Pronunciation: ‘jag-“ship
Function: noun
Etymology: modern English word that originated in THY Marketplace,
It means, “ I will continue to believe in God’s dream for you and I am going to spend my life with you pursuing God and leading others to follow His will.”
For more info, please refer to Journal Entries #6, Series 2006.
With all my heart, I thank you, girls, for the JAGship. Your lives have been my inspiration in discovering God’s desires and purpose in and through my very life.
Thank you for teaching how to love more and to be patient in everything… Thank you for being patient with me too.
Thank you for training my heart to be stronger for others.
Thank you for teaching me how to pray some more…and for being part of my answered prayers.
Thank you for the opportunity of sharing with you God’s life-changing words, His unfailing character and immeasurable love.
Thank you for teaching me to think more of others highly than myself.
Thank you for helping me give more of myself and my God-given resources.
Thank you for believing in me and in the dreams and visions of God.
Thank you for making me see my King’s glory in your lives.
Thank you for letting me prepare you everytime you sing for the Lord.
Thank you for the delight of seeing you perform for the Lord.
Thank you for sharing with me your life-stories and life-secrets and for the freedom of sharing mine.
Thank you for the songs, the games, the smiles, the giggles, the laughters, and the tears.
Thank you for not being ashamed to cry. You all look dainty and precious but so strong in character and faith.
Thank you for watching movies with me…and for drinking coffee after the movie.
Thank you for staying up late and working overtime with me –for the Lord.
Thank you for pushing me to dance – for the Lord.
Thank you for adding graphics and tunes to my adventurous life.
Thank you for sharing the same passion in photography… “picture! picture!”
Thank you for answering all my Questions (Qs)… I know they were tough and are getting tougher and tougher.
Thank you for you unknowingly became my source of strength, encouragement and joy in so many ways.
Thank you for being my “hukbong sandatahan.”
Thank you for reading my recommended books… but I doubt if you get to finish them all.
Thank you for always making yourselves available for the King and His kingdom.
Thank you for being responsible with the tasks I have entrusted you with.
Thank you for the joy of seeing you desiring more of God.
Thank you for giving yourselves first to Jesus and wanting more of Him first in your lives.
Thank you for being my lifelong companions... and I am forever grateful for having you around and for eternity.
Thank you for accepting me, for understanding me, for trusting me, for loving me, for protecting me, for praying with me, for dining with me, for investing time with me, for believing with me, for dreaming with me, for working with me, for bearing the burden with me, for persevering with me, for being one in hearts and spirits… for holding my hand, for just being there and for everything else. My cup runneth over because of you.
Thank you for directing me closer and closer to Christ and for helping me become more and more like Him as I continue to ask for His wisdom and grace on how to take care of you…and thank you for allowing me to lead you into the path of righteousness and to the throne of grace.
Thank you for making me realized that loving God’s people is not easy and very complicated yet one of the most fulfilling and rewarding role I have been called to do.
Thank you for the friendship and for being a familiy.
Thank you for the giving me the privilege of being your spiritual coach.
Thank you for sticking closer than sisters.
Thank you for celebrating life with me.
Now, more than ever, I thank the Author of JAGship, Jesus Christ, for bring you all into my life. Thank You, Lord, for a fun-filled and a faith-filled 2006. We have left an eternal mark in the lives of others this year and I thank You, Lord, for the many lives that You will bring into our JAGship in the coming years.
JAG, words will never be able to contain how deep my love for you is but I pray that, in the likeness of Jesus, it is evident by the way I live and the way I care for all of you. If only you could see your lives right through me eyes…but more than that, I earnestly pray that you will greatly see your lives in the eyes of the One Who created us – God Almighty.
Pursue God…and live through the joy of walking according to His plans and purposes. You have me in this faith-journey and I pray that God will allow me to watch you rise to your full potential. I really pray that you will hear and live the call of God and will dream of multitudes acknowledging and accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior as you let Him use you for the expansion and extension of His kingdom.
I am looking forward, with all hope and faith, for the day when I get to see Christ honoring you and crowning you with many crowns.
May we all reflect the Lord’s love, not only today but all the days of our lives.
With much love and deep prayers because of Jesus,
Jaja,20:24
Christmas 2006
I was counting my blessings. I named you one by one.
Thank you Lord for the year 2006 with JAG.
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