I had fun joining 10 other single women of Ligaya ng Panginoon in a Summer Household which started the week of Ascension and ended yesterday, Pentecost Sunday.

The past days were really fun and the Lord just allowed us to enjoy the company of one another and experience the joy of coming together as daughters of God. The laughter, the sharings of the sisters on what happened during the day, the morning and evening prayers...these, among other things made me thank God for allowing me to respond to His invitation to join the household inspite of hectic schedule.

Initially, my desire of joining the household was merely because I wanted to relax from the pressure brought by the previous school term but as days passed by, I realized that there was so much more in store for me in the household. And I felt God bringing all of us from one level of joy to another as He revealed Himself through the Scriptures, activities and sharings of the sisters.

One of the activities we had was watching pyrotechnics in Baywalk. The beautiful firework displays did bring out the child in us. Our eyes couldn't hide the joy as we gazed the beauty that was right before us.

The pyrotechnic is just a part of the wonderful adventure in JH. I realized that God has filled my stay in JH (and my life for that matter)with so much reason to be in awe of Him. I found Him in simple things during my stay in JH like a free tricycle ride on my way to JH one Sunday afternoon, another free ride to JH care of Beth Melchor (which was so timely as I was carrying a heavy laptop bag that time), an unexpected, sumptuous dessert (gelatin) served during one of the meals in the house (the sisters couldn't afford to include dessert in the meals because of time constraints)..these things to me were not mere coincidents...they were concrete manifestations of God's loving presence in my life.

I believe that the household did not end yesterday. For me, it was the beginning of a beautiful life lived through the power of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit who inspired the Apostles to proclaim Jesus Christ and His Good News as in the first Pentecost, is the same Spirit who is at work in our lives today to inspire us to do greater things than what our minds and hearts can conceive.

Now, I see what no naked eye can see...I can hear what no human ear can hear...I can feel what no sinful heart can feel...I realized that I know God and His works in my life not by might but by the power of His Holy Spirit. And so, I rejoice in knowing that my life is not necessarily to be lived by what my eye, ear and heart can perceive but by the greatness and vastness of God's love for me.

"Eye has not seen, no ear has heard,
No heart conceived the hope prepared for us,
Now we see dimly but one day clearly,
Face to face we shall behold our God..."
(Our Hearts Will Rise, SOW)