For Good

This is my 2017 birthday blog.

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives for a reason

As we grow older, we will meet people from all walks of life, may it be in our workplace or local area/ city where we are living at.

Bringing something we must learn

Relationships will be built in the process as people are coming into our lives. There will be a lot of times that you will enjoy the company of each other. But there are some instances that you and that someone will encounter misunderstandings. Dealing with this misunderstanding depends upon us. Some may deal with it very personal, but for some, and I pray that this would be their response, they would weigh in, looking on both sides of the coin, and choose to get the (good) lesson on what happened. These lessons and the experiences from the people around you will help you to be a better person.

And we are led

To those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you...

These lessons will help your relationship with a friend to grow and to gain a deeper understanding of each other. Thus, making these relationships one of the things I will definitely treasure forever. And as we look forward for this 2017, I’m looking forward to build and nurture more. I am privileged to be part of someone else’s journey, and same goes to mine, I am thankful for them.

As for my previous birthday blogs, I always look back and give thanks for the people who have been part of my life and my growth as a person.

As I look forward for 2017, I’m praying to build more relationships that will help me to grow, develop and be a man after God’s own heart. I believe it was not accident that I met some of these great people I know who helped me to be the person I am now.

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” – Proverbs 27:17

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17

For the past year, I was blessed to know some people whom I called my brothers and sisters in Christ. I’m beyond grateful to God for giving me those people whom I shared time and stories with. Some went beyond their comfort zones to reach out, spend time with me even in the wee hours of the night, walk for a few kilometers and generously enough in all aspects of life. Being with these people, I wish time would freeze when I am with them. I have learned a lot of them.

As I end, let me share to you another couple of lines from For Goof:

It well may be

That we will never meet again

In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me

Like a handprint on my heart

When you are with the people you wanted to be with, seize every opportunity when you are with them. Be a sponge, absorb everything their sharing to you. Love them as God loves you (John 15:12). Be patient and bear with each other if you have any misunderstandings and forgive them. Above all, love them because this binds you and your friends together. (Colossians 3:13-14)

They will leave a mark in your lives that will surely be with you for the rest of your life.