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Like the wind,
Like the sand —
My heart is hopeful.
To witness Your undying beauty.

I took a picture of the mountains,
And then the oceans
And those people lingering their thoughts
While serving as the highlight of the background.

I can’t deny its raging beauty
But I search for more —
I search for the Sun each day
For what boasting I could have?

I’ve been to the beach so many times,
And in different seasons.
You take me to the shore
And I’m always in awe —
Not by the beauty itself
But by who You are.
Oh, how could I stop praising You?
The sound of the rain becomes one with my thoughts.
And now, I dance with the melody of my soul that was once lost.
I can hear the echoes of my past,
Beating what’s inside me,
Trying to battle the hope that is burning in my spirit.

Sometimes it still murmurs the pain of losing —
Reminding me the intensity of its debris
That still lingers in the shadows behind me.
But I was not the same me like the old, old days.
Maybe he doesn’t know that he too, has weaknesses
To ponder about and to transfer his energy instead.

As I shutter the light in me,
I come across in the interior of my own “building.”
The facade that I tried to replace with aesthetics
Cannot be compared to what will last in the near future.
And I know, it’s so soon.

The clouds may still hide the glory that is to come,
And yet the hopeful ones are ready
To be harvested like the flowers on the lawn.
The diverse scenario of picking flowers,
Of watching the sunrise again..
I do hope that everyone understands the depth
Of what it really means to “rise from the dead.”

If only we could feel the power that runs in His blood,
Maybe we’ll all get access to the vision He has left us with.
But that power that raised Him from the dead
Is also the power that is in you and me
To conquer the battles with our daily bread.

Today, we shiver with the taste of life,
And I always push myself to have better ears than bitter tears.
I know that one day, we’ll come to the best ending of our lives.
But on that day, I hope we are one in spirit and truth.
For only the truth will last forever.

I hope we don’t mind if our standards of “truth”
May come into halt..
And that’s to bring out the best version of us,
To the better you and me!
‘Til we meet again!
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And so I had a vision:
To sail a boat of my own..
Let me tell you a story..
That one God impressed to me.

Watchin’ the raging waves,
I pondered with a question of..
“Why did Jesus chose fishermen?”
Then his goal isn’t just to save the lost
But to gather them in unity.

I remember the rich man
Who failed in his test..
For he cannot leave his riches behind,
After boasting that he has done everything
For his the salvation of his soul.

Fishermen have simple lives
They fish as their living;
One “nothing has been caught”
Might end a life worth-saving.

But these fishermen understood
The essence of being disciples of Jesus;
They became fishers of men —
From island to another one.
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Healing hands, kneeling soul
Shaking —
My body’s been shakin’
Yet I know He can make it
And He will lead me all through it.

I have these thoughts
Of exchanging the worries
With the renewal of mind,
Bartering what’s temporal
With what I long for eternal.

When I’m weak,
I look at myself —
Oh, I’m that small..
And figured all things out.
That, Oh..
My God’s so, So big.

When I’m at my worst,
I dance with sorrow as well
Like normal beings,
Lost, who keeps wandering away.
But in my worst,
In the dust in the desert,
I find the waters.
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Gusto ko nang gumaling —
Paulit-ulit kong sinasabi sa utak ko
Paulit-ulit kong panalangin.
Pero naisip ko rin,
Kaya ko bang gumaling nang walang gamot?

Sa paghihintay kong hindi nakapila,
Sa paghihintay ko sa oras kong itinakda —
Sa oras ko nang pagsalang..
Gusto ko naman sanang
“Magaling na ako
Bago ako mag-undergo ng test.”

Naisip ko, sa ganitong estado pala’y
Gaya pala ito ng paghihintay
Sa pagbabalik ni Hesus..
Na ang nais ko lamang
Ay matagpuan Nya akong “magaling na”
Sa anumang sakit at sumpang dumapo sa akin.

Sa bawat pagsikat ng araw
At sa bawat pagsipat ko sa bagong buhay,
Ang tanging lunas pa rin
Ay ang presensya Nya..
Walang ibang kasagutan
Sa paghilom ng aking pagkatao
Kundi Sya’t Sya pa rin naman talaga.

Hindi ko naman pwedeng madalian
Ang oras ko tapos hindi pala ako handa
Hindi pala ako naghahanda
Sa pagbabalik Nya.
Yung wala pala akong ginagawa
Habang naghihintay ako sa pagdating Nya.

Isinasariwa ko kung ano ba dapat
Ang laman ng puso ko.
Dapat kasi hindi ako maligaw ng landas
Lahat kasi ng “dapat” maggawa ko..
Pero hindi eh..
Gusto lang ng Panginoon
Na maging totoo ako sa sarili ko,
Maging totoo ako sa Kanya..
Hindi ko kailangang itago
Yung mga kamalian ko sa buhay,
Walang pagpapanggap.
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Write —
As if the sky wasn't blue
And every day
Is as upside down as the next.

Write —
In colors,
Then write
In black and white.

Write —
Because you can;
It’s your freedom.

Write novels that span pages upon pages Bound together by leather
Or some short words.
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Every time I write,
I sing the hymn of my spirit.
And every time I speak,
It’s Your breath that moves the mountains.

I thought my heart and my head know me better
Than any person ever will...
There’s not much to say,
But there’s so much to be written —
It’s like You talking to me.
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