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Have Excellent Health in an Old Age

September 11, 2022 by Jun P. Espina

Bill Gates owns 269,000 acres of farmland, but it is just meaningless without excellent health. As Steve Jobs said, “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me.” But why are we thoughtless on average about giving ourselves everything to serve up a long life? Our healthy existence up to a ripe old age is all we have. Health is superior to wealth. For this reason, we have pursued a more lethal path when we have put wealth before health.

Her Promise After She Confessed Her Dark Secret

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 by Jun P. Espina

“I promise you: I’ll defend my love for you against a thousand Suzanne. I have given you the best version of me, every inch of my person, body, and spirit, for over a year now. But if you don’t love me, please let me know so I can move on and live life alone with Baby Jack.”

Unschooled Wisdom from Common Sense

August 21, 2022 by Jun P. Espina

“Thank you, my dear. Now we’re rich, and Lucho will attend school. Wisdom lives in the brain and heart, not in the muscles.”

When Reason Surrenders to Faith

July 28, 2022 by Jun P. Espina

All his atheistic principles crumbled to pieces. He realized some life events would just come without reason. That God exists dawned on him.

Psalm 23: Divine Promises of Provision, Assurance, and Hope

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 by Jun P. Espina

Our Lord sealed off the depth of this psalm, “written about Me.” (See Luke 24:44). As with other Scriptures, Psalm 23 earns our sacred spiritual care.

The Love of Christ

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 by Jun P. Espina

The apostle Paul is one Bible character who testified that he was controlled by the love of Christ. What was Paul’s purpose in pointing up this experience of closeness with our Lord? “For the love of Christ controls us,” he said. (2 Cor. 5:14) What especial instance that had led the apostle to write his experience that the love Christ controls him?