My Indulgence

04 August 2011

Ticktock Stop The Clock

By ZelmarqThursday, August 04, 2011simple livingNo comments

Help me, God, to slow down, to be silent, so I can hear you
and do Your will not mine.
Marian Wright Edelman

We have many responsibilities- so many in fact, we sometimes wonder how will we able to accomplish everything. Life feels like a whirlpool of activities as we press more tasks into fewer hours. Sometimes I wish there were more than 24 a hours a day so that I have more time to do more things, yet no matter how we try to do things as efficient and and fast as we can it seems that time also passed by so swiftly we never noticed it. The key is to pray, seeking God's wisdom about how to best use our time, then lets begin to do changes and as we do this we will experience a more leisurely schedule and calmer spirit, as well as discover the simplicity we desire.

I wake up early in the morning, have my quiet time, its the best secret that my bible study leader to start the day, read God's word for today to sustain us and to prepare us what ever comes along. I dont rush and I take time to hear what God wants to tell. I take time to exercise, just a few bending and stretches to awaken the physical body and take an early bath. Eat breakfast and go for work early. With this lifestyle I have I realized that I am not doing things in a hurry and always have time pause in the office and prepare things before I start my tellering activities. I used to bring work at home but stopped doing it coz I got lesser time to rest and relax at home.God cares about even the smallest detail of our day, so let us trust Him to help us. I am assured that God desires rest for me, taking the heart of the words of Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God."
As we pray to the Lord and have faith in His guidance, our lives become less hurried. We will slow down and discover a calm, restful spirit as we live a simple life.

Simplify......

Pray each morning for God's wisdom on how you can best use your time that day.

Set aside several evenings per week that you commit to being at home.
Enjoy peace and rest.

Reduce by half the amount of time you watch tv. Take pleasure in conversation, reading, or a quiet hobby instead.

I need to slow down. And I'm asking the Lord to help me do it. I want to move slowly enough to be aware of all the joys He has hidden for me. I want to slow down enough to grow as He wants me to grow. I want to be quiet enough to hear Hid voice. I need His wisdom to know how to spend my time and how to order my days.

Kathryn Hillen

See God In the Ordinary

By ZelmarqWednesday, August 03, 2011food for the soul, quiet time, simple livingNo comments

Im reading the book Simple Living For Women its a nice book and I would like to share what I have read from that book on this blog.

Day 1 : See God in the Ordinary

There are small wonders of nature everywhere. Yet these miracles are so easy to miss, especially as the pace of life speeds along.Days and weeks whirl by, and time for noticing nature's beauty slips away. We will can see the blessing of these beauty if we just pause for a while and pay attention to the handiwork of the Creator. As we pause and enjoy God's creation, we awaken the presence of God Himself. We experience his finger print in every intricate detail, His closeness in every moment.

I tried that when I went out for work one morning, and alas I felt the fresh of air that greeted me and embraced my with the scent of a sampaguita flower nearby, I noticed how a yellow butterfly who gracefully found its way to some wild roses which grow on the sidewalk. Wow, what an amazing sight. It was indeed a blessing to pause for a while and enjoy each moment. The creation made for you and me. I never noticed that a few mornings before coz I always go out in a hurry. Its seeing God in the ordinary things in life. It gives an enthusiasm that will sustain us throughout the day.
Simplify....
Study the intricate details of a single flower. Thank God for the ways his amazing handiwork reminds us of a simple life.
On a clear night stand outside and marvel at the starry evening; ponder God's love for us.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which

God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.

George Washington Carver

The aqua adventure @ Papa Kit's

By ZelmarqTuesday, August 02, 2011Cebu travel, My LaagsNo comments

Papakits @ Lilo-an Cebu City

I enjoyed and had great great fun........

A teller's life

By ZelmarqMonday, August 01, 2011anything under the sun, daily dose, workNo comments

Its July 29, 2011, due for ngn and legacy lines which means this is going to be a very busy day with lots of people and as expected the business office will overflow with paying subscribers. But, the sad thing is that the payment system is down. Its always been like this for the whole week, the system is off and on every day, its frustrating that we have to manually encode the payments and encode it the day after. Wew! Im helpless, cant do anything about this. How can this be? A telecommunications company as big as this one is also as slow as this one. Tsk tsk tsk, life is like this, we may not like everything but we have to embrace wholeheartedly even if most of the time we lose our patience and get tired of a system that is totally out of our control. Its a test of patience and endurance, and a test that we will manage to smile despite the odds the subscribers are there vigilant and sensitive, more often than not I feel like a clown, you have to smile, pretend its always ok, take care of them with grace because they deserve the best and the way we serve them should not affect minor setbacks that may come along the way. I wish the system will be ok tomorrow. Tomorrow is another day!

Thank You Lord

By ZelmarqThursday, July 21, 2011food for the soul, quiet time1 comment

Thank you Lord!
Its a beautiful day! Yesterday my heart was anxious and worried but God has given me this joy in my heart and peace of mind. God has a way of making miracles in our lives when things seemed vague and dark but somewhere behind the darkness comes the light that will reveal God's loving promises. He is always faithful, He loves us so much and will give us the desires of our heart as long as we seek Him first in our lives.

