The Burning Bush

My daughter Chloe painted this in the computer. I didn't even know what she did and when I look at it now, I say it was Brilliant!

I'm glad that she's interested to know about Bible stories. But of course there were some verses that needs guidance. But going back to her work, I was really impressed!

Fear Thou Not

“I’m sorry, but your father is diagnosed with fibrosarcoma, a rare kind of cancer”. Those were the exact words my dad’s doctor told us. This happened in year 2000. My dad actually had an operation earlier that year. However, the operation was unsuccessful. He still experienced excruciating pain afterwards, even though his doctor said that the biopsy result was benign. My dad then sought for a second opinion with another doctor, who doubted the result of the first biopsy. He referred my dad to Makati Medical Hospital because this was beyond his capacity. True enough, my dad was advised for another operation because the biopsy results turned out malignant. On that ‘big’ day, my dad entered the operating room in the morning and was sent back to his room in the evening. After the doctor told us about my dad’s prognosis, I rushed to the hospital’s chapel and cried uncontrollably. I was angry and even blamed God for bringing this unto my dad. No one in his family ever had cancer, why him? He was a good person. I didn’t want him to die yet. I was still single at that time and how I wanted my dad to walk me down the aisle when I would get married.

When I returned to work, I was in denial when people asked me about my dad’s status. My family was in total depression. Sometimes, I would make a bargain with God, but all were unanswered. However, as months passed by, I learned to accept my dad’s condition. I returned to God and the Bible was my constant companion at that time. One of my favorite verses that helped me gain strength was from Isaiah 41:10 which says:

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

My dad died February 19, 2001. I was still single but I was prepared. I had witnessed how much my dad had suffered but through God’s comforting words, my family and I were able to surpass the ordeal. In fact, it strengthened my family’s faith in Him.

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Have A Little Faith

I have so many favorite Bible stories and one of them was the story about Moses from the book of Exodus. I even love the movie The Ten Commandments because it depicted the life of Moses and the many tasks that the Lord asked him to do. One of the tasks was that, Moses was to go to Egypt and spread God’s words and warnings. Moses, who was of little faith at that time, told God that he couldn’t do it. He thought that no one would believe him and that he also didn’t know what to say. But God reassured him, He will be with him. He just needed to have faith. So Moses went there and sent God’s message. Even though the Pharaoh and the others did not believe what Moses had said, a lot of people believed him.

What Moses did reminded me of myself when I was in College. I was an active member of a religious organization. The music and evangelization ministries were to be spearheaded by me. I was confident to take responsibility of the music ministry but I declined to our spiritual moderator to take care of the evangelization ministry. For one, I was scared to speak in front of many people. I was not confident and felt the need to learn more from the Bible. I didn’t believe in myself either. I was afraid people might get offended or might laugh at me when I discussed to them some spiritual matters. I felt I still needed to learn a lot before resorting into this kind of thing. But our moderator gave me some encouragement. He believed that I could do it. He said he that he would teach and guide me. And some of the senior members would be helping me, too. So, I became an evangelist. I read the scriptures to understand better. And before I knew it, I was able to conduct several talks during recollections and retreats.

But of course, I had to remind myself to practice what I preach. Human as I am, I still make mistakes. I'm no saint at all, and I have to admit that.

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