SHOOTING STRAIGHT
By Bobit S. Avila
The Philippine Star
Open and read the Bible or your history books and you will see s»at God always intervenes when it is necessary or worse, when God is already fed up with the evil that has captured the hearts of the people. You know too well the story of Sodom and Gomorrah or the Battle of Lepanto and yes, who could forget the Great Flood, where the people ridiculed Noah for building the Ark. To us who see things with the eyes of faith who fought against the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, God has shown his displeasure with a flood.
What was totally strange was that, last Monday, PAGASA didn’t report any storm or typhoon nor did any low pressure area enter the Philippine area of responsibility. I checked the satellite view on the Internet and the whole Philippine archipelago was full of dark clouds. But not a single one of us was prepared to hear the news reports that Metro Manila was 90% inundated by floods. This was worse than typhoon “Ondoy” yet there was no typhoon? Strange things are happening in our country today.
When the rains were falling upon Metro Manila…I also got a deluge of texts about what was happening in Congress when the pro-RH Congress shouted “Aye” to end the debate on the RH bill. Why did the House Leadership resort to voting by viva voce escapes me? I was glued on ABS-CBN’s live TV coverage of this event…when suddenly someone suggested to do another roll-call because too many seats were already empty. Then ABS-CBN suddenly returned to their normal programming. The next thing we knew was that, the flood waters were already rising.
Call it a coincidence that last Tuesday was Aug. 7, 2012 and if you believe in numbers and opened the Bible to Genesis 8:7-12, you will read that portion where Noah sent a dove to investigate the extent of the great deluge and the dove returned to the ark, signifying that the flood waters have not yet receded. Call it also a coincidence that the gospel reading last Tuesday was about our Lord Jesus Christ walking on water.
Of course, to the eyes of the unbeliever, all this is a simple matter of coincidence. But for those who see things from the eyes of faith… it is the wrath of God. As our fellow STAR columnist Jose Sison of “A Law Each Day” wrote as the headline of his column yesterday, it was “Tears from Heaven.”
How many times do we have to point out that the Philippines is the last man standing as far as Reproductive Health is concerned? We are the only nation without a divorce law or a same sex marriage. If the proponents of the RH bill (many of them belong to a godless ideology and hate the Catholic Church) succeed in installing an RH bill (they say that they are against abortion, but close their eyes to the fact that contraception pills are abortifacient) their next move is a divorce bill and same sex marriage.
So much for the spiritual side of things and shift our focus on what the Aquino regime is doing about the flood? Whatever they are doing is nothing but a “band aid” solution to the real problem. Because of the floods this week… people have all of the sudden forgotten the great garbage deluge that inundated Manila Bay and refuse from the Pasig River. I gathered that it took more than 170 garbage trucks to remove the debris and the question in my mind was where did they throw away the garbage? Did it return back to the houses when the flood waters inundated Metro Manila?
Perhaps the biggest question on the minds of many Manilans was, “Where was P-Noy when the great flood struck them?” At least during typhoon “Ondoy” people saw then Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wade in flood waters, while her Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. used the LRT to move from place to place. Two years into P-Noy’s regime, the flood waters of Metro Manila has only worsen because no one cared to solve the problem from its root cause. But for us who believe in God, this was God’s way to show his displeasure to our uncaring politicians.
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While Luzon and Metro Manila is suffering from the great floods, in Cebu City, the 3rd Aboitiz Invitational 2012 kicked off last Tuesday with a Pro-AM Golf and yesterday, the main event sponsored by the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTS) and Aboitiz Corp. reeled off with at least 70 foreign professional golfers joining the Asian Development Tour. This golfing event is slated to finish this coming Saturday.
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Yesterday the 888 News Forum celebrated its 6th anniversary at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel with no less than Hans Hauri, Marco Polo GM and Hotel, Resort and Restaurant Association (HRRAC) President as guest speaker. Mr. Robert “Bobby” Lim, founder and chairman of 888 News Forum was on hand to give out awards to deserving personalities in Cebu.
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For e-mail responses to this article, write to vsbobita@mozcom.com. or vsbobita@gmail.com. His columns can be accessed through www.philstar.com.
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