so well, and so long, and had so much reason to expect a blessing do not receive it." Persons who feel truly humble, on the contrary, are surprised, not when blessings are withheld, but when they are bestowed. It appears very strange and wonderful to them that God should bestow any favors on creatures, so unworthy as themselves, or pay and regard to prayers so polluted as their own. This is the temper to which every person must be brought before God will answer his prayers." - Edward Payson (1783-1827)