Saturday, November 28, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
Finding Gratitude After Loss
Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions. Luke 12:15
John Wesley was all of six years old when fire broke out in the frame house where he and his large family lived. It was one of the most vivid memories of his life. John was trapped on the second floor, unable to get out. He stood there at the window terrified, afraid to jump.
But a neighbor, standing on the shoulders of another man, was able to reach the little boy and pull him through the window just as the roof collapsed and fell, where, only moments before, John had been standing.
Telling of the event many years later, John Wesley wrote, "When they brought me to the house where my father was, he cried out, `Come neighbors, let us kneel down! Let us give thanks to God! He has given me all my eight children; let the house go, I am rich enough.'"
In 1709, the year this tragedy took place, there were no insurance policies guaranteeing the rebuilding of a house that had been engulfed in flames. Normally, a man's life savings went into his house, and it was passed down to one of the children as an inheritance. But the house was of no concern: "I am rich enough!" he said, thanking God that the lives of his children had been spared.
Years ago, a friend and I happened to notice smoke coming out the window of a small house nearby. We ran to see if we could help, but by the time we arrived, it was too late. An oil heater had exploded, sending flames throughout the tiny little house.
Outside stood a mother, a father, and a little girl about seven years of age. The mother was crying; the dad wringing his hands as he cried out, "My God, all is lost; everything we own." Reaching for the hand of her father, the little girl said, "All's not lost, Daddy; you've got Mommy and me!"
Far too often we focus on the ashes, the failures, the broken dreams, what happened which didn't go according to the script, and we wring our hands. What really counts? The rebuilding of a house, or saving a family?
Our problem, simply put, is that we have put so much value on possessions that we have lost sight of the value of relationships--family, friends and neighbors.
We need to learn the lesson Jesus impressed on His disciples when he said, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15).
What is needed today is a clear vision, separating what is really important from the clutter and baggage that fills our lives and our schedules--things that don't really matter when it comes to the true currency of life and living.
Many people throughout the world celebrated yesterday as Thanksgiving Day, but today, the day after, it is business as usual. How do you develop an attitude of gratitude--the kind that affects your outlook on life the day after Thanksgiving, or the day after a fire?
Strive to get the perspective of eternity! Separate the wheat from the chaff! Learn to know the difference between what people think is important--the house, the car, the luxury vacation--from what really is important.
Learn to be grateful for the moment--the cup of coffee with your mate or best friend, the beauty of the morning, the quiet evening with your family, the smell of the dew and the fragrance of a rose. For these, be thankful! There is gratitude beyond the fire of disappointment. Think about it.
Resource reading: Acts 16:19-28
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/finding-gratitude-after-loss/
CV census almost done –PSA-7
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Statistics Authority in Central Visayas (PSA-7) revealed that they have already covered 99.73 percent of their ongoing Census of Population and Housing which started in September 2020.
Engr. Ariel Florendo, regional director of PSA-7, said that in Central Visayas, Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City are the remaining areas where census activity is still ongoing.
Florendo explained that knowing the country’s population is important so that the government can strategize and line their policy makings, and implementation of programs, projects, and services.
“So when it comes to planning, down to the barangays and municipalities, there’s no other data but the Census. So very important gyud that’s why we have some businesses nga matukod because of the data, we have policy-making, programs, projects from the LGUs and the government because of the data gathered in the Census,” Florendo explained.
Florendo also admitted that they have experienced difficulties in gathering data especially in condominiums, and exclusive subdivisions, because of the intensified security protocols in these areas due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
“We will ask the public, kung kinsa tong wala pa ma-enumerate, count, or wala pa ma-census, to please visit or call us,” he added.
He added that the agency is targeting to complete the census on April 2021, wherein the president is expected to make a declaration of the country’s population./rcg
https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/352635/cv-census-almost-done-psa-7
Thursday, November 26, 2020
3 Things Everyone Can Be Thankful For
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34
"Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus," wrote a man who had known more than his fair share of difficulties. His name? We know him as Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ. In one sentence Paul gives us the key to unlocking the door to a relationship of blessedness and gratitude. He is saying in simple terms that thanksgiving is not a holiday to be celebrated but an attitude of your heart to be daily observed because no matter how difficult the circumstances of your life—whether you are in a hospital bed or enjoying health, wealth, and happiness—God is in control.
Thanksgiving didn't begin with American pilgrims in 1621 when Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and feasting, remembering that God had turned drought to rain that brought a simple harvest. Some 1400 years before, Paul instructed the Thessalonians to be thankful. Jews were instructed to celebrate deliverance from Egypt—a custom still observed in the Feast of the Tabernacle or Sukkot. When the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt, Nehemiah instructed the people to stop working and celebrate a season of thanksgiving.
In 1680 the Massachusetts Bay Colony recognized a Day of Thanksgiving, making it official. By 1858, 25 states and two U.S. territories officially recognized a day of thanksgiving, and, since 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving Day, subsequent American Presidents have followed the same pattern.
No matter where you live on planet Earth, every day should be a day of thanksgiving. For what should you be thankful? Don't limit your gratitude to my list, but may I mention some of the things for which I give thanks.
First, I give thanks for the assurance that I am God's child, that He has forgiven me and brought me into the Kingdom of His dear Son—not because I deserved it but because of the Father's great love for me.
Then I am thankful for my family and friends. I must tell you that God has so graciously touched my life with His favor. Yes, I'm thankful not only for His grace that meets me at the point of my weakness, but, honestly, I'm thankful as well for what hasn't happened.
I also thank God for the bumps in the road, challenges that bring me face to face with my weakness and cause me to cry out for God's help and provision that comes in such a way, I know He has provided—as opposed to something just happening. I'm convinced that what He has withheld, I haven't needed, and what He has given me is a stewardship to be used wisely for His work.
