These days I discover I'm quite a romantic person ... but I always hide it.

Equations

Humility = underestimation = self-abasement?

Complimenting oneself = proud/arrogant/egoistic?

給爺爺的一封信

親愛的爺爺：

您好嗎？在天家的生活如何？您離開世界已有一年的時間，我很掛念您，尤其今天是大年初一，真是「人逢佳節倍思親」。﹝說起來真的有點滑稽，事有湊巧，今天大年初一竟然是您逝世紀念日。還好不是年年一樣，否則都不知慶祝不慶祝。﹞

今年農曆新年我都是要一個人渡過，而且今晚還要演出。但是，我依然感謝主賜給我所有的。

不知道天家有甚麼慶祝活動呢？不過，您能夠跟主耶穌基督一起，根本時時刻刻都在慶祝著，不用分新年不新年了。我們在世上的喜慶都只是過眼雲煙罷了。

新年我沒有甚麼願望，只是想做好本分，榮神益人便夠了。我很懷念小時每年都到您家拜年，您和祖母一定會預備美味佳餚、甜品水果、糖果零食等候我們拜訪，而且還會給我們全家每人兩大封紅封包。當年的我看見紅色的一百元港幣，甚至啡色的五百元港幣時，我都會笑不攏嘴，因為我覺得自己很富有呀！

講到這裡，我想我最大的新年願望是全家族信主，那麼我們在世上剩下的日子也可以一起共享主恩，返回天家時又可以再次跟您一起吃很多很多次團年及開年飯。在那裡的佳餚一定好過世上的千千萬萬倍，而且我們的天父會與我們一同坐席。

願您一切安好。

您的孫女，
黃筠詠敬上
二零零七年二月十八日

Answer

Last night before I went to bed I pondered upon something. Originally I wasn't really seeking an answer, but today when I read my book, one of the passages suddenly spoke to me, and it was directly pinpointing what I contemplated about. I guess this was something I needed to and should know.

God understands our minds more than we can recognize, and sometimes even before we raise a question, He would have provided the greatest answer to it.

Thank you Lord Jesus for speaking to me once again! :-)

Another Year with NO Valentine ...

... but that's okay, I went out two girls this morning for dim sum and that was fun.

I dressed up for this day and it felt good.

God's love is filled in me so I don't feel alone.

Hehehe ... so another year of being single isn't all so bad. :-) Thank you Lord Jesus!


(P.S. Thank you "sweetheart"!!)

Shepherd's Pie

Thank you Lord for inventing shepherd's pies. It's sooooooooo good. :-)

擁抱

有時我都頗渴望有異性擁抱我，雖然通常來來去去都是那幾個。

可能被異性擁抱給予到我一種受保護的感覺；其實我是很軟弱的，不過我經常要做堅強那個。

可能亦是因為我恨有男朋友，可以疼我惜我；可惜現在沒有，所以就有這種渴求。

不過，我是絕對不會因為這樣而胡亂找一位男士做我男朋友的。滿足不到我之餘，非常之不榮耀神。我的行事為人一定要與基督的福音相稱。

所以，繼續等候吧！神一定有最好的安排。

(P.S. 不過，朋友們，千萬不要一窩蜂地介紹男士給我，這個我最受不了。)

La Boheme

Today's final show of Puccini's opera La Boheme brings my longest week of the term to a close. Well, I describe it as the longest week because I was committed to the school's opera production for 6 nights, while in the 7th night I was teaching. Sounds exciting, uh? Anyways, La Boheme is a beautiful opera (even though it has a tragic ending), so I suggest people to rent the video if there is any available.

After this long week I need to get back to intense practicing for my graduate recital and figuring out my prestigious future plans. Really it seems like a gloomy adventure to me. Hai~ Lord, help me!!!

A Song to Share with You

There is a song that constantly comes to my mind these few weeks, so I would like to share here. Probably this is the cry from my heart, and God is reminding me about it.

To Gain You Christ/惟要主基督
The 40th Canada Chinese Christian Youth Winter Conference Theme Song
Music by Grace Kuo Yu
Lyrics by Grace Kuo Yu (English)/Alan Yu, Esther Chow (Chinese)
(c) 2000 The 40th CCCYWC

Life has a way of blinding me from Your light
Lord I desire more of You in my life
Turn my interest from self to You Christ
So that in everything I do You'll be glorified

I consider everything, everything a loss
Compared with the priceless gain of knowing You my Lord
Help me give up everything and carry my cross
Because I want to follow You, my Lord
Help me to live by faith in Christ
May I be righteous in Your sight
For Your sake I will give my life to gain Your Christ

To gain You Christ, the goal of my life (x4)

身邊反覆輾轉細碎無數事
但我心只渴望來到你面前
只想將所牽所掛全放下
讓我倒空去盛載主 惟你最重要

我要看世界萬事也全當作虧損
為著要得到世上那最稀罕寶貴
教我放棄世上事 我惟要主基督
願我一生背十架 獻作活祭
求讓我終一生相信 求讓我終一生不變
求讓我將一生擺上 全身心相獻

惟主基督是我最至寶 寧得基督全人也奉獻 (x2)


Brothers and Sisters, hopefully we will all be like Apostle Paul, who sees everything on earth as rubbish and knowing Christ as a surpassing worth. For everything on earth is temporary, but Christ is eternal.