I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak for Your Life

I’ve recently started reading a book by Joel Osteen, called I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak for Your Life, and I think it’s a pretty powerful book. The moment I saw it in the bookstore, I knew I just had to get one for myself and share it with others. As a child knowing many promises in the Bible, I’ve never actually thought of declaring them or using them until I absolutely had the need to, and that would be a shame since there are thousands of them! Now I’ll start to declare them into my life, and live God’s promises day to day.

Day 1

Ephesians 2:7

⁷ in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

I DECLARE God’s BLESSINGS over my life. I will see an explosion of God’s GOODNESS. I will experience the surpassing greatness of God’s FAVOR.

Lord, make me ready for the blessings that are about to come! Make me remain faithful so that when they come, I know it will be from YOU and there is no other source of it apart from you. 

Love my job!

I have been so blessed to be working in my current company as a Retailer Advocate, and I think just the fact that my job title doesn’t include the word Customer Service already makes me feel happy. Haha! Well, we still do assist retailers, but our customers are not irate and they’re definitely more professional than customers I’ve encountered before. Plus, it’s a fuel company, and I know for sure this is a stable and generous company.

They place a premium on employee’s health and safety, and the measures they go to have amazed me to no end. We have regular stretch breaks, a program that stops you from working when you work too fast or intensely, we have the BEST workstations EVER. And I don’t just mean that it is yours permanently, or just because we can decorate it to your preference, but it’s ergonomically designed to adjust to ME. The station itself goes up and down, so you can work while standing. I feel like my keyboard and chair can actually transform to a Transformer, it’s that flexible. I feel like I’m not working. And my manager is super nice. He let me go on leave on the Holy week even though I was a trainee on my 3^rd day. And the pay? I received my first check on my first day of work, when normally it’s only given after a fortnight. I sooo love this company.

I thank you, Lord, for making this opportunity come my way. I haven’t regretted my design to resign from Chase. So with that, I plan to continue to revive this blog since I’m kinda adjusted to work by now. I have so much good news to share, so stay posted.

Farewell Chase!

Today is my last day and I want to thank everyone I was able to befriend at Chase.

Thank you to April for referring me here in the first place.  Miss you gurl

To my wavemates in Wave 69:  DK, Kris, Mel, Raqs, Gredson, Frances, Keng, Raine, Marge, Alvin and even Jade and Irish.

Thanks for the endless laughter and asaran portion. Magreunion naman tayo please??

To my teammates then:  Ces, John, Mike, Dru, Jeren, Josel, Mish, Iola, Andrew, Jeff, Timmy, Elli, Oreo, TP, Pony, Rocky

Salamat sa pagsama sa lunch, sa masasayang team buildings, shrinks, sa chismis, sa hirap at ginhawa. Haha.

Special mention to Mike, Andrew, Jeff and Jade, of Cebu babes fan club, hindi nyo na ko maasar ngayon haha!

And to my teammates now:  Maggie, Shiela, Jaynne, Christian mafwend, Anita, Jumbo, AJ. Katy, Ralph, Sherwin, Whot, and my soul sisters Apple and Gladys (Sana gumaling ka na, daldal mo daw e, kasi sabi ni Christian) Daming kong natutunan sa inyo! Magaan ang trabaho pag kasama ko kayo, laugh trip lang lagi. And ipapamana ko kay Terry ang mga phone #s para meron kayo kahit wala ako! haha

Boss Joe, Boss Lala, and Boss Liz – You have shaped my attitude and perceptions of work here at Chase. I’m proud to have been mentored by you and I truly cherish the lessons ingrained you have ingrained in me. That I will not forget!

Boss Soy, Randy and Shy – Thanks for pushing me to the limit! Salamat sa mga contests at sa team pizza.

Thank you Caps Mojics, Kim, CJ, Myrtle, Toby, Mel, Geraldine, Terry, and okay cge Randy haha! Salamat sa support sa esca and requests ko. Alam ko makulit ako hehe, and your value here at Chase is so indispensable, whatever happens.

To my friends from other worlds Cady Jogno, Gail Bufi, and Ava Caragan, our friendship have spanned years and even companies J I miss you guys.

To those I missed, sorry may memory loss ako minsan.

Here’s to hoping our paths cross again someday and that our friendships will last.

Caio!

Signing off,

Cherley Delgado

20 Years of Friendship

Niya, Kat, Jinlee, Me, Chella and Razel

In life, you have to know which people really matters the most. So last Saturday I and my high school classmates went to Batangas for a well-deserved weekend getaway. (Should plan more of these) And yes, we have been classmates and friends since third grade, and though we have busy schedules and even worlds apart, we still manage to spend precious times together. I love you girls.

Javie and Rhian 

Cute couple! haha. On second hand, I don't wanna think about that yet :)

Just wanted to post this as I found it too cute. Hubby said I should have brought it home.

Need Courage

I need this today. Lord, grant me the courage to be firm with my decision today and give me favor. Lord, I may make my plans but you direct my steps. And you have led the way smoothly and effortlessly even until now. I pray I will be able to quit my job graciously and serenely. Amen.

Give the Gift of Forgiveness

Last Valentines Day I gave my husband a scrapbook with pictures of our memories together. On the last day of the month I gave him a card that said:

Mahal,

I am thankful that God placed you in my life and I wouldn't live my life any other way. I'm excited about our 9th year anniversary this year, and I feel BLESSED that we have weathered the storms together. I pray that God would be a bigger part of our life and our love story.

I love you always.

While giving him the card I told him I forgave him. It was more for my closure rather than for him, because I know my heart has been feeling heavy since the incident last January. But I am closing that chapter of my life now, and holding on to my God more than ever. I will not rely on my own strength, or on the strength of our marriage, because I know that even if my husband leaves me, His grace is sufficient for me.

Read my story here to know how God has been faithful in our marriage. 

Today is my Last Day

...at work.

I feel happy, amazed, and of course grateful for the wonderful opportunity to work with another employer soon.

Thank you Lord for blessing me with Chase, they have been generous and rewarding to me. But after getting a job offer so quickly after applying at (to be diclosed soon), I really think this is a sign from God that it is His will because my friends who also applied haven't received a call yet from them, and it was smooth sailing all the way from application to interview to medical exams... It was all a GO signal!

Thank you for being amazing and am looking forward to get my well deserved 3 weeks of rest before I tackle my new job soon!