Defending and Promoting the GOSPEL of LIFE!

Lunes, Pebrero 13, 2012

PHILIPPINES: A land flowing with MILK and HONEY!


“So I have come down to rescue them and to bring them up out of that land into a GOOD and SPACIOUS LAND, a LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY” Exodus 3:8

So what does this verse tells us?
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Before answering this question let us take a look at our environment:
What can you see? What can you hear, feel, or smell?

Trees with fruits, colorful and scented flowers, birds singing and hovering everywhere, different species of butterflies, cold breeze from the green mountain and many more. We can sense different entities in our environment as many as we can, depending on the way we sense those entities.

A scenic view in the Philippines
When we were sad, depressed, exhausted and tired about all the problems and worries of our lives, we have the tendency to look on “nature” to unwind ourselves. Later we will be surprised when we find ourselves in front of a beach resort, travelling in any place in the country, or enjoying the environment. After this encounter with “nature” our mind and body is relaxed and we will find ourselves amazed by the beauty and grandeur of these BEAUTIFUL SCENERIES of NATURE.

We all know that Earth is a living planet full of LIFE, full of BEAUTY, MAJESTY and GRANDEUR, and full of BLESSINGS from GOD. The Philippines is one of the places here on Earth where lots of natural resources and beautiful sceneries can be found. It is an archipelago composed of 7,107 islands, and it is surrounded by different bodies of water: Philippine Sea in the North east, South China Sea in the West, Sulu Sea in Southwest and Celebes Sea in the South. Aside from seas and ocean bordering the Philippines, it has also waterfalls, rivers, streams and lakes scattered all over the country supplying it with fishery resources. The Philippines is also rich in “Flora” and “Fauna” species. Vulnerable animal species are found in the Philippines like:

Palawan flying fox
Streaked Reed-warbler
Blue capped kingfisher
Banded Eagle ray
Silvery kingfisher
Mindanao pygmy fruit bat
Palawan Hornbill
Mindoro climbing rat
Asian small clawed otter
Large Mindoro Forest rat
Long-nosed Luzon Forest rat
Mt. Isarog shrew mouse
Philippine Flat-headed frog
Humphead Parrotfish
Philippine Eagle-owl
Camiguin Forest rat
Oceanic white tip shark
Great white shark
Whale Shark (Butanding)
Philippine deer

Philippine spotted deer a vulnerable fauna species in our country.
Some endangered animal species can also be found in the Philippines like: Green turtle, Mindoro tree frog, Philippine mouse deer and the Philippine Tarsier.

The Philippine Tarsier is an endangered animal in the Philippines. 
And some critically endangered animal species are also present like:

Kalaw (Rufous headed hornbill)
Tamaraw
Philippine crocodile
Pawikan (Hawksbill sea turtle)
Philippine Eagle

Philippine Eagle a critically endangered animal in our country.
Aside from being rich with “Flora” and “Fauna” species, the country was also blessed by different beautiful and scenic spots and landscapes that serve as tourist attractions. These landscapes and beautiful sceneries are scattered throughout the 3 major Islands of the country namely: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Some of these sceneries are:

Banaue Rice Terraces, Baguio City (Summer Capital), Hundred Islands, Pagsanjan Falls, Maria Christina Waterfalls, Salinas Salt Spring, Tiwi Hot Spring, Mt. Apo, Mt. Arayat, Mt. Banahaw, Mayon Volcano, Taal Volcano, Bat Caves, Chocolate Hills, Boracay Island, Tubbataha Reef in Palawan, Puerto Princesa Subterranean River and many more. The Philippines is really a blessed country, it has also lots of festivities and religious celebration, rich culture and tradition.

Hundred Islands a beautiful place in the Philippines.
Scenic view of the Mayon Volcano, one of the Philippines pride.

Subterranean river in Palawan, a treasure of the Philippine Archipelago
Bodies of water in the Philippines provide the Filipino people with fishery resources and hydroelectric power. Flora and Faunas in the Philippines is a solid proof that our land is fertile enough to support our needs as a nation. Filipinos are known as hardworking people that is why when our fertile lands where cultivated the fruits of labor were reaped. Our country has its supply of Sugar, Corn, Rice, Abaca, Coconut and other crops from our own land. Our country has also natural resources like gold and other minerals. It was also blessed with an asset, the population of the hardworking Filipinos, the labor force of the Philippines.


A beach in the Philippines facing the Pacific our source of fishery and marine resources

Sadly, our country’s natural resources were at stake. Flora and Fauna species were endangered and vulnerable because of the destruction of their habitat some people kill those endangered animals. Illegal loggings, cutting the trees and clearing the forests resulting in soil erosion and flash floods that kill many lives and destruct billions of properties. Other people are throwing garbage in rivers and in seas polluting the water and  killing our marine resources. Mining in Palawan is also a threat to our nature it kills our forest and putting the wildlife into destruction. There are many assaults done to our nature. Now is the time to save our NATURE and NATION!

We must not wait for our government to act before we act. We can start it now and we can help save the environment and our country by means of our little way!

You can help by means of the following:

1. Throw your garbage in the proper place, do not litter in both public and private places. Do not throw your garbage in the river.
2. Practice segregation, separate biodegradable from non-biodegradable wastes.
3. Biodegradable wastes can be used as fertilizer while non-biodegradable can be recycled.
4. Proper human wastes disposal.
5. Clean your surroundings.
6. Plant trees, participate in tree planting activities in your local area as possible.
7. Clean the shore lines plant “Bakawan” or “Pipisik” trees near the sea that will serve as marine sanctuary.
8. Sign the “No to Mining in Palawan” petition.
9. Be vocal in Environmental Campaigns.
10. Educate your neighbors of what you have learned about the importance of our Environment and Natural Resources and how we can protect them.
11. Participate in activities that will promote protection of our wildlife and nature. 



God gave us this land and natural resources and made us stewards of his creation ,but that does not mean that we must be cruel in our environment. It does not mean that we must use it without consideration and use it for our own pleasure even reaching to the point of its destruction, but rather it means that we as stewards of his creation, must use it with responsibility with LOVE and  CARE. God liberates us from emptiness into a  rich land and full of blessings. Truly, our country is a rich nation A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY!

























































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