My name is Emerald Tobias-Morgia. I am a mother, and wife. I grew up resenting God. I was not really happy to be born into my family. I was not happy born in a poor family. I was not happy being born a Filipino. I was not happy with who I am. I grew up…
I awoke to the smell of the wonderful smell of scrambled eggs. And I smiled in happiness. Jun is cooking breakfast early in the morning for the first time and it’s a Monday! Flashback two days earlier: I was crying on the phone to him. I was cranky for not having a good night’s sleep…
A young man once ask Jesus about the greatest commandment. And one of the two answers is “Love the Lord yourGod with all your heart and with all your soul and withall your strength and with all your mind’ …Luke 10:27 With All Your Mind My mind is busy reading all the current events. My mind is busy looking at the lives of other people in Facebook. My mind is busy watching the trending TV series or…
After being married for four years, there are three lessons I learned that I want to share. That God designed marriage NOT for the couples to be HAPPY, but for them TO BE HOLY. Happiness is just a result of the journey to holiness. Such journey opens the eyes to what is really valuable in…
Shame Noun: the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another Verb: to publicly humiliate or shame for being or doing something specified (usually used in combination): The first people who felt ashamed were Adam and Eve. In Genesis 2 it says that Adam and Eve were both originally naked, “but they were not ashamed.” God clothed them in righteousness then. But after they disobeyed God,…
