Draw Me Nearer

For your nearness Lord I hunger
For your nearness Lord I wait
Hold me ever closer Father
Such a love I can't escape
 
For your nearness I am hoping
For your nearness Lord I long
Have no need of any other
I have found where I belong
Yes, I have found where I belong
  
So draw me nearer Lord
Never let me go
Closer to your heart
Draw me nearer Lord
Draw me nearer Lord
  
In your nearness there is healing
What was broken now made whole
Restoration in its fullness
Lasting hope for all who come
  
In your nearness I take shelter
Where you are is where I'm home
I have need of only one thing
To be here before your throne
To be here before you throne
 
And keep me here, keep me here
There's nowhere else I rather be
So keep me here, keep me here
There's nowhere else I rather be
There's nowhere else I rather be

 

- Meredith Andrews -

 

I am Thine, O Lord (Draw me nearer)

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.
 
Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
 
  Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.
 
O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!
 
There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.
 
- Fanny Crosby -

  

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Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience,

and our bodies washed with pure water. 

Hebrews 10:22
 

You’ll Find Your Way

When I look at you, boy
I can see the road that lies ahead
I can see the love and the sorrow

Bright fields of joy
Dark nights awake in a stormy bed
I want to go with you, but I can’t follow

So keep to the old roads
Keep to the old roads
And you’ll find your way

Your first kiss, your first crush
The first time you know you’re not enough
The first time there’s no one there to hold you

The first time you pack it all up
And drive alone across America
Please remember the words that I told you

Keep to the old roads
Keep to the old roads
And you’ll find your way
You’ll find your way

If love is what you’re looking for
The old roads lead to an open door
And you’ll find your way
You’ll find your way
Back home

And I know you'll be scared when you take up that cross
And I know it'll hurt, 'cause I know what it costs
And I love you so much and it's so hard to watch
But you're gonna grow up and you're gonna get lost
Just go back, go back

Go back, go back to the ancient paths
Lash your heart to the ancient mast
And hold on, boy, whatever you do
To the hope that's taken hold of you
And you'll find your way
You'll find your way
If love is what you’re looking for
The old roads lead to an open door
And you’ll find your way
You’ll find your way
Back home

- Andrew Peterson -

沿海地帶

作詞：木蘭號 （陳韋伶）
作曲：馬奕強

空蕩蕩的月台　入秋微涼的海  
微風把腳下的樹葉都吹開   火車就要出發催促我快離開
       

我的心已超載　你不瞭解的愛    
當失望逐漸將一切都掩埋　沒想到害怕更真實存在       

在沿海地帶放逐我的愛　孤單也很精彩

我相信我們都有該去的未來　不該在原地徘徊    

我其實很明白　夢醒了就不在
只是還掙扎著不讓他離開　緊緊抓著的也都是空白    

在沿海地帶放逐我的愛　孤單也很精彩

我相信我們都有該去的未來　不該在原地徘徊    

       
在沿海地帶我遠遠離開　要更自由自在

不要我的心隨著大廳的鐘擺　停留在原地感慨     

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在耶路撒冷放逐我的愛　忧愁也很快乐

我相信上帝给我生命的方向　不該在原地徘徊    
  

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

[Added by the compilers of Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern]

To Christ, who won for sinners grace
By bitter grief and anguish sore,
Be praise from all the ransomed race
Forever and forevermore.

- Isaac Watts -

'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

It was a beautiful sunny day. Louisa M. Stead, her husband, and her daughter Lily, decided to go for a picnic. They went picnicing on Long Island Sound. While having their picnic, the Steads heard a scream. It was from a young boy. Mr. Stead ran to the rescue. Louisa Stead and young Lily watched helplessly as Mr. Stead and the boy drowned. Their troubles were not over yet, however, and without her husband, Mrs. Stead became very poor and destitute.Yet God never left her. He provided for her always and she and her daughter made it through. Louisa learned to trust God, and thus the words to the song 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.' Shortly after this incident, Lousia and her daughter Lily moved to South Africa where they became missionaries.

’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
And to know, “Thus says the Lord!”

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more!

O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
And in simple faith to plunge me
’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!

Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.

I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee,
Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
And I know that Thou art with me,
Wilt be with me to the end.

- Louisa M. R. Stead -

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

Source: Wikipedia

The lyrics are based on the last words of a man in Assam, north-east India, who along with his family was converted to Christianity in the middle of the 19th century through the efforts of a Welsh missionary. Called to renounce his faith by the village chief, the convert declared, "I have decided to follow Jesus." In response to threats to his family, he continued, "Though no one joins me, still I will follow." His wife was killed, and he was executed while singing, "The cross before me, the world behind me." This display of faith is reported to have led to the conversion of the chief and others in the village.

