Gipangga Mo Ako

Gipangga Mo ako, matod sa pulong Mo

Bisan sa kapakyasan, gipasaylo Mo ako

O Diyos, daygon ko Ikaw… Ikaw

CHORUS:

Pagasimbahon ug alagaran ko Ikaw

Sa bisan asa pa, ngalan Mo ibayaw ko

Labihan ang grasya Mo

Nga gikahatag kanamo

Pagasimbahon ug alagaran ko Ikaw

Love this song so much.

The closing song of our sunday fellowship, and the lyrics just touched my heart in a very special way. The song is about God's unconditional love to a sinner like me. Im a sinner, but im special to God He died on the cross for my sin. Even with the countless times I failed and hurt Him, He is always there to forgive as long as we come to Him with a humble heart. He deserves our utmost praise and adoration.

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Let your speech be better than silence

Ouch!
Let your speech be better than silence; otherwise be silent.
That just hurt me deep. So deep. I felt ashamed with my words. Im supposed to be the customer service officer and I should be kind. Gifts of the spirit. I should always keep that in mind.

So help me God.

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Buti na lang, Sabado bukas

I love you sabado.
I Love Eheads.

It was during my college days that I fell in love with the Eheads. First heard the song from a sophomore Computer Science student during our department acquaintance party at the beach.I was just on my first year computer science @ MSU-IIT. I forgot the boy who sang the song but never forget the song. Toyang. They try to tell us were too young, too young to really be in love. How could I forget my first love for rock music. I fell in love the first time, learned to play the guitar and played my first guitar song El Bimbo. I was a fan. One of the many thousands if not one of the million fans. I sang some of the off key songs and stories of a young student like me. I loved Eheads and am still in love with them. 

When they called it quits last 2002, it broke my heart. I cried. My first broken heart. And when they had the reunion concert I had high hopes for new songs and looking forward of seeing more gigs of the Eheads together. But again, like a bitter sweet refrain it was only for a while and the music died. But their songs kept playing. Though I broke my heart I was still in love, very much in love.

And Now, we are in in each others arms with sabado and 1995.
Brings me back to those good old days. Eraserheads. 
Soon, the air waves will be playing their songs and a sure hit.

Sabado
Buti na lang, Sabado bukas
Pwede tayo lumabas
Humanap ng gagawin
Di na kailangang isipin


Buti na lang, Sabado bukas
At pwede na tayo magwala
Kung magsisi sa huli
Kesa naman walang nangyari


Buti na lang, Sabado bukas
Pwede tayo magpuyat
Sulitin nahanggang Linggo
Kahit saan, wag lamang dito

At pagpanaw ng araw
At paglalim ng dilim
Ang oras ay lumipas
Di na natin maibabalik


Itapon ang kahapon
Yakapin ang darating
At kung kailangan mo ako
Lagi naman ako nandito


Buti na lang, Sabado bukas
Buti na lang, Sabado bukas
Hanapin man nila tayo
Sabihin na lang wala tayo dito

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Book mark para sa Pilipinas

Todo na ito  para sa Pilipinas

Im really serious. Nail bookmark for the Philippines and beyond. Im preparing these for MSU Iligan city second batch. I have to make more coz the first batch is very limited.
I hope I can give as many bookmarks as I can. Im doing it daily and with a smile.
To my blog readers and visitors in the Philippines, I hope you can help me too.
I can send you the nail book marks thru LBC and I hope you help me distribute.
Just leave a comment with your name and address and I will send you the nail book marks for free. Yes, its right, definitely for free.
SO that you can give it to your family friends officemates and relatives.
I will be giving minimum of 20 nail bookmarks and maximum of 50 pieces.
Hope to hear from you.
God bless and have a nice day.

