God, Love, Birthdays and Everything else in between

I attended my first mass -Newcastle style. The church is very close to EJ's flat and my school so I was pretty thrilled with that. We also met up with Pinoy friends and hung out awhile.. Too bad the cam's bat ran out but I got pictures of the Church so I guess we definitely have to hang out again to get those pictures. Hehe.

Anyway, back to the Sunday service, we came in a bit late but as soon as we sat down, the second reading started to get read and I almost cried when I heard it.. It was from my favorite Bible verse and I think quite timely with what I have on my plate right now..

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

- 1 Corinthians 13:4

Indeed it, Love, is.

I've had many a relationship but sadly, those words never seeped through enough for my past relations sustained. Indeed love is magical. It will unfold you, make you go crazy and is often hard to keep but once it's there.. Once you feel it nudging where it should then, oh boy, aren't you in for a treat.

Today is pretty symbolic too. It's been officially a week since I landed on the grounds of Newcastle. It's been a week since I made that fateful 14 hour plane ride half way across the globe. Today marks my first week anniversary and I can tell you now, home sickness aside, I'm having a blast.

Tomorrow also marks my first day of school, officially. Finally I'll get to do what I came here to do.. and no, it's not shopping (although I like that idea, hehe). Study. Go to school, attend classes and meet people I can actually call classmates. I know it can and may get dragging but hey.. I'm not one to pass up opportunities like these. Alongside my boredom will be a chance for me to get to.. uh, oh I don't know.. Ramsack through my brain and get my head straight even more. I still have quite a few things floating in my brain and I need to get them out, strain and deduce them.

As the verse said, "when I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man (woman), I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known"..

I still have quite a long way to go but I know that I'm well on my way into unravelling all of the things that were meant for me and right now, I'm fine with waiting.

*a shout out to one of my closest, bestest friends (and my current mommy), EJ who's turning a year older and wiser in about.. 46 minutes, UK time, for now. Best wishes, Jan! Mahal kita and I hope you know that :-)