Testify to Love

Testify to Love
[Avalon]

All the colors of the rainbow
All of voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
That reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences
When words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

i've been learning bout the HEART for the past 3 weeks. what an amazing creation - a masterpiece! it pumps despite our efforts to stop it, but in some people it stops despite our efforts to revive it. and then they're dead. yes, kaput. the heart - at only the size of your fist, circulates blood throughout your whole being with just one contraction. so fast that the "dub-dub, dub-dub" sound is so natural that we sometimes don't even notice it. yet if there's a 3rd "dub" sound = "dub dub dub", uh oh you're in danger. if it gets a bit crazy and "flutters", that means trouble as well, cuz you're gonna collapse from the lack of oxygen pretty soon.

yet it is a witness to love in the silences when words are not enough. it never fails to quicken when you're in adoration. with every beat, it is an overflow of a greater love. THE greater love.

will you give every beat of this masterpiece back to Him who pieced it together in the first place? will you make every beat count?

"above all else, guard your heart, for it is the well-spring of life."
[prov 4:23]

A boy..

..deep dark brown eyes. tanned unwrinkled skin. happy feet that danced at any given chance. mouth curved upwards, ever-ready for a smile..

that was what greeted me at my first day at "work", if i can call it such. a handsome cheery 2-year-old chap. he may be "mildly autistic", but i overruled that diagnosis in my heart the moment i laid eyes on him. Because..

Autism [ASA-defined] : A complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life and affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others.

But that boy :
1. Gave me a heart-melting hug the very first day i came in contact in him!
2. Looks adoringly at me from the corner of his eyes whenever i call his name.
3. Laughs heartily as i tickle him when he completes a task brilliantly.
4. Does the best "whoosh whoosh whoosh" actions i've ever seen! [Remember the song - the wipers on the bus go whoosh whoosh whoosh...? hehe..]


I'm supposed to be a therapist. working with him on his attention regulation, speech, motor skills, communication, recognition of pictures, and we have lotsa songs and play time in between. but i guess the 4 hours a week i spend with him is a therapy in itself for me. of innocence, joy, naivete, just marveling at His creation.. through the eyes of a 2-year-old.. =)