Areas Reached to date

MSU-Iligan City
Cebu City
MSU- Marawi
Zambonga
MUST - Cagayan de oro City
COC - Cagayan de Oro City

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The Grace Card

Love this movie

I have seen The Grace Card story last night and was deeply touched. I cried. 
Its about forgiveness and loving God, loving others and forgiving ourselves. I hope and pray that you will also watch it and be touched and be reminded that we were forgiven and we also give forgiveness and forgive ourselves as well.

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Get off your knees and pray qoutes

My reading update.

Found this book at book sale for only 125.00 pesos and its worth every peso. Guess, more than enough the learnings and the insights.Its precious. Its priceless.

Its almost middle of the month and Im still not half through this first book.

I so love this book. It hit me at my weakest. 

My kryptonite. My prayer life.

I must admit, its my one of the weakest points of my spiritual life.

Though im still not a mother like the author, I can relate much to her.

Prayer life.

QUOTES FROM THE  BOOK:

We love, treasure, and support one another. We love at the petty indignities of aging and cry together when life takes one of us through a dark night.

***

He gladly receives our words and He sees our hearts. Any prayer is a gift to Him, for it means we are talking to Him. We have to take the first step - and begin embracing prayer as part of our daily lives, as vital to us as breathing.

***

Prayer is not just a few sentences we say to God while on our knees, but it is living out our outgoing, every moment commitment to God.

***

The greatest source of joy and peace in my life today is the absolute conviction that I can come to God as I am loved and be loved and be accepted. I can tell God my hopes, my dreams, share my disappointments and hurts.

***

Talk to God and take time to listen. NO matter how vertically challenged we believe our selves to be, God is listening and talking to us all the time. We only need to learn to stop and listen. 

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Nail bookmarks for the Philippines and Beyond

I received a dramatic bookmark a few years ago.
I call it dramatic for I never received a bookmark before.
As far as I could vividly remember It was quiet big for a card, with very soft paper used and the most dramatic of it all was that there's a nail tied with a ribbon.
The nail was almost rusty and not even that fixed properly in place.
But the message of the nail book mark struck me, it touched me in a very  special way.
These were the very words;

We have a gift for you-

just a simple nail.

However you will never be able to use it for the purpose that it was intended. It will never join two pieces of wood or fasten a picture to a wall. This nail will probably never be hammered by you – we don’t think anyone could bring themselves to do it. Not this particular nail. Let this nail, instead, serve as a reminder each time you find it again. That you matter to someone. If you ever doubt your worth or value, if you ever doubt that you are loved. Hold this nail just for a moment and reflect. God so loved the world that He gave His only Son... while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Believe and remember. How much you hurt or how much you suffer, you are loved. Never forget that Jesus was held on the cross not by nails but by LOVE

I thought about it.  And decided to to improve and over the years made to be given to conferences in our church. But I have decided to share it to subscribers, to friends and even my officemates.  And one day I dreamed of making it big time. I dreamed of making the boomarks dreaming it would reach the whole Philippines and beyond. Sounds impossible, but I have a God of impossibilities and who knows where it would reach. All I have to do is make those nail bookmarks and give give and give.

Initially, I have given almost 50 pieces to my former library boss way back in college in MSU-IIT, almost a hundred pieces to MUST a college school in our city, and will be sending soon 100 more piece to Dipolog through my best friend and classmate in college. Last may 2014 I also gave almost 50 pieces to my call center friends.

This is an impossible dream. But, I leave it all to GOd. 

For Dipolog

FOr MSU-IIT ILigan

For MUST Cagayan de Oro City

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#Puso... Congrats Gilas!

Finally, FIBA win after 40 years

It was such a wonderful FIBA game last night with Senegal. I never thought the team could win the game.
Finally, after 40 years another game won.
I was screaming and cheering and at some point shouted much for the Gilas team. I thought it was another heart breaking game, but thank God it was the sweetest win of all.

Puso......
Go Gilas
I hope Alapag will still play for another FIBA world cup.

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Im on peanut butter sandwich

I love vacations and food and the long trips and the white sand beaches.

