JUST MY THOUGHTS..(12) FRIENDS

 

Great friends are like "family", sometimes even more...and like our family,they become anchors from which we derive stability and strength. So when we thank God for giving us our family, thank Him also for the pleasure and the honor of having great friends.

Received a text from an old friend..he said, "I've read your notes and feel what you're going through." He told me to stay strong and hold on to my faith. Then he sent me a prayer and a bible passage. Friends like Bibot are hard to find...he's been my friend since my kindergarten days...he remains one of my best friends and I miss him.

 

A FRIEND JUST CALLED ME UP, IN THE COURSE OF OUR CONVERSATION, HE SAID, "I'M NOT PULLING YOUR LEG, I READ WHAT YOU WRITE, AND I AM AFFECTED BY IT. I, TOO, AM GOING THROUGH SOME DIFFICULTIES, AND YOUR NOTES INSPIRE ME. LET'S JUST KEEP ON PRAYING." GOD BLESS HIM AND EVERYONE HE HOLDS DEAR!

 

It is perhaps only human to lose some confidence, to fear, to have doubts. Then perhaps it takes good friends, great human beings to remind us, to hold on, to stay strong..the Lord listens, the Lord loves us.

 

I also consider books as great friends and this is why I've always encouraged my best barkadas, my children to read and read and read.....and  I am happy that my kids have acquired my love for reading...depending on what you read...you are amused, entertained, informed, educated, sometimes you fall in love...and sometimes you are inspired and enlightened!

I've fallen in love more times than I care to remember and each time, the world seemed more beautiful..but never as beautiful as when I first met and fell in love with my wife--Dinah. My love...It was as if my world was at a standstill...till there was you....and now you are my best friend!

Sometimes all it takes...is someone who believes in you, despite of who you are...she stays, she hangs on...she believes...

It's been a tiring 3 days...not as young and as vibrant as I used to be. The spirit is still willing, but the body...well I need to work on it. For now, the spirit of love, love for what I am doing for my kids..., and God's grace...they will sustain me.

 

Kapag nakakaranas ng maraming dagok sa buhay, minsan para bang..nagbibingi-bingihan ang Panginoon...alam ko ito, nararamdamn ko ito. Pero patuloy ang pananalangin, patuloy ang pananampalataya...dahil alam kong SIYA lang ang ilaw, at SIYA lang ang kasagutan. Kaya umaasa pa rin sa pagmamahal NIYANG walang kapantay.

 

God is the Author of our lives and its stories. We are mere characters that play a role. The Lord wrote the original story and he is also the one who makes the rewrites, when He deems it necessary.