Encouragement Written February 23, 2010

*** ******* is my former roommate and schoolmate in UP Manila when she was still in her freshman years and I am on my 6^th year in Dentistry.  She now studies in UP Diliman. She sent a text message to me dated February 22, 2010 (yesterday) at 11:23pm which really reminded me to go on and refocus my mind on higher things.  The following is her exact message:

“Ate Ianne, thank you for serving as God’s instrument for me to have a relationship with him.  My walk with Him has changed me in ways, which seemed unfathomable before.  Again, thank you. God bless”

               

I wish I could share this account online as soon as now but I’d rather delay for the sake of humility.  I remember Mary’s response to the great marvel that had unfolded before her eyes regarding Jesus.  I would like to make the same reaction as hers.  It is in Luke 2:19 (NLT): “but Mary kept all these things I her heart and thought about them often.”

Gradu-WAIT-ion

When?
My heart aches.

He Is

     He is like papa. He is always proud of me. My face is in his wallet and he’s got 4 other pictures of me. He chose to be faithful to me even without giving him my commitment. He stands to it even at the midst of other women surrounding him. He admires me and helps me boost my confidence. He loves me but his affection is not selfish because he has set me free even if I didn’t ask for it. He gives me material things and never lets me go hungry. But above all, he gave me respect, love and treated me like a princess. He left physically but my face is in his heart. He is willing to invest in me. He talked to my leader to clear up his intentions towards me. He couldn’t face my mom because I told him it is not yet time. He supports me in prayer and did it sometimes in tears. In his human love, I saw 1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
   Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)