Tempest

Sometimes you're floating

in a sea of temptations -

afraid, in the dark.

You grin and bear it.

And hold out against the storm.

By the thinnest threads.

And it ends.

And you're back.

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The Tempest

Just as every storm has a duration.

Every temptation has a limit.

A limit set by God, so as to challenge the soul,

and not to defeat it.

To reach this limit is the task of patience.

To fall short of this limit, more so.

Our spirit becomes stronger in its flight

- ever by the grace of our God -

when we, despite ourselves,

constantly reach out for the calm we know is out there,

beyond the tempest.

To endure the tempest constantly

is the domain of holy perseverance.

And holy perseverance brings us home to God.

- selah -

"Do not bring us to the test,

but deliver us from evil."

AMEN.

Overwhelmed

Blow by blow, my friend,

we come to grips with our work -

of healing our land.

May the LORD preserve

His servants in this Country,

His one Republic.

God bless the

Philippines!

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It is disheartening to witness all of these betrayal of public trust issues surfacing into the national dialogue - but such are like the labor pains of a woman giving birth to a new age for our people.

The March of Nations

The autumnal dusk,
at the dawn of exile time,
the long march, eastward -

Towards the twilight,
towards the breaking of dawn,
the journey of Man.

One cycle
of the soul.
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Life is a Warfare

Life is a battle,
a war to end all wars - fought -
from within the soul.

Christ is our vict'ry
set your hearts upon Him - and -
never quit the fight.

A will lost,
loses all.
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Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

How do we know God,
when knowing is not knowing
the Unknowable?

True Light is presence
of our LORD's deep mystery,
faith, a sight that seeks

Walk in light,
not by sight.
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The Blessing of the Peace

Did you know, my nation,
the best product that any Country can produce
for all the realms of heaven
and for all the nations of earth
is its people - honest human beings, quality souls -
strong brave and free...

What else is there?

How then
do we measure the success
of the peace of our Republic undertaking?

For a nation that wrestles
does not wrestle against matter
- but against the spirit -
and by the Spirit masters the material.

Are we not a nation?

- selah -

How then
do we measure the success
of the peace of our Republic undertaking?
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Promptly Rise

With ev'ry fall - and -
with ev'ry failure - you must -
promptly rise, have faith...

Pick yourself up - and -
learn, and be stronger for it:
Leave your sins behind.

Shake the dust
off your feet.
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The Brave

Why is Superman -
so super? Is it because
he is born super?

Heroes are not born,
no one is honored just for
merely exisitng...

No try is
a wrong try.
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Perseverance

A man once served, then -
thought about Judas and lo!
He betrayed Peter.

A man once loved, then -
thought about all the unlove
and said, "I serve not."

What kind of
love is that?
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Towards the Dawn!

A salutation!
To the dawn, the new morning,
the march of exiles...

How near the journey,
towards twilight, towards hope,
eastward, towards day.

Face away
from the night.
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Vault of Sky

Blue, our vault of sky,
home of the stars of night -
silent, unconscious.

Exile hopes, golden,
a remembrance of the Sun,
the children of Day.

Persevere
and Prevail.
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Gray Skies

When dark clouds threaten

and thy prayers seem unheard

carry on blindly.

Fall a million times

in the dark. But don't you stop

longing for light!

God listens,

don't you know?

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