how much does your apology cost?

What do you do when you have done something that offended someone and after all the apologies you make, you can never appease the person? What if your sorry is not enough to suffice all the wrong things you've done? What do you do?

The disadvantage in being a Phlegmatic Melancholic (it's from the book "personality plus"...try taking the test...it's a cool one!) is the fact that i care what people say. Especially those people who are close to me. I was once accused of being a doormat to people who would take advantage of my "always say yes" attitude. After years of development, i think i've mastered saying "no"...sometimes...hehe! But if i see that doing someone a favor would boost my image with that person, i'll grab the opportunity...at first, i thought that it was a normal thing. But as i started being consistent with Bible Doctrine, i finally understood what it was. It's APPROBATION LUST...in short, i'm a people pleaser! And it's slowly killing me from the inside. Always compromising, even at the expense of my integrity. That's how low i am willing to go just for people to favor me.

That is why if i knew i did something that displeased someone, i make sure to make amends...but let's go back to my question. What if they don't accept your sincerest apologies? what now? what now?

BREAKING POINT

When you had enough crap from people, circumstances and things...and you feel like shouting from the top of your lungs and just curse...then my friend, you have just reached one of life's breaking point! Yes...you read it right...it's just one of the many opportunities to break or make a situation!

I acknowledge the fact that we are mere mortals...humans...in my language it goes like this..."sensya...tao lang!" But in reality, the fact of us being finite in being is not really an excuse. God, in His sovereign nature, has purposed in His plan for man to be weak and vulnerable...not because God is a sadist...but because He wants us to realize that if we ever reach the BREAKING POINT, He is there to show His love, mercy and grace! When Adam ate the forbidden fruit, God knew that it was the perfect time to show grace...so He called Adam. Not because he did not know where he is...but because he want's them (Adam and Eve) to acknowledge their mistake and come to Him for a divinely approved solution. But instead of going to God, they sewed fig leaves and hid their nakedness (human works).

You see...we have this opportunity to be confronted and comforted by God...the only thing we need is to restore that relationship with Him that was once lost by Adam. So if you are reading this, and you are nearing your breaking point, then assess yourself.

1) Do you have an eternal relationship with God the Father? The only way you can have that relationship is if you sincerely accept Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, as your personal savior, and recognize that you cannot save yourself

2) if you have that relationship with God...then are you growing for the good of the kingdom? Are you taking in Biblical principles that will lead you to spiritual maturity?

Only you can answer that question...so i urge you beloved reader...search your heart!

CLASH OF THE TITANS

If you haven't seen the movie yet...i suggest that you watch it! It is an advantage if you have seen the original one...because you'll love how they have pieced the storyline together...it's kinda short compared to the old one, but the effects are well thought of! Of course, i don't believe in the mythological leaning of the film, but i did enjoy the methodology of how the animation was put together! I give this movie 2 thumbs up for animation and how they shortened the film without losing the original plot of the movie.

While watching the movie...there were some points and principles that I pondered on that made me realize how blessed we are to have a perfect God. The gods in the movie were immortal...but perfect...i doubt! Because they were driven by emotion and the reason why Zeus created the mortals was so that they can feed their immortality with the praises and prayers of man. In short...these gods need men so that their essence will increase in capacity! I'm glad my God is never dependent on us!

God (the absolute being and creator of everything)does not need anyone...He is the alpha and omega, beginning and the end...His power stretches from everlasting to everlasting, He is Love...His power cannot be comprehended and his wisdom surpasses everything...He is not bound by time nor by circumstances...and everything you just read are just a peek of what God is...

And despite of me being the exact opposite of what He is...He chose to love me!

Now that's my God!