I talked with Ate babes ( she is my spiritual leader) yesterday, I prayed hard before the talk since I expected other things from her, I expected to be reprimanded and imagined things beyond understanding. But praise God she spoke of encouragement and spoke of her frustrations and share her dreams for the training apartment and for the ministry. I know hoe she and her husband worked hard for the ministry and how they have given their lives for the ministry and for the training house but felt dismayed with the attitudes of the people in the training house. Im one of those living in the training house and felt shame that I was not doing the things that is expected of me and me co housemates. I felt relieved and jumped for joy after we talked and I shared it with my house mates. Though what we talked about was not at all positive things but as a whole it brought joy and peace to my heart. I am filled with hope and I have felt the goodness of God.
Thank you Lord, thank you for everything!

Its my life

By ZelmarqWednesday, July 20, 2011monday musings2 comments

Im not feeling well today. Its not that I am sick or physically ill, but maybe im just not well emotionally. Somethings wrong and I can tell. People expect from us and when we fail its as if its a criminal offense of not being able to meet their standards and what they expect of me. Well, life's like that. Simple things made complicated because of convictions and beliefs of other people that they want to impose on us coz thats what they feel is right and ideal and proper. Maybe, they're right and Im wrong. Or maybe we have a generation gap and things dont work around they they think it worked 30 years ago. Bottom line in the end its all about me and what I decide to do about it, its up to me coz its my life what ever the consequences of my actions I know I am fully accountable and I am responsible, this is my life anyway.

first time auntie, that's me!

By ZelmarqTuesday, July 19, 2011monday musingsNo comments

I have been happy since the day we learned my younger sister was pregnant. I was hoping for a baby girl but then it didnt matter.My heart sang for joy when I saw the helpless baby sleeping soundly not minding our whispers and our laughs.How cute is our angel. It was a great feeling. I wish I could have a baby of my own but that will have to go through a very long process, a very complicated process. But i wish I could have twins, a boy and a girl, hope theyll not going to be the cry babies that would get the worst of me, but thats under my prayer list yet, to be listed on my action list after my wedding.

A new Look

By ZelmarqFriday, July 15, 2011blogging worldNo comments

I have changed my template again. Again! Yes, again, and this is for the nth time. It was kinda boring and I never had that much motivation to blog anymore so I guess a little tweak could inspire to blog. well, my next posts could prove how blog stimulating this new template could be. But, so far, I guess a new look could inspire me to blog more and more. I was a bit busy the previous days and had no enough motivation to post new ideas and new things, nothing came to mind, there were lots of things that came along that I just let it slip through my fingers and never talked about it here. Somehow, I have chosen to be silent and kept just a memory in my heart and mind and soon forget them to oblivion. Im just a trying hard blogger, a second rate trying hard copycat but I enjoy doing this, im not also a writer, im just a second rate trying hard feeling writer, wahehehehehe, I wish I am, I envy those who have the skill but I can just stare and watch in silence.

Tuesday morning

By ZelmarqTuesday, July 12, 2011verse for the dayNo comments

Yes, Christ alone is the water that revives our parched spirit.He alone is that bread that nourishes our hungry heart. He alone is the truth that answers our mind's deepest questionings. Real soul satisfaction is found only in Christ.

Matthew 21:22

By ZelmarqWednesday, June 29, 2011food for the soul, quiet time, verse for the dayNo comments

"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Im so happy!
Thank you Lord!

That's what the Lord promised me this morning during my quiet time. Just the right motivation God gave me to continue and press on with all my endeavors. There were may times I felt hopeless with some situations in life     (work related stresses, problems at home interpersonal problems, financial problems and etc.) but today God gave me the perfect reason on not giving up praying for everything. Im so happy,very happy.
He also said in His word in Numbers 23:19
God is not human, that he should lie,
   not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
   Does he promise and not fulfill?

My Leche Flan Flop

By ZelmarqFriday, June 24, 2011Cooking adventures, feeling chef on thursdays3 comments

I wish my leche flan looked like this one.....

I bought a can of condensed milk and saw a leche flan recipe. It sounded so simple I decided to buy 8 eggs, a can of condensed milk, 1/4 kilo white sugar, and 3 pcs of small llaneras to complete the whole puzzle of making the master piece.
I felt excitement, I was so thrilled I hurried home to make THE LECHEN FLAN.

I started making the caramel without water and the white sugar and left it on the pan, and did my egg yolk separation and mixing the condensed milk. After I mixed the egg yolk and the milk thoroughly I went to get the caramel and to my surprise I saw a stone like thing with the laddle immovable...tsk tsk tsk now what? I reheated the hardened caramel and placed it in the llaneras and poured the eggyolk mixture covered it with foil and the steamed for 30 minutes. It was a tense waiting moment, I kept testing it using the toothpick to see if it was done. I tried eating one llanera and it was soso though it may not look like the one sold in restuarants but to me it tasted like one, hehehehehe. And in the morning, I had difficulty removing the leche flan from the llaneras coz I realized I used very sticky caramel for that, I have to remove it from the top part of the flan coz it was really hard. The taste was soso also and \i have decided in my heart that I would make a better leche flan, I have another leche flan recipe and I just hope it would be good enough.

Rating for my leche flan: 3 ( 1-10 and 10 being the highest)