God Sent Me a Bird

"I'm in a funk..."

This is what I told a friend of mine this afternoon. Since last Saturday, April 15, I haven't been feeling quite like my usual UNUSUAL self. I feel depressed, specially when Monday evening came. Something is not right(you think???). I keep starring into space, suddenly realizing that there's already a tear that has fallen from my eyes. Sometimes also, when I'm absolutely sure that no one is around, I just go to my room and have a cry-fest

I hate the feeling of being depressed. It makes me do two things, one of which is to just ride a jeep and take it where ever it may take me, and then come back. This time, I decided to go to the Makati Aqua Sports Arena to check out the Olympic size pool an acquaintance told me about. For some strange reason, I feel like I wanted to do something about all the flab that's hanging from my body. After gathering all the information I needed from MASA, I decided that I'm going to try to swim three times a week, so here's hoping...

When I got home, the feeling was there again. It left me momentarily while I was traveling but it came back but not as intense as the last time. But it was building. So I had to run to my room.

When I was changing from my street clothes, a weird and very unexpected thing happened. Out of nowhere, a red faced African love-bird(much like the one shown in this entry)flew into my room, tried to get hold the window sill, and then flew off! I just sat on my bed, looked at it, my mouth wide opened in disbelief! When I finally realized that there is a strange bird in my room, it was already too late to close the window and catch it, or even take a picture. When I stood up to do something, anything, to get the bird, it already flew away and I didn't see it anymore. All I saw where the local sparrows we have.

After a while, I finally realized that all I was thinking about was this bird. I wasn't thinking of anything else, not even this thing that's been bothering me. I was just thinking about that red-faced bird and how it made me smile, and somehow forget the nagging inside my head. I knew it. God has, again, in the strangest way, took me out of that funk and made me smile. God always do these kinds of stuff to me. He reveals Himself to me in the strangest of ways, and this is one of those moments. I truly am blessed to be a son of the King of Kings. He always knows how to make me feel good. He NEVER fails to do so.

I love my God! And He loves me too! And there is nothing cheezy about admitting to that!!! :)