But when I got home, to my surprise my pants got too tight,I have trouble using them.

So I have decided to lose some fat belly and do a protein diet regimen and it starts today.

And I mean it.

Went for work early and bought I pack of sliced bread and 2 kilos bananas.

These will be my snack today and my lunch and dinner tonight.

I really mean it.

I so love this peanut butter brand.

So love the peanut butter scent and the smell of freshly baked bread.

I hope I can endure the menu for today.

My new fruit love.
There are lots of benefits we can get from eating bananas
I hope you can also try this diet..

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Reading List for the Month of September

I love books and theres no moth that goes by that I cant buy books. I say books, because at one time I can buy more than two or more books. Im a book addict but not a reading addict but addict in buying. I think I have not finished a single book since july. Wow. That means I have a lot of books that I still have to read. The book that I started reading last May is not even half way through. Each time I re read time and again, I almost always go back to page one just to review the pages I read a few months ago.

 

Book number 1: Get off your knees and pray

Still not finished with Get off Your knees and pray, I m reading this book by Joel Rosenberg, also a very nice book, but still the same I read it over and over again. Back from square one, confusing it with get off your knees and Pray.

Book number 2: Invested Life

And the Third book, well Im being confident that hopefully for the month of september I will be able to red three books.
The latest book that I bought.

Book number 3: The Love Shack

Three books for the month of september sounds impossible for me. 

Fingers crossed.

I hope so.

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Danggit chicharon and spanish omelette for breakfast!

Its thursday.

And I have these special treats for the housemates.

Special pasalubong from cebu, the chicharon danggit.

Just came from a wonderful cebu vacation and went enjoyed the malapascua island with it mouth watering food, great service and mingled with the fishing men and women of the fishing village. HAd a taste of fish hooked grilled fish. It was the best. And today I had the time to share awesome pasalubong from my father's homeland.

  

Just heat oil and deep fry danggit, make sure

you have paper towels to absorb all the oil.

This is spanish omelette:

You need 6 pcs potatoes cut nto small cubes

4 pcs eggs

1 piece onion finely chopped

4 cloves garlic minced 

1/2 cup cooking oil

1/4 kilo ground pork 

salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

1. Saute garlic and onion.

2. Add ground pork and simmer for a few minutes.

3. Add the cubed potatoes cook until its tender and drain with a strainer.

4. Beat the eggs and add the potato and ground pork mixture.

4. Add oil and fry half of the mixture.

5. You can use a big plate to turn over the omelette to the other side so it wont fall apart.

6. Serve hot with catsup on the side.

7. Enjoy!

Im your thursday chef...

Zelmarq!

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Yes Its Passion Fruit

I so love this fruit: passion fruit

 Its been years that I was not able to eat this fruit. I remember the good old elementary years, sa mababang paaralan nag kanluran, used to eat this with salt while on my way home with neighbors. Cant wait to go home and eat it like the good old days.

Have you tried this kind of fruit?

Mother would scrape the fruit seeds mix with orange juice or other juices which really gives a unique flavor that I cant seem to describe. Its sour with the distinct passion fruit flavor just like no other. I found several passion fruit recipes on the net, like cakes and other stuff and Im excited to try if given the time.:)

Here are mouth watering passion fruit goodies:

passion fruit cake

passion fruit cup cakes

passion fruit icecream

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Lovely flower ballpens

So lovely flower pens.....


Its a flower? No its a ballpen!
No its superman!
I know many would agree that, these
are such lovely pens. I really cant use it to write.
Its just there, being usedas decoration.

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No jollibee chicken joy?

I'm one of the many jollibee lovers. I love everything about jollibee. The first on my list, chicken joy, palabok, burger steak, french fries and the shanghai roll, jolly hotdog, the breakfast treats and a whole lot more.

Last week end, I went to Iligan and craved for Jollibee chicken joy and was so excited to have that snack of jolly spaghetti and one piece chicken. But to my surprise, the food attendant politely said they have no chicken. What? May I beg your pardon? No chicken joy? I ended up with a glass of soda and spaghetti. Even when I got home, cagayan de oro, my home away from my real home Cebu, still no chicken joy.

so sad...where is my jollibee chicken joy?

I craved for this.....

I got the chance and talked to one of the food attendants, he said that it has something to do with the chicken supply from their supplier nationwide. A price increase of chicken. I even heard no chicken at mang inasal.  

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What to blog about?

Im a trying hard blogger. That's why more often I find it hard to blog. I dont know what to blog about. It seems my mind has gone blank and no juicy thoughts coming out, I don't have enough motivation to blog. So, that why today, I have decided to extract some creative juicy thoughts  I hope I can have a longer list. Here goes....And this list could go on and on day after day with new topic that could somehow inspire me.

1. No chicken joy  @ Jollibee!

2. Can I drink 3 liters of water everyday?

3. New hair cut with bangs.

4. Patience, more patience.
5. I hate the smell of cigarette.
6. Unique ballpen.
7. Featured person per week.
     the balut vendor
     the little girl selling cooked bananas
     the old vender
     the young vendor
     the old lolo
8. Food trip.
9. Favorite bible verse
10. Cooking adventure
11. Favorite bible verse
12. Favorite book and qoutes from that book.
13 Unusual things, like unusual ballpens and some cute stuff.
14. Daily happenings, insights, lessons learned.
15. Food cravings, food trip.

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Jackfruit or me?

the biggest jackfruit


Picture taken two years ago a farm trip lots of memories.  Lots of fruits, much laughter and great farm food.
This was by far the biggest jack fruit that I have seen!

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Christian DNA

a pleasant morning to all

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Im a ChlorMel

I took a temperament test this day just for fun and just to see if I have the same a few years ago and I did have the same results. Im still the ChlorMel Choleric -  Melancholy.

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Saturday reminder

It is abnormal for a christian not to have an appetit  

for the impossible. It has been written

into our spirtual DNA to

hunger forthe impossibilities

around us and to bow at the name 

Of Jesus.

-Bill Johson

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Blanket Victory

Blanket victory

Victory over those blankets in the morning hours!

Until we began to receive God's word daily, we will never had the willpower to get up early in the morning for a time of prayer. Im glad I have blanket victory. Before its really hard to get up in the wee hours in the morning and read the Bible and pray. I prayed to the Lord and asked for strength and wisdom to really do my heart's desire to really wake up early in the morning and talk to God.

At first it was really hard, you know the feeling of sleeping more and loving the comfort of the pillow and the blanket over your body, its really irresistable. I feel so lazy to wake up. When the alarm resonates and wants to be heard, I just turn it off and doze back to my slumber.

Then one day I really made that decision. I woke up at 4:30 in the morning and started reading the Bible, digesting each word that was like knife that touched my heart and made me cry. God's word so alive, it revealed to me. His promises so true He wont let me down. He will always be there for me, despite my sins, despite my short comings and failures still He never sleeps and never slumbers. 

Thank you Lord.

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Nakiki uso with loom bands

Im old but young at heart.
Nakikiuso lang with these loom bands. I slept late last night and made my first bracelet loom band.
wahehehehehe. isip bata me but I enjoyed making it.
Thanks to youtube for the guide.
I plan to make another design if I have the time.
Will try to make with the colorful ones.

Black rubber bands

Tried making one with youtube tutorial with fish tail design

Almost there......

The finished product

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Bantayan is it!

Dreams do come true. My bantayan dream has come true. Thank you Lord.
Its a nice feeling being able to embrace God's creation, to think that He really created this for me to enjoy. Im must be His very special creation.

How to get to Bantayan:

1. From Cagayan de oro city; you have two options, first is the plane, a much faster way or like me, I chose the boat which was a regret coz I was 8 hours delayed due to boat technical problems. So next time  I promised myself to take the plane instead.

