psalm-23-examined Psalm 23 Examined - Introduction Psalm 23 has always been a favorite chapter of mine. Ever since I first encountered (and memorized) it when I was a young Christian, it has always brought me new learnings and at the same time, continues to remind me of God's goodness. Recently,
The Life of a Shepherd A couple of days ago, I suddenly thought to myself, "shouldn't shepherds go out to where the sheep are and do their jobs in shepherding the sheep back to a safe place?" But then I remembered John 10:27. > My sheep listen to my
The Faith of Abel, Cain, and Enoch Earlier today, I was meditating on the first half of Hebrews 11 and I couldn't help but feel amazed that no matter how many times I've gone through these passages, there's always something new. I think many of you would agree that when asked
The Example of Christ: On Weaknesses and Tempations For a lot of Christians, myself included, we probably have a very clear grasp that Christ took on the weaknesses of human beings in order to empathize with our weaknesses. > He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going
love The First and Greatest Commandment Have you ever wondered what's the first and greatest commandment? No, it's not about being the best in memorizing verses or being kind towards other people or something we define on our own as what we think pleases God. It's not even about being
Welcoming < to My Daily Two Cents My Daily Two Cents has gone through a lot of changes. It started as a personal blog that I started in order for me to have a place to post random stuff about my life. I find writing therapeutic and definitely an inexpensive and
When Impatience Strikes For almost a week already, I've been trying to make a certain spreadsheet that uses macros to generate important documents for our family business work. It became quite frustrating for me because I was busy with my day job and I have to take
grief The God of All Comfort Trial by fire... It sounds so painful, so uncomfortable. However, I have to admit to myself that a lot of the most valuable lessons I learned were from times of struggle and suffering. Is this really possible? Don't we all feel like just curling
Did Moses lead a revolution or a rescue mission? A few days back, I had this conversation with someone about where Christians stand in terms of voicing out their opinions especially with regard to the government. This is a long-standing debate and I'm not gonna attempt to flesh out something as broad as
word How does truth fit in my life? Truth is such a central part of our personal relationship with the Lord that I keep on saying to people that it's something worth investing on. Let me clarify that the truth I'm referring to here is absolute truth which is God's word. As
word The Lord is Close to the Broken-Hearted > The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18, NIV) It's been more than a week since I experienced grief that made me stumble as if I was on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. When
covid19stories Love During COVID-19: How should we exercise our freedom? For the past few days, one recurring theme across conversations I've been having is about our freedom as Christians. Being in lockdown has brought to light questions about how we should exercise our freedom as children of God. Before going deeper, let me lay
covid19stories Effective Work from Home Practices During the COVID-19 Quarantine Being forced suddenly to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic came as a surprise for many. Personally, even though the nature of my job has given me multiple opportunities to do so, I had to quickly adapt due to the fact that
word Feeding the 5000: Yes or No? When I was a child, one of the most memorable Bible story I can remember is about how Christ fed the five thousand. I had no idea at that time how big of an undertaking this is. But still, I was filled with wonder
leadership Leadership Focus: Backward or Forward? As a leader, I've had my share of frustrations whenever I remind people over and over again and yet they tend to do the opposite whether intentionally or not, I don't know. It used to be one of the things that test my patience.
blog Welcome to My Daily Two Cents For the past few months, I haven't been able to post new content here. In fact, it came to a point that I lost control of scribbledthoughts.net as it expired and I forgot to pay for it to be extended. However, this is
covid19stories Mom Was Right With COVID-19 changing our lives drastically, one of the good things coming out of it is the opportunity to learn a lot of lessons. Since I've been very much behind with my writing, I guess this is the perfect platform to tell my stories.
poems Trees of Lebanon > In fertile soil, I was lovingly placed to flourish. A simple seed, fragile, nothing exceptional. But with hope, I held on to His promise. That someday, if I remain rooted I would grow tall. > I knew in my heart that I was at the
poems Days of Old > Go, welcome the sun in its rising. Sing, with the birds in their melodic singing. Stretch, and hear the sound of branches creaking. Remember, the carefree days filled with longing. What happened to the days of old? When each new day, you rise so
word Everything Will Be Alright, It Has Always Been I spent the whole day yesterday carrying a heavy weight in my heart. Sorry, I couldn't be less dramatic. 😏 Anyway, that's not really the point of why I'm writing this. The physical and "intellectual" tiredness didn't help either. So why exactly am I writing
word Contentment Last week was a very eventful one for me. I had a job interview for a new position which was pretty nerve-wracking for me. Although I'm usually helping out in internship and panel interviews, it's been a while since I was at the other
personal Forgotten Combination Lock Code I got quite a jolt earlier when the combination lock of the luggage I was using failed to open even when I was using the right code. I even tried the usual default 000 to no avail. I prepared myself to a sleepless night
mac Keyboard Shortcuts to Lock Your Mac At work, I have this principle that whenever you leave your workstation unattended even for just a few minutes, you should lock it. Ever since I started using Mac OS, one question that was left unanswered was how do I lock my machine using
personal So...Earthquake? For the past few years, I think there was only one instance where I felt an earthquake. There were more earthquakes than usual recently with epicenters that are quite near. Somehow, there wasn't even one instance where I felt the shaking. A few minutes
personal When I Almost Destroyed My Blog Last Friday, I saw that the links in my blog were outdated. Since it was supposed to be a trivial matter, I logged in to the server and made the changes and then restarted. I got an HTTP 503 error message that basically says
