Trusted With Little

Luke 16:10
New International Version (NIV)

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”

I don’t know how else to say this, so I’m just going to say it anyway. This is intended for my Christian friends. This message is not to condemn yet gently remind all of us about truths. Truths that we somewhat treat as menial or trivial things. As I fire away, know that this message hit me first before I wrote it down here.

I Guess I’m Tired

Tired of writing

I tried to do poetry tonight. I guess I ran out of brain juice early or I just lack the patience to continue writing. So I decided to just write. I don’t really care if I make sense. I just want to write. From time to time I leave the blog screen to check out Facebook, but nothing there catches my attention. Nothing there interests me. I feel like a wet matchstick. No amount of striking would cause my brain to be ‘on fire’. I don’t even know what to write here. I just want to type away. For some unknown reason, I think I lost the mojo when it comes to coming up of topics. But then again, whoever said that I have mojo in writing in the first place?

Tired of playing

I lost the zeal to pick up my guitar too. I think it has been months that I haven’t touched my guitar. The last time I played, I think was in a funeral service a few months back. Talk about symbols. It just died. Yeah I still listen to John Mayer Trio from time to time but even that can’t inspire me to pick up my guitar. She (my guitar) just sits in the corner. My guitar-stand kind of acted like a make-shift helmet rack. I went to some of my friends’ gigs. I went to Alphonse, SaGuijo and watched many videos on YouTube. Nothing… Nothing inspires me to play.

Tired of waiting

It’s like a carousel trip. Monday then Tuesday, then Wednesday, then Thursday, Then Friday, Then weekends. Before you even enjoy your weekend, it’s Monday again. Round and round it goes. Nothing new happens. I think I’m going insane. I’m doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Good thing there’s my bike; but even riding my bike on the same old route gets boring. I don’t even know what I’m waiting for. I just know somehow, something’s missing.. and I don’t know how to fix it.. (See I even play John Mayer’s songs in my head but.. nevermind..)

Tired of hoping

I went up to the Summer Capital of the Philippines last February to see if there is even a slight possibility of finding ‘one’. As it turns out. I found ‘none’. On the onset, I was hopeful. I know I was doing the right thing. I know I did. Even then, I found that doing the right thing doesn’t mean your going to get the right results. I made some lots of terrible boo-boos. It made me lose my cool at times. Oh well…

Tired of lifting

All this talk about getting tired, wears me down. It’s baggage I don’t have to carry. So… I think I’m just going to forget about it. Throw it away. If I don’t find a woman who will be a suitable helper for me, then so be it. If I never go full-time in ministry, so be it. If I don’t make music any longer so be it. If I don’t write again.. then.. nevermind… I just finished another article.

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Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

Matthew 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

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Abba, I’m tired of this rut. Get me out of this; but if You will that I stay in here, change my heart or at least give me a new perspective. Allow me to see things in a different light. Allow me to see things like how You see them. Thanks Dad. Goodnight.. Oh I forgot.. You never sleep anyway.

Revisiting Ancient Poetry

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

With all the rejection the world offers, you tend to retreat back to your so-called comfort
zone broken while you sulk and whine. With the demands that the world has set on you, your
only response is a shout with all your might inside the constraints of your skull “What is
wrong with me?” or “What do they have that I don’t?” You sigh at times saying “I just
couldn’t do the right thing.” Do not fret. The Lord is your shepherd you lack nothing…

He makes me lie down in green pastures

At times, we end up so stressed out looking for most secure job. We waste away countless
minutes perfecting a strategy for the economic stability of our business. We pressure
ourselves to break point just to meet daily targets. Anxiety seeps in as the days pass by
aggravating the tension caused by deadlines. For as long as you are working for God and not
for men; relax and rest assured that He will bring you to green pastures

He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul.

Problems weigh you down. You feel disturbed by the world’s view. You worry about how you
are going to eat, dress and live through the day. You doubt people who have offended you.
You get agitated and alarmed by even the slightest threat to your personality. Be still and
know that there is a God who cares. He will lead you to where it is quiet, and cool. Be
refreshed. Be at peace.

He guides me along the right paths for His name’s sake.

We all face tough decisions daily. For some, a wrong decision could wreck their reputation.
A promise that we could not fulfill could ruin relationships? A duty we could not
carry out could mean death to a loved one. A task we can’t do that could make us lose
our job. Don’t we all wish that there is an easier way to do things? Even if there isn’t He
guides us along the right paths, because in the end, He wants to get the glory. Hang in
there.

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for You are with me;

At your loneliest moments. At your darkest nights. When you hit your all time low. When you
are struck down, there is Someone who will make sure that you are not destroyed. When you
are hard-pressed on all sides, do not fear. God is with you. Again I say. God is there for
you.

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me

You hate limits. You don’t like boundaries. You say that you need to be free and yet you
are in chains. No freedom is absolute so they say. But His words says that “Whom the Son
has set free, is free indeed.” When a flock of sheep are inside the fence, they are in
prison. They are not free. The rod, might represent discipline and the staff could mean
guidance. If you broaden how you think they could also mean that you are not fenced. Be
comforted when God disciplines you because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he
chastens everyone he accepts as his son.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

Have you recently discovered how it felt to be back-stabbed by a so-called friend? Were you
a victim of unfaithfulness? Did someone organize something for you to take the blame for
something your did not do? Are there struggles in your own mind? Hold on. That is just half
the battle. God will fight for you. He has overcome the world. The battle is His, not
yours. Vengeance belongs to God. Appropriate the victory that God has given you.

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Are there ailments that bother you? A sickness that just wont go away? Maladies that annoy
you? Does life stink? God offers a solutions. He anoints you with oil. Oil that heals any
disease. Oil that makes life better. Oil that overwhelms the stench of an imperfect life.

Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life.

Have you been chasing the wind? Have you been looking for good things. Are you looking for
love? Have you lost your identity trying to be someone other than what God intended you to
be? Have you been running around in circles? Stop! Be still. Goodness and love have been
following you all your life. Let them catch up.
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever

You belong in His presence. Where He goes, there you should be also. Delight yourself in
the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. It is better to be in the presence of the Lord than anywhere else. Stay in his presence. There is no place you would rather be.

Non-Negotiable

I could never see myself as a single person forever. I’ve always had that wish to have a family. Marry a beautiful woman and have kids. I’ve always dreamt about that family picture. Although the “dad-mom-and-kids” kind of family picture sounds great indeed. I’m looking forward to the “grandpa-grandma-kids-and-grandkids” kind of family picture.

Faithfully February

To express love, one must be faithful. One must make sure that what he does, pleases the one he loves. If a person only does things that pleases himself, then he is selfish. It only proves that he loves himself more than his so-called beloved.

God expresses His love for us by staying faithful to us despite our unfaithfulness to Him. The song goes:

“How many times have I broken Your heart… still You forgive.. If only I ask”

I pray that we learn to love like how God loves us…

…Faithful

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Psalm 36:5
Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.

1 John 4:11-12 NIV
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.