23/10/2025
WHAT THE RECENT SHAKES MADE ME REALIZEâŠ
Iâm the type na hindi talaga nagsasabi ng nararamdaman ko all the time, lalo na âyung takot. Kase once I say it out loud, parang mas nagkakaroon siya ng power over me⊠and minsan, nalulunod ako sa takot. I really donât like that feeling.
These past few weeks have been so hard. Kahit sa husband ko, hindi ko masabi na takot na takot ako. Pero kapag mag-isa na lang ako, doon ko lang nailalabas lahat. I cry it all out.
Yung recent earthquake opened a different kind of fear in me â fear of the unknown, and fear na maranasan ng mga anak ko yung takot na âyon kapag sila mismo ang makaramdam ng lindol. So far, lagi silang tulog tuwing may earthquake⊠pero the thought of them feeling that fear one day just breaks me.
Pero recently, I realized something, maybe the reason why I was so scared is because I was relying too much on my own strength to protect my kids. Nakalimutan kong hindi lang ako ang nagbabantay sa kanila.
Naalala ko tuloy yung lagi kong sinasabi sa husband ko tuwing sobrang worried siya kapag may sakit ang mga bata:
âWhy are you so scared? God is here. We can only do so much.â
And for a while, nakalimutan ko rin âyon. Parang na-underestimate ko na yung kakayanan ng Diyos.
Eh ano kung maramdaman nila ang lindol?
Are my prayers not enough?
Is my faith in God not enough?
God is here. He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever.
So now, I fully surrender it all to Him. I choose to trust that no matter how hard it gets â whether itâs an earthquake, calamity, or any kind of fear â God will see us through.
Because at the end of the day, itâs not my strength that keeps us safe, itâs His. đ€