I May Not...

Feeling desperate that the world we're living in revolves around money and that the motivation of people nowadays is just to achieve wealth and fame, that even LOVE is being tainted?

LOVE can now be swooned by what you have in your pocket,
not by what you have in your heart...
LOVE now became materialistic...
LOVE can now be bought...
LOVE isn't love anymore....


Here's just a simple poem I wrote offering nothing but...MYSELF alone.

I may not be that goodlooking,
but I thank God for simply being me...

I may not wear fine clothings,
but the one who's wearing it is sincere with his feelings...

I may not bring you to the finest places,
but I can never leave you - I'll be with you always...

I may not give you a mansion to live on,
but I can give you a home full of love and affection...

I may not put a diamond ring in your finger,
but my love for you will last more than forever...

I may not be the best there is,
but the love I have for you will be with you through eternity...

I may not be the one you LOVE...

Judge Dread

Just happened to see this article I wrote before while I was browsing my files. Written more than 5 years ago for our local church's quarterly newsletter publication "The Gardener."

You're riding a bus on your way to school or work when it suddenly stopped to pick up some commuters. Then a not-so-old man who looks like a villain from one of Fernando Poe Jr.'s movies comes in. Your mind instinctively told you to pray because the guy looks very suspicious. As you were saying your silent prayer you saw the bus conductor asked the man his destination. Instead of answering the question, the man quickly lunges for his pocket. Then here comes your imaginative mind again telling you, "He's going to pull his gun and declare a holdup..." And as soon as you finish creating such suspicion, the man pulls his old twenty-peso bill from his pocket and softly tells the conductor, "Munoz lang brod." With a sigh of relief, you calmly told yourself, "Thank you, Lord."

Sounds familiar? Such scenes are figments of our imagination bordering on being judgmental. We judge people by the way they look, the way they dress, the way they speak, the way they act. Our own biases plays a great part with the way we treat people and think about them. This can be traced back to our past experiences during childhood when "negative first impressions" had such an unpleasant impact in our subconsciousness.

We need to get rid of such flaws in our nature. As new creatures (I Corinthians 5:17), we need to think, speak and act in a way that will give glory to our Savior, Healer, Sanctifier and coming King. Let us claim the enabling power of God which will help us look at others as His gift to us.

Let us remember not to judge others by what we see, neither by what we hear. For as we judge, God will also judge us, and with the measure we use, such will be God's measures to us (Isaiah 11:3; Matthew 7:1).

So next time we're in a bus and a suspicious-looking guy comes in and turns out to be a real holdupper, just be calm. Let us hold on to God's promise that "He will never leave us nor forsake us." (Hebrews 13:5)

It's Been Awhile

It has really been a while since my last posting. I'd been busy the past couple of weeks and couldn't find some time to put something in here. Well, just decided to post some of my poems and works just so that my blog won't gather some dust and cobwebs.
I would also like to thank those who watched the "You're Missing Piece" concert featuring Prasia organized by Alliance Youth Philippines - Bulacan. Am proud to be a part of this concert, eventhough my part was just to make the logo, tickets and posters. It's always a high to serve God.