I don’t remember the exact date and time, I just remember that it was close to dinner time and I was frying chicken.  My son called for me from inside our bedroom where he was watching TV with his Dad. I must truly be a mother because I did not respond to the call as much… Continue reading Mighty fallen
I was reading the account of the prophet Samuel who “hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord.” ( 1 Samuel 15:33). Â God ordered King Saul to go to war against the Amalekites. Â God had proclaimed judgment against the Amalekites because the Amalekites preyed upon Israel when they were crossing the desert. Â Amalek laid in wait… Continue reading Rules of war
On the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday, Thursday, October 20, 2011, there was a picture right underneath the banner.  It showed two soldiers gritting their teeth after alighting from a helicopter. They were evacuated from the nine-hour gun fight in Basilan against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, (MILF) to a hospital in Zamboanga City.… Continue reading Bitterness and gritting of teeth…
This was the question asked of the contestants during the extemporaneous speech contest at the Bulacan Private Schools Association Provincial Competition held last October 12, 2011 at Dr. Yanga’s College Foundation in Wakas, Bocaue, Bulacan. When all the students had given their speeches and the judges were tallying the scores, my son and I talked.… Continue reading Calamities: God’ punishment or man-made?
I am still studying the life of King Saul, the first monarch of Israel. As I read 1 Samuel chapters 8-15, I am impressed by King Saul’s love affair with his “self.” By “SELF” I do not mean the awareness of one’s own individuality, by self I mean to say that fleshly, carnal life of… Continue reading Me and My SELF