Not Of God

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Hiling
Lord, bigyan Niyo po ako ng mahabang patience and matinding self-control...

*breathe in, breathe out*

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Lay It Down
For a friend who has been going through a difficult time in her life, may you find yourself continually trusting and depending on God...

Lay It Down
Jaci Velasquez

I've been looking 'til my eyes are tired of looking
Listening 'til my ears are numb from listening
Praying 'til my knees are sore from kneeling
On the bedroom floor

I know that You know that my heart is aching
I'm running out of tears and my will is breaking
I don't think that I can carry
The burden of it anymore

All of my hopes and my dreams and my best laid plans
Are slowly slipping through my folded hands

Chorus:
So I'm gonna lay it down
I'm gonna learn to trust You now
What else can I do
Everything I am depends on You
And if the sun don't come back up
I know Your love will be enough
I'm gonna let it be, I'm gonna let it go
I'm gonna lay it down

I've been walking through this world like I'm barely living
Buried in the doubt of this hole I've been digging
But You're pulling me out and I'm finally breathing
In the open air

This room may be dark but I'm finally seeing
There's a new ray of hope and now I'm believing
That the past is the past and the future's beginning to look brighter now
'Cause all of my hopes and my dreams and my best laid plans
Are safe and secure when I place them in Your hands

* I found this song in Jaci Velasquez's website. Jaci was also going through probably one of the most painful circumstance in her life when she recorded this song. I heard it for the first time just tonight and it really hit me. It's message penetrates the deepest of my soul.

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My Sweetest Man

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Zzzzz....
I wanna sleep na...

Good night...

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Isaiah 40:31
"But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (NIV)

Eagle's Wings
Hillsong Music Australia

Here I am waiting
Abide in me I pray
Here I am longing
For You

Hide me in Your love
Bring me to my knees
May I know Jesus
More and more

Come live in me
All my life
Take over
Come breathe in me
And I will rise
On eagle's wings

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My Heart Sings...
Draw Me Close To You
Hillsong Music Australia

Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your friend

You are my desire
No one else will do
'Cause nothing else could take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace
Help me find the way
Bring me back to You

You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near

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Merci
My heartfelt thanks...

...to Gilbert, Armie, Mae, Ave and Brian (at kay Nuj-nuj and Junior na din kahit di kayo nagsalita...hehe!) for our "sharing" session this afternoon. Kaya nami-miss ko kayo eh... :( Na-inspire nyo ko. I'm looking forward for more sharing times with you. Excited na ko sa Care Group! Hihi!

...to those people who unconsciously inspire and encourage me. Muchas gracias to your messages which came in perfect timing. They struck me, made me realize some things, and lifted my spirit. Salamat talaga...

...to my Lord. Thanks for Your promises. And for bringing them to reality in my life, in circumstances You so excellently weaved. You're undeniably amazing. This song perfectly describes Your greatness and wondrousness...

More Than Wonderful
Gary Valenciano

He promised us that He would be counselor
A mighty God and the Prince of Peace
He promised us that He would be a Father
And He would love us with a love that would not cease

Well I tried Him and I found His promises are true
He's everything He said that he would be
The finest words I know could not begin to tell
Just what Jesus really means to me

Chorus:
For He's more wonderful than my mind can conceive
He's more wonderful than my heart can believe
He goes beyond my highest hopes and fondest dreams
He's everything that my soul ever longed for
Everything He'd promised and so much more
More than amazing
More than marvelous
More than miraculous could ever be
He's more than wonderful
That's what Jesus is to me

I stand amazed when I think that the King of Glory
Would come to lie within the heart of man
Oh, I marvel just to know He really loves me
When I think of who He is and who I am

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The Classic
A lot of people find classic songs boring. Actually, I used to be one of them. Gusto ko nga ibalibag dati yung radio pag may oldies na kanta na pinapatugtog. Hehe! But if you give old songs a chance and try to listen to them, you'll appreciate their creativity and elegance.