I'm thankful that in a world of turmoil, our great God will allow nothing to happen that escapes His attention or ability to prevent. That's why Paul wrote, "In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thessalonians 5:18, KJV).
And what of the future? It will arrive just one day at a time, and when tomorrow comes, God's Son will be there to take my hand and walk with me through the valley one step at a time. Yes, be thankful, friend. May the sin of ingratitude never be on the "unforgiven" list. Never!
Resource reading: Psalm 107:1-43
https://www.guidelines.org/devotional/3-things-everyone-can-be-thankful-for/
Look: China Central Television closing song "Feeling Quiet"
Since 2001, the editor-in-chief's office has opened the closing song of "Feeling Quiet" on CCTV Seven.
Since July 9, 2001, as the CCTV Science and Education Channel, which is affiliated to the Social Education Center, started broadcasting, the closing song began to be broadcast on the CCTV Science and Education Channel, and after the ending song is broadcast, it will be displayed for a few seconds and then see the picture.
After that, the editor-in-chief of CCTV made an adjustment to the ending song and enabled it on CCTV 1, 2, and 7. The adjusted ending screen of the ending song was changed to a combined screen of the two-line CCTV station logo and the Chinese and English station name, and the program preview The display method of is also modified, changing to a three-column white bold text covered with a blue translucent background for page display, the top column is the date and week (this content only appears on the first page), and the left column is the program broadcast When the time is displayed, the right column is the content of the program corresponding to the left column, and the animation effect is that the dividing line between the left and right columns pops up from top to bottom and then expands the blue background to both sides with this line as the center. Fly in from the top of the screen (later changed to gradually expand from top to bottom at the text display position), and the contents of the left and right columns expand from the dividing line to both sides (later changed to fly in from the left and right sides of the screen), stay for 10 seconds. After the text fades out, the second page content is expanded in the same way (the top bar is no longer displayed from the second page), and so on, until the last page content is displayed, the dividing line disappears from the screen from bottom to top, and then The blue background gradually converges to the dividing line, but CCTV-10 still use the 1999 version of the editor-in-chief.
At the end of 2009, the editor-in-chief of CCTV produced a new version of the closing song. Since CCTV 1 and 2 had been broadcasted 24 hours a day in October 2004 and November 2009 respectively, the new version of the closing song was only used on CCTV 7. The ending screen of the ending song of this version is "CCTV China Central Television" (in the same style as the new version of the morning song launched at the same period) and the "Thank you for watching" card with black background and white letters (the font continues to use the Founder Variety) The display mode is the same as the previous version after fine-tuning.
In 2013, the ID of CCTV 7 sets was adjusted, and the program preview part of the ending song was fine-tuned after the adjustment. Before the program trailer is displayed, the "7" in the channel image will be displayed first (fixed on the left side of the screen, disappears after the program preview is displayed, the animation effect when it disappears is faded out), and the content of the program trailer is located in the middle right of the screen Position, cancel the original blue background and the entity dividing line between the left and right columns, the text in the top column no longer only appears on the first page, but is now aligned to the left. At the same time, the font is changed, and the animation effect is not adjusted.
From January 2, 2014, CCTV-10 will no longer use "Feeling Quiet". After the all-day program is broadcast, it will be displayed directly and then closed after the picture.
- The first generation closing song: June 2, 1998 to August 9, 1999 (CCTV-1 version) and July 1, 2022 to present (Philippines' ABS-CBN and Studio 23 version)
- The second generation closing song: August 10, 1999 to April 30, 2002 (CCTV-1 version), July 9, 2001 to January 1, 2014 (CCTV-10 version)
- The third generation closing song: May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003
- The fourth generation closing song: May 1, 2003 to September 27, 2009
- The fifth generation closing song: September 28, 2019 to December 31, 2012
- The sixth generation closing song: January 1, 2013 to August 1, 2019
Note: The non-rolling subtitles program list was used on May 1, 2002, and the butterfly mark was deleted one year later, Lastly, it was suspended after the 24-hour broadcast of CCTV-1's on September 30, 2004, and finally suspended after the 24-hour broadcast of CCTV-2 on August 23, 2009, and finally on January 1, 2014, CCTV-10 revisions were suspended, and finally on August 1, 2019, CCTV 7 revisions were discontinued.
The fourth generation should be from September 28, 2009 to August 1, 2019, On February 18, 2009 CCTV-7 remains the old version of the closing song, and I have seen someone cut the November 2009 CCTV-2 closing song picture (no program preview)
"Feeling Quiet" (1998-2019 on CCTV, 1998-present on TVB, 2022-present on ABS-CBN and Studio 23)
Now, it was part of the Philippines' commercial broadcasting network ABS-CBN's flagship station DWWX-TV Channel 2 and UHF network Studio 23's flagship station DWAC-TV Channel 23 signing off messages that right after the Holy Rosary is the full version of China Central Television's 1998 ending song "Feeling Quiet" digitally remastered version in 4K 60fps HDR focusing on arts, after the nanny hugs the child, the Great Wall of China, followed by the 2014 ABS-CBN logo and 1989-2004/2017-present slogan "In the Service of the Filipino" then the words "Thank you for watching. Goodbye!", followed by Lupang Hinirang by UP Madrigal Singers with the PNP Band (1998 Centennial Version), announcement, station message and test card.
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| There was a scene of a nanny holding a child |
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| The last copyright page was the 2014 ABS-CBN logo and 1989-2004 and 2017-present slogan "In the Service of the Filipino" |
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| "Thank you for watching, goodbye" is in Gotham Bold font. |
