April 2008

April 2, 2008
Isaac: Redigging Old Wells
These past weeks I have sensed that God has a special message for me from Genesis 26. Almost everyday, I have kept going back to this chapter, as if there was a magnet ... Read more





April 3, 2008
Jacob's Ladder
I have many favorites in the Bible. Abraham is one, Isaac is another. But Jacob is my "most favorite" of them all. I never get tired of reading the story of his life. One evening many years ago, Ernie... Read more







April 4, 2008
Rasa Revisited
...these days my heart feels like a well that has been stopped up. The realization hits me: I need to clear my heart of clutter and debris... Read more



April 17, 2008
Kingdom Authority
These days I feel like I’m in a spiritual greenhouse... One lesson I’ve been going through these past months is on how to break free of controlling powers... Read more






April 22, 2008
A Still Small Voice

I boarded my Emirates flight bound for Zurich on May 27, 1997. There were two stop-overs, Bangkok and Abu Dhabi... Read more




April 29, 2008
Mixed Emotions

This is my last full day in Thailand for this season... Tomorrow Ernie and I leave Chiang Mai to go back home to the Philippines for a two-month summer break... Read more

March 2008

March 1, 2008
Autumn: Letter to Mari

I have gone through autumn seasons time and again. It is a recurring theme in my life. I suppose that the wise Father knows what is best... Read more



March 9, 2008 Homesick
A few months before 2007 ended, Ernie and I arrived in Chiang Mai to fulfill a one year work contract with Maejo University, an agricultural state university in Northern Thailand... Read more



March 18, 2008 Given Wings

Dearest Ernie,
Thirty years ago you and I entered into the covenant of marriage. Papa walked with me down the aisle... Read more



March 27, 2008
Not Just Another Birthday
Today I celebrate my 55th birthday. The Psalm 16 passage quoted above is like an anchor that has kept me from drifting off to dangerous seas when circumstances around me seemed...Read more


March 31, 2008
Celebrating You
I’d like to think that I am a “no big deal, no fuss” person. The simpler, the better. When it comes to my birthday, we don’t really have to celebrate it in a grand way... Read more

February 2008

February 7, 2008
What's In A Name
Let me describe myself as "deep waters." Transparent, but only up to a point. Certain areas in my life must be lived behind the scenes for a season...
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February 22, 2008
Abraham's Crossroads
Isaac was the son of promise. Yet the very same God who made the promise tells Abraham to offer “your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love” as a burnt offering...
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February 29, 2008
Stones of Remembrance
On October 31, at 5 oclock in the morning, I was in my prayer room, reading about the episode of the Israelites crossing the raging Jordan River on their way to Canaan. This was a test of faith requiring them to look beyond the physical to the realm of the unseen...
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