Everlasting: Part Two

Last year (I really want to share this to you - sa'yo na parang gusto nang sumuko) mga May 2007, nung nabalitaan ng tito ko (Tito Felix - the one who shared to me the Gospel) na 2 weeks na 'kong 'di nagchu-church, tumawag siya (from Florida). So we talked and I told him the reason why I have been avoiding church. That conversation, I will not forget because it was there that I learned one of my most important and treasured lessons in life. Tito Felix told me:

"Hindi binibilang Ni Lord kung ilang beses kang nadapa, ang mahalaga sa Kanya, kung ilang beses kang babangon at susubok ulet".

Upon hearing those words, my heart jumped! It's like hearing your teacher reschedule a very long exam on which you have not studied for! I was given new hope! An opportunity for a new beginning. Actually, there is a scriptural verse to support the statement above, and here it is:

Philippians 1:6
"He [Jesus] Who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the Day of Jesus Christ."

Wow diba!? Once again I wish I could say that after this, hindi na ko pumalpak evah, but once again, it's simply not true. But as I look back, I am not who I used to be. God has taken me, molded me and carried me to new heights, to new levels that I have never imagined. As King David said: "Who am i O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?" [2 Samuel 7:18] and "What am i that You [God] are so mindful of me?" [Psalm 8:4].

As the psalmist pondered:

"Your Love is better than life"

Life without Your Love is not life at all.

Now I understand, who shall separate me from Your Love [Romans 8:38-39]

I want to leave you with these two songs - Love Songs.