I would have been there

I am still amazed and thankful (really really thankful)..

Maybe alot of you have already heard about the mall bombing (Glorietta) yesterday. Well i should have been one of those victims but im thankful because God has guided me throughout the whole day.

Early morning i was asked by my sister to buy something for her at the mall and she said that i should go during lunchtime.. I was actually planning to go after lunch but for some reason i couldnt go back to sleep and my mind kept telling me that i should just go there as soon as the mall opens so i could go straight back home afterwards. And so i did.

I was there early, bought whatever i needed to buy and after that since i wanted to at least enjoy my stay at the mall for awhile i thought of passing by this book sale near one of the doorways of the mall but then i decided not to go there instead i went to the other book sale at the other end of the mall. After an hour of browsing through books (i got to buy one by the way heheh). I decided to go home. At that time i felt it was better if i just take the bus.

I left every valuable thing i have at home cuz i was going to take public transportation because my dad refused to go with me there. So no mobile and no time.

I was back home around 12 (lunchtime) safe and sound but tired because i walked (another story, anyway).. That afternoon when my sister got in from work she told me that the mall exploded (well a part of the mall) and alot of people were injured and there were dead people.

We watched the news and i was in tears when i saw that the places that i would have gone to were the exact place that got bombed. (the book sale and the exit way through the other transportation option instead of the bus). And it exploded an hour after i was safe at home (1 pm)

The damage was really big, and some of the people who parked their cars cant even get their cars, so there is a reason why my dad didnt feel like going with me that day. There was a reason why i felt that i should just take the bus, why i couldnt go back to sleep and decided to go earlier, and why i should just go to that other book sale.

I would have been there, but im here sharing to whoever gets to read this that God really protects and guides us every single day. And i have nobody else to thank that for but Him.

There is always a reason for everything..

Im still overwhelmed, happy, thankful, sad (for the people who got hurt) and angry (to those who did that).


*sigh*