You must have thought this world is a Circus
Of fools and pretenders,
Of desperates and pained,
Of clowns and performers,
Of victims and losers...

You must have thought this life
is nothing but a glorious entrance and hopefully
a glorious exit.

Like a ballerina, you turn and turn until you
got confused of where you really want to go.

I would not wonder why my Saviour came down
upon seeing us this way.

He must have thought,
we don't need to dance under the world's spotlight.

He must have seen how this world's glory
never suit us.

He must have thought,
we would look good sharing His Father's glory.

He must have thought,
"I like to show you a better way to live."

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Meekness

Meekness - Power under control.

"Learn to express authority without using force."

imagination

creation

man

woman

Ponder

Birth

Old man

My friend Partico, why have you lived this way.
i hope I can tell you to put your acts together but i can't.
i am not demanding that you strip yourself naked in front of me but at least show me
the person behind those smiles.
i promise not to say a word if you want.

Sad clown.. I hope I can tell you that I too, have broken wings.
bruised heart, broken spirit and wounded soul.

Has fear bounded you? I am telling you, I too, am afraid.

Has broken dreams immobilized you? I am telling you I have a lot of broken dreams,
failed plans, unfinished pursuit, pile of dishes to wash, mountains of "to do's" and many more.

Take it easy my friend, we all walk the same path. Some have walk in it limping, some tired, some giving up, some walked for the sake of walking and some became sad clowns like you. But there is a better way to walk this path, and that is being carried by somebody. Have you heard of footprints in the sand? I know you do. Well, He's the One who wants to carry you and me.

Be real Partico.

Your Friend,
Incarcio

On Obedience and Performance

Yesterday I read an article from Francis Kong. I knew him from his radio-segment Bussines Matters. I found his article witty and fresh so if you wan to check it out heres the address :http://www.businessmatters.org/

One of his articles, speaks about the difference between obedience and performance and he quoted some of Max Lucado's opinion bout these two. Here it is:

• Obedience is seeking God with your whole heart.
• Performance is having a quiet time because you'll feel guilty if you don't.
• Obedience is finding ways to let the word of God dwell in you richly.
• Performance is quickly scanning a passage so you can check it off your Bible reading plan.
• Obedience is inviting guests to your home for dinner.
• Performance is feeling anxious about whether every detail of the meal will be perfect.
• Obedience is following God's prompting to start a small group, Bible study or relationship.
• Performance is reluctance to let anyone else lead the group because they might not do it as well as you would.
• Obedience is doing your best.
• Performance is wanting to be the best.
• Obedience is saying yes to whatever God asks of you.
• Performance is saying yes to whatever people ask of you.
• Obedience is following the prompting of God's spirit.
• Performance is following a list of man-made requirements.
• Obedience springs from a fear of God.
• Performance springs from a fear of failure.
• Obedience is letting the life speak out loud without the lips moving.
• Performance is all lips but the life clearly doesn’t show it.

Sometimes we perform in our service and walk with the Lord. The funny thing is we maybe are not aware that we are already performing. Probably, the one of the most common effect of performance is fatigue. We begin to get tired praying, tired teaching the Word of God or tired singing or dancing for the Lord. We begin to feel tired of the pressure of performance. You probably heard of this, "busy with the Kingdom but not with the King". That's exactly what happens to us when we perform. We begun to think that we are "over" serving God. But to think about it there is not such thing as "over" serving God because we are supposed to serve Him. We are supposed to give our hearts, time, treasure and everthing to Him. Probably that's why the Lord loves a cheerful giver because a cheerful giver of his/her time, treasure, talent and heart is not performing. The Lord want us to relax and enjoy serving Him instead of being pressured of serving Him. Last night in my room, I poured out myself to the Lord telling Him, "Lord, I don't want to perform. So please come to me." The presence of God in my devotion time makes a lot of the difference. I had a great time talking to the Lord. Somehow, I felt the Lord working inside of me. We have to continually ask, "Am I performing?". If our answer is yes, then that means we are sidetracked by the issues of life. We have to settle it with the Lord and be true to the Lord with the situation. God loves us and He wants us to enjoy the life that he has for us. He doesn't want us to be pressured. He wants us to take it easy and just serve Him just as we are. No need to perform. :)

i seem to have lost my sights on things. i lost my focus. my motive got polluted and the saddest things in this story is, I don't even know what happened to me.

Thanks Joyce for showing me me. I guess you are only one of the few people who has the guts to beat me face-to-face lovingly. I appreaciate you being that way.

Now, I'm back.

