Happy New Year to all of you!!!

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Sa lahat po ng tumangkilik at bumasa sa blog ko sa buong taon ng 2012, nagustuhan nyo man o hindi, sumang-ayon po kayo o hindi. Maraming, maraming salamat po sa inyo! Nawa'y maging masagana ang bagong taon natin lahat at mapayapa ang pagiisip sa matinong pamumuhay.

To all of you who have read my blogs in the whole year of 2012, those of you who liked it or not, who agreed on it or not. Thank you very, very much to all of you! May we all have a bountiful new year and a peaceful mind with a clear way of living.

Dark Knight R.F. :)
 

These are the things I am thankful for

Thank you very much for all the Blessings this year and for the unclaimed Blessings because of my insecurities, forgive me for this
for my great health and of my family and friends 
for the safety of our homes and the family of my brothers and sisters in California and in the Philippines
for guiding us to be in relationship with you, O God, even in times of hardships and temptations
for being our stronghold in protecting our frail faith and trust in times of fear
for providing our daily necessities that we usually forget to be thankful for 
for being our refuge when we are outraged and helpless every now and then 
for giving me peace in the times that I could be rattled and shaken
for reminding me God how much you love us from your most poignant statement every year on  Christmas Season, that Jesus Christ your son is our hope.
for coming to us time to time through your words that gives comfort every time we hear it
I may not have all the material things Lord, but I really appreciate my life in full humility for your are my great provider, protector, savior and the source of my life.

Dark Knight R.F.

Merry Christmas to All of you more Blessings to all of you!!!

My Christmas Prayer

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Heavenly Father thank you very much for all of my blessings this year and once again for giving me this gift to celebrate Christmas with my family and friends. It is a very important celebration of the year because it is where my Hope, Faith and Trust is anchored to. The birth of our Savior and King Jesus Christ. Thank you for forgiving and still accepting me in spite of my sinful ways of living. I have wrapped my heart with lust, greed, hate, jealousy, insults to myself and others. I have twisted your blessings in the most corrupt possible way. At times I am so deceived by my ways that I thought nothing is wrong with me. I sincerely admit to you, sometimes I forget the real celebrant in this wonderful season. That is why I am humbling myself and my life to you, you are the only one who will understand me and fix me because you know me even before I was born. My faults can only be washed away by the blood of your son, Jesus. My salvation comes not through my own abilities for none of my good deeds can earn my salvation but by your grace and mercy, through your Son. Thank you for transforming me in becoming a better person as I mature spiritually. I am weak and so I am coming to you for strength. I have realized that the best thing that I can personally do this Christmas day is to unwrap the negative things I have wrapped my heart with, even just for this day. I would like to feel the difference of being close to you even for a short time and if possible for as long as I can hold my heart unwrapped with those things. For I know that the more I open myself to you with humble reverence and the more I love you, the more I will love others. I claim that I will have a clear and better ways of living in the name of your son Jesus Christ who is the reason for the season, our King and Savior, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Amen 


Merry Christmas to you and to your Family!  :)
Dark Knight R.F.

These are the things I am thankful for this day.

I am thankful for realizing that I have more than enough and that I should be more thankful for what I have
for the things that I am thankful about are not material things but peaceful, calm, freeing life even if I do not have much possessions
for my job that continually inspire me to be more efficient and progress
for my co-workers that loves me, supports me and respects me
for the upcoming Christmas vacation, having the luxury to have a break with family and friends
for all the paychecks I have receive through these years and for the coming years
for the all the food that I've had and will have that nourishes my body to be  healthy and happy 
for my car that is dependable and helps me all the time to move around and going to work
for my clothes that I so often overlook, it's not expensive but I get to wear them 
for my place and the privacy that I have and peaceful neighbors
for my everyday strength and knowledge to do everything I need to do
I am so thankful God for all of your love, mercy and grace, I admit to you that I am a sinner and you still accept me as I am and never lose patience in transforming me.

Dark Knight R.F.

I would rather be called a sinner than a hypocrite

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There are so many things that is going on in our society right now. The most recent that I have heard of is the shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, USA. It is horrible and have devastated a lot of people, most specially parents who have dreams for their little ones. Calamities hitting on the other side of the world such as the recent flood in the Philippines and on other countries. I am most definitely sure that this blog will not make you feel bad, it is not my intention. My intention with this short expression is to bridge myself together with you, the reader, from feeling very bad to feel a little bit better. In creating a momentum of going back to a much positive and loving spirit in the name of the Season.

One thing that I can think of in slowly removing myself to these sad moments is finding the reason behind of it all. I am admitting to myself that I do not know the rational for how did it happened and I am not bothered by that so much. Our understanding is limited we cannot figure it all out and even if we do it's all in the past.  What I meant in saying finding the reason behind all of these is more of a response rather than my reaction to it. We could be frustrated, discouraged, bummed out, hurt, etc. But if we are not looking for the lessons in the message we will never get the whole point of it. I am not discounting the devastation from the victims. I am with them that's why I am writing this because I am also affected and giving my sympathy to them.

It is also not the first time we  have heard these things. I think that we have to address this properly and directly by changing our hearts and mind. What are we really focusing on in this very crucial time we are living? It has been crucial for a very long time, so many signs and outcomes that we whine about but not acting upon our realization that we all know we already have. Are we just going to have this coming back into our senses thing every time unhappy events like these occurs? Without taking any steps in digesting the message and live it out in our hearts daily?

We are either making our Faith stronger or weaker as we move along. I am speaking for myself as I have been observing myself. I treat the word Faith, Hope, Love, Peace, Joy, Harmony etc. As if they are special words that I diligently pronounce whenever I am praying or in my quiet moment that are separate from me. It's as if  I am delegating them to others to do it for me. Which I find it absurd because, how can I say it without living it, breathing it and sharing it. Maybe I just have to take it seriously and really mean it each time I announce these wonderful words. Not only verbally but  experientially. It's about a clear and responsible transformation silently and securely.

Instead of judging others we look directly in the core of our being and ask ourselves, how much do we want to improve our life that can also give an impact to others in order to make our world a better place? Jesus Christ is the real reason for the Season. From the bottom of my heart I am claiming it that we are all having a Merry Christmas and a Joyful, Abundant, Peaceful and Hopeful New Year ahead of us.


Dark Knight R.F.