What If: >>>Extreme Sports for Jesus, Being a Christian Ninja, and Other Stuff Off the Top of my Head<<<

The great part about having a Christian boss who, by all indications so far, is a true-blue JESUS worshiper, is that she's a lot understanding about my adjustment period. She's allowing me to just sink my teeth into the schedule and stuff for now. I, on the other hand, am seriously wanting a maid already. Only, I couldn't afford a maid, heheh.

Much of my time is consumed washing the dishes coz my landlord hatez the mess I leave. Ohkaay. So I have to deal.

Now, because everything is just going crazy and it seems like I'm losing my love for my First Love, I just decided to take some time out and listen to Mike Bickle of International House of Prayer and his vision for International houses of prayer being set up around the world.

I would love to take part in that.

But then there I started craving for one of Misty Edwards' songs. Misty is a member of IHOP's Prayer Room, and her songs are just rockin' and soul-shaking, like this one:

...And in my search for that particular video to share with you, I came across this one, about kids doing the new extreme sport, "Parkour."

What I learned from my earthly father is that with everything that a person has to do, there has to be purpose. There has to be an end goal for everything we do.

While I admire these kids' power and talent, I can't help thinking that this is so reminiscent of the abilities of the ninjas in the old days.

As Misty is singing, we are on the verge of Christ's return. I bear witness to the fact that there IS something happening in the air. He did say in the Bible that when the Son of Man comes, signs abound. It is like the time of harvest, when the wheat heads are full, and they're drooping from the weight of their fertility.

If you are unaware that so many things are happening and all you see is that you want to live your life with your head in the sand, and that Jesus may well not return, then what-evar. All I know is that electricity is starting to crackle in the air.

But back to these kids doing Parkour. Bear with me as I paint a mental picture. In the areas where God is so needed, there is still so much of a need for physical strength, and in the path of flight, where persecution might happen, don't you think that talents like Parkour would have use?

Imagine. Thousands of Christian "ninja's" taking ground for Jesus in the Middle East, in the Communist countries, in the mountainous and hostile regions where His name has yet to be heard.

Imagine. Your prowess of backdiving and stuff better utilized as you flee from physical enemies in nations where they do not understand that God owns this earth and He is taking ground and He wants to use you?

I sure want to learn Parkour if only the Philippines were not so hostile to new things like these. There were days, when I was on an extended fast, that my feet were so light and quick that I felt like I could do things like these.

I know I will get the chance to play around with my physical strength. For now, I'm letting the gears turn in your head.

What if Jesus needed end-time ninja's to go brave Cuba, South America, or even Japan, North Korea, and the unreached areas of China?

What if?

Are you willing to take the call?

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Thankfulness Week

I wanna start a "Thankfulness Week" for myself.. While other people are going to be heading out to parties later tonight, I will be here, at home, enjoying quiet time with myself, time to work: my most favorite form of play. :)

This "Thankfulness Week" blog will be a weekly thing for me. I want to be thankful to three key People in my life, and one "Wildcard"..

The constants will be my parents and Jesus, and the wildcard will be whomever my heart feels like it, every Friday. :)

I am thankful that the Lord Jesus had:

1. Saved me from this world since childhood, by giving me the gift of nonconformity.
2. Given me great parents who had given me the best of what they know; we totally disagree on a lot of points in life, especially the ones that matter most to my Big Boss/Father/Hero, but they have given me the best of what they know, and that is the biggest gift that Jesus has given me.
3. Given me the gift of excellence, balanced by the gift of "enough is enough," that He only allowed me ENOUGH of certain experiences and learnings to ensure the learnings I need to take for the calling He has for me.
4. Given me the gift of learning upside down. So now that I know Whom to work for, I know what I need to do. Yay!
5. Given me the capacity to appreciate life and enjoy the simplest of joys.
   

I am thankful to my Mother for:

1. Always praying for me.
2. The gift of integrity.
   
3. The gift of consistency.
4. The gift of faithfulness.
5. The gift of making arts and crafts.
6. The gift of giving attention to detail.
7. The gift of painful learnings. :)

I am thankful to my Father for:

1. Always being there to step in when I was about to screw up my life.
2. The gift of street-wise wisdom: what plants are there, for what, for being able to grow figs at home, the gift of WD-40! Woohoo! Imagine, I couldn't get the denged keys through the keyholes in this ancient house! A drenching and bath of WD-40 sure fixed that!!! In fact, the WD-40 incident just inspired this post!
   