Here are some of the old songs I fell in love with:


Close To You
The Carpenters

Why do birds suddenly appear?
Everytime you are near
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

Why do stars fall down from the sky?
Everytime you walk by
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

Chorus:
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
Of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me they long to be
Close to you

This song was played in the movie "So Close" (ang kulet nga eh, nagbabarilan at nagkakaratehan tapos mellow yung music :D ). I have already heard it so many times before pero when I heard it in the movie, noon ko lang siya na-appreciate. Very soothing kasi ang boses ni Karen Carpenter.


Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Platters

They asked me how I knew my true love was true
I of course replied, something here inside cannot be denied
They said someday you'll find all who love are blind
When your heart's on fire, you must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed and then I gaily laughed
To think that they could doubt my love
Yet today, my love has flown away I am without my love
Now laughing friends deride tears I cannot hide
So I smile and say when a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes

This Frank Sinatra original (I guess) is one of my Mom's favorite. She used to play this at home almost all the time. Kaya siguro I get to appreciate the song. But the song on the whole is nice, maganda yung melody. Haven't heard though of Frank Sinatra's version. The Platters' rendition is a great one.

* Coincidence... Smoke Get In Your Eyes is playing in Yahoo! Launch while I'm writing about the song... :D


The Way You Look Tonight
Frank Sinatra

Someday when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight.

Oh, but you're lovely with your smile so warm
And your cheek so soft
There is nothing for me to love you
And the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fear apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Lovely, never ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it?
'Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight...

I fell in love with this song when I heard it sang sa BGs, yung bar sa baba ng office (o diba, may free live band kami? hehe!). Actually there are different rendistions of this song. Frank Sinatra's version (the original, I think) is jazz. Yung kay Tony Bennett di ko alam kasi ko di ko pa narinig (or kung narinig ko man, di ko na matandaan). If I'm not mistaken, I think his version was the one played in the move "My Bestfriend's Wedding" (tama ba ko? hihi!). Meron din si Micheal Bubble pero mas nagustuhan ko pa din yung original, i.e. yung mas luma... hehe!


Moonriver
Andy Williams

Moonriver wider than a mile
I'll be crossing you in style
Someday
Oh, dreammaker you heartbreaker
Wherever you're going I'm going your way

Two drifters off to see the world
I'm not so sure the world
Deserves us
We're after the same rainbow's end
How come it's just around the bend?
It's always just around the bend?

We were in the Manila Pen when the mini-orchestra wonderfully played this song. Right there and then, gusto ko mag-sayaw ng waltz! hehe! (Di ko nga na-recall agad title eh, so I had to ask our technician, Mang Danny. Tanda na kasi yun kaya alam niya mga lumang kanta...hehe! Bati tayo Mang Dans! :D ) Nakaka-inlab na yung kanta because of its beautiful melody, sobrang galing pa ng pagkatugtog ng musicians. Because of the song I got inspired to: 1.) dance waltz (reminded me of "Shall We Dance" starring J.Lo and Richard Gere); and 2.) learn how to play violin or fulte and be part of an orchestra :)

Actually may ibang classic songs pa ako na nagustuhan. But these four are the ones that are constantly playing in my head recently.

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Irony

Irony # 1:

So far, yet seems so near...
So near, yet seems so far...

Irony # 2:

Why is it that the people you expect to be there when you badly need them appears to be in the other side of the world that you can hardly feel their presence? While those whom you least expect to save you from brokenness suddenly come out in surprise?

It's really difficult to understand. I'm perplexed, but amazed, somehow...

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Missing You...
I miss my churchmates so bad... :(

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Ironic
Ironic
Alanis Morisette

An old man turned 98
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your chardonnay
It's a death row pardon, two-minutes too late

Chorus:
And isn't it ironic? Don't you think?
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride and you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought it figures

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife

And isn't it ironic? Don't you think? A little too ironic
Yeah, I really do think
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride and you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought it figures

And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And yeah, life has a funny, funny way...of helping you out
Helping you out

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Simply Sweet

"And d deeper ull know her d mor ull be amazed how wonderful she is. But only by having d same foundation in life, hving d same Cornerstone, u wil b able to totaly apreciate d fulness of her beauty." (Friendster testimonial of him to her)

I find it really, really sweet...

* Sayang hindi na sila.

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