THE RELEVANCE OF APRIL 16TH, 2011 TO MY LIFE

April 16th, 2011.... Why am I sooooooooooo sad today?
What's the relevance of this day to my life?

April symbolizes the number 4...and in Chinese and Japanese numerology, 4 means death and sufferings but also means luck for it sounds like water in Shanghainese.

I think I am sad today because I am very sick, and that I have cancelled all my classes online and centre-based just to have a rest so I can perform tomorrow, April 17th, 2011, for my church and for the GLORY of MY GOD.
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4 has a spiritual meaning though...as stated below:
"....Four:
The symbolic meaning of number Four deals with stability and invokes the grounded nature of all things. Consider the four seasons, four directions, four elements all these amazingly powerful essences wrapped up in the nice square package of Four. Fours represent solidity, calmness, and home. A recurrence of Four in your life may signify the need to get back to your roots, center yourself, or even "plant" yourself. Fours also indicate a need for persistence and endurance....."

SO I AM HOME NOW WORKING WITH MY OWN 'SELF'...I NEED TO HAVE TIME FOR MY SELF ALONE...THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS IF GOD WANTS ME TO DO SOMETHING VERY BIG...I think it's just a PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL COME VERY SOON...so I MUST BE GLAD FOR MY GOD HAS BEEN PREPARING GOOD THINGS FOR ME...MY GOD KNOWS WHAT IS REALLY BEST FOR ME...IT'S OKAY THAT I SUFFER...THE REWARD IS GREAT...THANKS TO YOU, MY FATHER...

2011 gives also the sum of 4, and as I said, 4 means death...and I remember daddy, Andreo, mama, and Bernard....
They are my loved ones who have already passed away....
With the present economic, and financial crises, I should be glad that they are already dead...it seems like they won't be able to bear the anguish, and pains, so GOD has taken them away ahead of me...so I CAN FIGHT WITH THE REST OF OUR FAMILY...PLEASE HELP ME GOD! ( AMEN!)

But wait. There's still 16.
And 16 gives the sum of 7.
7 is the NUMBER of the LORD GOD.
"......In Scripture, seven symbolizes completeness or perfection. On the seventh day God rested from his labors and creation is finished (Gn 2:2). Pharaoh in his dream saw seven cattle coming from the Nile (41:2). Samson’s sacred Nazirite locks were braided in seven plaits (Jgs 16:13). Seven devils left Mary of Magdala, signifying the totality of her previous possession by Satan (Lk 8:2); "seven other devils" will enter the purified but vacant life of a person (Mt 12:45). However, on the positive side, there were the seven spirits of God (Rv 3:1). In the seventh year the Hebrew slave was to be freed (Ex 21:2), having completed his time of captivity and service. Every seventh year was a sabbatical year (Lv 25:4). Seven times seven reiterates the sense of completeness. In the Year of Jubilee (at the completion of 7 x 7 years = the 50th year), all land is freed and returns to the original owners (Lv 25:10). Pentecost, the Feast of Weeks, is seven times seven days after Passover. "Seventy," which is literally "sevens" in Hebrew, strengthens the concept of perfection. There are 70 elders (Ex 24:1) in Israel. Israel was exiled to Babylon for 70 years (Jer 25:12) to complete its punishment. "Seventy times seven" (Mt 18:22) reiterates this still further. The Lord was not giving Peter a mathematical number of times that he should forgive another person, but rather was insisting on limitless forgiveness for a brother’s sin...."

GOD used 7 to indicate the period WHEN GOD IS GOING TO REVEAL ALL HIS WONDROUS PLANS.
And Jesus's SECOND ADVENT is signalled by the 7th blowing of the trumpet.
Therefore, I SHOULD BE GLAD...MY SALVATION IS COMING NEARER, and NEARER and NEARER.
"......And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets....."

But 7 also symbolizes plagues and disasters.
".....And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; because in them is filled up (teléo) the wrath of God....."

