A Weaned Child (Psalm 131:2)

"Our hearts are desirous for worldly things, cry for them, and are fond of them; but, by the grace of God, a soul made holy is weaned from these things. The child is cross and fretful while in the weaning; but in a day or two it cares no longer for the milk, and it can bear solid food. Thus does a converted soul quiet itself under the loss of what it loved, disappointments in what it hoped for, and is easy whatever happens. When our condition is not to our mind, we must bring our mind to our condition; then we are easy to ourselves and all about us; then our souls are as a weaned child. And thus the psalmist recommends confidence in God, to all the Israel of God, from his own experience. It is good to hope, and quietly for the salvation of the Lord under every trial."

Matthew Henry

copied from Sheryll's FB note

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AKO: Antoy taun na ugaw ya patsuen? (What is the age of the child to be weaned?)
NANAY:  duway  taon (2 years old)


AKO: Panun yun pinatso iray anak yu? (How did you weaned your children?)
NANAY: Pespesay bulong na palya (pinipigaan ng dahon ng ampalaya... she's refering to the nipple)


AKO: Pigaran agew antis ya napatso? (How long does the weaning process take?)
NANAY: Sakey simba (one week)


AKO: Antoy gawaen na ugaw ed satay sakey simba ey? (What will the child do for the whole week?)
NANAY: Mantaul-taul (This word I don't know how to translate; Gagamitin ng bata ang lahat ng enerhiya niya sa pag-iyak na may kasamang body language mula ulo hanggang talampakan :D)

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"Like a weaned child, no longer wanting his mother’s milk, he was content without that which used to seem indispensable. A mature believer leaves the clamor of proud ambition and rests in the Lord."

~ Allen P. Ross 

The Bible Knowledge Commentary

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"To the weaned child his mother is his comfort though she has denied him comfort. It is a blessed mark of growth out of spiritual infancy when we can forego the joys which once appeared to be essential, and can find our solace in him who denies them to us: then we behave manfully, and every childish complaint is hushed. If the Lord removes our dearest delight we bow to his will without a murmuring thought; in fact, we find a delight in giving up our delight. This is no spontaneous fruit of nature, but a well-tended product of divine grace: it grows out of humility and lowliness..."

~ Charles H. Spurgeon 

Treasury of David

Roman Catholics and Protestants Alike Have Become Respecters of Persons

"If I just quote Mother Teresa to bible-believing Christians or Catholics who tend to be conservative or traditional, and I don't tell them it's Mother Teresa, normally they will say 'Oh that's just terrible doctrine. Who taught that?.' And as soon as I say it's Mother Teresa, then all of a sudden it becomes good, true and beautiful"

Mark Michael Zima

Iron Sharpens Iron (September 30, 2008)

Tagalog and English Proficiency (1960s-1970s)

"In 1960, 44.5 percent of the population spoke Filipino while 39.5 percent spoke English and 2 percent spoke Spanish. In 1970 the Philippine census reported that 55.2 percent of the population spoke Filipino and 44.7 percent spoke English. Code-switching between these two languages was already prevalent. Various forms of bilingualism were also commonplace between regional languages and either Filipino or English, according to class."

Pangasinan—An Endangered Language?

Victoria B. Anderson & James N. Anderson

Reading is Hardwork

"The most direct sign that you have done the work of reading is fatigue. Reading that is reading entails the most intense mental activity. It you are not tired out, you probably have not been doing the work... I often cannot read more than a few hours at a time, and I seldom read much in that time. I usually find it hard work and slow work. There may be people who can read quickly and well, but I am not one of them. The point about speed is irrelevant. What is relevant is activity."

~ Mortimer Adler

How to Read a Book