It's been more than a week now since we left for Subic for the SFC Metro Manila Conference 2013. I have several realizations and random thoughts while I sustained a prayerful and loving mood for 3 days in Subic, Zambales.
It really helped that we were billeted in a hotel that provided peace and comfort during our 3-day pilgrimage to our souls. We were blessed to be loved and see the manifestations of that love as we praise and worship God.
(The hotel did a fantastic job in taking care of us. See more of that hotel here)
I learned how to float on the swimming pool of RK Hotel. On the last night of our stay, when everyone in my group started to travel back to Manila and while the boyfriend is busy with his own concerns with the Hotel staff, I am at the pool, praying, talking to my God, reflecting on the words I heard, the stories shared, the love proclaimed.
I thought, I am so blessed. Here I am, a self-employed, law student, real estate broker who have been broken in spirit, poor in finances, lacking in self-respect and wisdom, imperfect and here is God. The God who loves me; An all powerful, ever-living, generously loving Father who made Himself one of us through Jesus Christ.
Here He is, with me, listening to me while I talk to Him at the RK Hotel Pool. I asked questions, He answers.
The message I heard:
My Child, see how you learned to float on this pool I made you experience. When you were starting, you were afraid, you didn't how how to properly breathe, water get into your nose, you felt drowning. You were told to trust the water and it will take you but you cannot. You cannot trust the water because you are filled with confidence in yourself. You think you know what you need and have to do. You have your plans. Yet you still drown.
Delight in Me. Trust in Me. Trust in my Love for you. Let yourself go in my Love. Pursue the Wisdom I generously give to My children. Do not be afraid. Trust Me.
When you trust the water to hold you, when you started to properly more your body so you will flow with the water, that's when you float. That's when you will be able to enjoy the experience of floating on water. There are times you feel afraid and you start to drown, never be afraid for I am with You. I am the Living water that carries you.
When you trust Me, when you fully bask in my Love for you, that's when you will be able to enjoy the embrace of my Wisdom. I have carried you in My heart since before you were conceived. I have made My plans for you. I am carrying you to the place I have prepared for you. All I need from you is to Trust Me. I love you. I love you. I love all the things about you. And I will never cease to love you til Eternity. I am Eternity. I am Life. I am the Law. I am your destination.
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I heard all of this while I was talking to Him while i float and enjoyed the pool. In the silence of the night, underneath the night sky, He talked to me and I listened. I told Him, You are my God. You are my everything. Let it be unto me. Your will be done. I believe You have planned everything in my life. I trust You Father. I trust your Love.
I felt blessed and loved in the silence of the RK Hotel swimming Pool.
For all of these and more, may God be Praised.
(P.S. I asked God if I still need to put up the website. I already have this for my personal blogs and a property blog which has reached 21K+ hits. He said I should go on. I asked for a title, He said Manila101. He said life is meant to be lived one hundred and one percent. So the next week I started writing over my own domain at http://manilasun101.com. A gift I have for the One who Loves me. A property and travel blog that will contain all God's goodness in those areas of my life as a real estate broker and an aspiring travelling lawyer. )
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Travel: 4 days at the RK Hotel, Subic
It’s more Funtastic in Subic.
My Boyfriend and I are members of the Singles for Christ community. This year the SFC Metro Manila Conference was held in Subic Bay Convention Center. To prepare for this conference, the boyfriend proposed that we check out the place weeks before the conference. We also decided to go so we can look for a place to stay once the convention starts.
We found a gem of a place in RK Hotel very near the Convention Center and in a very strategic location near everything we need. A short walk away is Starbucks SBMA, Puregold Duty Free, Royal Duty Free, Jollibee, McDonald’s, Chowking and Nike Factory Store.
Travel: Overnight stay for 8 people at Residencia de Riego
My niece turned 5 last June and as part of my birthday promise to her, we had a swimming-birthday celebration at Residencia de Riego in Alitagtag, Batangas. This is the first time I was able to take the family to an out of town trip. Thanks to deal sites such as Cash Cash Pinoy, we were able to take a room good for 8 which was priced at Php 7,000++ per night for half its price.
We had a great time in Residencia de Riego. We arrived at 12noon, tired and exhausted but we were not allowed early check in. That is even if we were their only guests for the day. We stayed at one of the cottages and had our lunch first then explored the place.
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