"On Reconciling for Simplified Life in your mid-Sixties"

 Coming to an age where the pangs of aging utterly obliterates the fidelity of your faculties is a bittersweet common knowledge. I now have glaucoma in both of my eyes, and I had laser surgeries to prevent losing my sight. I have never been a fan of corrective procedures or surgeries on any part of my body, but I have to adopt a new mindset. It bothers me more than ever now that I can't hear very well. When people are talking to me, and their voice is monotone & soft, I often say, "I'm sorry, but you need to speak louder, or can you repeat what you just said?" When I watch television, the volume is halfway up; otherwise, I'm better off just reading the subtitles. Thank God that my speed in reading is still complimentary, and my feet remain strong. I go to the gym 3x a week and do my speed/boosted walk exercises at home when I can't go to the park.

Without good health in your old age, your time on Earth is rapidly drifting. That is sad and disconcerting, but that is inevitable. Preserving, maintaining, and working to be the best version of yourself should have always been a top priority early on in our lives. We should have realized that no amount of unbelief would deter us from living healthily. 

I've heard so many people telling me that because I'm Asian that my frame is smaller and that heredity also creeps in on how your body is built. That may be true, but it ultimately comes down to what you put in your body, including the amount of stress you're allowing yourself to be entangled by all these craps that surround us.

I know now that self-discipline and personal responsibility are very important traits for success in any phase or season of life.  Complacency and procrastination are not foreign to me. I sometimes wallow in excuses, but you'll pay the price. Even the Bible says that we need to be steadfast in our faith, not allowing the devil to play tricks on us. You know the devil is the greatest liar who deceived Adam & Eve to begin with. Satan is only here to kill & destroy our faith in God. He is so subtle, making it look like he is on your side, but if you know the Word of God, he will flee from you. I always tell him when he is trying to smooth things out for me that he is under my feet, and that Jesus already won all the victories for my battles at the Cross. In addition to that, I tell him to not waste his time on me and all of my family because we're all sold out into Jesus' throne of eternity...

Thank you for allowing me to stay firm for my platform of Hope, Faith & Love. 

Today, I turn 65!

 The truth about turning 65 is empowering and resolute. You know what's your truth: you are loved, a force to reckon and a beautiful soul to be around with...

If you don't own this way about yourself, it is time you do something about it. Don't waste any more of your energy living a life that doesn't make sense. Be good to yourself. Get to know God. Read the Bible. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and Pray intentionally. Build your life with people who share your vision and your Faith. And I guarantee you that your stairway to Heaven is palpable.

I am beyond thankful to God for having continually blessed me with good health habits, and an inquisitive and fortitude mind. I am not saying that I'm always strong and steady but when I do fail nowadays, I'm quick to acknowledge my human frailties and embrace its takeaways. These are lessons that need to revolutionize your world for growth. If your perspective in doing things continues to bring you demise, then you haven't learned anything from your failures and they will continue to disrupt your life until you get it right. And when that happens, I hope that you have not squandered your time on earth so recklessly that you're too feeble to make a change. Don't justify yourself with chronic excuses because satan loves you to be on his side. He wants you to be deceived. He is a master of lies and deception. He will make it look like it's okay to compromise and let loose the boundaries. How foolish one can be if you allow yourself to be baited and get hooked by such a notorious and obvious lie. 

Be grounded with the unwavering love of God..."Ask and ye shall receive." The wisdom that you need, that we all need desperately to live in peace and in harmony with others. I don't think I'm being an idealist here but we can all do something good that is inherent in us.

"My Saving Grace"

Let me begin with an 8th verse poem that came as a cornerstone of my post today...not mine but shared by an anonymous writer, or a poet. More of an artist for me.

All the water in the world

However hard it tried,

Could never sink a ship

Unless it got inside.

All the hardships of this world

Might wear you pretty thin,

But they wont hurt you one least bit

Unless you let them in.

---Anonymous

If you have been reading my posts periodically or regularly, you know that numbers and seasons are embedded in my content. Such numbers as # 1,3, 7, 12, & 40. You may have an inclination as to why these numbers symbolize something. Biblically, they constitute infinite meanings as they reveal their immutable significance from Genesis to Revelation in the Bible.