"....And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done...."

Therefore, I should be glad for my SALVATION IS REALLY COMING. THOUGH SUFFERINGS WILL ALSO COME, BUT THE TIME FOR MY SUFFERINGS IS TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SHORT COMPARED TO THE TIME OF MY JUBILEE WITH MY LORD GOD, AND WITH MY LORD JESUS AS WELL AS MY LOVED ONES WHO I BELIEVE I WILL BE MEETING IN THE HOLY CITY.

Since on the 7th day, GOD had rested after HE created this world, I AM ALSO RESTING TODAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH, 2011 to contemplate, to think, and to talk to my GOD so I may know HIS PLANS FOR ME for tomorrow. Anyway, tomorrow, April 17th, 2011 is another day and another narrative of my life. Since tomorrow will be Sunday, I HAVE TO SING PRAISES FOR MY FATHER IN THE CONGREGATIONAL SERVICE AT THE HOLY TEMPLE OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO in the morning, and I have to attend the choir practice in the afternoon.

I usually don't work on Thursdays and Sundays for these days are dedicated to my FATHER.

"....Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed [sanctified] it...."

But since the teacher who supposed to handle the nursery and kindergarten classes here are tooooooooooooo reluctant to do her work for me...maybe because she won't be earning much because I just ask 1000PHP a month from every child here...and I told the teacher that she would be earning 50% of the net income...maybe she was thinking that she wouldn't be earning a lot.......so she refused to teach this summer.

This spurred myself to work harder, that made me sicker and sicker every day. My heart is forced to do strenuous tasks every day so I had black spots again on my body which I noticed last Thursday, April 14th, 2011 when I performed even I was very, very sick; even I lost my voice, I still performed my duty as a choir member in my Church.

But I also suspect that my sicknesses at this time are due to the radiation that comes from the nuclear plants in Fukushima Ken, Japan. I don't believe that radiation has not reached the Philippine soil. It's carried by the wind. So most probably, and most possibly, after the explosions, it just took a few hours to reach the Philippine soil. And the Philippine governmant doesn't want to declare that we are already affected by Japan's radiation. Anyway, even if the Philippine government declares that we are already contaminated by radiation, NOTHING WILL COME OUT AS A SOLUTION. For GOD's angel has already poured the 7th bowl....

"....And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done...."

Next to this is the SECOND ADVENT OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I SHOULD BE GLAD. THE TIME OF MY SALVATION IS REALLY NEAR.

http://www.biblewheel.com/topics/seven_meaning.asp

SURVIVING CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

"Congenital heart disease is a type of defect or malformation in one or more structures of the heart or blood vessels that occurs before birth" (http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/congenital-heart-disease). My congenital heart problem was caused by a rheumatic fever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatic_fever). So the valves of my heart have been affected since I was in the womb of my mom. This type of heart problem is called rheumatic heart disease (http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4709), and it's congenital.

I remember I became so bony when I was in grade 2 which caused our family doctor to advise my parents not to send me to school anymore. For the whole year I was confined in a clinic, and our house became my hospital. I hardly breathed that time. I always had a fever, and my throat was always reddish, and painful. I couldn't even eat. I hardly walk either. If I walked a short distance, I would tremble and would fall on the ground. Our doctor, I still remember his surname, Dr. Felizarta of Polillo Quezon, Philippines, even advised my mom to look for a heart specialist, a cardiologist, to perform any heart operations on me. So my mom and I went to Laguna Province, Sampaloc in Manila City, Lucena City, and a lot more places just to look for a heart specialist.

We were lucky enough to find one, but was asking my mom to produce a tremendous amount of money so he could perform any operations on me. My dad was in the ministerial vocation that time. He was one of the pioneering volunteer church workers of the CHURCH OF CHRIST or the Iglesia Ni Cristo (http://iglesianicristochurchofchrist.webs.com/), here in the Philippines. My mom was just selling some fish on the streets around our community. We didn't have any means to earn millions or even thousands of pesos that time. So my dad told my mom and I to just pray. He said that if doctors could lengthen someone's life, the more OUR GOD CAN.

