Kung PINOY Si Noah!

Ganito ang mangyayari sa arko. Read along.

Taong 2005 at isang ordinaryong middle class pinoy si Noah.
Nagpakita sa kanya ang Diyos at sinabing "Pagkatapos ng isang taon ay
bubuhos ang ulan at babahain ang buong kapuluan ng Pilipinas. Gusto
kong gumawa ka ng isang malaking arko at isakay mo rito ang pares-pares na
mga hayop at mga mag-asawang pilipino sa iba't- ibang kapuluan." Ibinigay
kay Noah ang specs ng Arko at taos puso nitong tinanggap ang responsibilidad na sagipin ang sambayanang Pilipino sa napipintong pagbaha.

Lumipas ang isang taon, muling nagpakita ang Diyos kay Noah. Walang
arkong nagawa si Noah at galit na galit siyang tinanong ng Diyos, "Nasaan ang arko na ipinagawa ko sa iyo?"

Tumugon si Noah, "Patawarin po ninyo ako kung di po natupad ang utos ninyo! Nagkaroon po ng malaking problema sa plano po ninyo."

At inilahad ni Noah ang mga sagabal na nakaharap niya sa pag-gawa ng arko.

Humingi siya ng Mayor's permit pero papayag lang daw si Mayor kung ang gagawa ng arko ay ang construction firm ng kanyang pamangkin.

Tumungo siya sa Congressman pero papayag lang daw si Congressman kung
may matatanggap siyang 30% commission.

Nagtayo ng unyon ang mga kinuha niyang manggagawa at nag-strike.

Natunugan ng mga left-leaning groups ang kanyang balak at ang mga ito ay nag-rally dahil daw sa hindi makatarungang pagpili ng mga taong sasakay sa arko (mga taong naniniwala lang sa Diyos ang pwedeng sumakay).

Nakisali sa rally ang mga bakla at tomboy dahil bias daw na normal na mag-asawa lang ang pwedeng sumakay.

Ang civil society group ay nakisali na rin sa gulo dahil napag-alaman daw nila na ang pondong gagamitin sa paggawa ng arko ay galing sa donasyon ng mga gambling lords at katas ng weteng.

Sa kaguluhang ito ay napilitang magpatawag ng hearing ang senado "in aid of legislation". Sinubukan ni Noah na gamitin ang EO 464 para makaiwas sa hearing pero dahil hindi sya executive official, napilitan siyang tumistigo.

Nang malaman ng senado na utos ng Diyos ang pagpapagawa ng arko, dineklara nila itong unconstitutional dahil hindi raw nito iginalang ang separation ng church at state.

Nakialam na rin ang NBI at PNP at sinabi nilang meron silang impormasyon na ang arko raw na ito ay gagamitin ni Erap sa kanyang pagtakas.

Sinabi naman ng ISAFP at DOJ na ito raw ay gagamitin ng grupong Magdalo sa binabalak nilang coup laban kay Arroyo.

Nilapitan ni Noah si Mike Defensor para makipag-usap kay GMA. Payag daw si
GMA na ituloy ang arko kung ipapaskil daw sa arko ang malaking mukha ni
Arroyo na may slogan "Towards a Strong Republic".

"Hindi po ako pumayag kaya hanggang ngayon po ay may TRO ang pag-gawa ng
arko. Sa palagay ko po kailangan ko pa ng 10 taon para matapos ang inyong
proyekto." Ang huling wika ni Noah.

Napa-iling ang Diyos at sinabing, "Di ko na kailangang wasakin pa ang bansang ito. Hayaan ko na lang kayong sumira nito.

The Empty Chair

A man's daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with
her father.
When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his
head propped up on two pillows. An empty chair sat beside his bed.
The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his
visit.
"I guess you were expecting me," he said. "No, who are you?" said the
father.
The minister told him his name and then remarked, "I see the empty
chair; I figured you knew I was going to show up."
Oh yeah, the chair," said the bedridden man. "Would you mind closing
the door?"
Puzzled, the minister shut the door. "I have never told anyone this,
not even my daughter," said the man. "But all of my life I have never
known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about
prayer, but
it went right over my head. I abandoned any attempt at prayer," the
old man continued, "until one day four years ago my best friend said
to me,
"Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with
Jesus. Here is what I suggest. Sit down in a chair; place an empty
chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It's not
spooky because he promised, 'I'll be with you always.' Then just
speak to him in the same way you're doing with me right now. So, I
tried it and I've liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours
every day. I'm careful though. If my daughter saw me talking to an
empty chair, she'd either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to
the funny farm."

The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man
to continue on the journey. Then he prayed with him, anointed him
with oil, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her
daddy had died that afternoon.
Did he die in peace?" he asked. "Yes, when I left the house about two
o'clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me and
kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later,
I found him dead. But there was something strange about his death.
Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his
head on the chair beside the bed. What do you make of that?"
The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said, "I wish we could all
go like that."

Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive.

Diary of a Young Wife

Monday:
Now home from honeymoon and settled in our new home. It's fun to cook for
Tim. Today I made an angel food cake and the recipe said, "beat 12 eggs
separately." Well, I didn't have enough bowls to do that, so I had to borrow
12 bowls to beat the eggs in. The cake turned out fine though.

Tuesday:
We wanted a fruit salad for supper. The recipe said, "serve without
dressing." So I didn't dress. But Tim happened to bring a friend home for
supper that night. They both looked so startled when I served them, I think
it was the salad.

Wednesday:
I decided to serve rice and found a recipe which said, "wash thoroughly
before steaming the rice." So I heated some water and took a bath before
steaming the rice. Sounded kinda silly in the middle of the day. I can't say
it improved the rice anyhow.

Thursday:
Today Tim asked for salad again. I tried a new recipe. It said, prepare
ingredients, then toss on a bed of lettuce one hour before serving."

I hunted all over the place for a garden and when I got one, I tossed my
salad into the bed of lettuce and stood over there for over one hour so the
dog would not take it. Tim came over and asked if I felt all right. I wonder
why? He must be stressed at work, I'll try to be supportive.

Friday:Today I found an easy recipe for cookies. It said, "put all
ingredients in a bowl and beat it." Beat it I did,to my mum's place. There
must have been something wrong with the recipe, because when I came back
home again, it looked the same as when I left it.

Saturday:
Tim went shopping today and brought home a chicken. He asked me to dress it
for Sunday. I'm sure I don't know how hens dress for Sunday. I never noticed
back on the farm, but I found an old doll dress and it's little cute shoes.
I thought the hen looked really cute. When Tim saw it, he started counting
to ten. Either he was really stressed because of his work,or he wanted the
chicken to dance.

When I asked him what was wrong he started crying and shouting out "why me?
why me ?" Hmmm....It must be his job.