2. From the port took the taxi to the North bus which was a few minutes away. I took the V-hire going to bogo instead coz its more convenient and the travel is not disrupted by passengers asking to stop for a ride. It takes shorter time with the vhire than the bus. At bogo point we took the tricycle to hagnaya port for 25 pesos each.

3. Its 170 pesos each for the ferry ride to bantayan.

4. Once in bantayan you can hire pump boat to virgin island and the boat rental is from 1200 to 2000 php, we were lucky, we got the 1500 complete with snorkelling gear and a very kind boatman. The virgin island is a must see place if you are in bantayan , its perfect, amazingly breath taking you wont stop swimming.

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Remembering Sir Boyet

Bye Sir Boyet

Life is like a thief in the night. The third death here in our office. Another loss. Another person to miss. Its for real. One day I will also die. We will all die and we have each have own time.  Cancer of the colon, the third cancer case here, maybe this kind of disease is that common. What ever the case maybe, we all die. With a disease or without, young or old, rich and poor. Death is certain. And though the knowledge is there that we will die, still we want to live, we dont want to die.
Why do we die?
Because all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. And we are all helpless and cannot do anything to be saved. We need Jesus , He died for our sins, and if we accept Him as our Lord and savior we will be saved, just as He has promised. We will have eternal life.

Bye sir boyet.

Your family is our family also, we will be there for you family. We will support each other.

Enjoying the couple games

The wife acting as the husband

having fun

If Tomorrow Starts Without Me

Author believed to be
David Romano

When tomorrow starts without me,
And I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
all filled with tears for me,

I wish so much you wouldn't cry
The way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
and each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too.

But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
That an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,
and said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
All those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,
So much left yet to do,
It seemed almost impossible,
That I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared,
and all the fun we had

If I could re-live yesterday
Just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
And maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss come tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home
When God looked down and smiled at me,
From His great golden throne.

He said, "This is eternity,
And all I've promised you."
Today your life on earth is past,
But here life starts anew

I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
And since each day's the same way
There's no longing for the past.

You have been so faithful,
So trusting and so true.
Though there were times
You did some things
You knew you shouldn't do.

But you have been forgiven
And now at last you're free.
So won't you come and take my hand
And share my life with me?

So when tomorrow starts without me,
Don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart.

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Summer is almost over

Summer is almost over and I cant imagine my summer to end just like this.
No summer outing.
No beach outing.
No out of town activities.
Sigh.
I went to our local beach and its not that fascinating.
Its below the normal. But still many enjoyed, while me, I just sat there and dreamed something grand, with the white sand and etc....

raagas beach resort local resort in cagayan de oro

need to really call it summer

 But I have not lost hope. I still have may to enjoy and I will catch up and enjoy my summer.

Its never too late.

Im hoping I could visit bantayan late this may. 

My eyes fixed on the day i will set foot that amazing island.

Im excited and I cant wait.

Tick tock tick tock the clock, the days dragged and its running slow.

Im getting ready, I have packed my bag, just packed lightly. I dont need much stuff in an island.Just myself, my tablet, my charger and my phone. A few clothes for the late summer get away and my summer essentials.

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You are so faithful

Verse 1:
Like the sun that rises everyday,
You are so faithful. Lord, You are faithful.
Like the rain that You send,
And every breath that I breathe,
You are so faithful, Lord

Verse 2:
Like the rose that comes alive every spring,
You are so faithful. Lord, You are faithful.
Like the life that You give,
to every beat of my heart,
You are so faithful, Lord.


PreChorus:
I see the cross and the price You had to pay,
I see the blood that washed my sins away.

Chorus:
In the midst of the storm
through the wind and the waves,
You'll still be faithful, You'll still be faithful,
When the stars refuse to shine and time is no more,
You'll still be faithful,
You'll still be faithful, Lord.