For example, Today is March 01, the first day of the month and it is common knowledge that it is good to start this day with something positive and it may as well be a smooth running cycle for the whole month. It might be superstitious to others but there's no harm in trying to

be energetic the whole month. So, here I am trying very hard to write a post. It's been almost a year since I haven't posted anything and for that, I apologize. I could say I got caught up with Life's misgivings but that would be an awful excuse. None of us gets a free card from the reality of experiencing sorrow, disappointment, loneliness, doldrums, and burnout, just to name a few. Nowadays, "Life is really hard and it's harder when you're stupid." 

I hate to say that there's too much callousness going around--a very cruel disregard for our peace, to our heart's longing. There's deception in our minds as we are a part of unraveling culture besetting the very structure of our lives. It's not just disturbing but dehumanizing us, as God's people. We are God's masterpiece, created in his own image but why do we let ourselves fall into the devil's wiles? Why do we do things consistently that break the heart of God without thinking about the ramifications of our actions? Are you conscientious enough to even think that it's your life and that you can do anything as you please? Absolutely not.

 God has indeed given us the free will to make choices but in those choices that would reveal your character as a good person or a satan follower. And that you can only know when you read the Word of God...There's nothing in this world worthy of being left behind when the rapture comes. He is coming soon. We better be ready when Jesus comes. Every day, I am excited more than ever. Soon, I will be transformed into a heavenly body with a heavenly mind and that's infinite joy in waiting for that to happen. Everything will be eternal. No more sorrow, no more pain, and no more sickness and no more death. Rev.21:4

God be Praised!

Rejoice, Jesus is Alive...Happy Easter

 

Setting Our Hearts To Familiar Thresholds...

 Waking up at 4 am. on a Saturday morning today is not consistent with what my heart desires which is staying in bed till 6:30, at least. But sometimes we don't know why we can't just go back under the blanket and may be dream a sequel of the one that was disturbed by your waking up... wishful thinking!

I didn't read a book to tire my eyes and calm my senses just to go back to sleep. Then it dawned on me it's April first--meaning I have to deepen an activity for the rest of the month. I have to create a pie graph that would account my high and low energy performance. How much I am slacking with time, my productivity flow and how it yields to a greater value of my words and actions for that's the way I could be better in living a life of good stewardship.

Haven't posted a while for I was madly busy entertaining my own guilt and shame for having allowed myself  gained more than ten lbs. I'm not comfortable about it but It's harder to do something about it when you're older. The dynamic of everything we do when we're past 50 is an ordeal. Sometimes I think I just have to let my body grow heavy because that's what happens as the pangs of aging hits us. But anyway gaining weight is just one problem but it compounds with having diabetes, high blood pressure ,and my most dreadful one to having is Alzheimer's disease. It's a senseless life if you got it. But thank God I'm good.

Well, so this first day of April I chose to make amends to all those times I watched a lot of Netflix movies and documentaries. At one time I watched 12 episodes in one day for the movie, The Ozarks." Shame on me but I should have contained myself, disciplined my actions.

I'm doing better now. My goal is to get back to being proactive, walk vigorously again. I miss walking on different trails like when Cocoa and Tootsie were still my companion dogs. I slowed down when they were gone; my energy is not up to par as I used to. However, I will get over all these distractions and refrain myself from activities that do not yield intrinsic value.

I will go back to taking baby steps till I reach that level of maturity to love myself again by renewing my mind and heart...Life happens. 

God is good .All the time!

God's Perfect Love To You & Me...

I may not feel it all the time but that's just the flesh. But I know that I know that God loves me. Reading His Word, the Holy Bible has taken me to the depth and width of how much He loves us unconditionally...

"First Things First"

Blogging is dead. That's what I read from one of my favorites New York Bestseller writers. And when he said that, my vein in writing collapsed. If Blogging is replaced by TikTok, Instagram & other social media platforms which are newer trends in communicating and sharing your thoughts, what would I be doing if Blogging is obsolete?

Blogging is my first medium for self-expression before journalling. Other powerful bloggers have influenced my writing to date. I am empathetic to their works as long as their posts are all related to real-life experiences. Fictional entries don't move me as much as non-fiction; although I had watched countless movies in my life in the latter category.

Well, this is my first entry for this year. I realized that one's reality is not in my range. Because even when the majority of bloggers halted their desire to post, I"m not gravitating to that reality yet. When that time comes for me to do it, I may just have to change the term but not its form.

May I gain more informative and insightful and life-changing stories to share and not falter from that heart of mine that only wishes good tidings and more love from seeking "first things first" to all of you?