 

I have decided to follow Jesus.
No turning back, no turning back.

Though none go with me, I still will follow.
No turning back, no turning back.

The world behind me, the cross before me.
No turning back, no turning back.

Though none go with me, still I will follow.
No turning back, no turning back.

My cross I'll carry till I see Jesus.
No turning back, no turning back.

- Sadhu Sundar Singh -

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 Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, 

he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. 

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, 

but whoever loses his life for me will save it. 

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, 

and yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Luke 9:23-25 

 

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee,
Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not,
As Thou hast been,Thou forever wilt be.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided.
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon, and stars in their courses above;
Join with all nature in manifold witness,
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own great presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.

- Thomas Chisholm - 

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It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, 

because his compassions fail not. 

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 

Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV)

你的大能， 你的怜悯，你的慈爱。

We tend to define freedom as doing the things 

that are prohibited by the law of God, 

and having an idea that God is limiting our freedom.
The truth is, God doesn't want us to be enslaved by the things 

prohibited by the law of God, 

so that we can be free from sins and find eternal joy in God alone, 

and we can do that by grace alone, through faith in Christ alone.

前些一段日子，

或者更正确的来说，

前些好一段时间，

内心和身子挣扎一些错误的习惯。

习惯的大衣很难拖下，

所以一直是个借口来继续这个坏习惯。

曾经尝试改掉这坏习惯，

但却改不了。

可能是因为是靠自己的能力，

或者是舍不得这坏习惯。

最近，听了这讲道，

就莫名的没了这坏习惯，

难道这是神迹？

神的大能在运行？

圣灵在动工？

我不肯定，但我会继续祷告，

继续开口称谢

你的大能，

你的怜悯，

你的慈爱。

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敬拜君王

來敬拜上主－榮耀大君王，

主愛何奇妙，應感謝、頌揚；
祂是我們盾牌，是千古保障，

榮光是祂宮殿，歌聲永嘹亮。

神權能、慈愛，我眾當頌讚，

光輝是主袍，穹蒼是主幔！
 雷電顯主烈怒作戰車馳騁，

狂風、暴雨、漆黑，隨祂足跡行。

來敬拜君王，我主，同歌頌主恩，

述說祂的憐憫、慈愛，
來敬拜君王，我神。

唇舌難描述主愛顧豐厚，

如光輝照射，似空氣滲透，
像泉源從高山向平原傾注，

甘霖、雨露下滴，常滋潤地土。

來敬拜君王，我主，同歌頌主恩，

述說祂的憐憫、慈愛，
來敬拜君王，我神。

來敬拜君王，我主，同歌頌主恩，

述說祂的憐憫、慈愛，
來敬拜、頌讚！

來敬拜君王，我主，同歌頌主恩，

述說祂的憐憫、恩惠，
來敬拜君王，我神。

來敬拜、頌讚，齊來崇拜！


Worship the King Our God

 Come lets worship the Lord — the Glorious King,
The Lord's amazing love is worthy of our thanksgiving and praise,
He is our shield, our eternal refuge,
Glory is His temple, filled with sound of praises.

God's soverignty and love is worthy of our praises,
Light is His robe, sky is His curtain!
Thunder is His wrath, like a chariot galloping through.
Wind and storm and darkness follow His footsteps.

Come let us worhsip the King our Lord, let us sing praise to His grace,
Let us proclaim His mercy and love,
Come let us worhsip the King our God.

Lips and tongues cannot describe His abundant love and provision,
Like light shining forth, like air immersing through,
Like stream flowing from mountain into valley,
Like rain pouring down and moisture the land.

Come let us worhsip the King our Lord, let us sing praise to His grace,
Let us proclaim His mercy and love,
Come let us worhsip the King our God.

Come let us worhsip the King our Lord, let us sing praise to His grace,
Let us proclaim His mercy and love,
Come let us worship and praise Him!

Come let us worhsip the King our Lord, let us sing praise to His grace,
Let us proclaim His mercy and grace,
Come let us worhsip the King our God.
Come let us worship and praise Him, worship Him together!

Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou My Vision (Irish: Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile)

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,

naught be all else to me, save that thou art;

Thou my best thought by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, thou my true word,
I ever with thee and thou with me Lord;
Thou my great Father, I thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

Be thou my battle shield, sword for the fight;
Be thou my dignity, thou my delight;
Thou my soul's shelter, thou my high tower:
Raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise:
Thou mine inheritance now and always;
Thou and thou only first in my heart;
High King of Heaven, my treasure thou art.

