No One Beats God

Well, never in our wildest dreams would we have thought we’d ever set foot at the Rome Coliseum. It is amazing and fascinating! After I graduated from university, I went on a Europe trip and managed to travel to the front of the Coliseum but it’s the first time for me to be inside it. It’s the first time for all of us! What an interesting place! Its mind boggling that it’s even still standing up after all those centuries past. We even saw it on the plane as it is quite imposing in size! What surprised me even more was that I started to cry when I remembered what it stood for. I cried for those who lost their lives for what they believed in. I asked for forgiveness and that healing will come upon the land. As we toured the

site, it became clear that they were uncertain that believers were in fact killed on the site. Still, the idea that men killed one another for sport or that to provide entertainment men fought animals to defend themselves or be killed and eaten just didn’t strike me as something the Lord was pleased with. I knew that what happened in that arena greatly grieved Him. May it never ever happen again.

From there, we walked around ruins and arches and soon the boys were doing antics and all kinds of poses. It was fun to fool around and just enjoy the sights. It’s been awhile since we’ve been out as a family and just enjoying ourselves. Since its Father’s Day, it was a wonderful gift for Eng that we could be together and having fun. At different times, Eng was stressed free and it was good for him to just relax. Thank you, Lord! Happy Father’s Day to you, too, Papa! =)

The trip’s highlights were seeing Michelangelo’s Pieta at St. Peter’s Basilica and his work on the ceiling at the Sistine Chapel. We also went to see the Trevi Fountain, had fun by the Eiffel Tower, went on an hour’s cruise at the Seine River, and saw Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Venus of Milo (or Aphrodite), The Winged Victory of Samothrace, and Psyche and Cupid by Canova at the Louvre. We walked in and outside of Notre Dame Cathedral, and went around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. BUT, having seen all those famous sites and literally looking at thousands of art pieces at the Vatican Museum and the Louvre, I truly marveled and enjoyed the gorgeous blue sky with clouds, in between the Arc de Triomphe. As I posted on Facebook, nothing beats God’s creative handiwork. He’s still the best.

By the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.