 

Merry Christmas To You All...

 Six minutes before midnight here...and I'm still wide awake just thinking another Christmas has just passed me by. We had our family Christmas tradition celebration at my brother Jun's house. It was nice but at the end of the day, I asked myself what did I miss why I'm still feeling lack and unsettled. I could enumerate reasons, however, those reasons are just what they are. So I switched that mode of operation to a better way of thinking...just be grateful for family and the faith that encircles it.

Merry Christmas

Happy November

 

The fruitful images of November can't be denied. But what accrues in our minds is the long forbearing essence of what connects to it: gratitude, and thankfulness.

I'm ever thankful that I know the Lord and still pursuing to know Him more while the opportunities are still at my disposal. I thank Him to all those people He had put in my life as vessels to grow in Him and to those people who had become chasms into derailing my spiritual purpose on this earth. Because through them all, I had my takeaways.

The burden of truth is really on us. It begins with clear thinking devoid of mundane distractions and knowing that it ends what your heart knows all along: that there is our Almighty God waiting on us to give up our fleshly addictions so He can direct our path from the angst of stubbornness and pride to a journey of hope, faith, and love.

I'm thankful that God is able to hold back His wrath from what has been plaguing this country. I'm dumbfounded but not torn to pieces about how we're using the pronouns, he, she, it, etc. opposite their original usage. Shocking & disturbing. God is still providing us time to repent before He comes for His final judgment. 

I'm thankful that I already voted for early midterm elections and you guys know what my votes stand for. It may be perceived as unpopular and unsettling to others who take their human rights for granted but I'm at peace with my truth, God's truth.

And I'm thankful that God still answers prayers whether out loud, to a whisper, or muttering...I do them all even when waiting for an answer means holding on tight to your faith that God is faithful, perfect, and true. 

I am thankful that there is a massive field for a harvest of souls to be saved...We're all ambassadors for His kingdom. And life is short!

Giving Thanks for October's Bounty

  Vibrant hues in the Fall season never cease to amaze my heart fallin' for it...even my senses are bowing to encapsulate nature's invigorating colors giving deep substance in my mortal existence.

Even for just a season that is!

God's outpouring Blessings has been raining on us especially this two weekends in a row. My nephew in Florida just passed the State Bar Exam last week, our first certified attorney in the family; and this week, my niece here in Texas just aced the Social Work Board Exam.

However, the highest achievement one can ever have is the ultimate gift of giving your best servitude to others...how you serve humanity with what God guided you to attain.

I just hope and pray that anyone that's been given a vessel, a platform to stand and fight for is going to make the right choice/s in this life no matter how strong the voice, the feature of darkness is. It's scary, I know but remember, we're just traveling but walking with a purpose. 

So, know what your divine gift/s are...Use them accordingly. Seek God's wisdom and you'll never have any qualms following your heart's desire for you are created as His masterpiece.

You can always count on it: that God loves you unconditionally.

Happy Fall/Autumn

"You are still my muse in writing..."

It's here, the fall season. It's probably us, Texans, that need a relief the most after the whole summer of experiencing a 3-digit hot temperature. I'm clamoring for cold crisp, windy gust of wind. Tired running the air conditioner and not having your windows open for fresh air. And if you're having hot flushes like me, you're doomed for you're going to sweat more profusely, unfortunately. That's how I feel...

Well, gas prices is less than 3 dollars. That's good news but inflation is still on the rise. If we don't steward our finances wisely, which is not easy, you're also doomed for incurring more debts and that's petrifying. With that, you could lose your home, your cars ,even your "bread & butter' jobs and most of all losing your dignity, your equilibrium, your footing, because of unnecessary purchases and vices you should never feed yourselves.

But we're all human beings with weak points and flaws that hold us to a point where we allow these bad habits to control us instead of controlling them or best yet, never" give a foothold to the devil, especially if you're a Christ believer. You should know as a Christian that Jesus Christ has already won the victories for us and has given us "the authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and physical and mental strength and over all the power of the enemy" (Luke 10:19).

If we believe that, what else do we need to overpower evil since we have the dominion empowered to us by God? That's the nemesis there--we don't fully believe...

Mind you, I still drive a 2003 car. It's still running pretty good. Although I only drive it to my work, to church, to grocery stores and to my mom's house, this car is pretty darn good to get me to places I need to be .I can also buy a newer car or a brand new one but what purpose would it serve? If it's for your neighbors to see, you're missing out on your grater purpose. Besides, who would want to pay full coverage insurance, monthly payments and maintenance on your golden years?