High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O Bright Heaven's sun!;
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

- Dallán Forgaill -

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in Thee;

Let the water and the blood,

From Thy wounded side which flowed,

Be of sin the double cure,

Save from wrath and make me pure.

Not the labor of my hands

Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;

Could my zeal no respite know,

Could my tears forever flow,

All for sin could not atone;

Thou must save, and Thou alone.

Nothing in my hand I bring,

Simply to Thy cross I cling;

Naked, come to Thee for dress;

Helpless, look to Thee for grace;

Foul, I to the fountain fly;

Wash me, Savior, or I die.

While I draw this fleeting breath,

When my eyes shall close in death,

When I rise to worlds unknown,

And behold Thee on Thy throne,

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in Thee.

- Augustus Montague Toplady -

Jehovah Tsidkenu

Jehovah Tsidkenu "The Lord Our Righteousness"

The watchword of the Reformers—

I once was a stranger to grace and to God,

I knew not my danger, and felt not my load;

Though friends spoke in rapture of Christ on the tree,

Jehovah Tsidkenu was nothing to me.

I oft read with pleasure, to soothe or engage,

Isaiah's wild measure and John's simple page;

But e'en when they pictured the blood-sprinkled tree

Jehovah Tsidkenu seemed nothing to me.

Like tears from the daughters of Zion that roll,

I wept when the waters went over His soul;

Yet thought not that my sins had nailed to the tree

Jehovah Tsidkenu—'twas nothing to me.

When free grace awoke me, by light from on high,

Then legal fears shook me, I trembled to die;

No refuge, no safety in self could I see—

Jehovah Tsidkenu my Savior must be.

My terrors all vanished before the sweet name;

My guilty fears banished, with boldness I came

To drink at the fountain, life-giving and free—

Jehovah Tsidkenu is all things to me.

Jehovah Tsidkenu! my treasure and boast,

Jehovah Tsidkenu! I ne'er can be lost;

In thee I shall conquer by flood and by field—

My cable, my anchor, my breastplate and shield!

Even treading the valley, the shadow of death,

This "watchword" shall rally my faltering breath;

For while from life's fever my God sets me free,

Jehovah Tsidkenu my death-song shall be.

- Robert Murray McCheyne -

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,

Source: http://www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630313/

Robert Robinson was just a small boy when his dad died. In 18th century England, there was little in the way of a social welfare system and this meant that he had to go to work while still very young. Without a father to guide and steady him, he fell in with bad companions.

One day his gang of rowdies harassed a drunken gypsy. Pouring liquor into her, they demanded she tell their fortunes for free. Pointing her finger at Robert she told him he would live to see his children and grandchildren. This struck a tender spot in his heart. "If I'm going to live to see my children and grandchildren," he thought, "I'll have to change my way of living. I can't keep on like I'm going now."

He decided to go hear the Methodist preacher George Whitefield. To cover his "weak" urge, he suggested that the boys go with him and heckle the gathering. Whitefield preached on the text: "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7). Robert left in dread, under a deep sense of sin that lasted for three years.

Finally, at the age of twenty, he made peace with God and immediately set out to become a Methodist preacher himself. Two years later, in 1757, he wrote a hymn which expressed his joy in his new faith:

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

This was printed the next year. At first people thought that Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon, a strong Methodist had written this. Eventually it was learned that Robert was the writer. In the last stanza, Robert had written:

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love
Take my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for thy courts above.

Prone to wander Robert was. He left the Methodists and became a Baptist. Later on, having become a close friend of Joseph Priestly, he was accused of becoming a Unitarian. Priestly and other Unitarians denied the full divinity of Christ. However, in a sermon he preached after he supposedly became a Unitarian, Robinson clearly declared that Jesus was God, and added, "Christ in Himself is a person infinitely lovely as both God and man."

Robert died on this day, June 9, 1790. Had he left the God he loved? A widely-told, but unverifiable, story says that one day as he was riding in a stagecoach a lady asked him what he thought of the hymn she was humming. He responded, "Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago, and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then."

* * *

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of Thy redeeming love.

Sorrowing I shall be in spirit,
Till released from flesh and sin,
Yet from what I do inherit,
Here Thy praises I’ll begin;
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Here by Thy great help I’ve come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood;
How His kindness yet pursues me
Mortal tongue can never tell,
Clothed in flesh,
till death shall loose me
I cannot proclaim it well.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.

- Robert Robinson -

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Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. 

He named it Ebenezer, saying, 

"Thus far has the LORD helped us." 

1 Samuel 7:12

It Is Well With My Soul

When peace like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to know,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.

But Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul.

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.

- Horatio Spafford -

给我一个理由忘记

 歌手：黄丽玲

雨都停了 这片天灰什么呢
我还记得 你说我们要快乐
深夜里的脚步声 总是刺耳
害怕寂寞 就让狂欢的城市陪我关灯
只是哪怕周围再多人 感觉还是一个人
每当我笑了 心却狠狠地哭着

给我一个理由忘记 那么爱我的你
给我一个理由放弃 当时做的决定
有些爱 越想抽离 却越更清晰
那最痛的距离 是你不在身边 却在我的心里

当我走在 去过的每个地方
总会听到 你那最自由的笑
当我回到 一个人 住的地方
最怕看到 冬天你最爱穿的那件外套
只是哪怕周围再多人 感觉还是一个人
每当我笑了 心却狠狠地哭着

我找不到理由忘记 大雨里的别离
我找不到理由放弃 我等你的决心
有些爱 越想抽离 却越更清晰
那最痛的距离 是你不在身边 却在我的心里
我想你

痛彻心扉

歌手：张栋梁

回忆充满整个房子
我们的住处
围困我笑也不会茶也不思
一个人恍恍又惚惚
相爱的国度里没有人居住

回忆混乱我的脚步
阻碍了出路
证明了你的自私你的贪图
残忍的看着我无助
平淡的回应我虚假的无辜

痛彻心扉记忆的伤一寸一寸像你的冷酷
否定我这些日子以来的付出
不能睡的痛楚不知名的愤怒
不能上诉只能安静的痛哭

痛彻心扉记忆的伤一寸一寸像你的冷酷
告诉我不再需要有我来保护
不能睡的痛楚不知名的愤怒
不能上诉只能安静的痛哭

Season Greeting ~We Are The Reason~

Christmas is around the corner again,
but everyone should know the bad news during this season.
But what is the bad news?

The bad news is that there will be a day,
where the dead will be raised,
and everyone will come before God.
Everyone will give an account to him,
and God will judge everyone
according to the things that they did,
because God is just.

Those who disobey God and violeted his rules and standard
will be thrown to hell,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
where the will be worms,
where there will be eternal fire that cannot be quenched,
so hot that they feel burning fire in their tip of tongue.

In that place,
they will suffer eternal wrath of God for eternity,
because they had offended and sinned again this Holy God.

This is the bad news.

But fear not, this bad news came with a good news!

The good news is that God so loved the world so much that
He sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ to the world,
in the form of human, to fulfill all the laws and standards,
being tempted in all ways, yet sinless.

Being sinless, but He willingly go to the cross as a sacrifice,
to die for the sins of those who believed in Him,
so that those who put their trust in Him
will not be condemned of their sins,
will not perish, but will have eternal life
to glorify God and enjoy His presence in eternity.

This is the good news, this is the gospel.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe stands condemned already
because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
John 3:16-18


What is the greatest gift that God has given during this season?


For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:6


Merry Christmas
because Jesus Christ is born on this day
for you and for me!

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As little children we'd dream of Christmas morn
And all the gifts and toys we knew we’d find
But we never realized a baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives

We are the reason that He gave His life
We were the reason that He suffered and died
To a world that was lost He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live

~ We Are The Reason ~

Tell Me the Old, Old Story

Many times I wonder why I still alive, spiritually and physically. Sometime I got a similar feeling with Paul, when he was writing a letter to the church in Philippi.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me.
Yet what shall I choose? I do not know!
I am torn between the two:
I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;
but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.
(Philippians 1:21-24)

Many times I fall into the dilemma between the two also. All believers do desire to return to their true home, because we are like travelers, traveling in this foreign world. After being banged by a car and still survive, I feel a calling from Him.

Though I surrendered myself to Jesus Christ, but there is something that I still haven't do, there is something that I still need to do, that is to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (cf. Acts 1:8), and go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that commanded by God (cf. Matthew 28:19-20). The reason I still living now, is to proclaim the good news, to proclaim the gospel.

This is a hymn, from a poem written by Catherine Hankey (1893-1911). She wrote it when she became very ill and lay in bed.

Tell Me the Old, Old Story

Tell me the story slowly, that I may take it in -
That wonderful redemption, God's remedy of sin.
Tell me the story often, for I forget so soon;
The early dew of morning has passed away at noon.

We need to tell others the old, old story of Jesus and His love. They need some good news.

____________________

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live,
but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body,
I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
(Galatians 2:20)

超人不会飞： 超人的孤单

"Later wanna enter together first?"
"Sorry no, I want to repeat a while first. You go in first la, you sure can answer."

