LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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  Calmed

"Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a dead calm. “ - - - Matthew 8:26

Prayer      

Dear Jesus, thank You for always assuring me of Your presence.  I love you.  Amen.

Wise Words

“We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God.” - - - St. Francis de Sales

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Like Gold

“I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith.” - - - 2 Timothy 4:7 (NJB)

Prayer      

Saints Peter and Paul, exemplary models of faith, pray for us especially in difficult moments of our journey in faith.  Amen.

Wise Words

“I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.” - - - St. Thomas More

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Jesus Heals

“Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” - - - Mark 5:34

Prayer      

You have healed me many times, Lord.  I am sure that as I call upon you Your powerful name, You will answer.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only to what we know about nature.” - - - St. Augustine

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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Faith-Full

“Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed.” - - - Matthew 8:8

Prayer      

Lord, I put my faith in You.  Help me remain steadfast in You.  Amen.

Wise Words

“To have faith in Christ means… trying to do all that He says.  But trying in a new way, a less worried way.  Nit hoping to get to heaven as a reward for your actions, but inevitably wanting to act in a a certain  way because a first faint gleam of heaven is already inside you.” - - - CS Lewis

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Old Age

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram.” - - - Genesis 17:1

Prayer      

Dear Lord, please make me age gracefully.  Keep me always in Your loving care.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life.  God does not look at external things but at the soul.” - - - St. John Paul II

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Actions

“He taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.” - - - Matthew 7:29

Prayer      

Lord, give me the grace to show by my actions that I am obedient to You.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Obedience is a consecration of the heart, chastity of the body and poverty of all worldly goods to the love and service of God.  Blessed indeed are the obedient, for God will never permit them to go astray.” - - - St. Francis de Sales 

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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  The Question

“What then will this child become?”  For, indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.” - - - Luke 1:66

Prayer      

Lord, thank You for calling me to a life with You, for making me Your happy child!  Amen.

Wise Words

“He who prays most receives most.” - - - St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Golden Rule

“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you.” - - - Matthew 7:12

Prayer      

Dear Lord, thank You for the Golden Rule.  May it be my way of life.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” - - - Desmond Tutu

@Living Water 2015

Peculiar Food We Enjoy! - June Selections

For almost 3 months when I started this blog, almost 200 varieties of peculiar food were emailed to me.  Of the 200 contributions, 72 were selected by a panel of food connoisseurs as the most peculiar to them. 

As individuals, we have our own taste preferences.  Through this blog, I would like to solicit your opinion on the peculiarity of the food selected.  From among the featured food below, which one would you consider as the most peculiar to you?  Please put your favorite peculiar food at the COMMENT Section at the end of this publication.

Thank you very much for your participation :)

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Panel Selection No. 31 - 

Oatmeal with Hard Boiled 

Taste Description

 Sweetened oatmeal with creaminess of milk and plain taste of hard boiled egg!

Panel Selection No. 32 - 

Spaghetti Rice

Taste Description

 Sweet!

Panel Selection No. 33 - 

Puto Dipped in Salabat

Taste Description

Slightly sweet with a strong ginger spice flavor

Panel Selection No. 34 - 

Rice Puff in Orange Juice

Taste Description

Crunchy sugary snack with a tinge of orange! 

Panel Selection No. 35 - 

Fruity Silvanas with Gravy Sauce

Taste Description

Fresh fruits with sweet-buttery silvanas and salty gravy sauce! 

Panel Selection No. 36 - 

Green Mango Dipped in Vicks 

Taste Description

Minty sour taste!

 Which of these, the most likely you will not eat?  

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Unfamiliar

“The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” - - - Genesis 12:1

Prayer      

Dear Jesus, give me the faith to follow Your direction, to let go of my need for control and give You complete obedience.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” - - - Corrie ten Boom

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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  Be Still!

“He… said to the sea, ‘Quiet! Be still!”  The wind ceased and there was great calm.” - - - Mark 4:39 (NABRE)

Prayer      

Dear Jesus, I lay before You today in the quiet, ready to receive Your instructions.  Amen.

Wise Words

“God incarnate is the end of fear; and the heart that realizes that He is in the midst… will be quiet in the middle of the alarm.” - - - FB Meyer

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   No Worries

“Do not worry about your life.” - - - Matthew 6:25

Prayer      

Lord Jesus, You are awesome!  My cup runs over!  Amen.

Wise Words

“Since I began to love, love has never forsaken me.  It has ever grown to its own fullness within my innermost heart.” - - - St. Catherine of Genoa

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Author

“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” - - - 2 Corinthians 11:30

Prayer      

Father, thank You for loving me.  Please help me trust in You always.  Amen.

Wise Words

“If God wants you to do something, He’ll make it possible for you to do it, but the grace He provides comes only with the task and cannot be stockpiled beforehand.  We are dependent on Him from hour to hour.” - - - Louis Cassels

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Kingdom Come

“Your kingdom come.” - - - Matthew 6:10

Prayer      

Father, Your kingdom come and Your will be done in my life today.  Amen.

Wise Words

“The soul that is united with God is feared by the devil as one who is where God himself is.” - - - St. John of the Cross

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Answers

“Pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father… will reward you.” - - - Matthew 6:6

Prayer      

Come into my life, Lord Jesus, and fill me now.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man.” - - - Hugh Black

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Perfect

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” - - - Matthew 5:48

Prayer      

Loving God, You know I want to live up to what I should be in Your eyes.  Help me to be the person You want me to be.  Amen.

Wise Words

“God does not command impossibilities , but by commanding admonishes you do what you can and to pray for what you cannot, and aids you that you may be able.” - - - St. Augustine

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   The Other Way

“But as servants of God we have commended ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities.”  - - - 2 Corinthians 6:4

Prayer      

Lord Jesus, grant me the strength to stand up for what is right, just and holy at all times.  Amen.

Wise Words

“I judge all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.” - - - John Wesley

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Recompense

“So that each may receive recompenses for what has been done.”     - - - 2 Corinthians 5:10

Prayer      

Father, thank You for encouraging me on this journey.  May I never lose sight of Your eternal reward.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Trust God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.” - - - George MacDonald

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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   Ambassadors for Christ

“We are ambassadors for Christ.” - - - 2 Corinthians 5:20

Prayer      

I am Yours, Lord.  I belong to You.  Use me where you see me fit.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Expect great things from God.  Attempt great things for god.” - - - William Carey

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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  Sacred Heart

“I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love.” - - - Hosea 11:4

Prayer      

Sacred Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal father, have mercy on us.  Amen.

Wise Words

“Our Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium.  He comes to find another which is infinitely dearer to Him — the heaven of our souls.” - - - St. Therese of Lisieux

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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  Freely Give

“You received without payment; give without payment.” - - - Matthew 10:8

Prayer      

Lord, grant me the grace to give my all to You, for You deserve to chief it.  Amen.

Wise Words

“At its best, giving is an act of worship.” - - - Cornelius J. Dyck

@Living Water 2015

LEDO - Live Everyday Die Once

LEDO is a journal of my extraordinary experiences...... to remind me that each new day is a chance to explore new things, to enjoy life, and to thank God! I always believe that we live everyday and we die once!

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 New Credentials

“God… has indeed qualified us as ministers of a new covenant.” - - - 2 Corinthians 3:56 (NABRE)

Prayer      

Lord Jesus, through the power of Your Spirit, let Your love flow through me.  Amen.

Wise Words

“So, abandon yourself utterly for the love of God, and in this way you will become truly happy.” - - - Blessed Henry Suso

@Living Water 2015