Ask the loveliness of the earth,
ask the loveliness of the sea,
ask the loveliness of the wide airy spaces,
ask the loveliness of the sky,
ask the order of the stars,
ask the sun,
making daylight with its beams,
ask the moon tempering the darkness of the night that follows,
ask the living things which move in the waters,
which tarry on the land,
which fly in the air;
ask the souls that are hidden,
the bodies that are perceptive;
the visible things which most be governed,
the invisible things that govern—ask these things,
and they will all answer you,
Yes, see we are lovely.
Their loveliness is their confession.
And all these lovely but mutable things,
who has made them,
but Beauty immutable?
- Augustine
Sermons 214.2
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
(15) Undignified
Undignified
David Crowder
I will dance
I will sing
To be mad
For my King
Nothing Lord
Is hindering
This passion in my soul
Chorus:
And I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Some may say
It's foolishness
But I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Leave my pride
By my side
And I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Some may say
It's foolishness
But I'll become
Even more undignified than this
Than this
La, la, la, la, la, HEY!
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, HEY!
La, la, la, la, la
It's all for You my Lord!
Inspired by David, no doubt! :D
I think being undignified...is swallowing your pride and doing things for God's glory and to worship Him. It is not being afraid of what others think about you. It is being brave and expressing your love for God. Perhaps by sharing the gospel with a friend, or talking to someone no one else wants to talk to, or telling another person bravely that what he or she is doing is wrong.
Read Psalm 34 today! I think I have to start modifying some parts my behavior, which have been getting out of hand lately. Oh dear. I really want to learn how to fear the Lord, and do right.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
(14) Majesty (Here I am)
MAJESTY: Here I am
Delirious
VERSE 1:
Am G F
Here I am
C/E F
Humbled by Your majesty
C/E G/B E/G#
Covered by Your grace so free
Am G F
Here I am
C/E F
Knowing I'm a sinful man
C/E G/B E/G#
Covered by the blood of the Lamb
PRE-CHORUS:
Am G/B C
Now I've found
Am G/B C
The greatest love of all is mine
D/F#
Since You laid down Your live
F
The greatest sacrifice
CHORUS:
C G Am7 F
Majesty, majesty
C G
Your grace has found me just as I am
Am F
Empty handed but alive in Your hands
C G Am7 F
Majesty, majesty
C G
Forever I am changed by Your love
Am F
In the presence of Your majesty
VERSE 2:
Here I am
Humbled by the love that You give
Forgiven so that I can forgive
Here I stand
Knowing that I'm Your desire
Sanctified by glory and fire
Nice random things:
Our Brand Name Bag!!! :D
Thanks Vel!!!
We will persist!!
Sila cooking!!
Wing Mei cooking!!
Pasta dinner at Block Two!!
Supper - Pound cake and yakult hahaaa...
From Wing Mei!! So nice of her :)
PS: I took THREE baths today!! Cold baths!!! Hahaa...and studied in RH library again after such a long time heheee...NEED AIRCON
Monday, April 28, 2008
(13) I Shall Have No Other Gods Before You
I Shall Have No Other Gods Before You
I shall have no other gods before you
Only you can reign as my heart's king
I shall have no other gods before you
I will put you first in everything
With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my might
I want to worship you
I shall have no other gods before you
Only you can reign as my heart's king
I shall have no other gods before you
I will put you first in everything
With all my heart
With all my soul
With all my might
I want to worship you
Sunday, April 27, 2008
(12) They That Wait Upon The Lord
They That Wait Upon The Lord
They that wait upon the Lord
Shall renew their strength
They shall mount up with wings as eagles
They shall run and not grow weary
They shall walk and not faint
Teach me Lord, teach me Lord
To wait
Taken from Isaiah 40:31
Friday, April 25, 2008
(11) Yesterday, Today and Forever
I am so glad that there is a firm foundation in this changing world. Someone who is always the same, and is always good. Always faithful, loving, merciful.
Yesterday, Today and Forever
Vicky Beeching
Everlasting God,
The years go by but you are unchanging,
In this fragile world,
You are the only firm foundation.
Always loving, always true
Always merciful and good
So good
(Chorus)
Yesterday, today and forever
Your are the same, you never change,
Yesterday, today and forever
You are faithful and we will trust in you
We will trust in you
Uncreated one
You have no end and no beginning
Earthly powers fade
But there is no end to Your kingdom
We will trust in You (x3) in you
Yahweh, God unchanging
We will trust in you
Faithful God.
Oh how difficult it is to hold on when things fall into pieces around you! And you think: "Will it make any difference if I let go?" Unless you believe the thing you are holding on to is always there and will never give way. How strange that faith is self sustaining.
Yesterday, Today and Forever
Vicky Beeching
Everlasting God,
The years go by but you are unchanging,
In this fragile world,
You are the only firm foundation.
Always loving, always true
Always merciful and good
So good
(Chorus)
Yesterday, today and forever
Your are the same, you never change,
Yesterday, today and forever
You are faithful and we will trust in you
We will trust in you
Uncreated one
You have no end and no beginning
Earthly powers fade
But there is no end to Your kingdom
We will trust in You (x3) in you
Yahweh, God unchanging
We will trust in you
Faithful God.
Oh how difficult it is to hold on when things fall into pieces around you! And you think: "Will it make any difference if I let go?" Unless you believe the thing you are holding on to is always there and will never give way. How strange that faith is self sustaining.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
sad (10) In Christ Alone
feeling a little down
try to be optimistic
really difficult to
sometimes
When the darkness closes in Lord, blessed be Your name!
In Christ Alone
Rather like the one with bagpipes :D But this will do :)
try to be optimistic
really difficult to
sometimes
When the darkness closes in Lord, blessed be Your name!
In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease!
My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone! - who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This Gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid:
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till he returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand!
Rather like the one with bagpipes :D But this will do :)
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