Walking through life with God...

When I am down and lonely about certain circumstances in my life, I really can't help myself but think of the song "Lift Up Your Hands" sang by a phenomenal Filipino artist Basil Valdez. This song is one of my favorite songs of all time. I don't know, but it just really moves my whole being everytime I hear it. Great composition, great song that makes me space out and yet meditate how wonderful the message it unfolds. It is all about life. O yeah, LIFE! Right, this is just a four-letter word yet its meaning transcends beyond how Mr. Webster defined it. It seems simple yet behind its simplicity lies a lot of intricacies. It is never easy. It is never constant. No matter who & what we are, whether we are rich or poor, young or old, we all have our fair share of its complexity and inconsistency. We all experience good and bad; sad and happy times along the way. There are moments that we feel like "wow, we're fulfilled!", but, there are instances too that we think the world is knocking us down...instances that drown and overwhelm us to negative emotions. But, you know what? Though tough times come along, life is not that bad at all. We just have to accept its reality that it is all the time a combination of pain and joy; ups and downs; success and failures. We just have to believe that we are not alone in this journey. We have families and friends whom we can always count on and most of all we have JESUS who will lift us up when we're down, take us out from darkness and will at all times walk through life with us. He is the only One True God that can give us rest in this restless world. Anyways, below is the lyrics of the song that I mentioned above. Then, tell me if it doesn't touch you.

Title: Lift Up Your Hands

Life is not at all that bad my friend, mmm….If you believe in yourself
If you believe there’s someone
Who walks through life with you.
You’ll never be alone
Just learn to reach out
And open your heart
Lift up your hands to God
And He’ll show you the way

And He said,“Cast your burdens upon me,
Those who are heavily laden
Come to me all of you who are tired
Of carrying heavy loads
For the yoke I will give you is easy
And My burden is light
Come to Me and I will give you rest.”

When you feel the world is tumbling down on you
And you have no one that you can hold on to
Just face the rising sun and you’ll see hope
And there’s no need to run
Lift up your hands to God
And He’ll make you feel alright

Have a good one my friends.....jd

Why worry?

Not pursuing what you have planned for doesn't all the time mean you are a quitter nor a loser. There are times, it would mean, doing the right thing. After all, it is not your own will that must be followed, it is always God's. He has plans for each of us. We were born with a purpose in life and with a specific vocation and in that very moment or even before our birth He had already prepared the way for His plans and will for us. The reason why we fall to bad situations sometimes is that we stubbornly walk in a different direction. We often allow ourselves to be caught in a twilight zone. Most of the time, we are misled by our apprehensions of what will happen in the future instead of just putting our full trust in Jesus. Humm! Why can't we do this? Well, I understand it's easier said than done. Submission is really not an easy thing to do. I say this because honestly, I am guilty of it too. But you know what? One thing's true, great and wonderful about surrendering and delighting our hopes, dreams and concerns to God's own will and plans is that He will never harm nor destroy us. He only plans to prosper us and give us victory. So why withhold? Why worry?

who knows?

Have I mentioned here that I love to sing? I am pretty sure I did. Well, I just wanna share with you guys how American Idol affects my life lately. It's quite funny, actually hehehe. I watched the try-outs the very first night they aired it on television. I had seen auditions that were horrible yet hilarious and that were very awesome as well. One of the commendable performances I had witnessed was by my Kababayan Ramielle Malubay. Proud to be, PINOY! hehe. Anyways, since Ramielle is good, she of course made it to the top 24 which on the other hand made me think of maybe auditioning next year. My wish! hahahaha. But you know what, funny it may seem but I really thought about it. In fact, I started practicing here at home but just in A Cappella since we don't have a karaoke system hehe. So, I did my practice anytime & anywhere in the house. There were times that our dog would bark because when I do my vocalization, I would tend to shout in high pitch that for some reasons would cause him to woof. hehehe. And one funny thing also is that probably my voice had reached the neighbors' domain so I assume they heard all those loudly high-pitched singing I did and I don't know if they're annoyed or disturbed by it. I would guess they're thinking of me as a frustrated singer hahaha. Americans are different. Unlike Filipinos that love to sing whether in karaoke or whatever all day long and all night long hehehe, but, they don't or shall we say they're not fond of karaoke thing. O well, who cares? I am not hurting anybody, right? Or let's put it this way, maybe I am hurting their ears? hehehe, but still I am not doing a criminal act, hear me? So, I continued practicing until today that I begin thinking skeptical about it. I have doubts whether I'll be accepted or not, given that, I'll be turning 28 this year already. Another thing also is that I am considering the fact that I am not yet a US citizen so there is no way that I will be considered an American idol if I am not an American. Friends, what do you think? Do you have any idea? On the other hand, in any case that I will not pursue my plan for which 99.99% I really won't hehe, I will just hold on to this dream of mine and someday when I already have a kid, God willing, I'm gonna pass this dream to him/her, who knows he/she will realize it for me. hehehe. Well, only Heaven knows...