MY NAME IS JOSH & THIS IS MY HAUS.

Dear Josh,

Seated on my table with so much hefty ideas on my head, with surging words that even now still left unspoken, I can say that the world is testing me, playing games that can’t be outrun. I felt the berserk butterflies churning on my belly as I closed my eyes, uttering prayers that seemed to be fragments of my hopes and phrases of desperations that was bait on an arid February air. I want to run, but when i start, I stop. I want to cry, but just as the tear would moist my lashes, I wiped it all away. I want to scream to release all the pain, but I already stitched my mouth with threads of apathy, to numb all agony that seemed to be a better alternative of an anesthesia. You see? I remained whole despite of this. I am still that person every after end of the day – still the person that you used to know way back then. And with this, I wanted to teach you that despite of the hurts, the crosses that you bear and the blood that you shed, I wanted you to know that never give up because at the end, the pains and sacrifices are all worth it. Every scars of mine is a reminder that I have lived a life, after all my battles and loses, a worthwhile way of living. And those scars are just about to tattoo on your dried skin soon, making an imprint in your bone an insignia of victory, one that you will never lose.

So never give up. Trust less for yourself, trust God more.

Your friend,

Yourself.

..

PHOTO: JOSHMALDITO (C) / MODEL: KAREN

As of now, our brothers and sisters in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City is still in need of your donations regarding to the aftermath of the Typhoon Sendong. The LBC Express Inc. is accepting all kinds of donations like water, food, blankets, medicines and sanitations kits, and etc. wherein they will shift your donations for free. Some of the victims aside from adults are children which needs more proper care and attention since most of them are vulnerable to all sorts of diseases. You can drop your donations to all LBC branches near you. No limit.

Please extend some helping hand.

It’s not yet too late to give up on this situation when we are together as ONE.

Christmas means love. And love means life.

Let love keep our will upon its knees,

- Josh

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I learned everything from Noah’s Ark. This has been circulating for many years, but it’s still a really great list showing how Noah’s Ark teaches us a lot in our daily lives.

1. Don’t miss the boat.
2. Remember that we are all in the same boat.
3. Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.
4. Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
5.Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
6. Build your future on high ground.
7. For safety’s sake, travel in pairs.
8. Speed isn’t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.
9. When you’re stressed, float a while.
10. Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.
11.No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting.

These stories aren’t made to satisfy our curiosities of what happened in the past nor made to give us an Ancient kind of sci-fi. These are stories, whether we believe it or not, are stories about faith that can be applied today. Aren’t we like Noah? Sometimes God give us tasks that we cannot even understand or too big that it can overwhelmed us. But out of love, Noah did what God called him to do. This is obedience. But the story, doesn’t end here, isn’t it? God is looking for people like Noah in the 21st century - people willing to live for God’s pleasure.

Now let’s live that life with such obedience. As they say, obedience unlocks understanding…and understanding comes great love.

This is it. Let’s live and love…just like Noah.

- JOSH :)