What have You Learned Lately?

[Zerreit]

That families will stand by each other whether be it tragedies or triumphs.

[grace]

never ever let your love be put into waste by just a stupid argument over the phone. bawasan ang kakulitan. matutong umintindi at umunawa.

[Z]

You can have it all

[Macy]

Daddy's empty chair

 

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father.

When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed.

 

The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. "I guess you were expecting me," he said. "No, who are you?" said the father.

 

The minister told him his name and then remarked, "I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up." "Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man. "Would you mind closing the door?" Puzzled, the minister shut the door.

 

"I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter," said the man. "But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head. I abandoned any attempt at prayer,"

the old man continued, "until one day four years ago, my best friend said to me,

"Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest. Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not spooky because he promised, 'I will be with you always'. Then just speak to him in the same way you're doing with me right now."

 

"So, I tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day. I'm careful though. If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm."

 

The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey. Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil, and returned to the church.

 

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her daddy had died that afternoon.

 

"Did he die in peace?" he asked.

 

"Yes, when I left the house about two o'clock, he called me over to his bedside,

told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later, I found him dead. But there was something strange about his death.

Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his head on the chair beside the bed. What do you make of that?"

 

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said, "I wish we could all go like that."

 

Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.

 

I asked God for water, He gave me an ocean.

And when I asked God for a flower, He gave me a garden.

I asked God for a friend, He gave me all of YOU...

[salvo]

That i am not a good person

[freakbaby]

that no one can control me... they can only hope to contain me... but i fervently wish someone would try and hold on no matter how free my spirit is...

[rice]

rebellion ends, responsibilities dont, first love gives way to 2nd and third love dont count (if there is such a thing), true love most often than not turns untrue and that the only thing keeping me together are spaces between the electron and protons of the atoms that compose me. haaayyy buhay parang pelikula na isinabuhay.

[Mayella]

... that you just can't trust anybody...

 

... that sometimes you just have to let go and everything will fall into place ...

Edited February 12, 2004 by mayella76

[Macy]

"One the street I saw a small girl, cold and shivering in a thin dress, with little hope of a decent meal.

 

I became angry and said to God: 'Wny did You permit this? Why don't You do something about it?'

 

For a while God said nothing. That night He replied quite suddenly: 'I certainly did something about it. I made you!'

[LostCommand]

That I am too violent by Singaporean standards.

 

That it is never enough to just do good. That is is never enough to have substance. Looks, form, polish, may still be more important...

 

Sad, but true.

[kadafy]

i could emphatize, LC...

[Zerreit]

That procrastination should be a crime! :grr:

[Altered_ego]

never to downshift 2 gears straight. 4th to 2nd. lol well i never really did do it

[in_style]

... that its possible to continue loving someone even from the start you know there's nothing that will hold a future with him/her...

[Zerreit]

I've learned to not regret loving someone.

 

I've learned that true love is a gift not to be taken for granted and only a very few receive such gift.