"Later wanna enter together as first batch?"
"Okay."

Then I am walking towards the the examination room,
but when I turn back, I saw them waving their hands to me......
They broke their promise. Though I'm not angry, but I feel alone......

考试一开始，我喜欢第一个进入考场，我选择做先锋。不是因为我心有成竹，不是因为我已经温习了十遍，不是因为我对考题了如指掌。我只是想快点一了百了，不想藕断丝连（用词不大恰当），不想再犹豫不决…… 因为先孤军进入考场，所以也先单独走出考场。

"If I grant you power, could you go on? ...... Accept this contract, and you accept its conditions. While living in the world of humans, you will live unlike any other: a different providence, a different time, a different life. The Power of the King will condemn you to a life of solitude. Are you prepared for this?"

In the anime Code Geass: Rebellion of Lelouch, this is what C.C. said to Lelouch before they sign the contract. But I never prepared for this Geass, the curse of Geass.

从来没有要接受超人的称号，从来没有要接受这王者之力，但别人却硬硬把这些称号加在我身上。人人以为做超人是很威风的，做王是掌权的，但没人知道超人制服和王者面具的背后却是孤单……

劉若英: 一輩子的孤單

我想我會一直孤單 這一輩子都這麼孤單
我想我會一直孤單 這樣孤單一輩子

天空越蔚藍 越怕抬頭看
電影越圓滿 就越覺得傷感
有越多的時間 就越覺得不安
因為我總是孤單 過著孤單的日子

喜歡的人不出現 出現的人不喜歡
有的愛猶豫不決 還在想他就離開
想過要將就一點 卻發現將就更難
於是我學著樂觀 過著孤單的日子

當孤單已經變成一種習慣
習慣到我已經不再去想該怎麼辦
就算心煩意亂 就算沒有人作伴

自由和落寞之間怎麼換算
我獨自走在街上看著天空找不到答案
我沒有答案

天空已蔚藍 我會抬頭看
電影越圓滿 就越珍惜傷感
有越多的時間 就越習慣不安
因為我總會樂觀 過著孤單的日子

我想我會一直孤單

The Loneliness of a King

____________________

The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone.
I will make a helper suitable for him."
Genesis 2:18

Still

Recently gettig very very busy, many things need to settle. Next week will be a very tough week. Firstly, need to study Biochemistry, the hardest subject for this semester. Secondly there will be an exam for Therapy. 48 essay questions and 405 objective questions need to study, and almost all the Therapy teachers are very very strict x_x. Luckily I have settled my journal or diary for the practical. Thirdly, there will be a concluding lesson for Physiology of cardiovascular system, which included electrical activities of heart, cardiac cycle, pulses, electrocardiogram (ECG), regulations of heart activities, and vascular system. Forthly, I still doesn't manage to secure my credit of Physical Training (PT). Although I only missed 1 class (for a very absurd reason), but I cannot do 5 pull-ups (not chin-up), so the teacher don't want to give the credit. Many people said he will still give in the end, but after all he is a mad old guy who enjoys torturing the students. Credit (зачёт) is a thing that a student must get from all the subjects from that semester before he/she can sit for summer or winter exams.

By the way, summer exams is coming in mid June. Two subjects are included, i.e. Biochemistry and Physiology. For Biochemistry, students are required to study 128 essay questions and they expect the students to memorise all the formulas and reactions x_x. Physiology is not so scary, cause the teachers are not so strict, the subject itself is consider easier than Biochemistry (but many numbers need to memorise), and there might be avtomat for student. Avtomat (автомат), from the english word automate, means that a student can automatically get a 5 for exam if he/she fulfills the requirement, i.e. getting average mark of 4.8 and above for the practical lessons. But this avtomat is still not confirmed yet, and we don't know whether the requirment is still the same. There is less than 1 month time for my Biochemistry exam, and the worst thing is I haven't start preparing anything yet. Plan to start my revision on 1 June, but the semester offically end on 12 June, and the study week start only from 13 June. So many things is tangled around me @_@. The pressure and stress is building up, can really feel the tension.

Last few weeks, my pastor's wife was teaching from the Book of Exodus.
Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." (Exodus 14:13-14)
Sometime when we are facing troubles, we need not to scare, just be still, do what you should do, and put your faith and trust in God, because He is always with us, and He will settle everything.

A song from Hillsongs. Enjoy.



STILL

Hide me now
Under your wings
Cover me
within your mighty hand

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with you above the storm
Father you are king over the flood
I will be still and know you are God

Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know his power
In quietness and trust

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with you above the storm
Father you are king over the flood
I will be still and know you are God