Stormy Monday 2

Here’s a simple prayer / poem dedicated to my fellowmen.

The piece is written in Tagalog, our native language.

Madilim na kaulapan, aking nasisilayan.

Bagyong Maring, tila yata di pa lilisan.

Nawa’y wag na siyang manalasa sa bayan..

Sa lahat, panalangin ko’y kaligtasan.

Yes, for two days now  we’re experiencing this tropical storm ‘Maring’.

We are in a safe higher place but we are surrounded by water.

Yesterday,  three neighboring towns were declared under the state of calamity..  Tsk..tsk

But we hope and pray that  typhoon Maring will leave the country today... 

Keep safe everyone! 

Stormy Monday

It’s a stormy Monday. The classes are suspended today. I need to go to the Municipal Hall but I guess I have to stay home for a while. I just hope Typhoon Labuyo would pass us by with not much to worry about. 

Today you may pass by, Mr. Rain…

Take with you our troubles and pain.

But spare us from severe damage!

As we go through this storm with courage! 

Keep us safe, our God,

for in You, we take refuge.  

(Psalm 16:1)

Follow-up images after the storm

(Tuesday morning):

A day after typhoon... 

Glad to see the peeking sun :)

S.T.O.R.M. Defined

Typhoon Ofel just passed us by. She’s not as destructive compared to other typhoons before (just a personal assessment). And I am grateful for that. I woke up early this morning and took some photos. Still the water is all around our backyard but it has subsided. Thanks God!

Yesterday, in the midst of the storm, I’ve decided to gather storm-related quotes and then created an acronym.

S - Stay strong, focus on what you can do, not what you cannot, and know that the clouds will soon part, and the sun will return again. ~Doe Zantamata

T - Typhoons will come and go. But the real storm is in your mind. Dispel the storms in your mind. It maybe stormy on the outside but it shouldn’t be stormy on the inside. ~Bo Sanchez

O - Out of defeat can come the best in human nature. As Christians face storms of adversity, they may rise with more beauty. They are like trees that grow on mountain ridges - battered by winds, yet trees in which we find the strongest wood. ~Billy Graham

R - Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. ~John Updike

M - May you always have walls for the winds, a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you and all your heart might desire.~Irish Blessings

And I always remind myself to “Hold on. Things will get better.

It maybe stormy now but it can’t rain forever.”

Stormy Weather

“Rain, rain go away…Come again another day…”

If  I could only push away the dark clouds  with that song. The rain hasn’t stopped for several days now. The rivers, dikes and the pathways were already filled with water. The water level alert today has reached the red mark. Perhaps we need to keep our hopes high anyway, it is reassuring to know that it wouldn't rain forever.

“After the rain, the sun will reappear.
There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here.”  ~Walt Disney Company

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton