Need Him: Finding God

This is from YouVersion's Bilble Application. It was my very first reading plan when I downloaded the App on my Android Phone last year. I decided to post it here to help others be saved and know Jesus Christ, our Savior.

Please note that I do not intend to own this article.

Why am I here? How do I beat this loneliness? What makes my life so hard? Where is that one special relationship? In such moments, you feel like something's missing, something's wrong in your world. Like perhaps there's something you haven't done, or someone you don't know but are supposed to. At times you feel you have found it, perhaps in a love relationship, but that feeling never seems to last. Every relationship, even good ones, leave you with this hole in your heart. Something isn't right, but you can't find it or fix it. So you keep looking, trying things.

Something isn't complete between you and God, but you're not sure what you're missing. Perhaps you've had these thoughts: I try to live a good life. I try to be a good person. I obey the Ten Commandments (mostly). I am nice and don't steal or kill. You're a good person. You try to be the best you can be, try to do what's right most of the time and try to do more good things than bad. So why do you still feel this void? You may even have tried more drastic ways of dulling your pain -- sex, drinking, buying new things, going to fun places, meeting the right crowd, etc. And for all this trying, there is still something missing. So what do you try next?

Maybe it's time to try God. Not "God" the Philosophy. GOD, the living Creator of the universe. More than a concept, he's a Person, a Deity. He's someone who knows who you are and where you are. He's someone who cares about you, your life, your questions. Maybe this is your time to make a connection to God that will meet your deepest need. Maybe this is your time to understand his great love for you.

God has a plan. What is it? Is your life hard? God said, "I'll carry your burdens." Lonely? "I'll never leave you." Guilt getting to you? "I'll take it away." Life after death? "I can handle that for you. I promise." God loves you as his child, and wants you to enjoy a relationship with him. He is the answer to your search for that ultimate relationship. He will fill the hole in your heart. He is the one Creator of the universe and all it contains, including you. You won't be complete inside until you have a personal relationship with the God who created you. But, there's a problem.

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God bless everyone!

With Love,
Ariane

My First Snow

Aside from the light hail last December, this is my first proper snowing, as what a friend calls it.

snow from my window

For someone who were born in any of the 60 countries with a winter season, you might say, 'Yes, it's snowing, so what?'

But coming from a tropical country with only wet and dtry seasons, I had always dream of a white Christmas. Making a snowman, throwing snowballs and sledding/skiing with family and friends would surely be fun.

It is my fourth time now in London but I had never experienced any snowing for the first three visits.All during summer and autumn seasons. But late this night when I was about to close the window, here is what I saw: light dusting of snow on the ground and roofs!

I wanted to rush downstairs and greet the first snowfall of the winter season with open mouth to catch flakes on my tongue. It is a dream come true, indeed.

With Love,
Ariane

Twenty one years and counting

Last day marked my two decades and a year of existence. Yes, I turned 21 on the 12th day of January, 2012. Cool.

I did have a great birthday. It was my first time to celebrate in a foreign land. For the same reason, it was also the fourth time I celebrated with my mom.

We went to Westminster Cathedral supposedly to just light a candle and pray. Luckily, there was a mass. However, it was already in the proclamation of the Gospel when we came. It was about the return of Jesus Christ, not to punish but save us. That we don't have to worry if God is with us. And like any other Catholic Christian who wasn't able to listen to the whole Lithurgy of the Word (two or three scriptures readings), we did not receive communion.

After that, we had lunch at a Chinese buffet in London Chinatown. The atmosphere was warm and convivial. The service was prompt and perfectly satisfactory. And the food was superb! Not to mention the unlimited drinks and desert. Mom had Coke diet while mine was chinese tea. And we spent about only £19 for all! That's just about one thousand three hundred in Philippine peso. Still expensive, yes, but in Central London, that is cheap. Really.

Then we went to Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum and M&M's World, best places to celebrate a 21st birthday. Lol. We also watched some street dancing in Picadilly Circus, had some picture takings and stroll around. It was about half past nine in the evening when we came home.

Of course, it was strange. I never used to celebrate without family and friends and drinks. But it made me realize that I can let my special day pass without an alcohol. That I don't need balloons and cakes to say I'm blessed. That happiness is really an acceptance of life. That having my mom with me, who always there to support and guide, I'll be thankful.

And that hey, I'm 21 and I should know how to live on my own.. Like my friend told me, the next years of my life would be solely mine to conquer.

Anyway, let me have this opportunity to give thanks to social networks for the virtual cards, gifts, hugs and kisses from my friends in different parts of the world, mostly in the Philippines.

Most of all, thanks for another year, Papa God.

With Love,
Ariane