I'd like to share points that I've read from Butch Jimenez's speech to UP graduates.

A Final Review
• What’s better than focusing on the negative? Focus on the positive.
• What’s better than working hard? It is working smart.
• What’s better than dreaming? Imagineering.
• What’s better than a vision? A cause.
• What’s better than a long speech? Definitely, a short one.

I hope Butch won't mind me copy-pasting this part of his speech. Just to remind me. What's better..

you who's choked by fear
you who's choked by apathy
wish you well
wish you'll come to your senses.

but it's not mine to give
i'll just have to wait.
not that i wish you bad.
just that i cannot force the
donkey to drink in the stream.

not that im better than you
just that --
well the fact that im singing tis
song made me think im better.

need to wash my heart clean
with clean red blood.
need to work with my Savior
in cleaning up my mess.

loving you is hard.
but hating is not worth my time.
leaving you alone isn't me.
since i promised i'll be your friend.

you probably just have a baaad day.
what i do in my bad days made me
say i get you.
everybody deserves a bad day.

one day i'll thank my Saviour
why your not like me.
He created you more special than me.
i have to choose to see you that way.

next time i'll look at you.
you will be the person my Saviour died for.
today, you might tickle my angry bone.
soon you don't have to do that
i'll give that bone to my Saviour.

let that bone go.
and it will not stuck in my throat anymore.
breathing will be easier
and I don't have to bite you.

i sotmiems thguhot that i colud denefd God but God donest need a layewr.

I'm early today. i hope i'll be early tomorrow. one of the thoughts that came to mind today is that "Life is a journey." so we should enjoy every step of it while going forward to our God-given destiny.

I had posted about eating more than what you can eat. And the Lord just whispered to me in a solid pain about this last Friday (Sept 16, 2005) . I know it's God since He already warned me about this even before, nya dli jud ku maminaw. I kept on playing with it. Last Friday was a bit of a blast and finally I told the Lord, "got the msg". Tsk! God is dealing with me dah. hehehehe.

More Ziggy Quotes

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.


You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Thanks Ziggy!

[Zig Ziglar]

I walked down Osmena Blvrd today, somehow, walking that road makes me feel calm. Probably because of the trees on the sides but I don't realy know for sure why. I usually walk there when I want to think of something, usually when i re-evaluate things. This is one of the "usual" times, im re-evaluating a lot of things in my life. I think I forgot one of the facts of life that I've learned, * People will fail you. Whoever they are, your mother or father or brother or sister or closest friend or mentor they will fail you - even yourself will fail you. They will do things that will frustrate you, make you deperate, sometimes torture you. Wow. Isn't it amazing? So, what should I do? Be frustrated? Give up on people? A lot of people would give up on people and I could understand that, it's really frustrating at times. Anyway, As I've said, a a lot of people give up on people says statements such as, "He'll NEVER change." or "Ingon ana man jud na cya." or "Kapoy nku sigeg tambag ana wa ghapon nausab." and the likes. It's tempting to give up on people and just be miserable or indifferent. Sometimes, I want to "not care" because I just think for awhile that some people didn't deserve "care". Or we try the less "draconian" approach to this problem, we try to expect less from people; that way, they always reach on our expectations. Still [shrug] isn't it a form of "giving up" on people? But God never gave up on people. If there is anybody who have the right to give up and quit caring, it's the Lord. WWJD. If Jesus is in this situation, where some people failed His expectation, He would not stop caring. He would undestand the people rather than grade them a failed grade. It's so hard to be God.

So what should I do then? Give up? [No way!!] I found this quote helpful from my friend Ziggy "Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes." - Zig Ziglar.

Why wait for the time that you are only given a limited time to live, to live life to the full when you can do it NOW?

Speak and say the words that no one else will ever say.
Love like the world we know is over in a day.

Kiss you mom and tell her you love her.
Hug you father and tell him he is the best dad in the whole wide world.

Bless your kids and express to them how great the future you want for them.

Love your sisters and your brothers and let them know that you are glad they are your family.

Love your friends and make them know that they are special to you.

Breathe the air like your never breath in a million years.

Dance in the rain.

Choose to encourage rather than to criticize.

Give hope and live in faith.

Quit worrying.

Express gratitude more than saying thank you.

Pray with joy and freedom.

Celebrate the goodness of God.

Swim, dance, sing, express your being.

Choose to be joyful.

Exercise compassion.

Empathize.

Be quick to listen.

Be quick to release forgiveness.

*listing the things that i need to do. Sometimes, writing makes the doing easier than just trying to remember it. =)