He's in Charge:-)

Ave Maria:-)

Good Lord... I am on posting mode haha...Habagat the Calamity that visited the country this August 2012 must have affected me in a strange way.

Prior to Habagat was on a down slope streak.... arggghhh everything just not working.. tiredness on a colossal level... tiredness is ok... but when we start to complain to people and especially to the Lord about it..then oops , best to check our 'vital signs'. 

At any rate... our life unfold to us each day....Everyday we are allowed to rise from our beds, with the ability to still eat, walk, talk, work normally is a sign that God has once again lovingly  loaned to us the gift of life..plus the graces He allows us to work with.

So we do go on and live our lives... sometimes we wisely take our rest... physical rest, enough sleep and then resting our heart and souls as well... by regularly seeking the Lord through prayer and quiet. Yet we cannot dictate just how each day unfolds...we cannot assume nor insist on life's flow.... sure we can try our darnedest best to make sure we took care of all those grey areas.... after all... at the back of our minds we smugly say :

"Geez...I am so smart..I can ..I will handle anything and everything that happens."

Hahaha...we talk first before we even bother to think .

and we will realize at one point or another.... ngekkkk.... I can't handle it all. 

 

Coz Who are we kidding...?we can't even tell the traffic to : ' please  just flow... no snail pace please , I have to keep that appointment...!"

We can't tell drunken drivers to not bump us from behind.

Our bosses or co -employees can have their downside too and bring it all at the worksite...  we unwittingly become their instant shock absorbers.

Family members ...as much as we love and cherish them can Misbehave...and be their most spectacular DeffeCullTTT Award-Winning Best.... hahaha..and because we love them...we bear with their antics because nobody else will...hahahaha...don't tell me I didn't warn you, Swee'pea.    

At any rate... the Habagat calamity did come with unexpected blessings. I know many brothers and sisters, even if they themselves were affected still found reason to praise and thank God... because in the midst of so much suffering..there was also tons and tons of love, compassion, bravery, patient endurance, generosity  and deep faith witnessed. And this is oh so healing. It makes us think beyond our own sufferings... we step out of our circle. There's a planet out there , and we are in this together.

 

It reminds us we are not the only law-abiding , God-fearing creature on this planet who deserves a good deal in life -or so we insist we are entitled to ...but when we are exposed to the poorest of the poor...  when we see the onslaught of nature's wrath... and how utterly puny and helpless we can be before her.... we  re- focus ... as tho our mind and heart were the camera lens... with the Spirit of God whom we recieve at our sacramental baptism ..showing us..guiding us..teaching and purifying us to know what things are truly essential..and which things are not.thank You dear Lord.

As it is... my problems did not go away..they are as still B-I-G....  yet... the Lord has granted me  and I know many other souls who share this same experience such immense inner healing and renewed strength... to carry on.. to know My God ..our God  is fully In Charge and will see us through. Hey btw.. He is also Fully In-charge of your own woes and troubles... well you have to hand over the reins to Him, dear.

Trust Him, it's a must... 

Today as I post the next batch of family fotos... I see a faded picture of my father... then pictures of him with his brothers... my father became a lawyer,  Mariano  a priest , Silverio, a doctor, Benigno- also a lawyer..and the youngest Alexander... a businessman, the only one still living and currently the patriarch of the clan.

I see fotos of my  sister and brother, Ramona and Ivan... so young and innocent... my father taking his oath as Justice of the Court of Appeals, with Mama Lydia and Lola Filomena present... pictures with cousins Francis and Sam at Baguio -- Baguio will always, always hold such sweet  memories. Monching and Isidore male cousins who were OFW seamen that time - oh the crazy jokes and laughs we shared... Monching  now with the Lord...and other fotos......  I'm not rambling... I'm just reflecting how God has a unique plan for each one of us.

We are given our unique share of blessings... we are born into a certain family which we either love or hate... we start rich or poor...strong or disabled.... alone or with a big supporting cast.... we could have had a good education.. or did not have enough money for schooling.... 

We could have been loved and nurtured or been brutally abused in our youth.... but in all of these things..the crucial part is whether we have encountered the Lord Jesus and recieved His  love and forgiveness in our life. Because that makes the difference ..and that makes everything worthwhile later on.

Because ... no matter how if you and I are the first to reach Jupiter   and be the first human President of the whole of Jupiter , what does it matter if we donot know the Lord.. if His love has not transformed us to be like Him.. if we donot live our life for Him. 

It makes sense to offer back to the One Who created us..this  life we have right? If we will just live for our material goals.. for our  temporary joys whether this be derived from fame, sex  ..whatever... we soon find out.. it leads to a dead-end... orrrr... and make that both figurative and literal ... Dead-end talaga..kasi mamamatay at mamamatay din  tayo... and everything we accummulate will turn to dust.... ... fame, fortune, glory, family.. oh my..we can't bring any of these when we die... Everything is surrendered , must be surrendered and accounted for to the Lord. Oh and don't worry about not seeing loved ones again... that is one of the best parts about Jesus... because through Him..through the salvation He offers us.. we can have that grand reunion in heaven... isn't that grand!

A READING FROM THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS

14:7-9, 10b-12

(Whether alive or dead, we belong to the Lord.)

None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.  For if we live, we live for the Lord, and 

if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.  For this is why 

Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.  For we shall 

all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written:

             “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,

                          and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.

The Word of the Lord

With that I must take leave so I can post the fotos..hahaha...  the above reflection can be quite liberating... because once we discover we can have the Greatest One of All  and that is GOD..then we can leave all these behind... and just be grateful for the earthly life lent to us.

God bless you all...........................................................te mye