Fierce Grace

Myla. She was a highschool dropout. She supported her boyfriend for seven long years but the latter didn’t know the extent and depth of her support.

I’m both (ambot!) amused and annoyed at the satirical storyline which exaggerates the power and arrogance of the elite.

Myla’s boyfriend disregards her support and boasts about being in excellent standing with the society’s most influential person. With his double PhD, he was up to be hired by the topmost company, Rosa Corp. He was excited to meet the ultra-rich supporter of his achievements, the CEO of Rosa Corp. Unbeknownst to him, it was actually his scruffy girlfriend Myla.

The boyfriend’s mom is a condescending eye-poor (matapobre!) who treats Myla with the least respect. She offers to pay her just to break up with her son.

Shortly after being dumped, Myla enters into a legal marriage with an ultra-rich tycoon who is indebted to her because of a business tip she gave him. He had no clue that she was Rosa Corp’s CEO. He happened to be running away from his engagement to a high-society woman he disliked.

So Myla and the ultra-rich tycoon got married in a jiffy, as if they got their marriage license from a vending machine.

Then the plot “thickens” when people didn’t want to believe that Myla was indeed THE wealthiest, most powerful person in the room. She – and her husband – received all sorts of bashing.

The scenes kept extending, whetting my appetite for the big reveal. I could’ve just dragged the slider to the end but I chose to let myself be immersed in the charades and confusing captions.

In the end, of course, Myla is more than fully avenged when the most impossible truth about her identity is revealed, shoving all of the contrabidas down on their knees with nothing but regret.

I can’t help but remember how, during the days of Jesus, the top religious people failed to see Him for who He said he was: “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58).

Who is Jesus to you? Is Jesus really who He says He is? Will you be ready to meet Him and be embraced by Him on the great Reveal? Or will you get down on your knees with nothing but regret? Don’t wait until it is too late.

Hush, hush my mind

Sharing some parts of my quiet time for today (Matthew 24; Luke 21; Romans 12:2; Colossians 3:2-10).

Ongoing war in Israel. Families and children being killed left and right.

Earthquake this morning at 8:24am.

A Filipino “drag queen” who used ‘Ama Namin’ in a party (and said ‘Thank you for coming to church’ after the performance) got jailed but is receiving tremendous financial and “moral” support.

I think news can either be alarming or sobering, burdensome or encouraging, depending on how I perceive and receive it.

Matthew 24:8 says “All these are the beginning of birth pains.”

I need to continually sort thru whatever I read, watch or listen to, and file them into little compartments or bin them out.

It can be overwhelming to think about what I’m thinking about. It drains me.

If things were all up to me, I could probably cocoon myself to death.

But as a wife and a mom, I cannot do that.

Giving birth (even with epidural) is painful, messy, beautiful.

The LORD prompts me to pray. He admonishes me that His Word is true. That He is a shield to all who find refuge in Him.

And yes, be transformed by the continual renewing of my mind.

Mental health is possible when the mind is filled not with news but with the truth of God’s Word.

A joyful perspective is possible when I am heavenly-minded.

Thank you, WordPress!

“Blogger” may sound archaic to some as “digital creator” is the trend these days.

Blogging is foundational. Maybe I’ve been on the learning curve for far too long. Slow and steady.

Thank you, WordPress, for the ‘little things’ that help remind me of my Why.

May I “never rest til my good becomes better and my better is best”. So help me God.