3. The strength and strictness to keep me at home. Thank you, Tay. Because of this, I learned to not enjoy gossip too much now, but only after unlearning all the crap of television.
4. For surrounding me with educational stuff, because of this, my brain has been well-fed. :)
5. For the painful learnings; because of that, I learned to unlearn. :)
   

I love my parents, even though I do not agree with them a lot of the time. They may desire the temporary for me, but Jesus has a deep vision for me that I have to walk in, MY WAY. Because unless I walk in it the way Jesus has planned for me, it will never be realized, because I'm sooo denged busy working for the temporary.

Mother, I'm sorry. I have to prioritize what vision Jesus has for me and MY family. Or else, I will be stuck in poverty in the long run. I sacrifice today, so that in the long run, I will be able to fly.


Don't worry, God provides for the right now, if I prioritize the long run. Thanks for helping me out for an entire month. I need to act like an adult now. No more dependency on you. But I have to do this MY WAY. Our violent emotions just get in the way. I don't understand you, neither do you understand me. But at the very least, I get that you need me to be independent. So do I. It's just wrong to be dependent on you, and on others. But do not worry, God provides. Just don't stress the details.

So let's keep some boundaries for today, coz fights and negative emotions really delay both you and me. :)


Wildcard: I'm thankful to Kuya Chin Bon and Kuya Elim. These guys are my most loyal readers, and they encourage me to blog on. :)

Hugz to you guys!

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Quick and Easy Meal: Lorie's Adapted Mongolian Bowl

I know we are all busy, and we would like to learn how to cook healthier meals, even if we're too busy. We really don't want to resort to the instant noodle, or in the Philippines, the instant Pancit Canton (fried noodles) meals. These meals tend to be highly unhealthy, and actually promote obesity. So what do you do, then? Click read more to learn about a quick, but highly healthy recipe for people on the go!

Yesterday, I talked about how we really need to be able to stock up on meals that are not only quick and easy to prepare, but also healthy.

The harassed yuppie normally has little choice but fastfood and instant noodles to choose from when they need a quick bite to eat at night. But thankfully, I need not obese-ify myself on Pancit Canton. I can instead gorge on bananas, oatmeal, as well as meals like these.

And it works! I've thinned down a lot. From a 38-in waistline, I am down to 37 inches on a full belly, and 36 on a meagerly-fed one. I guess I need to walk more, heheh. :p

For those who work at home like me, it would be a great idea for you to keep meal-sized plastic containers lying around. To save time, you could actually prepare the meals on your day off, and just stock them up, ready for reheating.

One kind of meal that I’ve found is rather quick to prepare is patterned after the Mongolian style of cooking, as I’ve taken note from Mongolian restaurants here.

All you need are:

• 1 cup sprouted mung beans
• an onion, diced or chopped
• 2-3 cloves garlic, diced or chopped
• 2-3 tomatoes, diced
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• oil for sautéing
• black pepper and basil to taste

Boil the batch of sprouted beans first, then refrigerate. You can also cook a batch of rice prior to this, and then refrigerate. When you are ready to prepare your quick “Mongolian” meal, do the following:

Sauté the garlic, onion and tomatoes together in a saucepan. Then when some onion or garlic pieces have browned, add in the sprouted mung beans with them. Let the mixture simmer a bit, then add the rice. When the rice has been added, add sugar, soy sauce, pepper and the basil to the mix. Toss as you let it simmer. When you’ve mixed the meal evenly, you can now take it off the fire, and enjoy!

This is already a big enough meal, and my measurements here are rough estimations. I usually just toss everything in a saucepan and enjoy the meal while surfing and thinking about what to write next.

I also set aside the extra portions for later meals, and I do the same with the oatmeal. I find that meals like these take me only about 15 minutes to make, or less. But we have to consider that the rice was already pre-cooked, while the beans had already been boiled.

I boil the beans because the last time I made these I thought I had experienced food poisoning. Just to be on the safe side, you know.

Well, I’m sure you learned a quick way to feed yourself today. Hope you come back next time!

Thank you for the image:

http://www.dessertcomesfirst.com

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