What a year!

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It was a very busy year... On the same date last year, I was in my second week of attending training at Citigroup. It was also my second week being hired as a trainer for Newfield International.


August 15 2006 was my second day to handle my first class at Newfield. I was a bit clumsy that time. While I was trying to learn the modules, I would flash the wrong acetate for the lesson. I couldn't even count the number of times that I dropped the remote control for the DVD player. I'm just thankful that my trainees had been patient, eager to learn and understanding that despite my clumsiness (and how comical that looked), they still believed what I was talking about.


I wonder where they are now... If I have a bit of regret about my first few classes, it's that I haven't left my contact information with them.


Moving forward, the past year left me with a lot of opportunities... opportunities to work, to grow, to learn, to love, to have fun, to help people and to meet new friends.


I thank God for all the blessings, experiences and people that came to my life in the previous year. I also thank Him for sending me my guardian angels to protect me and guide me 24/7. (I'll be making a post on how angels, through the people I meet, saved me from danger or enlightened me)


To everyone, thank you for making me a part of your life. I am happy that our paths have crossed. May God continue to bless us always!


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This is the day

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Today is not just my birthday. For Catholics, August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of Mother Mary into Heaven. Through a papal dogma, the Catholics believe that Mary was taken, body and soul, into heaven through God's power.


Bible scholars, and other Christians, may not agree with this. However, instead of just looking for facts, we could look at the lessons we have to learn.


According to the priest's homily for today's Gospel, the Assumption of Mary is one of the four dogmas of the Catholic faith that refers to Mary. The other three are: The Motherhood of God, The Virginity of Mary and The Immaculate Conception.


When we look at the Assumption, he said, we have to look at it as an invitation. It is God's invitation for us to be with Him in heaven.


How can we get to heaven? Some believers say that accepting Jesus as our Saviour will get us a ticket to heaven.


I remember the August 14, 2007 episode of Kerygma TV on ABC5 (10:30 pm). Bo Sanchez mentioned a verse about the final judgment when the goats will be separated from the sheep. (Matt 25:31-46) There were two verses that read, "Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."


Not only Catholics, and other Christians can claim their places in heaven. By the end, God will judge us based on what we did on earth.


We all have the invitation to join God by the judgment day. What we do to this invitation is all up to us.


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