Jonas Hanash

21/08/2022

When the bible said:

“Everything on earth has its own time and its own season”

— it doesn’t just talk about waiting for your prayers to be answered in the right timing. It also means that there are things that must be done according to what season we are in.

The photo on the left was me when I was, I’d say at the peak of my call center career. I was so determined to achieve my goals and very much willing to dedicate all the time and energy I have in what I do as a leader in the workplace. I was single. No girlfriend even. No kids. I knew that it was the perfect time for me to be laser-focused on what I want my career to look like.

Then a lot of things have changed when I got married and had my kid. It was my game changer. A redefining moment that changed the course of my life. My time, energy and even decision-making factors shifted to whatever’s gonna help me achieve the wellness of my marriage and my child. It may have delayed some parts of my life but what matters is that the most important ones aren’t at risk.

If you’re in a place where you question God what you’re supposed to do in your life now, maybe you just have to look around you and recognize the season you are in. Our life usually starts to get complicated when we force doing something that does not belong in its season.

18/08/2022

There's nothing wrong in wanting to give our kids a comfortable and secured life. It only becomes damaging when we do it at their expense. I've met a lot of well-off adults who, inspite of having all the things they wanted, still end up lost and wished to have spent more time with their moms/dads as they are growing. Your relationship with your kids today will LITERALLY make or break their lives in the future. Choose your children before it's too late. 🤍📌

14/08/2022

Fatherhood is not one-dimensional.

I was reminded by this in the middle of everything that has happened more than a week ago where we had to spend almost a week in the hospital because my daughter caught dengue and pneumonia. Co-incidentally, it all happened in the most critical moment in my work where I was about to present a business review my team has been tirelessly preparing for one of my programs while the other is sunsetting and a new one that’s about to be handed over.

For 4 days, every 4 hours, I have to pin my daughter down on the bed. In my gentlest yet firm force, I have to hold both her shoulders against the mattress, squeeze her torso all the way to her legs with all my weight using my underarm just so the nurses can extract blood from her. It was a physical torture for Sasha but more of an internal one for both me and my wife who bursts into tears seeing and hearing my child’s helpless cry and in the emotional height of everything, I had to keep reassuring her that we are in this together.

Time will come, you’ll lose all the courage and sense of direction you have and all you want is to have someone to run to. This put me back to where I belong — back at the feet of the cross.

So no, fatherhood is not a one-dimensional role. If we think that being able to produce money, fill the unseen gap with material things and occasionally bringing the kids out on weekends is what being a father is all about, it’s not too late to think again.

You have to master leading yourself first so you can effectively lead the marriage and from this, you can lead, love and guide your children. Each is as important as the rest so dropping one makes us miss the whole point.

11/07/2022

On idealism, law of nature and God’s ways 💙

11/04/2022

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06/02/2022

“ETERNITY-BOUND MINDSET”

Mag go-grocery lang dapat ako pero naisip ko, Sunday naman at wala naman masyadong urgent chores/errands to do, so naisip kong mag “alone time” muna habang nagkakape.

Sa ganitong rare moments lang ako nagkakaroon ng chance mag self-check ng mas malalim. I realized, marami-rami na palang lungkot, disappointment, frustrations at anxieties ang isinantabi ko for the past few weeks para makapag function ako ng maayos sa lahat ng dapat kong gawin araw-araw.

I’ve always been ask: “How are you able to manage those overwhelming emotions aside and function properly at the same time?”

The answer isn’t simple and definitely not easy and it only gets easier when done consistently: live each day with an “eternity-bound” mindset.

The worst thing that will happen to our lives is death but what did Jesus say about death? — “I have overcome death”.
Just by that single fact alone, you can live your life day by day ng may peace at security.

Because death is not defeat, I can confidently say that
sorrow does not mean I’m defeated
anxiety does not mean I’m defeated
frustration does not mean I’m defeated
failure does not mean I’m defeated

Therefore, as long as I live and breathe, even with all its troubles and challenges— life shall continue.

