Life After; Day128; When I Was 18..

And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.  I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God [in the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men], so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, yes, eternal life. 1Jo 5:11 – 13

When I Was 18…
Actually I cannot remember or recollect anything.  I know it was 1984 and I was in CIT, 2 yr. mark. I have not met my wife yet [met her in 1986]. I am pretty sure I was having fun at the Fatima Boarding house with Roel, Elius, Sammy, Sydney, Allan, Eden and Gina [and probably they were praying for us for Christ]. I know those times were great times in terms of the “worldly teenager thing” but I know for sure there were a lot of things that is not worth mentioning here. This post is not about me, sorry I brought you here with the tricky title but this is about what I saw last night in my daughter’s group get together at the house.  I normally mingles with the kids with their friends and play and joke with them. Last night I was just observing and and spying and trying to get to know the cores of each one – ‘kinda like trying to get to know who they really are.  I was impressed with her friends and the way they are.  Overall, thumbs up.  But what caught my eyes was the two “love birds” on the side [B and A] [real initial but denying the id].  I think they are so in love to each other as I can see in their eyes and the way they looked at each other.  It reminded me when I met my wife and the years we were together from then on. Then I ask my myself, will B/A last forever?  Will they be together next year? Will they be married forever? Will they have kids and have a party like this to watch their kids at 18 celebrate?  Can they survive the hardship of marriage?  These question will be answered in the coming years so I guess I have a project to watch.  The reason why I paid attention on this matter is – I witnessed so many “love birds” like that, childhood sweethearts that are so in love to each other but add years to that relationship plus kids and the outcome is DISASTER.  I have close friends that has been so in love with each other but then I have to counsel them because they could not stand together anymore. So sad that those great old times are gone and they can’t go back to where it was.  When me and Britta disagrees, I normally just go back to the the night where we talked on board the cruise ship from Ormoc to Cebu for 5 hours and those disagreement disappears.

So to B/A, please hang around with each other because I will be observing you every year.

MIT (Most Important Task)
1. 5Mile Time Trial  10 Miles
2. Celebration Church
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