John Piper books festival

I was influenced by Esbi folks to read him and was hooked ever since then. Now lookie!  This is such a feast –> click this link

 

This is one of the most popular lines from the man himself–the heart of a Christian Hedonist:

God is most glorifed in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

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It’s midnight and I’m still up.  Just finished the initial draft of the wedding invitation I made for friends who are getting married this December.  I am scheduled to present the invite to them this morning.

Somewhere along my new life, I found myself helping out friends who are getting married.  I found that the ‘experience’ I had from wedding preps is helpful to them who are generally clueless on wedding preps stuff.  I would usually find myself remembering the minutest of details that might help friends who are about to tie the knot.  And (not so) surprisingly, I enjoy helping out.

This particular wedding though is quite a challenge.  In more instances than one, I together with a few friends reach points of frustration because of so many things.  While we are so willing to help out, the major characters have so many unsettled concerns.  They paralyze us, actually, and it’s awful at times.  There would be instances when I thought it would be best just to leave them by themselves and let them handle everything.  But where would be the grace there?  They asked for our help and we said we would help them.

In times of frustration, I feel the Lord’s prompting for me to be more patient and to extend His unconditional love for them.  He made me ponder on the horror of a wedding dividing our friendship when it’s supposed to make us even closer than before.  In times of terrible irritation, I felt the Spirit telling me to talk mildly and calmly.  When all I wanted to do was bolt out from the room, God tells me to extend a hug or a pat.  Iba si God…

Weddings are special.  It was in a wedding where Jesus’ first miracle took place (at least the published one).  And until this wedding happens in December, I should steadily learn to see things from His eyes and work with unconditional love from His heart.  Perhaps it’s only then that I could truly say that I helped out.

Stuck in EDSA traffic

My work location entails me to travel for 30-45 minutes if traffic is fast-moving and around 60-75 minutes if it’s very slow-moving.  That’s going to work.  Going home is another thing (depending on time and routing).

Last Tuesday morning, traffic was unusually heavy.  It took me a good 30 minutes just to reach Buendia from Magallanes area.  With my car stereo busted, it was quite silent inside the car with my occasional ranting whenever another vehicle would cut me or something.  If you happen to be stuck in that kind of traffic, I think the usual course would be that your mind would be wandering around some stuff that you wouldn’t usually think of had the traffic been fast-moving.  Here are some of my thoughts then:

• Macy, my car, badly needs tint.  So that I wouldn’t get bullied by other drivers a lot (I get that whenever some of them see that it’s a ‘young-looking’ girl on the driver’s seat).  So that it won’t be as hot inside whenever I drive during noontime.  Brilliant thought: I can ask my dad to pay for my car’s tint as birthday present.  He’s supposed to get me the netbook, but since I already got that myself, he can pay for the tint for me.  Man, that’s a way lot cheaper!
• MMDA peeps have bionic eyes.  They could see that small registration stickers from afar and would know if 2009 sticker is not yet on.
• How come PUBs can stray to private vehicles’ lanes and we couldn’t?  Unfair.
• It has been a long time since I was last on the beach.  I miss the beach.
• I think the sign should read ‘Stay IN your lane.’ and not ‘Stay ON your lane.’
• Bicycle on Edsa? C’mon!
• I’m hungry.  Pandesal and cheesewiz still top my favorite breakfast foodies.
• I have 3 packs of Quaker oatmeal drink in my bag.  I should have dilluted one in a traveller’s mug before leaving the house.  Ready to drink na sana o.
• EDSA’s like a rollercoaster ride.  You go up and down, up and down, with occasional bumps here and there.
• Atty. Adel Tamano’s posing for Belo Med?  Interesting.
• Maybe I could use a date for these friends’ wedding.  Seems like all my friends have assignment for service and reception.  Hala.
• When can younger sister and I transfer to a QC house kaya?  I’m quite looking forward to longer sleep and less driving.
• (not bloggables.)

If I wasn’t driving and taking the MRT instead, I could be reading or catching up on people’s texts and not thinking about these things.  But since I was behind the wheel, what else could I do but let the mind wander a bit?  As it is, medyo madami na kaming pinagsamahan ng EDSA.