Because I know that eternal home is not here. Therefore, my time, talents and financial investments should reflect the kingdom of Heaven where I could help more people know the love of God and not see them miss out Heaven.

I just heard  that a townmate of ours just passed more than a week ago. Did he know Christ and walk the faith? I certainly hope so.

I'm actually writing this post on my mom's kitchen table. I volunteered to take care of her so my sister that lives with her can go celebrate her 50th birthday in New York with my sister that lives there.

My mom is 88 years old and so frail and tiny, about 4'10.I took a week off work so I can fully attend to her needs.

My other siblings are helping me too but I'm the one that stays with her at night. It's an opportunity for all of us siblings to take care of her, show her our love and when she's gone there will be no regrets because we serve her well...In the Bible, it says that if you honor your parents, God honors that and will add more years to your physical life. That's sure a sheer bonus. But if your parents have abandoned you and abused you, let God be God in all situations .And take heart to forgive. Easy for me to say but you can't go wrong knowing the absolute truth that life without the grace of God is so empty and meaningless....

"The Author of Life Triumphs Justice..."

 Today is a massive celebration of the life of unborn babies here in America. I wish that you could feel my heart pounding with sheer joy...Having heard it on Air 1 radio and read it on my Android the headline "Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rights" is for me a divine intervention. The sweet victory that we prayed for a long time may have come in a long time but as the Bible says "God's timing is perfect." Ecclesiastes 3:11

And no one can dispute that truth about God's perfection and immutability as He is omniscient, omnipresent & omnipotent God.

Would you believe that I stayed @ Barnes & Noble for almost 11 hours as my way of celebrating the right of unborn babies? It's true. It's the longest time ever to stay reading and I really enjoyed this time to myself. I got to read different magazines and books I don't particularly read like consumers report on buying and selling cars, money & sailing magazines & Top Gun 2 Special edition which I went to see and felt that I got my money's worth. 

Just wanted to share that... I know that there are countless oppositionists about abortion being banned now in 13 states and more States to follow in Jesus' name but the very one thing that matters and counts Today is the unspoken, silenced cry of the unborn babies that have now a voice, a sound are waiting for the rest of us to answer our call of duty--to uphold life, not darkness!

I Pray Healing In Jesus' Name...

 Grappling and catching up with circumstances in life puts me to shame. I regretted but reconciled with repentance that I shied away from writing. My deepest apology to those who regularly hope and wait for me to wake up with a new surge of power knowing my personal/spiritual relationship with the Lord Jesus is one that never shatters and the absolute hope for humanity...

This song is for all of you. It connected to me heartily, in my every vein. Music, a good  song ministers to the soul. It clutches your moral compass to its roots. It can bring you to true repentance and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord.

Let this song empowers you for this is what I yearn for all of you to have and behold...healing in every circumstance in Jesus' name.

I love you all with the love of the Lord.

Always...

MARCH For Freedom...

We don't have a soul if we remain silent, unprovoked, & unmoved by what we see

Where does freedom lie in us? 

Is it something we continually fight for and willingly die for?

Yes!

What can we do to move Heaven's Door?

Pray and be kind to one another...

And be ready for Jesus is coming soon.

Becoming More Intentional This Year, 2022

 After partaking Communion at my church, there were games prepared but I didn't stay. I had pictures taken to commemorate the fellowship then headed home.

I ended up watching a Christmas movie while waiting for the countdown. I have my champagne glass with pumpkin cinnamon juice. I could hear the excitement from my neighbor to my right side of the fence. They know how to party hard. They have their props for the New Year. They have a long table of food, munchies, drinks, hot soups and desserts. How come I know? They invited me to get a plate but I said, "No Thanks" because I was already full and I couldn't handle any food for that matter.

As I thought about the invitation, I would have been more intentional with my words if I just filled a plate and eat for the next morning. That would have been a better scenario I think because this is the third time now that I refused to their invitation.      

Well, we all have our resolutions or goals to attain this year. What comes to mind is making better judgment on others. Our judgment unto others should not be an indictment just because they failed your expectations. Your ground rules may not be applicable to them. You just have to be intentional. There's no profit in rushing things. With that, I will no longer multi-task especially at home. You can never reach the ceiling of your goals if what you're doing is just the minimum worth of things. That's why we're prone to heart attacks, panic attacks, high blood pressure and many more health issues  that could have been prevented if we just know how to prioritize ensuing good sanity.