My parents and I usually knelt down every night and day, regardless of time, just to beg from our GOD to add more years to my life. We bowed our heads, and earnestly asked for GOD's mercy. Since then it became my habit to always kneel down and pray all the time especially when I become very, very sick.

Many times I came to a point where I was about to expire. In 1999, I already saw my body lying on my bed while my mom was beside me crying. I was telling what my mom should do whenever I would be leaving her alone for I know my mom was so weak in the sense that she would just accept whatever came across her journey. She was always bullied and terrorized by any one. So even if I have a congenital heart disease, I stood for my mom whenever she was beaten and hit by a woman or by other peson of her age, or younger than her, or older than her. I was my mom's hero despite the fact that I am very, very sick. She died in 2000 due to heart attack and a kidney failure. She was found unconscious beside the well in her haven in Caloocan City, a place where my family and I loved to stay under the sky when the moon was in its fullest and biggest.

Just this year, on August 11th, my dearest brother, Bern, who stood as my best friend in our family died of a gall bladder stone operation at the St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines. My brother, as far as my knowledge about him and my observations are concerned, was a kind of weak, too, with regard to body pains. He couldn't tolerate even a simple headache. He would take drugs for headaches, or colds whenever he felt like he had. He drank a lot of medicine all the time. He always went to his doctor for a general check up. But he wasn't able to foresee and notice the effects of drugs into his body, and what drugs did to his gall bladder. He didn't listen to what I told him about taking drugs: synthetic or authentic.

When my mom died, I had several heart attacks. And when my brother died in August this year, I also fainted, and went unconscious again for 10 minutes here in my place.

In 2002, because of a lot of pains and heartaches, I was hospitalized. My system was not functioning well. I couldn't pee. I couldn't poo. I was violet again. I forgot to mention that I was also a blue baby when I was born (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_baby_syndrome) . The nephrologist, Dr. Ong of the National Kidney Institute, and was also working in the New Era General Hospital where I was confined for a week told me that I needed to undergo a surgery, that time for a kidney failure and a kidney stone. I know that my body would be too weak to undergo the process. So I asked Dr. Ong how much percentage of the possibility of surviving the operation he could spare with me, and the possibility of being cured since my heart was also very much affected that time. And Dr. Ong said there was ONLY a 50-50 chance of surviving. I was vegetable that time but I managed to negotiate with my doctor. I told him to release me and send me home. He refused for he said that my kidney failure was already fatal. If something wrong happened to me in my house, no one would attend to my needs and no one would give me at least any first aids. But with firm conviction and positive mind, I told Dr. Ong that MY GOD CAN GIVE ME A 100% LIFE, AND CAN ALSO TAKE MY LIFE A 100%. My GOD HAS NO 50-50 CHANCES. WITH MY GOD, I CAN HAVE 100% CHANCE OF SURVIVING AND 100% CHANCE OF DYING. So I wouldn't be suffering much. This what I told the attending kidney surgeon.

Dr. Ong asked me to sign a waiver before I left the hospital. This waiver stated that I would be coming back to him for surgeries after a week. He TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SURVIVE. I was hospitalized for a week in 2002 after the death of my mom in 2000, and never came back to Dr. Ong, and to Dr. Mayo until today, December 29th, 2010. I became paralyzed. I wasn't able to move. I couldn't even go to the rest room to pee or poo. My husband needed to carry me to the toilet. He also needed to help me lie on my bed or move whenever I needed to take congee, or any soft food, and MY CLEANSING AND HEALING DIETS WHICH WERE GIVEN TO ME BY GOD. I stopped using synthetic and even authentic drugs upon knowing that the drugs that were given to me were all steroids. For you not to ask youself 'why' and 'why' and 'why', I inserted this link http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/news/20050316/why-steroids-are-bad-for-you, to explain to you the bad effects of steroids.  I had oedema that time. I was bloated. And I looked like a zombie. My husband has been taking care of me. My brother, Bern, was the one who prayed to our GOD to grant me the best 'freedom' that HE could give me that time. My brother, Arthur, was my therapist and my reflexologist.

