psalm 16: nobody, nobody but you (clap,clap,clap) -19th week saturday

When I read Psalm 16 the first thing that came to mind was a song that became popular in 2008 when I was in the cathedral.  The song is entitled, "Nobody, Nobody but you."  Whatever event I attended, whatever program we organized, one always got an earful of the song with its trademark wagging of the index finger during the refrain "nobody, nobody but you," clap, clap, clap.

This is psalm 16 – you are my happiness, you are my portion and cup, you it is who hold fast my lot.  So, its nobody, nobody but you.  This is a song of the Levites, the tribe of priests.  They are the only tribe among the 12 tribes nga wala gintagaan sang bahin sa promised land.  Land is income, land is security, land is stability in life.  The Levites don't have land.  Instead they live dependent on the charity of their brothers, for their only portion, their only concern and their only joy is in the service of the Lord.  Their only happiness is the Lord.

Amo ni ang problema sang aton ohana kon ang iban sa aton la-in ang ila happiness.  Kon lain imo happiness then your concern, your priorities becomes different and sooner or later there will be conflicts in interest and in priorities in our little ohana.  But the Levites have no land precisely because they have only one overriding concern, and that is God and his interest – thus "nobody, nobody but you."

Tanan kita sooner or later, one way or the other, may mga attractions which we have to face and deal with.  Sa mga may girlfriend da I would just like to remind you nga tanan kita magalaw-ay eventually– samtang nagadugay ikaw magalaw-ay, ang girlfriend mo magalaw-ay.  
Siling ni St. Augustine only God is "beauty ever ancient ever new." Thus Psalm 16, "nobody, nobody but you," clap, clap, clap.