Compassionate Considerations

Thank you Lord for your intervention.
Thank you for hearing our prayers.
Thank you for your compassion and for remembering the suffering of so many people who lost loved ones, houses, vehicles and other precious belongings in the aftermath of Ondoy.
Northern Luzon was hit by Pepeng and because of the lessons learned, a pre-emptive evacuation of 170,000 [...]

Something amazing happened to my highschool’s egroup.  What has been used as a channel for communication of plans, personal and family updates – has suddenly turned into an online prayer group!
A classmate based in New York sent a forwarded message based on a Rick Warren’s interview.  Rick Warren mentioned about the condition of his wife [...]

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It was the most difficult Christmas.
We stayed at home because our difficulties started on the 23rd.  Because things are not finished yet, I could not divulge the details.  There are still insights to be gained. Events to be carefully prayed for , people to be lifted up and hearts to be mended.
Life is indeed difficult [...]

That was how much I weighed when I was born.  I am not making this up. I am looking at my official Certificate of Live Birth document from the NSO.  I needed to renew my passport and my license to solemnize marriages and both documents required a certified NSO Certificate of Live Birth.  This is [...]

This is it.  I am deeply entrenched now into this mid-life.
I have fully entered the zone where the mid-life crisis would come.  I think it has started already years ago – until a former psychiatrist colleague told me that there is already what is called a quarter-life crisis.
I am 41 and I look at my [...]

I was speechless while watching CNN yesterday morning during one of their reports on deaths caused by natural calamities.
It was staggering to realize that in Dec 2004 when the great tsunami hit and claimed approx 225,000 lives – that the total recorded deaths of the first half of 2008 surpassed had already exceeded that.  The [...]

I visited DadFen last August 29th. It was my first visit since I last saw him before the summer camp.  I must admit it took awhile because after all the summer camp activities, we had to prepare for the visit of 14 people from the US for their short term missions exposure here.
But to be [...]

ABS-CBN news reported last night that there has been an increase of filipino families not eating 3 meals a day. In recent nights, they had also reported that crime against property has significantly increased when compared with other crimes.
The recent spate of crimes are becoming economically driven.
I could only give a quizzical look over [...]

A young friend took off for the United States today. His flight left at 10:30 AM today. I did not get to see him anymore the past couple of days as he was also busy getting his things prepared, being with his family and all the myriad things an overseas worker would need [...]