Little by little, I was able to walk. In December, 2009, GOD allowed me to walk painlessly. I was able to  dress myself up. And I was able to attend our Thanksgiving at the Temple. That Thanksgiving Day,  I begged from the ALMIGHTY GOD to HELP me walk, and heal me completely so I could go back to my previous church duty, that's  being a choir member.

Some of my loved ones have already passed  away. I saw how they died. I saw how they were treated at the hospitals. From then on I promised GOD to continue serving HIS NAME, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS WORLD AND TO MY LIFE. I PROMISED OUR ALMIGHTY GOD THAT I WILL DIE GIVING HONOR AND GLORIES TO HIM FOR HE HAS HEALED ME. I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE DEGERATIVE DISEASES THROUGH THE HELP AND ASSISTANCE OF THE TRUE ALMIGHTY GOD. So the life and strength HE is giving me all years long will be spent on giving services unto HIM, and on singing hymns of praises.

THE ALMIGHTY GOD ALSO HAS GIVEN ME THE FORMULAS TO SURVIVE. If you are interested in knowing the formulas, please get in touch through this page. Please leave you comment here with your e-mail address.

Thank you!

Enjoy reading.

PrettyJean Who?

Who is PrettyJean? Well, definitely, PrettyJean is not the apparel or the denim or perfume from France which Jean-Claude Ellena created. PrettyJean is absolutely a person who was born in the month of January. She's certainly a Capricorn, a woman of principles and discipline. And most of all, she's no other than me.

In this first blog, the importance of personality,and the reasons why we need to know our own personality are being discussed. Why do we need to know ourselves? Why do we need to be borne on this Earth?

Every individual has the right to be borne. Being alive, and having  the chance to live on this Earth are opportunities which give a person the consequence of proving herself to others. Generally, this is true to everyone, and very perfectly naturally true to me.

To live on Earth has a purpose. And to target that objective purposively, any one needs tools and weapons. One of our tools and weapons on this Earth is our personality. Knowing oneself helps make  herself successful, and tremendously great. Every individual needs to learn more about herself so that she can also relate herself to others. This Intelligence is called INTRAPERSONAL by Dr. Howard Gardner. Definitely, if a person is strange to herself, she can't understand herself better, and will always have conflicts with herself. Having conflicts with oneself always results to committing suicide. To avoid this fatalistic attitude, one should figure out herself better. By studying one's personality, a person can be brave enough to face all the challenges and sufferings that might come across her way, and can be au fait with nature and situations.

As a person, I started hitting the books on personality since I was a  child. I also love reading my daily horoscopes which SOMETIMES  gave me a hundred percent exact reading of myself. I never stop learning about my traits and characteristics, my attributes and talents,especially the innate talents and knowledge our GOD  has bestowed upon me. In this case, I am certain of  what I need to do. I can plan directly and righteously. I can stay cool in times of crises.

Up to this moment, I still need to learn more about myself. I still need to discover who really I am so that I can make right decisions, and I can figure out my next move. This way, my purpose in life also becomes clearer.

I want to share how I ascertain myself more.  Today, I again searched  the internet for my query about my personality. And here is the result of my research. This result answers the question about my traits and characteristics. Read on to know who PrettyJean is. So you will stop asking "Who is PrettyJean?"

The following discusses everything about my personality as presented by http://www.gotohoroscope.com/. And I attest that they are all true and 100% evident in myself.