Don't be afraid to unfollow  many of your friends, acquaintances, and even family members in your social media if all they do is proclaim vanity. You need friends that will propel your faith in the Lord gaining new heights of wisdom and helping you be a good steward of God's given gifts to you. You know who they are... It is time to take control of the things that you can control but the things you can't, leave it to God. It is also time to render our obedience to God and not do things that would compromise them.

Let's all do better this year...'2022'

In God We Trust'                                                                                                                                          

Thank You Lord For A Very Merry Christmas...

 

Now I know how my mom feels beyond exclusively overjoyed especially @ Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day & Birthdays when she's surrounded with her children. There is nothing more perpetually important & beautiful than having your loved ones, your family, enjoying the blessings of health, the abundance of food, the sentiments of love, and the shared challenges that made us stronger and wiser--all because we believe that "the deepest wounds can be the very catalysts that cause us to reach toward Him and that He is for us and not against us...

Merry Merry Christmas

It's Christmas Eve...In less than two hours it's Christmas. It's funny that I'm writing this post in my garage table where your thoughts could be hovered with images of special kind of junks that are stored...For the first time I wanted to try the unorthodox setting to write not jut writing in your most special niche, the master bedroom all the time. Tonight, it feels natural, more like organic, down to earth atmosphere. Beautiful weather, too, for a wintry December. What about 68 degrees, my kind of weather.

Let me share with you what happened in the wee hours of this morning. My son's new sport's car was broken into. His passport, his ticket to Amsterdam for Monday were stolen. His Master's Degree graduation money from last week and his 6 valuable watches were also taken. And for all we know, it could have been a more than one man's job.  One grabbing for stuff and one on the look out. The Ring captured a man sitting on the front passenger's side but it was blurry. You may be wondering why the alarm did not go off. 

There are many speculations. May be even tremendous warranted guilt of what ifs' and should haves' suppositions on my son's behalf. I'm so sorry for this to have happened and I love you son were the only things I told him. Did I have any inkling? No, but at this time of year especially at this Christmas, I've heard so many car thieves, home invasions and packages getting stolen even in broad daylight. 

However, these suppositions may seem irrelevant now. I thank God that my son had a very strong sense of moving forward and getting over unprecedented event rather than mulling over it senselessly. It's just money and physical valuables that he worked for diligently. I pray that the culprits be convicted and will return the passport and everything that was not theirs. Is that a dreamy, farfetched prayer? No, because God does miraculous transformations on the human heart. And if not, the valuable lessons alone outweigh the evil deeds. God has a way of returning it back to you what was taken. Never leave valuables, cash, or any electronic items in your car no matter how tired you are. Deposit your checks and money the day or the next day you received them. And never forget to mutter a prayer, silent or unspoken on your way out...

Most of all, don't let the devil sway you from celebrating the greatest gift of the Heavenly Father to us, His son, Jesus...

God will promote you, will protect you when you don't let circumstances circumvent or beat you.

From my Family to Yours, Merry Merry Christmas to you All!

God Bless

 

" Give Thanks Unto The Lord..."

 

In every circumstance, challenge, and ordeal that we go through this life, new revelations and learning experiences walk our path. We just have to wear the right lens of God's perspective, what He says about all these events, chartered and unchartered territories in our lives unexpected, uneventful...

My best friend was in ICU on a ventilator, in a dormant state for two months. Visitations are only for families so I was excluded. I was left in the dark that the only thing I could do was to pray for God's miracle. I do believe that God still performs miracles for "He is the same yesterday, Today and Forever."

While waiting for God's heart to move from all the prayers and fasting from hundreds of saints everywhere, there are moments when the enemy encamps my mind showering me with doubts, fear, insecurity so I may be led astray from going to church to praise and worship the Lord Jesus.  The devil whispering those lies in my soul that my best friend has long been gone in the physical realm did not pull a string in my heart for I know my God, what He's able to do...  But you know, when satan starts to bewilder you with accusations and try to reframe your thoughts, please know that He is the father of lies, and don't you ever forget that he is "the devil that wants to devour our lives keeping us from the joy of living in a relationship with Jesus. His plan is obviously to steal, kill, and destroy one's life. And God calls us to be alert and of sober mind, watching out for the schemes of the devil who prowls around like a lion looking for someone to make his move."

