words that warm my heart... a reverie

I'm a little emotional today (woohooo, i wonder when i'm not?!)

Don't you just love how amazing words can be if put together and uttered at the right time? I sooo treasure memories (isn't it evident with the number of pictures I've already posted here??)

Apart from pictures, I cherish words I hear. And today, for some reason, like a flashback, I remembered the following lines I heard, I read, I was told... Awwww... some are bittersweet and made me cry.. Some just made me smile.. The bottom line, these words made my day during those times :)

"Kai, Jeliene is not feeling good today. Can you see her and make sure she's alright?"
-barry's text to charly when he saw me weeping at my station...

"I will only allow you to go if you promise me that if they do anything to you there, you will give me a call and I will fly you back. Anytime."
-tariq's answer to me when I told him I'm flying to Malaysia in the next two days...

"Dapat tinawagan mo kami ni becha! Kahit taxi lang, susunduin ka namin!!!"
-mimi, reprimanding me when i told her i was in a taxi on my way home from Malaysia, alone...

"ate, gagamutin ko yun sugat mo!"
-becha, when she first heard the 'real story'

"kumain ka naman ate, ang nipis-nipis mo na!"
-aaron. Ahahaha! I was just laughing when I first heard him say this and I've been smiling whenever I would remember it!!!

Since I'm on a roll with these reveries, let me share a short story... And a little trivia for you too...
Did you know, Ms My and I became friends because of a bible verse? I remember looking at my PC back at Sykes and it was one of those days where you just struggle and felt like you wanted to give up. Then when I logged on to IM, I saw Ms My's name and her handle just blew me away. It was a bible verse! See how God takes good care of me? So He noticed I was a little under the weather at the time and He didn't waste a time to intervene! There you go - an immediate answer simply by just doing a very menial thing of logging on to IM. When I read the verse, I remember feeling warm all over. A calmness just poured unto me. Indeed, God working! I didn't know Myla back then. Sure, I know her by name and I've seen her around because she was a supervisor then and maybe she have heard of me too because I was one of the RAs. But needless to say, that started it all. I sent her a message telling her how inspired I was with the verse... And as they say... the rest is history.

Here's that verse that I haven't forgotten since I read it there almost three years ago:

"So do not fear, for I am with you;
 do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
 I will strengthen you and help you;
 I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
-Isaiah 41:10

Take time to also read the rest of the verse... claim it! Do not fear...

11 "All who rage against you
       will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
       those who oppose you
       will be as nothing and perish.

 12 Though you search for your enemies,
       you will not find them.
       Those who wage war against you
       will be as nothing at all.

 13 For I am the LORD, your God,
       who takes hold of your right hand
       and says to you, Do not fear;
       I will help you.