Capricorn zodiacal characteristic

Basic traits of Capricorn character - December 22 and January 20

THE Zodiacal Sign of Capricorn commences on December 21st, but for seven days, being overlapped by the influence of the previous sign, so it can not take its full power until on or about December 28th. From this out it is in full strength until January 20th, and is then for seven days gradually losing its strength on account of becoming overlapped by the "cusp" of the incoming sign Aquarius. People who were born between January 20th and the 27th partake of the characteristics of both Capricorn and Aquarius, and the same rule applies to all persons born within the "cusp" of any signs.

These people are usually ambitious and the lives of those born under this sign are marked by a purposeful pursuit of their destiny. CAPRICORNS have a sense of purpose and a great faith in their own ability.

People born in January are usually mentally strong, but they are, as a rule, generally aren’t understood by other people. They are thinkers, reasoners, and usually successful in business or any form of government work. Capricorn is a pushy Cardinal Earth sign ruled by Saturn, the planet of adversity.

They are as a rule very independent and high-minded in all what they do, and detest being under the restraint of others. Capricorns will grind anything that gets in their way down to dust. Time is definitely on their side.  It gets easier for them as they older.  When they age, they cheer up too.

They must be leaders in whatever they are engaged, or else they are inclined to lose their interest in what they do. These poeople, as a rule, are serious individuals, beneath their reserve there is a sensitive and sympathetic person and anyone who needs a strong shoulder to lean on needn't look further than the CAPRICORN. One of their more striking characteristics is their subtle sense of humor.

Such people have non-typical ideas of love, duty, and social position, and that is why they are often considered to be "odd," and do not fit in easily with their neighbors or colleagues. Their basic concern is for security and to understand the feelings and needs of other people. CAPRICORNS have a great sense of pride and will not forgive anyone who belittles or slights them

They are often excellent speakers, but not because they are good orators, but because they plain their speech.

Although they may seem to be cold, they have warm hearts towards suffering, and as a rule they give away very much, but subscribe more generously when giving to institutions than when giving to a person.

Fear is at the root of all Capricorn troubles. It si necessary for them to chip away at those fears. They must try to be gentle with themselves, but do the work. 

They worship intellectual, clever people; they rarely interfere with the affairs of others, but they will never stand interference from others.

They should aim for some form of public life. Generally these people succeed in such careers. Government or responsible positions of control and management of others is the best work for them.

This people are inclined to excite bitter opposition but bear up against it with a philosophic spirit. Their home and family life is very often a troubled one. They frequently feel "lonely-hearted" and misunderstood, even if it is not so. On the other hand they respond well to domestic life because it proves stability. Once they fall in love and commit, the typical CAPRICORN is unlikely to jeopardize the union. They place great importance on personal happiness.

If we take in the full picture, we will see that it is a mixed bag of both greatness and evil. This can take many forms. It can show one who suffers at the hand of evil and who is cast out in disgrace, or it can show one who has sacrificed their own soul to gain the world, or some variation in between. There is often a fondness for the earth and agriculture present in these natives.

Capricorn - The Sign of the Sea Goat

Synonym of this sign is a purposeful man. That people always have the purpose, and trying to reach it, using all possible means. Capricorn sweep away absolutely everything working precisely, definitely and rigidly while getting to their target. Rigidly - does not mean rectilinearly.They can be guileful and artful working everything out delicately. It is difficult to catch them red-handed.

Friends

Representative of this sign as a friend is loyal, kind, caring, and often very generous to his/her friends. CAPRICORNS gain something special from long-term friendships. They usually make the most solid and best friendships with people who are born in their own period.

Health

As a rule these people are more inclined to suffer from indigestion, rheumatism and pains in the feet.

Color

The colors which give the most suitable vibrations to persons born in this period, and which are the most beneficial to them, are all tones of grey, all ranges of violet and purple, and also black.

Stones

The birth stones for this period are moon-stones, pearls, and amethysts.

To learn about your own personality, you may go to their site. The link is here... http://www.gotohoroscope.com/