miracle

it was 10 a.m. december 8, 2009. i have a gut-feel that something's going to happen without knowing why. then a text from special someone brought me back from my reverie. it was a text asking for help.

my friend cannot move. his back was in intense pain. i cannot suggest anything except to ask him to ask someone and look for a hilot... he did.. yet after an hour he texted again... he was all the more in so much pain.

i rushed to his aid after a quick lunch. when i arrived in his home, i had seen how his lola, sister and tita where totally lost on what to do. i suggested i'll look for someone who knows how to do the hilot. so did i...

after the hilot, my friend texted me the moment i arrived back in school. he was again in severe pain.

in times like that, what we need is an once of faith.

at 3 pm, he told me he'll see someone in dumangas, a manug-butbot. at 4 he went there with his entire entourage. since he cannot move his back, let alone walk, he was carried to the car.

he updated me of his whereabouts. at 5 the mass started at dingle church. i prayed for him especially for his quick recovery and healing. at that moment he told me a miracle happened. he was able to sit erect, stand and unload from the car.

of course the rest was history. the manugbut-bot took her buyo and extracted some pebbles from his back where he claimed to hurt most.

this is an interplay of superstition and faith. for me it was a miracle. one moment in time i know and now can testify that THERE IS A MIRACLE WHEN YOU BELIEVE.

thanks BRO!