Category Archives: Mystery
Lamentations After The Storm
My head feels badly bruised and battered. I feel the blood trickling down from my head to my face as I struggle in the dark, buffeted by unceasing winds and a torrential downpour. It is only now that we are … Continue reading
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Tagged Healing, Prayer, Suffering
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I Am A Child Of The Light
A lot of conventional wisdom seems to mitigate against being good and doing good. Evil men seem to prosper while the good guys finish last. The meek and the humble are often taken advantage of and exploited. Those who seek … Continue reading
More Joy In Heaven
I often worry and get anxious when I think about tomorrow. I am not afraid to die but I am afraid of pain and suffering, specially if these will affect the people I love. At this stage in my life, … Continue reading
Attachments
Men today hate to be in the dark and want to always have certainty. They cannot live with mystery nor unanswered questions. You need an answer or to know something? Google it. You need to know the meaning of a … Continue reading
The Invitation
I know that I have been called. I know that I have been chosen. Called and chosen to be good. Chosen and called to be happy. Yet, I easily get distracted away from my calling. I often forget my chosen-ness. … Continue reading
Life is Changed, Not Taken Away
What is life? Life is all about change and becoming. A single big bang and all the matter and energy there is in the universe come to be. In one massive explosion after another, the particles become evermore complex until … Continue reading
Being a Saint
Life is one big mystery and a paradox difficult, if not well nigh impossible, to understand. It is a never ending dynamic tension between being and becoming. I long for ease and comfort, a stasis where I would rest easy … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Gratitude
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All It Takes Is a Tiny Spark
I have often dreamt of doing great things And making the big difference. In my time, I have done some great things And made some big difference. But in the grand scheme of things Whatever I have done, whatever I … Continue reading
Signs And Wonders
Anabelle and I went spelunking with some friends up north where we spent the past four days. In recent months, we have been awed by fantastic rock formations in different places. In one cave in Ilagan, Isabel we actually saw … Continue reading
The Random God?
We are barely three weeks in the Philippines and the country has been visited by three strong typhoons and one major earthquake, not to mention the man-made disasters caused by never-ending inanities of our national leaders. I am reminded once … Continue reading