Celebrate joy!

When I ask people to draw, sketch or paint my words, they have free rein when it comes to creativity. I didn't want to dictate because they are artists for a reason so I just give them the words then  sila na bahala. :) So when I came up to CJ to illustrate Breathing Spaces for me, I gave her complete control however she chooses to interpret the poem: Naisip ko kanina nung binabasa ko ung story niyo , na nasa top ng mountain ung nagsasalita sa poem, and she is rising above the worldly view of a romantic relationship (kaya medyo round ung inaapakan niya, referring to the "world")  And she looks above, looking to the One who created the stars and the mountains and herself... Looking to the one who loved her first.   He is her breathing space. When I first saw the illustration, I was so amazed on how beautiful it was! It was the perfect accompaniment to the poem -- simply because it points back to Him who loved us first. Thanks CJ! I told her later on that I

HE SAYS In January 2017, Dennis started praying for qualities he is looking for in a girl: Christ-centered, adventurous, maputi, mahaba buhok, chinita, sweet, caring. Come February, he felt that God was calling him back to kids ministry so he signed up. It was during the Volunteer orientation that he first saw me. So he didn't sign up because he saw me, but he signed up THEN he saw me :P (Pag nagobey ka talaga, may blessing… charaught :P) He said that it was the time that he first noticed me and had a crush on me since. Spot us on the opposite ends!

In this season, God has revealed to me His wisdom and His ways which are always higher than ours... God really is full of surprises.  Would you believe that last June, wala talagang ganap mga bes, so I was already asking God,  "Lord meron po ba talaga?"  It was the kind of prayer that honestly makes me a little bit shy to admit. Anyways, wasn't I supposed to be secured and complete already in Jesus? So why should I even be asking and making these requests? But apparently, and as is always the case,  God was already working behind the scenes, weaving a story  when all the while I felt like the lead in a rerun series called, " Kala mo lang meron… Pero wala, wala, wala" haha! They say that every story has two sides, so I'll tell you mine and I'll tell you Dennis’… Hopefully you will see how God moved and made our story to what it is today... Ready? Mahaba to… you have been warned.