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Thoughts & Musings
The fourth day of creation ushered governing lumens.
Sun, Moon, and Stars were set.
What is incredible was the centrality of the Earth in God's architectural initiative.
He commissions resplendence towards our planet with a sense of deep knowing.
Ahh, I just remembered ...
A child was born in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. A bright light governed the search of the Magi.
The Son of God had to light the world.
photography: Paolo Esquivel / The Great Rift: Milky Way
My house sits on a corner lot with a sprawl of land.
There are trees and various plants.
It is sobering to think that all dry ground was once subdued under water.
On the third day, the Creator spoke the fiat of boundary.
The seas and land were formed.
Seed and vegetation were born according to their specified kind.
Wise limits were set.
These parameters have not changed a bit within His infinite finesse.
photography: Yen Baet / Haleakala Crater: Maui
The need for space is a fundamental necessity.
Immediately after bringing in light, the Creator introduced expanse.
The Hebrew reading indicates the graphic installation of the sky in between the waters below and the waters above. The only way to visualize the Day 2 creation account is to have the text tell us how it really was.
Water, Space, Water.
For the scripturally adept, we know where the former water eventually went. It poured down to earth in the great deluge, cradling Noah's ark.
What is of note however is the vault that was crafted in between the two waters.
The world I live in is overcrowded.
Without space, I will surely drown without help.
The sky reminds me of God's intentional grant of shalom amidst all present deluge.
photography: Yen Baet / Le Beauvoir: Normandy, France
Goodness is inherent.
God is distinctly good.
From His wisdom, light was created to subdue darkness.
It is noteworthy to ruminate the first aspect of God's created world: He spoke light into existence.
Darkness was the prevailing context when this took place.
When the WORD came to our place of gloom, darkness could not comprehend Him.
His goodness defined what is distinctly good henceforth.
photography: Stella P. Sison / Mandalay, Myanmar
The biblical account of creation documents the hovering of God's Spirit over chaotic waters.
God superintends even through ancient darkness.
With the advent of Christ, the hovering was displaced by indwelling.
Every person who turns to faith in Him is led out of darkness by the Supreme Power within.
Thus, the Spirit-led person hovers over the present darkness with hope of gospel Son-rise.
photography: Corinne Blanco
Through the years, a deep desire has been granted to my oftentimes wayward heart:
Nothing more
Nothing less
But
God's Will
in my life.
Drop the Mic.
During Nika's wedding, I kept glancing at her mother.
There was this resplendence that spoke volumes.
Beauty runs deep.
Divine audacity declares the origin of true love.
A few minutes before my daughter's wedding, I was invited into the Bride-to-be's regal dressing room. Her heart speech muted whatever trepidation I had about her new journey.
She gifted me with an elegant silver tie bar which inscribed the only reason why the wedding took place.
I loved you first.
Nika did not even realize that this was the exact biblical text on my wedding back in 1988.
Ahh, the love of Christ never changes!
When all of a man's preoccupations are doing well except his marriage, he will come out into the world with a posture of weakness.
When all of a man's preoccupations are not doing well but his marriage flourishes, he will come out into the world with a posture of strength.
Sketch: David Talaguit / Model shown: Jose Talaguit & Linda Talaguit
יָדַע (yada) is hebrew for sex.
It represents deep intimacy.
It is most pure in the blessing of marriage.
In the Garden of Eden, the Father's grant was intuitively revealing.
There was no parent and a child.
There was man and a woman.
Thus, the gift of marriage.
She was a stumbling toddler on her fist steps.
She is a gazelle on her wedding day.
I watched from the windows of dance the staggering virtuoso of Christ, her life choreographer.
Poetry Springs Wedding / Father-Daughter Dance
When God's will is taken seriously
nets are broken.
Today I get front seat at my eldest daughter's wedding.
I walk her down the aisle.
I officiate the rites.
I entrust Nika to the bridegroom.
Sometime soon I get another front spectacle seat.
I get to walk down another aisle.
I perform the rites.
I will entrust Bianca to God's choice man.
And the dance continues ...
Nika, my eldest. Bianca, my youngest. Both the Lord's precious gems.
It is either you live life alone in your steps
or
you are held by the ONE who determined your shoe-size even before your birth.
Robert is a strong powerpoint.
His passion and zestful affection towards his son illustrates the joy of my Heavenly Father's regard for me.
Like Josh, I am shielded forever.
photography: Paolo Esquivel
What's behind a name?
Who gave the designated identity?
Authority resides only in the Creator.
He determines the flight of all.
photography: Renchi Arce
The study of God is rather problematic.
How can a mind flogged by spiritual amnesia process divine identity?
And so, we chase counterfeit gods forged in yellow.
What does it mean to be a child of God?
It's defining moment is when one gets treated like His firstborn.
A smile is not even accurate to beam its joy.
Nika: my first born by bloodline and God's firstborn by the blood of the Lamb
I pant for water.
Only Christ satisfies.
He waters my life.
photography: Yen Baet / Kasuga Taisha: Nara, Japan
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