“The place God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meets.” Friedrich Buechner.
I have lost count of the times I have used this quote in my blog, while writing my QT, scribbled on my bible cover, as a text encouragement for a fellow QLC sufferer, and more. Probably […]
Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wandering heart.
Bridge:
Not because of who I am,
But because of what you’ve done.
Not because of what I’ve done,
But because of who you are.
Chorus:
I […]
Philcoa, Thursday morning after shift. As I was gleefully eating piping hot rice and ginisang monggo, the owner of the carinderia sat at the table in front of me. On her lap climbed her 4-year old daughter, pigtails askew and sleepily rubbing her eyes. The mother then opened one of those thin Adarna storybooks and […]
I want to introduce you to several of my of “selves,” a sample of the multitude that compete for attention in my cluttered head. Thinking hurts.
My pessimistic self, known as Daria, has been dominant for the last three years. She always thinks that if something can go wrong, it will. Daria is myopic and suffers […]
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31
Another month gone so fast. The story of my life the past year: time flying past and me chasing hard after […]
Last Sunday was not spent in my usual chores-church-choir-comatose routine.
First, we had to perform the Welcome to Our World cantata again during the morning service, with a smaller stage and a much smaller cast. Managed to pull it off despite being absent for the Saturday rehearsal, waking up late, and committing a few blunders.
Then had […]