Showing posts with label reflections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reflections. Show all posts

Typhoon Maring

Once again, a very strong typhoon hit our country and a lot of people are affected by it.  Thankfully, our area now was not affected and there was no flood in the street.  The drainage that the government worked on our area a few months back worked because if it hasn’t I’m sure we should have evacuated already because of the amount of rainfall experienced for the past few days.
Anyway, I’m really glad we surpassed this typhoon but I pity those whose houses were submerged in the flood.  I do hope this time; some government officials will use their pork barrel for the benefit of their constituents.  Some areas are still flooded and some don’t have a house to live in anymore.  L
The only good thing that the typhoon brought to us is that we were able to bond with the kids for 5 days.  We get to play together, be silly together, eat a lot together and sometimes just do nothing at all.  We were also able to rest for a few days while we monitor the weather.
Now that the typhoon is gone, we hope that government officials will do their best to assist those who were affected and for us who weren’t affected, let us also do our share in helping them by volunteering or by giving some relief goods.  There are a lot of evacuation centers asking for help and I’m sure any help we can give will be very much appreciated.

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

Challenges



This month is quite a challenging month for me in terms of work. I’ve had a couple of delays already and the review that I’m currently doing is dragging me down.  That’s because I’m not familiar with it so I’m having a hard time asking the right questions.  Coming from a different industry, an industry where I’ve been with for more than a decade and working on a totally different one is a big adjustment for me.  I’m still adjusting and I do hope I’ll be able to adjust well.  I know I have to improve on my work and it has to be soon.

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

Worried



I don’t know what struck me but for some reason I’m getting worried about my dad.  I’ve always seen him strong but recently I felt he’s getting old.  He is 72 already and sometimes he complains that he gets tired easily especially when playing with my kids.  He travels alone going to Batangas and I told him to call me when he’s going back because I don’t want him to travel alone.  He brings lots of fruits and goodies from Batangas and it’s very heavy that I told him I will pick him up when he goes back to Manila.  Anyhow, I just hope this fear will go away.  I pray fervently that my parents will always be ok.

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

Don Bosco Church



I accompanied my dad last Friday to visit a relative who passed away.  His wake is at Don Bosco in Makati.  When we got there, I don’t know the people at the wake and my dad left me to talk to someone.  I told him that I’ll go to church instead to hear mass so that I won’t be bored waiting for him to talk to the people.
When I got to the church, I realized how much I missed it.  When we were still living in Fort Bonifacio, I get to see this church every Tuesday when we attend the prayer meeting of the community we belong.  When we moved to Marikina, we don’t attend the meeting anymore due to distance.
I’m just glad I got to visit this church again alone.  It was a good quiet time and I can’t help but get goose bumps when I prayed because I haven’t done my quiet time with the Lord in a long time now.  I do hope I’ll be able to visit this church again soon!

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

Be Still


There are lots of things that have been going on in my mind that makes me worry a lot.  These concern my family and our future.  But God comforts me in His own way and in unexpected places.  I felt Him talking to me when I attended a wake last week.  It was at the wake of my mom’s cousin that Paul and I went to.  Before we left the family had a service where they sang songs and a pastor talked for a few minutes.  One song caught my attention, I really don’t know the song nor the title but the lyrics touched my heart, I even took a picture of it to make sure I’ll remember.
The last two lines in the refrain really touched me:

I will be still
Know You are God

I felt God telling me not to worry for He will take care of me and my family.  That He knows my needs and He will never forsake me.  I just need to pray and put my trust in Him and He will always be there.  Thank you Lord!

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

It's Holy Thursday

Some of my friends have decided to go offline as their form of sacrifice this Lenten Season. I on the other hand sacrificed drinking coke or any soft drinks this week and at the same time will join in the “Alay Lakad” in our province tomorrow. I also promise myself that I’ll make sure I’ll pray the rosary (and won’t fall asleep while praying) from today till Sunday. I really have this desire to pray the rosary everyday but whenever I pray, I always fall asleep before I finish. This time, I determined to finish the whole rosary and will make sure that I’ll still be awake to the very end. How about you? I hope we all strive to be good and prayerful people all the time.

  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS