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A Wailing Dog’s Diary

I am going to write this to remind me how I became neglectful in my responsibilities as an owner.

He was a companion we’ve taken for granted. When he was a pup, we played with him almost in his pup’s life but as he grows older, he becomes neglected.

He was chained and only made free for a very rare occasion. In 2019, we attended an annual family camp for a week - the first time we were separated for a long time. Come 2022 when the pandemic subsided, they (with an older one) were left for the second time and this year the third time.

We came back on the 8th of April noticing that he’s plate has not been emptied but filled with his near-to-rot food. Maybe because of the blazing heat of summer, he has no appetite, I thought. That continued for three weeks. Imagine a dog, unable to speak about its ailing condition that he refused to eat its food. He used to bark at an unfamiliar voice, a chicken passerby in his area, and a neighbor’s dog barking. Never did he do that from the day we returned but always crouching.

On the 2nd day of the month of May, his private parts came out so red and swollen. He’s discharging blood.

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Reason, feeling Entitled!

Everyone, no one is exempted. We all have our alibis but when the day comes that everyone of us will give account to God, everything will be revealed in the plain sight of God.

Man is a tripartite being. He is composed of a body, soul and spirit. The body is of this world, its attachment and belongingness. Its senses are to perceive its surroundings. The soul is your sense of volition or free will. It makes sense that the word of God is obvious when He let mankind to choose either curse or blessings. You can also choose where to spend your soul’s eternity - everlasting punishment or life everlasting. The spirit is actually dead. It does not perceive things that are spiritual. It has no total awareness of who God is. That is why men are not seeking God. We’re not open to Bible studies nor even to give glimpse at the Bible’s pages. We say, I could not go to church because I might be burned. I am not fit. I am too busy. Why is that? It’s because we are spiritually dead.

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Since that day, my sanity had never come back to me. Been seared. Troubled here, troubled there, troubled everywhere. How long?

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“We’ll work till Jesus comes”

Masarap awitin pero mahirap panindigan. Tayong mga tao ay sadyang wala sa nature natin ang magsumikap lalo sa mga spiritual na bagay.

Simula nang ang tao ay nagkasala, puro pansariling kapakanan ang ating inaatupag hanggang sa mga panahon ngayon. No one is exempted. Maari mong sabihin na ginagawa mo ang mga bagay bagay para sa iyong pamilya pero ang bottomline pa rin ay para pa rin sa iyong kapakanan sa dulo ang iyong mga sakripisyo.

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#ThankGodfortheHedge

Just this morning, our speaker talk about this on our Sunday school. He had imparted three points:

Satan’s Devillish Obsession

God’s Distinct Observation

God’s Divine Obstruction

It was taken from the book of Job with its key verse in 1:10. It was, is and will always be Satan’s obsession to destroy each one of us. He’s been working 24/7, double-time and tenaciously.

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#BlogPost1 Proof of being alive is having trials and testings. Only those who are dead will not experience one unless they’re apart from God’s presence — an everlasting problem. Life may throw us overwhelming difficulties and when faced alone we’ll be consumed and eventually be drained mentally, physically and emotionally.

We live in an era of self-empowerment and self-love. Be strong, you can survive without someone’s help. Build your own fortress that no one can break. You can help but you have to love yourself first. While it’s true you can’t share something you don’t have but not the case for a believer who has the saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

I am writing this post being vulnerable of its content. While I am fully aware that what we say might come back to us, I am really not sure if I be able to abide — currently struggling. If Satan was able to twist God’s Word (Gen. 3:1 “…hath God said”) to tempt Eve, how much more of us who are now sinful by nature? Our thoughts and words go together. 1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” We should watch out for our words because Satan is 24/7 waiting to devour us. We encourage others to become strong in the Lord but how about us who give the advice. ‘Twas so easy to say but contrary to it, we struggle.

Having the answers of life, being fed the information, and having a full understanding of the situation does not guarantee our victory. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me,” Philippians 4:13 says. Yeah, that’s all through Him we can. In our own strength and power, we are but nothing.