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3/31/2008
5:34pm

a few years ago I wrote several love songs. here is one of them. Its called "a glimpse of happiness". Looking back, I realize how much a force love is. How if we are not careful, it can grip us with its immense power, and actually drive us near insanity. Do not get me wrong, its wonderful to be "in love". It is like a drug that you cannot give up. Literally, when you find that someone special, you would literally want to spend every moment of your life with them. Its a wonderful wonderful feeling. You get inspired to look your best. perhaps even lose some weight. You want to buy clothes and be neat. You are motivated. You appreciate life more. Hmmm. Being in love is wonderful. But it can also be DANGEROUS. And I would have to agree that love, at the end of the day, should be more than a feeling. It should surpass emotions. There should be BALANCE. And most importantly, one should make sure that their happiness/joy in life not be DEPENDENT on that one person. I could talk for hours about this…Oh well…maybe more on that next time. In the meantime, here are the lyrics. This was certainly a point in my time when I was in that zone of being "in love". Whatever that means. Please feel free to comment or email me about what you think about my lyrics. I would definitely enjoy reading your feedback. Oh and perhaps one day, if I ever get enough mojo and muster enough courage, I might just post a "live" acoustic video of it in youtube. not that anyone really cares, haha. well..whatever.

A GLIMPSE OF HAPPINESS
I would do anything for you
Anything you say I’d gladly do
Close my eyes, think of you all day
You take my breath away
I know its all cliche

For you, saved me
From my loneliness
And you, gave me
A glimpse of happiness….
Unknown….before  (yeah)

Can’t believe you calling out my name
Steroids for my brain I’ve gone insane
kind of dumb, having too much fun
Although I always knew, I’d come undone

For you, saved me
From my loneliness
And you, gave me
A glimpse of happiness….
Unknown….before  (yeah)

Happy Easter to everyone!
The Lord is risen…He is risen indeed!

I spent the weekend mostly at Tokyo Baptist Church to celebrate easter with my friends (family, basically). I was also given the privilege to play a small part in our Easter "drama" as part of the Easter celebration service. My role was that of a "villager" that was accompanying Jesus while he was carring the cross on the way to Golgotha. It was all very exciting as I had to wear a costume. I also had to "act" in a way that was not distracting and not removing the focus from the character playing Jesus. Needless to say, I think I did a great job of not getting noticed.

Oh by the way, here’s a shout out the AMAZING and CONSTANTLY improving Glorious Teams Dance Team. Props and respect to Janis, and Mayen(the choreography was nothing less than brilliant) and the "Adrenaline Angels"…France, Ness and Joy, who injected an energy rush that drove the performance to levels that were never reached before. Yasuyo and her excellent ballet skills blended seamlessly with the group, as well as the breathtaking routines of the child prodigy and rookie member Jera (boy, your mom Lisa must be so proud). To sum the whole thing up, the Glorious Steps Dance Team was simply….magnificent. I am sure that many were blessed.
To God be the glory! I cannot wait for the day when my own daughter, who as we speak, has started to work on her own dance moves, will join this dance team that ministers to God’s people through their dance. With their continous improvement and their , they might as well change their name to GLORIOUS LEAPS.
What do you think?  (O Mayen, wag lalaki ulo ah..hehe)

But the most important part of the Easter Service was the message regarding UNFORGIVENESS by Pastor Dennis. Did you know that in the bible, the only time that God tells someone to STOP praying was when there was unforgivness involved? How can we worship God when in our hearts, there lies unforgiveness, or someone has a grudge or unforgiveness towards us. Hmmmm…
How hypocritical it must be when someone claims that they are a Chirstian, yet holds grudges against others. How can we DENY forgiveness against others when we OURSELVES were forgiven?
I highly recommend that you dear blog reader, go to the following link to listen to Pastor Dennis message this week:

http://www.tokyobaptist.org/magnification/sermons/

The Lord is risen..He is risen indeed!

Happy Easter everyone!