INVISIBLE

"...I sometimes feel as if I'm invisible as if no one can see me at all..."

LAUGHTRIP XD

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JESUS

"...Man's Maker was made man that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother's breast; that the Bread might hunger, the Fountain thirst, the Light sleep, the Way be tired on its jourey; that Truth might be accused of false witnesses, the Teacher be beaten with whips, the Foundation be suspended on wood; that Strength might grow weak; that the Healer might be wounded; that Life might die..."

-St. Augustine

LOVE SPOKEN

Is it possible that one reason a person might feel unloved isn't just because he is not given love but because he does not understand the language of love given to him?

One of the grandest expression of love would be a sacrifice- love given out of a risk and with a greater cost. Sometimes, love is expressed through gifts-- tangible things that maybe expensive or not.

But there are also simple expressions of love-- so simple that they are often neglected. Simple because all you have to do is to be there for someone, offering your presence and time.

I realized that people do not always long for the grandest language of love. Not everyone requires a sacrifice or a gift to feel loved. Most of us just hope for someone who is present and sincere-- like a touch that quietly speaks to our heart that everything will turn out right. :)

SOMTHING FROM THE PROVINCE

My Nanay's garden in our province.

Under the Langka Tree
Under the dead Suha Tree

On Fire. :)

A hated cat.

A mother cat

A snobbish cat

Where we got our buko salad

Newly renovated wall after the storm

Play Time :)

RANDOM PICTURES 2

20 pesos-worth-something shiny that I bought for Kris Kringle. :)

Ate Lorly's gift straight from ten-day mission trip in Taiwan. *super thanks. :)

Kevin's pasalubong from 2009 Kerygma Conference in Araneta Coliseum

I pray to know You more, be with You more, enjoy You more, love You more...

Ate Joanne's sa silong ng mangga shot on Jessica's birthday (the one not in uniform :p)

AGAIN

On this day, God wants ME to know...
... that all is well. What could you not accept, if you but knew that everything that happens, all events, past, present, and to come, are gently planned by One Whose only purpose is your good?

*aww. Í'll try, kahit mahirap. :) Mas mahirap maging bitter.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I wonder what it is like to own a dog that can speak! Well, I'm a pet lover. I grew up with cats and dogs in the house. Owners talk to their pets, pat them, feed them and enjoy them. But sometimes, there are some of our pet's expressions, sounds and whatever you call it that we can not fully comprehend unless, we, ourselves become like them-- become a dog perhaps. ;p

Last year, I read Bo Sanchez's book. He had a conversation with God that went like, God asking Bo if he wants to become a worm. I can't remember the whole dialogue but it has the same purpose with being a dog-- to become like them so that we can understand them better. Of course, Bo said No. Who wants to become a worm? Then God replied...

"On that very Christmas day, My only Son became a human being; a helpless infant-- so that He could save you."

Bo said, "But Lord, that's different. It's ok to be human."

Then God answered, "That's because you don't know what it means to be God. Before that day, My Son was glorious, powerful, eternal.."

Honestly, sometimes I find it hard to understand God's love. How could you understand a love that is not visibly seen? Sometimes, I wonder how God loves me if I've never felt Him hug me, while I know He does to other people. Sometimes, it's hard to believe God loves me if He won't even give me visions that would affirm it, while He does to other Christians. Sometimes, it's hard to receive God's love if I can't "hear" Him speak, while other Christians can "hear" Him easily. And there are more "sometimes" on the list. He said He loved me, loves me and will love me forever.. but sometimes, it feels like it's not really like that.

Maybe, I should go back to the very first Christmas Eve and reminisce it as much as I can. Perhaps, it's truly where I could find Merriness on Christmas. Something that could melt the walls that maybe, keeping me from receiving, feeling His LOVE for me.

More than 2,000 years ago, He became a human. I cannot imagine how hard it was for Him that from a PERFECT HEAVEN, He went to a CHAOTIC EARTH. An omnipotent God subjected Himself to time and space like us. Before, I thought that besides saving man, the purpose of His carnation was to understand humans better, but then, I learned that it was also the other way around-- for humans to understand God better. For in the face of Jesus, the invisible God had an image.

Then, He went back to Heaven but He sent the promised Holy Spirit, Who, from PERFECT HEAVEN dwelled not only on CHAOTIC EARTH but inside of the FLAWED, IMPERFECT, SINFUL HUMANS.

*Something that would make us truly MERRY on Christmas.