I miss him. I miss home

The best thing about travelling alone is that, you get to know yourself more. You explore things on your mind and just talk to yourself without even noticing that you also gave the answers.

You see a lot of people travelling with you, in group, in two's while others, just by themselves too. You explore ideas you haven't thought of before or explore ideas you have thought of but haven't really pondered on. Also, you get to know yourself more and find yourself in a situation of dreaming once more and plan big time!

On one hand, the worst is that, you miss that one back home. The one who completes your journey. The one who will travel the world and hike with you no matter how stiff the terrains would be. The one who will plan big time with you.

I miss him. I miss home.

There is always a sunday after friday... it's like there's always sunshine after the rain. In my 27 years of being alive on earth, I have never ever realized that it's the thing with challenges, there is always hope after all.

I love attending retreats because it refreshes my relationship with God and the people around me.. most especially with my family. I also ask for something special from God.. One of the important things I learned from the retreat this year and taken from Ecclesiastes 3:1 and it says "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven"

I realized why God gave me this kind of patience, there were times back then that I asked God why I have this kind of patience, I didn't even defend myself when I am put on the spot. Hence, because of God's wisdom I learned to prolong my understanding to those who were blinded by pride.

Now I know why I am overly patient.. I thank God for giving me that gift. I can even apply it to my work and relationships. To end this reflection on a Black Saturday, let me leave you with another Gods gift... from Philippians 4:7 "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" -- There's always hope..

Christ's death must come to redeem us from sins on his resurrection on Sunday!

A blessed holy week to all of you.. God's grace are with us all the time.

*Thank you to the preachers and organizers of the Light and Jesus Community. You are indeed God's gift to mankind...

Palawan is a paradise

written on February 27, 2011 at 430pm

Palawan is a paradise.. one week isn't enough to fully enjoy the beauty of the place. I am saddened because today is our flight back to manila but I am still in awe because I found out that there is a place like a paradise in the Philippines.

I also feel proud that I live in a country that holds one of the greatest riches on earth... I have experienced fishing in the middle of the sea, and while doing that I can see the bottom of the sea and clearly see the corals beneath the boat, it was such an awesome experience. I have seen the beautiful sunrise and sunset several times this week while feeling the cold air touching my skin.. not to mention the smell of air that brings the freshness of nature...

Every morning at 4 o'clock, I can only hear the gecko and see the morning star shines so brightly upon us... telling us that it's time to cook "sinangag" and fry the "daing"... I have come to see different islands in this paradise, with beaches so clean where you can see different species of fishes swim just near you.

I can't say enough, but there's one thing for sure.... I will surely come back!!!

While we still have time....

Life is a phase of emotions. Whenever there are challenges, different kinds of emotions are felt by the heart. When you are happy then you are at joy. When you don't have problems (if you think you don't) then your heart is at peace. On one hand, the challenges are converted into learning points in life. That leads me to another confirmation. I will call it confirmation because everyone knew what I am writing about, but I just need to reiterate that learning today.

Just this morning, at around 4am in the morning, I got a text message from my mom that my uncle passed away. He was hit by stroke twice this month, until he suffered from pneumonia. I guess, it was another cardiac or a respiratory arrest that caused his death. I realized, that this is the time yet again, that our family will mourn. It is another phase in our lives which we have to be used of. After the wake, we have to get back to our day to day routine. Looking at it deeply, everyone will pass the same road once. Everyone will face the same road, death. Our question at this point in our lives is that, when that time comes, are we ready? Can we tell God that we have lived our lives to the fullest and followed his will?

We may have different paths, but all roads and journey will only point to just one direction, and that is, the road where we will find God and we will be summoned by a flashback of our what we have done with the life God had entrusted us.

Will you be afraid of that moment? OR will you be at peace and confident that when that time comes you will face God with a big Smile on your face without any fear at all?

Death, whether we like it or not will come in God's time. We should do our best to live life through God's words not because of fear, not because of sins.... but because God loves us and he delivered us from sin. We shouldn't be afraid of death, but because we are humans, we have to do our best to live faithfully and take the best of care of our life.

We have to do something, while we still have time......