I took a nap right after i came home from church. I fell asleep on the couch but i was awakened when i heard my younger brother talked so nicely (with gentle and kind words to maya- their dog pet and baby in the house- while he was frying fish balls in the kitchen. I remained lying on the couch enjoying what i was hearing. You see my whole family, especially my younger brother, is so high strung. We talk so loud and so bold. And it's normal for us to talk that way. But i learned that it is not healthy when people from outside of the family hear us. After a while, i was thinking. Oops i gotta take maya for a walk. She's kind of getting agitated right now while he's watching my brother cook because she knew she would not get a taste of any of that people food. She gets sick when we feed her people food. My sister, her (maya) so called "mother", is out of town. She's in New York with my eldest sister, attending a ministry conference for her church. She's so involve with the "GOD THE FATHER" Catholic organization. These two sisters of mine travel in the U.S. and the Philippines to attend conferences and promote this ministry. My eldest sister is a nurse anesthetist and i've always been so encouraged with her passion in doing the things that she believes in. The other sister, is a medical doctor by profession although she doesn't practice her profession here in the U.S. I always consult her when i get sick before i even go to my own physician. She knows so much about my medical history that i always think it's best for me to go to her before i seek the advice of another physician. I always remember that she loved working at the government hospital in the Philippines. She preferred it over the private hospitals. Her patients always gave her fruits and poultry from their farm to show their appreciation for her service to them. It was such a joy for me to experience that. How i desire to see my sister serve the poor again. What comes to my mind when i think of this is medical mission. I get so excited just by thinking about it. My sister and i know another medical doctor in town that's retired and is now doing medical missions. I talked to that doctor friend of ours sometime in the past, and she mentioned that it would be great if my sister could someday get involved in medical missions. WOW! that would be great. GOD WILLING...We'll just pray about this. If it's GOD'S will nothing can stop it, right?. A friend reminded me this (GOD'S WILL) a couple days ago in a form of prayer. Well, i finally took maya for a walk. We had to come back early because she got tired walking. She did not like the route we took. At one point during our walk, she stopped walking. I kept pulling her to move forward but she kept still that i finally picked her up to walk some more. Finally, i decided to turn around, put her down, and she started walking again. She cracks me up. Dogs are so smart. They're so much like humans. We got back home. I ate the fish balls my brother cooked. And then decided to open facebook. And after that i opened this blogsite. I asked myself, what am i going to write tonight? I looked for my bible and turned to my right side and there it was waiting for me. I opened it and not thinking what i want to read my fingers flipped the page to PSALM 108. So i started reading it and it reminded me of my family. Here's PSALM 108.
PSALM 108 A psalm of David. A song. (NLT)
1 My heart is confident in you, O God;
no wonder I can sing your praises!
Wake up, my soul!
2 Wake up, O harp and lyre!
I will waken the dawn with my song.
3 I will thank you, LORD, in front of all
the people.
I will sing your praises among the nations.
4 For your unfailing love is higher than
the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens.
May your glory shine over all the earth.
6 Use your strong right arm to save me,
and rescue your beloved people.
7 God has promised this by his holiness:
"I will divide up Shechem with joy.
I will measure out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine,
and Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim will produce my warriors,
and Judah will produce my kings.
9 Moab will become my lowly servant,
and Edom will be my slave.
I will shout in triumph over the
Philistines."
10 But who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?
11 Have you rejected us, O God?
Will you no longer march with our armies?
12 Oh, please help us against our enemies,
for all human help is useless.
13 With God's help we will do mighty things,
for he will trample down our foes.
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