So, last week, my prayer was answered; not just mine but many of those who prayed for healing over my best friend's situation. She woke up cognizant of her surroundings and her family by her side. I may have not witnessed such an incredible move of God but it gives me overwhelming joy that I still have her to continue this friendship that God bestowed on us. She can't speak yet but I know that in God's marvelous ways of loving us, that day will come very very soon.

November is my birthday month...and it's around Thanksgiving week. My heart is full of gratitude...

May you see what I see; may you feel what I feel and may the Grace of God abounds in your life because it's only through Him that we truly live...

 

I find solace in the changing of seasons...

October is when I start to feel whimsical with a dose of nostalgia and utmost gratitude. My eyes can see beyond the colors of the season. My ears can hear the tweeting of the birds sitting on the electric wire high above my home. I could smell the crackling and the crumbling of the warm comforts of food...the crisp peach cobbler, cinnamon roll pancakes, creamy lentil stew, homemade fried chicken marinated in soy sauce, lemon, and pepper & salt, and don't forget the hayride or stroll down to the picks of the pumpkin patch. It's a wild, dreamy thing for me...

The sprawling showcase of vibrant colorful pumpkins of different kinds of shades and texture engulfs me in awe and wonder. And, yet a traditional orange carving pumpkin brings me delight.

There's autumn excitement in my daily walks. 

I get to my school campus an hour early in the morning so I can walk around the school building 4 times which is roughly equivalent to a mile or so for a half-hour, from Monday to Friday. The only time I trail the parks is on the weekends since I take good care of my mom after school. There are five of us siblings that pitch in with our time to take good care of our mom. This is the only way that she wouldn't live in a nursing home. Besides, for all mom's quirks and idiosyncrasies, she won't last a day in a nursing facility. There are days that this schedule is taking its toll on us. But the love for a mom or for a loved one justifies the sacrifice...God is mindful of our hearts.

So here I am... taking a solo venture that I have yet to discover the unfolding of a life that is unprecedented and punctuated by uncertainties. Would there be an intimate rendezvous on the horizon?

God is faithful...All things are possible with Him to those who believe. I'm counting on it!

Happy Fall.

W

''It's Time For Me To Be Vaccinated..."

 

                          After contracting Covid 4 months ago, I swore that I will get the vaccine. But let me tell you some things I experienced physically and spiritually: it was very dreadful to face it knowing I got it on Mother's Day and also my mom's 86th birthday, both of which I planned to celebrate with family but life had other plans for me. I have had gotten so many narratives about how Covid turns into a death sentence, a horrifying and debilitating affliction it is to you if you get it. But until you experienced Covid which I never wish for my worst enemy to have, you don't have an inkling what sickness or disease means.

Before the inception of Covid, I was very confident that my immune system is strong enough to battle the virus. Never in my life that I was so wrong about my physical health. I thought I would be spared from it, maybe even an exception but I did get it even with ardent prayers to God every day. I had chills and fever that stayed with me for 72 hours; I had pinching-like pain and pressure in my chest for a night and lost my sense of taste and smell for a month. My energy was very low that all I wanted is to lie down and sleep. The weakening of my body was too much to endure. And when I was about ready to go back to work after 10 days of quarantine and with a negative Covid result, I sprained my left leg by doing strenuous body exercise. Thus I stayed another week. Another lesson learned: learn to take it easy and be patient and be accepting that growing old entails simplifying your life. 

But even then that I was so sick experiencing all the symptoms listed if you have Covid, I know somewhere deep down in my soul that this virus is not going to be my cause of death. With the help of my very supportive and loving family and friends and most of all God's covering on me, I knew that I will regain my strength, recuperate with fortitude and run this challenge with the ingrained promise of God in my life. Amidst the precipice of things, I wasn't about to give up on the path that God has led me to take. Because only in God's presence you can have joy forevermore.

So, this morning, I finally got my first dose of the Moderna vaccine. I was adamant about taking it for I still see it as an experimental drug but some things just corroborated into making me decide that it's okay to take the chance for a lesser risk to be in an intensive care unit. I prayed that this vaccine will serve me right and to those who put their trust in these vaccines. So far, I only have a mild sore over the spot where they put the needle in. Praise God.

Oh God, I pray that this Covid 19, Delta variant, and any other virus that the enemy will plague us will cease and will have no power over us. In Jesus' name.

Amen.