Yeah, I know. I have been out of the church the whole month of August. My Sundays were booked and my weekdays were hell-raising moments. But I have a mom who frequents church service at CCF with her new set of friends. She won’t stop bugging me about going to the anniversary worship tomorrow in Araneta Coliseum.
Here’s the plan, despite the fact that I have been almost sleepless for the past 3 days:
1. Bring Marius, wear my most comfortable shirt-jeans get-up and bring my disposable shoe covers.
2. Ride with her and her amigas at 5am. Brother will go drive us to Cubao.
3. Stay in Starbucks and work on my mancom report while waiting for the clock to strike 8am.
4. Drink coffee frapuccino to keep my eyes open.
5. Wait for friends. I promised to reserve seats for them at the ringside.
This 6-minute video tells about the love of our heavenly Father in a love letter paraphrasing scriptural verses from Genesis to Revelation. Amazing love.
I’d like to thank Wenna for mentioning this video this afternoon.
We’re actually in the middle of a recession but things around my neck of the woods are still normal. People go on with their daily lives – sending kids to school, doing the laundry, going to the market, watching movies and shopping for pieces of clothing every now and then. Most of us don’t own big houses, have large sums in our bank accounts and can afford luxurious holiday on a cruise liner or anything similar to those Orlando vacations . We remain at the mercy of corporations, running errands for them and thriving at our meager incomes. But the astonishing fact remains. We remain happy and content with the small things we receive daily.
I think that cultural mindset of Pinoys makes all the difference. We don’t stab ourselves with knives at the slightest failure. We simply laugh at them knowing we will survive whatever it takes. We have been through the worst of our times.
I wish that can also be said of others. Let me share what I learned from this evening’s church service, taken from Christianity Today:
The Paradox of Our Time in History is that we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less. We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; more medicine, but less wellness. We read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. These are the times of tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes, but more divorce; of fancier houses, but broken homes. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years; we’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul.
