Love Song

My very closest friends will tell you that the worst way to win my heart is to court me - the stories they could tell! (This revelation made at the risk of never being courted again, but hear me out a sec). It's a behavioral abberation I need to work out (and will do so very soon), but I think it has a big thing to do with my dislike of surprises - walang pasintabi: all of a sudden I have Romeo spouting iambic pentameter under my balcony when I least expect it. And, because I am usually too shocked and/or confused at the circumstances ("what made you THINK -- ?!?"), I end up acting very ungraciously. Very un-ME. So (again, at the risk of giving away too much) the best way is to take it slowly, surely, and securely...to prove yourself over a period of time and make ligaw when you're pretty much sure that I'm on the same page as you are (sureball way is to ask my friends, or better yet, ME, first!). In the words of Barry Manilow, no jolts, no surprises = no crisis arises.

That's the way the love of my life worked himself into my heart. Slowly, surely, without asking too much (but always giving abundantly) - he was just there, always there, for the longest time. Faithful, dependable, constant - until the moment came when everything fell into place and I found myself giving my unconditional "yes" to him without a struggle, as if everything was building up to that moment. To Him, I should say. And tonight I was reminded of the WHY behind that YES - that beautiful, belated YES I gave Him on June 2, 2002. Sometimes, when things get too busy and life seems too hectic, it's hard to keep your eyes on the One Reason for living...and my Lord knows how I've been struggling, every single day, to keep Him first and foremost. Una sa lahat, bago ang lahat.

And tonight He told me how I am His first, and His foremost. Hay my Love - major crayola. Salamat po sa walang sawang panliligaw...kahit na matagal na Kitang sinagot.

Love Song
(Third Day)

I've heard it said that a man would climb a mountain
Just to be with the one he loves
How many times has he broken that promise
It has never been done.

I've never climbed the highest mountain
But I walked the hill of Calvary

Just to be with you, I'd do anything
There's no price I would not pay
Just to be with you, I'd give everything
I would give my life away.

I've heard it said that a man would swim the ocean
Just to be with the one he loves
But all of those dreams are an empty emotion
It can never be done

I've never swam the deepest ocean
But I walked upon the raging sea

Just to be with you, I'd do anything
There's no price I would not pay
Just to be with you, I'd give everything
I would give my life away.

I know that you don't understand
the fullness of My love
How I died upon the cross for your sins
And I know that you don't realize
how much that I gave you
But I promise, I would do it all again.

Just to be with you, I've done everything
There's no price I did not pay
Just to be with you, I gave everything
Yes, I gave my life away.