''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.

Hello September Rhythm Of The Wind...

 

You Are Not Alone...God Loves You.

 

We're blazing another round of tumultuous period of an onslaught to Delta Variant. Masks are required again. We were just having a breather and people are really enjoying this freedom until another so-called strand popped to threaten our livelihood. And we ask, when will this charade be over? That's just my opinion. 

I can't help to implore the question, "Who's benefiting the most from all of these? I'm sure that crossed into the forefront of your mind. Who and what are we giving the fidelity and the integrity of our constitutional rights to? 

Each day I grow weary and perplexed of how this beautiful, blessed, and most powerful country in the world is not holding up against tyranny among those we put into power to protect the people but instead we, the people are constrained in a box. Again, it's just me and my thoughts. We don't really get the real substance of media reporting. It is disconcerting that I no longer watch the news of any kind...I read up on articles though by trustworthy writers and re-read them again with punctuations and notations. 

It's a crazy world we live in, so they say... However, we can be more informed, equipped, and prayerful so "we may not be destroyed and perished because of lack of knowledge." We, the people of God have that opportunity to learn what the Bible says about all of these. "All Scriptures in the Bible is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV

"Take Joy In The Journey..."

 

Good, inspiring music is at our disposal...We get it for free anytime, anywhere in the U.S.

Beyond Blessed for the freedom to choose what we want to listen to and thank God for raising up artists, musicians, and songwriters to help reach people know that they can call upon God for mercy, grace and forgiveness.

There is undeniably millions of people hurting here in Earth. I must say, all of us--just in different ways. For how deep the pain is, no one can measure except that when you have Hope in God's sovereign power and unconditional love, living each day becomes "a purpose driven life."

"Taking joy in the journey" as this song echoes, will eventually lead us to believe that we will have the victory in the end. This very narrow road to our eternal home is very hard to travel but we will make it and try to bring as many souls as we can with us for Heaven is real--that's the greatest commission...God instructed us!

"Say, I Won't..."

"Scars in Heaven"

"God Bless The U.S.A."

 My favorite patriotic anthem...

"Proud to be an American and I love this land..."

Only in America where the very heart of freedom is lived Today. I'm talking our freedom to worship a god of the Pharisees or the son of God that died for all of our sins so we may be reunited with Him in eternity. Once our religious or Christian beliefs are curtailed, controlled and ceased by the government, then we're no longer the "land of the Free and the home of the Brave."

However, I doubt that will ever happen not with the revivals that are taking place here in America. Christianity is still very much alive... Prayer is still a lifeline and a weapon against weariness & hopelessness.

Thank God for His faithfulness, for holding darkness that we deserve and that He never gives up on us if we fix our eyes on Jesus. Let not your heart be troubled. Seek Him for wisdom and guidance. Accept Him today as your personal Savior and Lord and your life will no longer be filled with constant fear and agitation. Oh, how He loves you and me...