let it be love

i'm at glenn's and niqz' (my mentors) place right now, making the most use of their laptop and free internet connection while i'm here. why pay in some oher internet shop when i can use theirs for free? hehe.


this day has been tiring. even if i'm not on my completion duty, i had to wake up early to meet my 9Am appointment for interview at the job i applied for online. i got lost: lost in traffic, on the train and if it were not for the help of my friend, timmy, i would not have made it to the place. but even with the delays, i made it alive at ACTS. and i wasn't even late because the office haven't opened yet. yahoo!


as we waited for a few minutes, we just chatted for while, making jokes and laughing. even timmy who hasn't had any sleep yet coming from work was having a hearty laugh. he went home just as i went to the office.


we had to fill out forms and take an exam for the subjects that we were to teach. i was applying for the grade school tutoring position for subjects such as english and science. but to my surprise the test even included some elementary math. i thought it would be a breeze but it was perplexing that though the questions were so simple and easy, i couldn't remember how to solve most of the questions. hehe. maybe i blocked them out of my brain. hey, that's why i took up nursing, no math.


then i went here, where i am right now. i'm just hanging out, as champ played, Ate Niqz cooking in the kitchen, Kuya Glenn typing away his statement of faith and the youth members of the church just passing by, hanging out, playing music and having fun.


i listened to the song "Testify to Love" by Avalon. I heard it once when i attended the Soulcafe, the worship service for the youth. i pondered on the meaning and the depth of the words the song. here it is.


All the colors of the rainbow,
All the voices of the wind;
Every dream that reaches out,
That reaches out to find where love begins;
Every word of every story,
Every star in every sky,
Every corner of creation lives to testify

Chorus:
For as long as I shall live,
I will testify to love.
I'll be a witness in the silences
When words are not enough.
With every breath I take,
I will give thanks to God above.
For as long as I shall live,
I will testify to love.

From the mountains to the valleys,
From the rivers to the sea (rivers to the seas);
Every hand that reaches out,
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace (give peace);
Every simple act of mercy,
Every step to kingdom come (kingdom come);
All the hope in every heart will speak what love has done.

Chorus

Bridge

Colors of the rainbow
Voices of the wind
Dream that reaches out where love begins
Word of every story
Star in every sky
Corner of creation testify
Mountains to the valleys
Rivers to the sea
Hand that reaches out to offer peace
Simple act of mercy
Step to kingdom come
Every heart will speak
Of what love has done
Colors of the rainbow
Voices of the wind
Dream that reaches out where love begins
Word of every story
Star in every sky
Corner of creation testify

Chorus 2x

Testify your love
testify your truth
testify your life
Your love and mercy x2


i hope you get to read this and reflect on it too. what the song says is true, i believe. what are we living for if love isn't our main purpose? our talents, achievements, abilities, skills, accomplishments - everything we have worked for or all the things that we value are regarded as rubbish if we do not have in our lives. if our lives don't express love at all, i think we, then, live miserably.




"for as long as i shall live.. i will testify to love..."