We believe that the past year brought in an overflow of blessings into our lives ten fold. Or maybe even 2,008 times more! Don't get us wrong, though. We also had our share of crests and troughs. We're regular people too.
We sat together and reflected on what our blessings were last year. Frankly, we can only think of the major ones. Overall, we both agreed that God never once disappointed us. This is truly convicting because looking back now, God made everything fall into place despite our stubbornness on all aspects. All we know is that every persistent claim we asked of Him, He granted. These, we say, are seeds of faith that He planted in our hearts, so that when the toughest of trying times come flooding in our lives, we will not crash through. We can always go back and reap the seeds.
Here are the nine major blessings we received last year, out of 2,008. The 1,999 other blessings we may not be able to identify, but we know we experienced for sure
Our marriage. OF COURSE. It's a no brainer! All the days we lived together as husband and wife were all quality times spent, even while we were separated by space and differed by time for three months last year. God indeed blessed the broken road that led us straight to each other
Our families. 2008 was a trying time for our families from both sides. A first cousin from Bangkok died in August when both of us were out of the country, and then our grandmother died the following month. But these deaths only bound us all closer together. It's always a blessing to have very supportive families around to embrace you.
Our health. Although we caught the bug last May, we are still blessed to have not suffered any illnesses last year. Our goal this year is to live a healthy lifestyle (memo to us).
Geneva, Mexico and Bangkok. Grabe, these are really testaments of unrelenting faith, especially the Geneva and Mexico trips. Just when we were becoming half-hearted about these (no housing afforded for Geneva, transit visa and ticket problems...), God pulled it all off!
Our jobs. We got the job transfer (Vincent's) we've been praying for at mid-year. We are grateful to God for our jobs.
More savings and loans cut back. We were able to come by 60% of our goal savings last year. It's not 100% but still, it's great! Plus, we were able to pay off half of one major loan and cleared one headache of a credit card.
Haaay, sarap ng feeling! PB, Chimei and our Philips contraptions. PB (Packard Bell) is our high-speed, light-weight notebook computer. We needed one like her and we got it
Chimei is how we call our desktop computer. We named her that as this is the brand name of our PC's LCD. We've been upgrading her ever since we got her early last year. As for the "contraptions", we are suckers for everything Philips and always wanted to acquire Philips machines. At the end of the year, our TV, mini-component, even our clock radio and MP3 Go Gear are all Philips (save for the DVD player and Chimei's speakers, which were part of our first acquisitions after getting married). Sweet!
Mingming. Losing Ting-ay was really heart-breaking, but having Mingming around was comforting. She kind of reminded us of Ting-ay. It was fun having her as our new bedmate.
Our anniversary honeymoon. This was something we so looked forward to at the end of last year. We blogged about it
HERE. It was the best first anniversary honeymoon ever! We had a grand time.
We're just excited about what's in store for us this 2009. We will continue to count our 2,009 blessings
By the way, while making this list, this song was being played over our FM radio. 'Guess this will be our theme song for each other this year -- and God's for us, too.
LongerDan FogelbergLonger than there've been fishes in the oceanHigher than any bird ever flewLonger than there've been stars up in the heavensI've been in love with youStronger than any mountain cathedralTruer than any tree ever grewDeeper than any forest primevalI am in love with youI'll bring fire in the wintersYou'll send showers in the springsWe'll fly through the falls and summersWith love on our wingsThrough the years as the fire starts to mellowBurning lines in the book of our livesThough the binding cracks and the pages start to yellowI'll be in love with youI'll be in love with youLonger than there've been fishes in the oceanHigher than any bird ever flewLonger than there've been stars up in the heavensI've been in love with youI am in love with you
I just finished cleaning our house -- toilet and bath included. My arms and back are in pain and my hands are dry and chemically white from the combination of all cleaning products I used. I may be tired, but here's the punch line: I FEEL SOOOOOO GOOD! 
