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I have been away from my computer for the last 4 days. No blogging, no checking of emails, no entrecard dropping -nada. I don’t know, maybe last week was too hectic for me. I finished laboratory activities for my chemistry class, finished the lectures and prepared the exams. After that, the university hosted a 3-day orientation program, the second day of which, we spent in a depressed community where we were assigned 1 family each to spend the whole morning with. I will tell you about this humbling experience, it’s truly an eye opener for me.

Anyways, because of my toxic schedules in the last few weeks, I wasn’t able to hear Sunday mass in the last 3 weeks in a row. I didn’t even attended the TV mass at Studio 23. I always found excuses not to - not feeling well, raining, too late to dress up. I know this should not be the case.  After the community immersion program I joined, there was a mass after the reflections session.  Oh, how I miss the Lord!  I know He’s never far from me nor even left me.  I was just too busy to notice that in everything I do or everywhere I go, He’s always there.

God is truly wonderful!  As I was thinking of what to share with you today, I found Psalm 139 - The Lord is always near.  This is the dose I need, and hope to inspire you, too!  Have a nice week!

Psalm 139 The LORD Is Always Near

(A psalm by David for the music leader.)

¹You have looked deep into my heart, LORD,

and you know all about me.

²You know when I am resting or when I am working,

and from heaven you discover my thoughts.

³You notice everything I do

and everywhere I go.

⁴Before I even speak a word,

you know what I will say,

⁵and with your powerful arm you protect me

from every side.

⁶I can’t understand all of this!

Such wonderful knowledge is far above me.

⁷Where could I go to escape from your Spirit

or from your sight?

⁸If I were to climb up to the highest heavens,

you would be there.

If I were to dig down to the world of the dead

you would also be there.

⁹Suppose I had wings like the dawning day

and flew across the ocean.

¹⁰Even then your powerful arm

would guide and protect me.

¹¹Or suppose I said, “I’ll hide in the dark

until night comes to cover me over.”

¹²But you see in the dark because daylight and dark

are all the same to you.

¹³You are the one who put me together

inside my mother’s body,

¹⁴and I praise you because of the wonderful way

you created me. Everything you do is marvelous!

Of this I have no doubt.

¹⁵Nothing about me is hidden from you!

I was secretly woven together deep in the earth below,

¹⁶but with your own eyes you saw

my body being formed.

Even before I was born, you had written in your book

everything I would do.

¹⁷Your thoughts are far beyond my understanding,

much more than I could ever imagine.

¹⁸I try to count your thoughts, but they outnumber

the grains of sand on the beach.

And when I awake, I will find you nearby.

²³Look deep into my heart, God,

and find out everything I am thinking.

²⁴Don’t let me follow evil ways,

but lead me in the way that time has proven true.

(Contemporary English Version)

               

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