I'm Grateful For Your Life Dad

"Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

Learn to Respect Others Even Low People. Way back I remember in my formative age we are always disciplined my brother and I for no reason as we thought with our limited mind, without knowing that the discipline of our dad brings us to a better person where we are now. I remember I was discipline for lack of respect to other people specially for the ordinary people whom I met and criticize the person, well I get an instant discipline in front of the person asking me to apologize.

Learn to Earn for a Living, Save and Relate to Others. I remember that during our elementary days even in our secondary school days we have just an exact school money allowance enough for our lunch and or snack. Looking back it is a formative character that we learn to earn an extra from what we received through entrepreneurial spirit as I learn to sell from "biko" during elementary days and term paper during my high school days from neighboring sections within my year level. I also learn to save and even become friendly in order to gain favors and collaborations.

Learn to Have Cash Flow Even What You've Got. I remember my dad how he raise us up together with my mom due to his entrepreneurial spirit by raising up houses for lease without spending a single peso. When I asked him where did he get the idea? He said, he get the idea from the Ayala but his house model, it doesn't matter how's the looks of each houses but most importantly was he have the cash flow running each month to give allowance to school and to send us to school for education and to provide us shelter and food.

Learn to Forgive and Love. I remember that I created a grudge over my dad since I'm short sighted and having a narrow mind when they discipline us during our child and even in my high school days to the point that I have this revenge plan against him when I grow up. But thank GOD that as I came to know CHRIST it change my mind and heart towards him, and instead of revenge, I ask for his forgiveness, as I timed it during those time that only him and me in our house, and I talked to him, heart to heart of my disappointments against him. But after that I also ask for his forgiveness and my forgiveness for the things that he hath done to me, and the last word that I mentioned was "I love you" and I embrace him. He said that it was the most wonderful thing that ever happened in his life.

Learn to Let Go and Thank GOD for his life. In his last two years after he have his first stroke way back December of 2018, he's always struggling to recover, after going through in and out from the Medical City hospital for almost two years, for his condition in his heart, brain, he undergo non invasive brain surgery, lung surgery, and we want to see him in his last day not to struggle but to find rest in the presence of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. We are thankful along that GOD allow him to seek GOD and to accept Him as LORD and Savior of his life, and we know that now, he already resting in the presence of our LORD.

Thank you LORD for the life of my dad and forever he's now in your presence. Thank you dad for raising us up though we know that you're not perfect, yet you did your best to raise us up to what we are now. I love you. 

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever." Psalm 23:6