He gazed deeply into her perfect eyes. Drowning in the love that radiated from the gateway of her soul, he lost himself.
Finally he knew he had found her. He found his Beloved whom he had intently searched for. A search that had lasted since the beginning of time itself.
His quest for her had met with countless frustrations and failures. The quest had not been an easy one. Filled with sorrow and pain, it left its marks. Only the thought of the Beloved kept him going. For Her, he was willing to wait for eternity.
And now He had found his Eve. Such sweet rapture! At long last Adam will be united with his Beloved. Mere words could not express the ecstasy they shared.
As he gazed into her eyes, he foresaw their future together. Though beset with trials and tribulations, they were but shadows compared to the fullness of joy found in their fellowship.
He couldn’t fathom ever parting. Such a separation would be death! How can that which was destined to be together ever be separated?
And then he woke up.
Thursday night the most atrocious of events occurred: The Penguin was kidnapped!
Even now it’s still hard for me to talk about. The mere thought of him alone in the hands of some penguin-crazed kidnapper is distressing. Oh, my poor Napoleon~
Last Thursday was our end of the year party for quiz. As The Penguin loves the quizzers to no small measure, he decided to accompany me. Little did we know what sort of evil designs laid in store for an innocent penguin.
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A commonplace life, we say and we sigh,
But why should we sigh as we say?
The commonplace sun and the commonplace sky
Makes up the commonplace day.
The moon and the stars are commonplace things,
And the flower that blooms and the bird that sings;
But dark were the world and sad our lot,
If the flowers failed and the sun shone not.
And God who studies each separate soul
Out of the commonplace lives makes His beautiful whole.
—Anonymous
Found over at Boundless article The Beauty of a Commonplace Life
Yesterday was my dear friend Aralor’s 18th birthday.
This day marked the formal launch of his journey as a man. I say ‘formal’ as really, he’s been on that journey for quite a while now. He’s been pressing on towards the prize laid in front of him and I’m looking forward to the many things he will accomplish.
Chasing after his dream of working in the film industry, he’s almost done with his degree in video production. Already he’s been releasing short commercials for various projects. Soon he’ll be out making a name for himself. Mm… I think he may actually be making the full transition from the education phase to the ‘real life’ phase before myself.
Additionally, during his college career, he also concurrently participated in Teen Bible Quiz. Despite the many demands on his time and energy, he stuck with his last year of quizzing. Having done that myself, I know how hard it truly is and I am extremely proud of him. Not only for the benefit for himself but also because of the impact he’s had on the younger quizzers.
Besides all that, he’s an awesome, awesome young man and I am very proud to call him my friend.
Here’s to Aralor! No longer a child but a Man! May whatever he puts his hand to find success!
My sister made my day.
I came home from church, tired and weary, and plopped myself down in my chair to finish up some homework and what do I find?
Taped on my wall just above my laptop is a mini poster that my sister made for me. I don’t know yet why I received this random act of thoughtfulness but it still is awesome and very surprising.
And very, very much appreciated.