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Held by love

We have a gift for you-

just a simple nail.

However you will never be able to use it for the purpose that it was intended. It will never join two pieces of wood or fasten a picture to a wall. This nail will probably never be hammered by you – we don’t think anyone could bring themselves to do it. Not this particular nail. Let this nail, instead, serve as a reminder each time you find it again. That you matter to someone. If you ever doubt your worth or value, if you ever doubt that you are loved. Hold this nail just for a moment and reflect. God so loved the world that He gave His only Son... while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Believe and remember. How much you hurt or how much you suffer, you are loved. Never forget that Jesus was held on the cross not by nails but by LOVE...

The concrete nails

with the ribbons, colored papers and glue

covered with transparency sheets

the finished product; The nail Bookmark

Im glad I was able to resume making this cute book mark.  It was last year that I made these and now I resumed and I have a goal. I plan to make as many as I could. I plan to give these to my officemates, ojt here in the office and plan also to give it to my friends and also give it to relatives when I go home to cebu. I hope I can make as many as I could. I need help in making these bookmarks and I pray that my house mates will help.

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Another blog inspiration

Im back!
And I just hope it would be something to give me a reason to blog to life again. I dont know wwhy its impossible to blog. I am not really that motivated to blog.  It seems that there are nno interesting things to blog about. But I realized I was too busy doing nothing. I was too lalazy to blog.

And today I want to be serious about it.
I just want to give it my very best.

my blog list

I hope this time, its something that I will commit on doing, not like the previous attempts that I ended up not pursuing and still the same ended up with nothing.

I know, Im no poet nor writer but I guess Im a blogger. A trying hard blogger. Or a blogger in the making.
The cute notebook serves as my eyes to the world. I need to write my observations, thoughts, insights on things and a lot more on this notebook with this pen so that I can explore and make blogging interesting. Its something I should do to be creative, to extract the creative juices and blog something about it.

I hope this would work.
I hope its effective enough.
Well, let's just wait and see.

I'll try to give update with the progress im making with this green cutie notebook. If there's another post on the next day, wow its a proof that its a notebook that could motivate but if theres none, then I guess its worth another try.

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Discipline

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Shine the Light

Feel so great this morning and felt so inspired with this song. Shine the light share your faith, a song that reminds me to really work out my salvation daily. Application of the song. Not just mere desire of my heart but also an act that I should live by. An act that I should practice. If i care enough for others, I should be able to light my light shine and be able to share my faith.

If I care enough, I know I would be able to share the gospel to a co-worker in need, a lonely neighbor, a long lost friend, a classmate in my high school reunion, a busy supervisor, a workaholic manager and to those people  who God  will lead me to. 

In the parking lot of the coffee shop

Just the other day

She smiled and she said, "Well I'm doin' okay"

But I felt her pain

I took her hand in mind

Said, "It's gonna work out fine"

But as she turned I wondered

Did I just hand her a line

What she needed most was a word of hope

And a prayer or two

A little more time and a timely word

Could have pulled her through

So I think of her

And I wonder too

Is anybody hurting

And sitting right next to you

Shine the light, share the faith

Show the world that Jesus is the answer

That Jesus is the way

Together we can make a difference

Be a beacon in the dark of night

Share your faith

Hold it high

Shine the light

Anywhere you go, any country road

Or city street

Any lonely life, a hurting heart

Somebody in need

They all ask one thing

Where is love and truth

But if you know Jesus

Then you know what to do

Shine the light, share the faith

Show the world that Jesus is the answer

That Jesus is the way

Together we can make a difference

Be a beacon in the dark of night

Share your faith

Hold it high

Shine the light

Let your light so shine

So everybody will see Jesus

Let your light so shine

To glorify your Father in Heaven

Shine the light, share the faith

Show the world that Jesus is the answer

That Jesus is the way

Together we can make a difference

Be a beacon in the dark of night

Share your faith

Hold it high

Shine the light

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