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Open Your Heart

"The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return," stated Maria Edgeworth, a 19th-century writer. And certainly we have each experienced, from others or within ourselves, a closed heart. It is difficult to remain open because of the trust that is required from both sides. This element of trust we must have toward our fellow man is an important lesson and challenge we all face. Our life is built on trust in many small ways. Opening up to someone is one way to practi… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on November 19, 2009 at 12:13am — 2 Comments

The Song of Fools

Wise critics and even honest friends can sometimes be difficult to listen to. It is far easier to turn our ears to words that are smooth and pleasing. There are many who try to please because they see some advantage for themselves in the future, and many others who compliment without an… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on July 13, 2009 at 11:27pm — No Comments

Decision Defeats Hesitation

Most learn the truth of the old adage “He who hesitates is lost” early on in life. It is not always easy to make a good decision, and people often leap from the frying pan into the fire because they have not first examined the direction they are leaping. But making no decision at all ca… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on June 29, 2009 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Putting the “If Only” Attitude Behind Us

If you spend a lot of time thinking about “what might have been,” you’re not alone. It’s almost an automatic process, looking back on what could have been done better in the past. Consider this: When we spend our energies thinking of things that might have been, we lose momentum in mo… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on June 11, 2009 at 10:57am — 1 Comment

Homesick

Greetings saints! I have created a blog for those who are not in the country working hard for their family and have no time to sneak what is happening back here in manila. My blog is more on current events and issues that is necessary for us to be inform, you will also have the chance to be heard by commenting on the articles. Check: http://ncaytuna.wordpress.com Note: The author of this social site " believerscommunity" allowed me to promote my blo… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on March 31, 2009 at 10:53pm — 1 Comment

Happiness Depends on Outlook

There are many wealthy, well-dressed members of the human race who carry heavy aches beneath their diamond necklaces—and there are many members of the human race who wear paupers’ garments, yet whose happy hearts dance beneath the coarse wool. The Apostle Paul said he learned to be conten… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on March 28, 2009 at 10:37pm — 3 Comments

Life of Sorrow

Our journey on this earth is full of sorrow from the day we are born to the day we died. The journey we are facing now is part of our life on this earth, every second we hear of people dying from different kind of sickness and illness. Widows are totally forgotten by the community and t… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on March 7, 2009 at 8:15pm — 1 Comment

Embrace Wisdom

The Bible speaks of two kinds of wisdom—that which comes from above and that which is of this earth (James 3:15-17). There are some benefits in the hard-won wisdom that experience and pain has bought, but there are far greater and more lasting benefits when we learn and apply God’s wisdo… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on February 28, 2009 at 6:17am — 1 Comment

Truth and Freedom

Jesus said the truth would set us free (John 8:32)—but truth of and by itself does not give freedom, because we have the uncanny knack of hiding from truth every time it diverges from our expectations. That means, in order to be free, we must understand and accept the truth. Jesus made s… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on February 23, 2009 at 10:10pm — 1 Comment

Feeding the Senses

The book of Ecclesiastes recounts King Solomon’s search for contentment and meaning in life—which led him to conclude that obeying God’s laws was the only way to live (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Solomon, during one part of his search, tried finding enjoyment in living life to the fullest and… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on February 19, 2009 at 11:05pm — 1 Comment

Make Me Happy!

Most people really do want to be happy. Our definition of what it means to be happy, however, is one important variable in that goal. We sometimes think that if we had a million dollars we would be happy—but others who have the million have proven that the money alone does not make peo… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on February 15, 2009 at 6:26am — No Comments

Standing Fast

In the face of evil, it can be difficult to stand up for what we believe. We may often find ourselves mocked by those who think of us as being a brick short of a full load. After all, they think, who needs religion these days? We already have everyt… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on February 8, 2009 at 6:24pm — No Comments

Turn! Turn! Turn!

In the 1950s, Pete Seeger composed a song which The Byrds—and American rock band—would popularize some 10 years later: “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season).” The lyrics of this song are taken almost entirely from the text of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, the introduction of which s… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on January 31, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Enemy Number One

Once we reach adulthood and are able to make decisions on our own, we have a responsibility to search out hindrances to a happy life that may lie in our way. Enemy number one (for almost everyone) stares back at us from an unlikely hiding place—the… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on January 26, 2009 at 7:52am — No Comments

Getting Started

Many of the great endeavors on this earth have taken decades and even generations to complete. Buildings and great monuments may take a very long time to finish and, in the interim, may seem to be stuck in a perpetually incomplete state. One of the Bible's key scriptures explains… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on January 12, 2009 at 10:53pm — No Comments

Eat Those Words

We have all experienced times when we wish we had not said what we said! As Adlai Stevenson once put it, “Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.” How much more beneficial for our digestive system if we have fewer of those words to eat—especi… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on January 3, 2009 at 6:57pm — No Comments

Printing the Wheat

Freedom of the press is a pillar of our society, and we expect the media to report facts and truth. American politician Adlai Stevenson noted that the truth rarely finds its way into the papers—instead, editors opt to print what sells. He said: “An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.” (No doubt he’d had some less-than-satisfactory experiences with editors.) Chaff is only fit to be burned (Luke 3:17), but wheat is to be treasured and preserved. Tr… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on December 29, 2008 at 7:29pm — No Comments

Real Optimism

During the Second World War, there were days when the future looked bleak and dismal. Winston Churchill stated: “For myself I am an optimist—it does not seem to be much use being anything else.” Good point—as long as optimism contains the right amount of reality. We are advised to count the cost before we embark on an adventure (Luke 14:26-33). Churchill was a realist as well as an optimist. His point was that dwelling on gloom and doom is a drag on success and action. It is said that if we wa… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on December 27, 2008 at 7:42am — No Comments

Work: Too Much or Too Little?

There are two ditches alongside of the road of our work life. The workaholic is stuck in one ditch, and the laggard in the other. Words of wisdom are found in Ecclesiastes 4:5-6: “The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.” The fool and the workaholic do not have the quietness that being content with having enough brings. Contentment is something we can learn. It does not come natur… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on December 21, 2008 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Self-Made Man?

Have you heard of the “self-made man” or the one who “pulled himself up by his own bootstraps”? Both of those statements contain a basic misunderstanding. We cannot make anything of ourselves if the self is all we have. We may have gained knowledge and skills by our own ingenuity, enthusiasm, aggressiveness and perseverance. But in the final analysis our success is dependent upon other people—people we’ve learned from, those who encouraged and helped us, the loved ones of our family and our frie… Continue

Added by Isaac Caytuna on December 19, 2008 at 11:36pm — No Comments