Carry on, friends. 👊🏻




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04/02/2022

While the story of their marriage and how they sustain it drew a lot of positive response from people, there’s one more thing in this interview that resonated in me and that is the conversation Oyo had with his pastor..

“Ano Oyo? Siya yung lagi mong kasamang babae. Ano bang gusto mong mangyare?”

“Hindi ko rin talaga alam”

“Kung wala kang plans [pakasalan], wag mo na ituloy. Sasaktan mo lang yung babae. Sasaktan mo lang din yung sarili mo”

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Marriage, being the goal of a man in pursuing a relationship plays a very critical role on how their journey as a couple would look like. Getting married is way more powerful than just loving someone. Marriage is a status. Marriage, if done in accordance to the Truth, is designed to achieve greater heights — unless you’re in it to win it, spare yourself from unnecessary pain and stay single just yet. 🤍

Watch the full interview:
https://youtu.be/gplchpO1rHs

28/01/2022

Unang patak pa lang ng luha, alam na ng Diyos kung ano ang solusyon. 🖤

23/01/2022

There was a time I believed that to become the best parent, I should be able to provide all the material things my child will ask for — from toys, gadgets, fancy birthday parties to assets & properties, etc. Though there’s nothing wrong about having all those, I realized that the best gifts a parent should give to their children are more than what meet the eyes.

Children who have suffered from not being fully accepted for who they are and their existence, from not having a good example to look up to or those who were fed with material things to compensate the lack of time spent with them usually grow up as adults who has higher tendency to lose track in their life along the way.

Do not let the society make you feel that you failed as a parent just because you choose to invest more on the things that cannot be taken away from your child.

23/01/2022

You will never be everybody's cup of tea — and that is totally okay. 💯

22/01/2022

21/01/2022

Mary asked for more drinks, He delivered the best tasting wine

The crippled man asked for coins, He made him walk again

The son asked for servant’s food, He restored his status and gave him dignity again despite what he did

Solomon asked for wisdom, He made him the wisest (and the wealthiest) man who has ever walked on earth

The things you pray for defines how much you trust the God you pray to.

19/01/2022

“Ako nga pala yung sinayang mo”

“Saang parte ang nasayang?” Char. 😂

And because singleness-awareness day is just around the corner, I think it’s very timely to talk about things like this.

Question: kung makikilala mo ngayon yung taong matagal mo na ipinagdadasal – gugustuhin ka kaya niya?

More than anything, preparedness in all aspects is very important before committing to a serious relationship. I am speaking towards and of behalf of single men out there but I hope the ladies could somehow relate.

Here are some important questions you might want to ask yourself before pursuing somebody:

📌 May pera ba ako? Hindi ko na ba kailangan humingi ng pera sa mga magulang ko? Baka naman ultimo pang date eh wala ako?

📌 Kumusta ang lagay ng puso ko? Masaya ba ako kahit single ako? O nakadepende sa ibang tao ang kaligayahan ko?

📌 May sense ba ako kausap? May matututunan ba syang new and interesting topics from me? Baka naman para siyang kumakausap ng kinder pag kausap niya ako?

📌 Kumusta ang level of patience ko? Kaya ko bang maging patient (for the right reasons) ng pang habang buhay?

📌 Do I already have the right vision of how I want our future to look like? Kahit vision lang kasi kung pati yun eh malabo pa din, baka parehas pa kaming maligaw?

Kung ikaw mismo hindi pa convinced sa mga sagot mo, mas maganda kung wag na lang muna, para wala ding masaktan sa huli. ♥️

19/01/2022

When you go through a very difficult time in your life and is tempted to just give up, remember that every tear shed serves as fuel in refining yourself to become its better version. Same thing happens with your faith — every ounce of heartbreak brings you closer to the truth that faith indeed moves mountains. 🤍