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The Saint Must Walk Alone

The Saint Must Walk Alone Loneliness. It comes and it goes. I settles in the middle of the night. Oh! Surely You would know? You, who knelt at the Garden, anguished and alone. Surely, I have to pass through the Garden of my own soul. Pain. It comes and it goes. It settles deep in my heart and soul. Oh! Surely You would know? You, who carried the heaviness of the Cross, Hands and Feet pierced. Surely, I have to let the pierce within. Crowd. They come and they go. Oh! Surely You would know? You, despite the multitudes, your sorrows were unrelieved. Deserted and Friendless. No one knew your Heart. Surely, I, will be a Star that will live Set-Apart.. For the Cross is not a thing of Beauty. Something to be taken so lightly. It is an overpowering, overwhelming and all absorbing entity. It seeks to crucify our old life, hopes and our dreams. Our plans and will set aside, He be Glorified. A life lived not for yourself but for Another. Seeking the Joy and pleasure of the Master. Oh! Sur

"Why should it have to happen?"

"Why?" It's the most common question we ask when something happens, most especially if it's bad. But what if, it's always been bad and suddenly it turns good?   "1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”  3 “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him." This is my devotional today. Yeah, why is it when something good happens to someone who have been long suffering like the blind man since birth suddenly we ask why he was like that in the first place- " Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”  3 “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,”.. weeew...tsk2x..and we tend to do this don't we? We think..Think and think that the reason people are suffering or what they used to be, whether

First Time Mo?

My First Plane Flight  First Time to be in Starbucks   First time in Tagaytay My First Starbucks Coffee  My First G12 Conference First G12 Conference together w/ my family First Time to see Pastor Ceasar Castellanos  And Martin Smith! Wah!!! First Time to meet(personally) Tita Blessy   First Time to Eat in a Shabu- Shabu (softer daw pagkasabi..jajaja!!)       "First Time Mo? " Last week was almost all my "Firsts". Thank you Lord for the opportunities!! Grateful!!