His Strength Is Perfect

(eto pa isang kanta na walang kupas ang katotohanang sinasabi. His strength is perfect, indeed)

by Steve Chapman Curtis

I can do all things

Through Christ who gives me strength,

But sometimes I wonder what He can do through me;

No great success to show, No glory on my own,

Yet in my weakness He is there to let me know…

Chorus:

His strength is perfect when our strength is gone;

He’ll carry us when we can’t carry on.

Raised in His power, the weak become strong;

His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect.

We can only know

The power that He holds

When we truly see how deep our weakness goes;

His strength in us begins

Where ours comes to an end.

He hears our humble cry and proves again…

I am Thine, O Lord

(Because of the popularity of contemporary Christian songs, hymns like Amazing Grace and the like have sometimes become relegated to choir singing or worse, funeral services. Sometimes though, it is good to savor the depths of the gospel and breadth of the message contained in some of these old hymns. The following hymn particularly spoke to me as we were singing it last Sunday. Read it, sing it and be blessed. - che)

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,

And it told Thy love to me;

But I long to rise in the arms of faith,

And be closer drawn to Thee

Refrain:

Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord,

To the cross where Thou hast died;

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord

To Thy precious bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to thy service Lord,

By the pow’r of grace divine;

Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,

And my will be lost in Thine.

O the pure delight of a single hour

That before Thy throne I spend;

When I kneel in pray’r, and with Thee, my God,

I commune as friend with friend!

There are depths of love that I cannot know

Till I cross the narrow sea;

There are heights of joy that I may not reach

Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Chairo Paul C. Launio

Date Due:   November 17, 2011
Date Born: November 4, 2011
Time: 8:54 pm
Place: Pines City Doctors’ Hospital, Baguio City
OB/Gyne: Dr. Sebastian/Dr. Bansilo
Weight: 2.98 kg
Length: 49 cm

The Name

Chairo (pronounced Khah-ee-ro) is the transliterated form of an original Greek word which means "rejoice exceedingly" or “be glad (Source: http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=5463).

Paul, popular name but we particularly like Apostle Paul of the Bible who wrote most of the epistles and who knew how to rejoice, and grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ--our utmost desire for Chairo.

Chronicles of Grace (Take 2)

March 10         Marlon and Che visit Palawan; Che accidentally tears her achilles tendon and

                        begins to wear crutches for a month and quad cane for another month.

End of March  Che tests positive.

May                 Che gets hospitalized for urinary bladder retention.

Oct. 26             Left PhilRice for Baguio.

Nov. 1              At Burnham lake/children's park with Marlon and Khane.

Nov. 2              At Pyramid cemetery with Manong Winston and family.

Nov. 4 ~ 6 pm   Che starts to labor.
Nov. 4 8:45pm  Baby Chairo arrives!

Nov.  4

Nov. 5

Nov. 6

 

Nov. 7

 Nov. 8

(Check out December 2007 blog archive entry and see how Kuya Khane and I look similar when we were just some days old.)

(We thank all those who prayed with us since I was pregnant and for my safe delivery. We rejoice indeed for Chairo's arrival. We praise and thank God for His goodness and faithfulness. Hail Him! - Che and Marlon)

Preaching the gospel to ourselves everyday

(Am currently reading the book "Discipline of Grace" by Jerry Bridges and one of his pleas is for us to preach the gospel to ourselves everyday. This is the same challenge Thabiti Anyabwile made in his book "What is a healthy church member?" where he said one of the marks of a healthy church member is being gospel-saturated. Below is his summary of the gospel. Just want to share it here because often, we only hear part of the gospel.)

"The gospel or good news of Jesus Christ is that God the Father, who is holy and righteous in all His ways, is angry with sinners and will punish sin. Man, who disobeys the rule of God, is alienated from the love of God and is in danger of an eternal and agonizing condemnation at the hands of God. But God, who is also rice in mercy, because of His great love, sent his eternal Son born by the virgin Mary, to die as a ransom and substitute for the sins of rebellious people. And now, through the perfect obedience of the Son of God and his willing death on the cross as payment for ours sins, all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ, following him as Savior and Lord, will saved from the wrath of God to come, be declared just in His sight, have eternal life, and receive the Spirit of God as a foretaste of the glories of heaven with God himself.

It is this message--briefly stated here-- that we must imbibe and delight in if we are to be healthy church members." - Thabiti M. Anyabwile (Author of the book "What is a healthy church member?")

Also, Jerry Bridges, in his book sums up one important spiritual principle:

"Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace."

(Great readings, indeed, because often we feel practically self-sufficient during our good days or when we perform well, and condemn ourselves and feel like incompetent fools during our bad days or when we fail. With the gospel, we are reminded that the blessings of God are not conditioned on our obedience or our performance, but the upon the infinitely righteous, holy and perfect obedience and righteousness of our Savior. And because of this, in gratefulness to this, we strive and desire to be obedient and perform well.)

Third trimester (Take 2!)

Time flies

Khane at almost 4 months old

Khane at almost 4 years old

New blog name

Please be informed that we changed our blog site name from to http://daijoubu-desu.blogspot.com to http://gracefaithwalk.blogspot.com.